Found this gem on Green Renaissance. It’s a forest dragon lizard with a musical bent. The photographer is Aditya Permana from Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Some of you may have seen this miracle of nature flying by on Facebook via Green Renaissance as I did. It even made the National on CBC news last night! While it looks like the baby weasel is getting a piggyback from the woodpecker, it is actually attacking it. Photographer […] Read More
My Dad and brother left for Mexico this morning. Even though our winter has been very mild and surprisingly sunny, I am still dreaming of tropical climes. It helped when I stumbled across this palm tree on my walk today. A windmill palm is perfectly happy growing in northern environments. […] Read More
Weather report: Snow drops in Vancouver.
The Museum of Anthropology, the Musqueam First Nation and the Museum of Vancouver have collaborated on a new exhibition series called cəsnaʔəm, the city before the city. The region, currently known as “Marpole” was first occupied by the Musqueam five thousand years ago. In three locations, the exhibits explore Musqueam […] Read More
The year of the ram is upon us, according to the Lunar Calendar. The ram (or sheep or goat) is said to usher in a calmer, gentler time. Nevertheless, Chinatown was abuzz this week with New Year’s activities. There’s plenty to do during the spring festival this weekend. The vibrant […] Read More
My mom as been keeping a pet tomato. The eversprouting fruit looks like an alien life form. She took the plant into Art Knapp, her local garden store where Scott Austin, resident garden columnist, did a bit of research. Turns out that this strange sprouting phenomenon is not that uncommon. […] Read More
The weather has been so spring-like on the west coast that I am thinking about getting my bike tuned up and out on the road again. With cycling on my mind, I came across this inspiring bike art on a blog called Bikes4Life. Looks like it was originally posted on […] Read More
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I cross the Safeway parking lot everyday on my way home from work and always feel as if I’m putting my life in danger. A man died in August of 2005, when he slipped and fell and was hit by one of the large food trucks that are constantly coming […] Read More