31 December 2010

30 December 2010

On The Fourth Day Of Christmas

No. 2127 - 28 Dec 2010 - 10:24:30

A rock dove came looking for me.

29 December 2010

In Memorium

No. 2193 - 06 Feb 2008 - 15:33:34

I think of this as my grandfather's window at 901 Main Street due to the building's use as a Rec Hall for the employees of the B.C Electric Railway Company, for whom he worked, before the First World War. He was already in his mid-30's but youthful for his age when he signed up in 1914; in the 16th Canadian Scottish he was among those who suffered through action at Vimy Ridge in April 1917.

My father was apparently conceived as his father went off to battle and born to his mother nine months later on December 29, 1917 in Folkestone, England while German zeppelins dropped bombs on her hometown of London. Meanwhile his father was in hospital for wounds suffered at Vimy; by March 1918 and now 40 years old Granddad was sent back to Canada with his war bride and infant son. By all accounts he was never the same again and did not return to his former job at B.C. Electric after the war.

In later years the building was home to artist's studios but now that developers have moved the painters out, in anticipation of eventual condo development, its fate is uncertain. The window remains as a melancholy tribute to duty and memory.

28 December 2010

Coal Harbour


No. 7968 - 14 Apr 2010 - 09:10:05 * No. 8113 - 14 Apr 2010 - 10:26:10

26 December 2010

Two Points Of View


No. 1256 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:52:02 * No. 1257 - 17Dec 2010 - 08:52:14

25 December 2010

24 December 2010

Christmas Bauble


No. 1579 - 21 Dec 2010 - 06:48:01 * No. 1586 - 21 Dec 2010 - 06:49:55

23 December 2010

Misty Hall

No. 0093 - 12 Dec 2010 - 20:13:55

Arena At Sunrise


No. 1182 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:12:17 * No. 1194 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:11:35


No. 1198 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:12:17 * No. 1229 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:16:42

22 December 2010

Mount Baker At Sunrise


No. 0244 - 04 Dec 2010 - 07:39:49 * No. 0278 - 04 Dec 2010 - 07:44:41

20 December 2010

19 December 2010

Portside Park


No. 1390 - 19 Dec 2010 - 07:44:49 * No. 1393 - 19 Dec 2010 - 07:45:36

18 December 2010

Untitled IX

No. 1294 - 18 Dec 2010 - 09:28:42

Fairview Slopes

No. 1122 - 16 Dec 2010 - 16:29:41

17 December 2010

Repointing The Old Carnegie

No. 1142 - 17 Dec 2010 - 07:51:52

No. 0947 - 13 Dec 2010 - 07:33:41

16 December 2010

15 December 2010

The Sky Belongs To Birds


No. 0830 - 09 Dec 2010 - 16:00:11 * No. 0831 - 09 Dec 2010 - 16:00:13

More BC Place

No. 0782 - 09 Dec 2010 - 15:02:57

13 December 2010

Irradiation


No. 0456 - 05 Dec 2010 - 08:01:53 * No. 0543 - 05 Dec 2010 - 16:02:51

12 December 2010

10 December 2010

Eagle-Eyed

No. 9590 - 16 May 2009 - 19:56:44

Birthplace


No. 4169 - 16 Mar 2010 - 18:35:34 * No. 4173 - 16 Mar 2010 - 18:36:22

Where I was born 56 years ago is now a centre of medical research and the second largest hospital in Canada. The building on the far right, is a tower of the original Heather Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital. It sits at the top of Fairview Slopes, in the middle of the Vancouver Hospital and Health Services Centre with its assorted pavilions, medical office towers, satellite divisions, rehab centres as well as its neighbour, the BC Cancer Agency, and far flung partner, the UBC Teaching Hospital.
A large workforce requires feeding and I have noted a preponderance of good and inexpensive restaurants along this part of the Broadway corridor although two of my favourites were recently closed because of fire damage. The south side of Broadway may be almost as old as the 104 year old Heather Pavilion itself which is less vulnerable to fire due to a recent renovation.

09 December 2010

Autumn's Signature

No. 0848 - 29 Sept 2010 - 10:33:31

08 December 2010

Remains

No. 8954 - 30 Mar 2008 - 19:20:34

07 December 2010

06 December 2010

Neighbour

No. 0301 - 04 Dec 2010 - 08:24:06



05 December 2010

PM

No. 0534 - 05 Dec 2010 - 16:01:45

AM

No. 0456 - 05 Dec 2010 - 08:01:53

04 December 2010

03 December 2010

Natural Light

No. 9969 - 02 Dec 2010 - 08:02:28*No. 9972 - 02 Dec 2010 - 08:02:54