A Beautiful, Bright Fall Day in Vancouver

Nobody is more critical of Vancouver than me during the October - April period of the year. But on days like today when the air is crisp & cool and the sun is shining brilliantly, I find my hometown to be a real gem.

Here are some photos I took in the Fairview neighbourhood and down at Granville Island.

These cranes are building the 2010 Olympics Athletes Village on the southeast corner of False Creek.


Photo by me, framing by nature.
There are lots of properties available for sale but from what I hear, few are actually being bought. Owners are refusing to lower their prices and buyers are smartly waiting.








With my Canon G9 I went into manual mode and experimented with the amount of light over several shots. This was the best of the lot!
A bunch of totem poles are being carved these days, about 200m east of the market.
These colourful little structures are part of some project by the students of the Emily Carr School of Art.
This is about as commercialized as Granville Island gets.

Trip Photos: On I-35 from San Antonio to Dallas

50 miles northeast of San Antonio we came upon the Prime Outlets Mall near San Marcos. I couldn't care less and would have passed by it at high speed but it proved to pretty much be mecca to someone else in the car! The mall's claim to fame is to be rated as "The 3rd Best Place to Shop in the World". I will admit that it was pretty darn big!


I spent much of my time enjoying a coffee in the shade at the Starbucks there. Note the Texas star above the sign.
A bit further on we stopped for gas.
I captured this photo to give an indication of the rolling countryside of southern Texas.
And I finally found the "tough looking truck" with a Texas license plate that I had been searching for since our trip began!
There were dozens of these large bugs all over the outside wall of the gas station.