For Sean’s birthday, we were planning on going to spend the day at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Unfortunately the forecast called for rain and that does not jive with our video and camera equipment. However, we still got our animal fix by heading to Southlands.
How did we celebrate Earth Day? We took a walk through Queen Elizabeth Park to view the flowers and the cherry blossom trees. The sakuras were already in full bloom, with sprigs of green leaves starting to displace the blossoms. We caught it just in time. Another weekend and the trees would’ve been totally green and leafy.
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The picture is an iPhone self shot, therefore, horrible quality. But I couldn’t resist taking this picture of Charlie curled up in a fetal position, sleeping right by my cheek.
Bless.
Happy Obscura Day!
I think that everyday should be Obscura day. Surely it could be celebrated more than once a year. I mean, c’mon a day to discover unusual places, back room tours and explore hidden wonders in your hometown or anywhere else.
It was that time of year again. The Sakura Festival at Vandusen Botanical Gardens but with hardly any cherry blossoms. Our winter was long and wet and as a result, the first cherry blossoms were rather disappointingly paltry and sparse. However, there were many other blooms to appreciate.
One sunny weekend, we found ourselves at Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC. And although we were a week too early for the cherry blossoms to bloom, we still got to marvel at this lovely spring.
It may have still been a little early before the cherry blossoms bloomed, but that didn’t stop Sean and I from going on a photo walk at QE park a couple of weeks ago.
The flowers hadn’t opened yet, so we made our way to the duck pond. Normally, ducks and geese are pretty skittish, unless you have a big bag of breadcrumbs.