No. 4550 - 29 Jun 2011 - 13:47:1930 June 2011
25 June 2011
Topography
No. 3868 (detail) - 11 Jun 2011 - 19:10:08The Drive
When I was a little girl, growing up on the edge of Grouse Mountain in the City of North Vancouver, I asked my mother what was on the other side of the mountains and she told me, "more mountains". I found the answer to be insufficient although I understood its veracity. Perhaps I meant to ask "what is on the other side of the obstacles I have yet to negotiate?"
My failure to post lately is due to a depressing cold I caught during my road trip which I still nurse while waiting for a bit of arthroscopic surgery on my right knee. In spite of a recent postponement I look forward to recovering the mobility I lost three years ago when I was last hit by the chronic illness stick and fell in the well.
Fortunately, I was able to chronicle and complete a body of work documenting civic, architectural, biological and social life, situated as I was, at an 8th floor outpost on the corner of Main and Hastings - an address so horrible that I barely mentioned it by name on these pages.
And yet the view was spectacular.
When I first began to capture this southern perspective of Metro Vancouver someone noted that it was a shame I did not also have a view of the North Shore Mountains to which I replied, "I know they are there and that is enough". They have my back even when I cannot see them and now inspire feelings of gravitas and continuity rather than appearing to be obstacles to expansion and self-discovery.
I am at liberty to look forward with a view to the opportunities in my 360 degrees of landscape consciousness at dimeChronicle. On the other side of the mountains are more beautiful mountains.
Regards,
CH
When I was a little girl, growing up on the edge of Grouse Mountain in the City of North Vancouver, I asked my mother what was on the other side of the mountains and she told me, "more mountains". I found the answer to be insufficient although I understood its veracity. Perhaps I meant to ask "what is on the other side of the obstacles I have yet to negotiate?"
My failure to post lately is due to a depressing cold I caught during my road trip which I still nurse while waiting for a bit of arthroscopic surgery on my right knee. In spite of a recent postponement I look forward to recovering the mobility I lost three years ago when I was last hit by the chronic illness stick and fell in the well.
Fortunately, I was able to chronicle and complete a body of work documenting civic, architectural, biological and social life, situated as I was, at an 8th floor outpost on the corner of Main and Hastings - an address so horrible that I barely mentioned it by name on these pages.
And yet the view was spectacular.
When I first began to capture this southern perspective of Metro Vancouver someone noted that it was a shame I did not also have a view of the North Shore Mountains to which I replied, "I know they are there and that is enough". They have my back even when I cannot see them and now inspire feelings of gravitas and continuity rather than appearing to be obstacles to expansion and self-discovery.
I am at liberty to look forward with a view to the opportunities in my 360 degrees of landscape consciousness at dimeChronicle. On the other side of the mountains are more beautiful mountains.
Regards,
CH
15 June 2011
Watching Vancouver Burn
No. 3958 - 15 Jun 2011 - 20:38:17*from a safe place in Grandview*
GAME OVER - SAY. NO. MORE!
09 June 2011
ParkOvergrowingFourHouses
No. 3644 - 07 Jun 2011 - 20:36:28This park and the four houses on its eastern side were the first subjects of an iPhoto Bookmark project begun five years ago. ParkOnFourHouses is due a retrospective look and perhaps indicates a return to an early interest in the small architecture of Vancouver's historic east side.
08 June 2011
07 June 2011
Home
No. 2406 - 02 Jan 2011 - 20:42:52The best part of Metro Vancouver.
For excellent food shopping. coffee drinking and people watching visit Commercial Drive.
06 June 2011
Hope
No. 3518 - 06 June 2011 - 20:48:30A small town at the junction of three highways, overlooked by coastal mountains and indicating a proximity to home.
Roger's Pass
No. 3417 - 06 June 2011 - 13:35:17
The sign should read "Watch For Humans Taking Pictures of Wild Life on Roadside".
The sign should read "Watch For Humans Taking Pictures of Wild Life on Roadside".
No. 3468 - 06 June 2011 - 13:50:26
Grizzly Bear mother and her cubs eating dandelions by the side of the Trans Canada Highway in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia.
Grizzly Bear mother and her cubs eating dandelions by the side of the Trans Canada Highway in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia.
05 June 2011
04 June 2011
Twitching For New Birds
No. 2968 - 04 Jun 2011 - 10:30:09A Provincial Park on the Bow River in the midst of Calgary, Alberta.
No. 2911 - 04 Jun 2011 - 09:54:54
Ring-necked Pheasant
No. 2943 - 04 Jun 2011 - 10:06:24
Common Goldeneye (Duck)
Common Goldeneye (Duck)
No. 3072 - 04 Jun 2011 - 11:21:56 * No. 3096 - 04 Jun 2011 - 11:23:47
The Killdeer (Plover) "can do a very convincing broken-wing act, flopping along the ground to lure intruders away." *
The Killdeer (Plover) "can do a very convincing broken-wing act, flopping along the ground to lure intruders away." *
* Birds of North America, Kenn Kaufman
03 June 2011
01 June 2011
Saskatchewan
No. 2687 - 01 June 2011 - 11:32:57
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Roadside photo-ops.
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