Shaughnessy Stroll
My friends M & H came by today and we went for a walk in nearby Shaughnessy. It's one of the most exclusive areas of Vancouver, full of lovely old houses, many of them mansions. Besides the lovely manicured streets, it's also extremely quiet. And with its close proximity to downtown, it's a great place in the city to live. The "problem", 
of course, is that the real estate is VERY pricey! This is an exterior shot of Canuck Place, a Children's Hospice, decorated for the upcoming Halloween festivities. One thing I love about this time of 
year is walking through the countless multi-coloured leaves that cover the sidewalks like a warm blanket. And the squirrels, I always love seeing the squirrels running to & fro.
Toward the end of our walking tour we walked inside the grounds of the University Women's Club and saw these berries growing on the front pillars.
3 comments:
You guys out west are sure smug about berries in October, sunny days, rose petals blooming in Feb. etc.
Mind you, here in Langley its no so bad either.
Horny Toad
Langley... heh heh :)
Canuck Place is SUCH a good house to decorate up for Halloween! Especially with those massive spider webs on the gates, it has such a 'haunted house' feel to it! Fun!
Those aren't berries, they're grapes and even back east they're ripe in the fall.
Roses don't bloom in February, although the cherry and plum tend to be going wild blanketing the streets around then, not to mention the tulips and snowbells.
As for sunny days, I'm sure day for day, just about anywhere in Canada sees more sun than the West Coast, it's just nostril-hair-freezing cold.
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