Fingers, I still have 10….

It’s a stunningly beautiful day out there, today, but bitterly cold. So cold, in fact, that I found myself changing camera batteries with not one, but two pairs of mittens left on (not an easy feat). So cold that even Rowan pup gave me a look that said, “You want me to plonk my behind…

Nicola Hawkins: Junkosphere & Studio Tour

Currently showing at the The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery is a show by Nicola Hawkins. The web page for The Rooms gallery says this: Nicola Hawkins: Junkosphere December 17 – April 15, 2012 Level 4 This exhibition by Nicola Hawkins features collaged paintings, sculpture, installation and animation – all proposing a discourse on the relationship…

A cryptex and a canyon

When I decided to make the trip to BC for Connor’s birth, I also earmarked a few special geocaches that I wanted to visit. Some were in scenic locations, some were on gorgeous trails and others were just plain cool hides. Today’s principal find was one of the last sort. While in a pretty nice…

Stanley Park with Cole

Today was a lovely day by the standards of November in Vancouver. no rain, no wind, pleasant temperatures and plenty of geocaches to be found! Cole Anderson (aka Jearsy on geocaching.com) who is a friend of Tamar and Adam, suggested that we get together and tackle the caches in Stanley Park. We had a marvelous…

It’s raining, it’s pouring….

Yeah, it’s Vancouver. What were you expecting? Today Flat Katherine and I went to Pacific Spirit Park, also known as the UBC Endowment Lands. It’s a massively huge area, of which we covered only two-thirds today. We found a bunch of geocaches and saw lots of people walking their dogs. We met seven border collies today…