And the other day, I heard an awful racket along Hastings Street as I walked through town, to come across a deliberately noisy staff strike at the Pinnacle Hotel (the news said, at several others, as well). One guy had, I think, one of those "Vuvuzela" horns that were so annoying during that World Cup. Frankly, it was good to see. I want people to be able to make a decent living in Vancouver supplying all the services that retired old me now needs. These guys just had signs saying "one job should be enough". Amen.
I always notice the Pinnacle, going past: formerly "The International", it was where Connie and I had our honeymoon, and started our love affair with Vancouver - an affair that has become a marriage!
2019 Sept 19: Birds and Cats, Though Not Together
2019 Sept 18: Record Stores Not Dead Yet
2019 Sept 17: Empire Landmark No Longer a Landmark
2019 Sept 16: Five Years Since We Sold The House
2019 Sept 15: Rain today, Rain in Stanton 2012
2019 Sept 14: Time-out for garbage cleanup
2019 Sept 13: Hiking Back in 2010
2019 Sept 12: Ride Sharing? How about Lawn Sharing?
2019 Sept 11: Business as Usual During Construction
2019 Sept 10: Missing Sid today
2019 Sept 09: Rain vs Sunflowers
2019 Sept 08: Rainy-Day Mushrooms (and pink birds)
2019 Sept 07: Alan Beairsto's Moonrise
2019 Sept 06: Geranium branches out; Cityscape
2019 Sept 05: Barretts and Branders Round the Seawall
2019 Sept 04: Local Construction
2019 Sept 03: Hilary and Rick On Their Way
2019 Sept 02: Rose Garden Roundup
2019 August 31: Cat Saturday Redux
2019 August 30: Some More Barrett Pictures
2019 August 29: Community Garden Banner Year
2019 August 28: Harrisons Away
2019 August 27: Harrisons Here!
2019 August 26: Neighbourhood News (water mains)
2019 August 23: A Run Through Stanley Park
2019 August 22: Back to the Garden
2019 August 21: Embarrassing the Embassy
2019 August 20: News Catch-Up: The Cut-Down Trees
2019 August 19: Geranium Full Flower
2019 August 18: Geranium and Heron II
2019 August 17: The Geranium Blooms
2019 August 16: Heron Still Here, Black Flowers
2019 August 15: Heron Up Close
2019 August 14: Water and Waterfowl
2019 August 12: Map and Marina
2019 August 11: Geranium and the Odd Boat
2019 August 10: Right In Our Own Backyard
2019 August 9: Back to Flowers
2019 August 8: Boats and Carbon
2019 August 7: Dealing with Summer
2019 August 6: Crowds and Forests
2019 August 5: Pride Parade Whales
2019 August 4: Bye-bye Barretts
2019 August 3: Once Around The Park
2019 August 2: Fireworks and Butterflies
2019 August 1: Charlie's Birthday!
2019 July 31: A Day at the Aquarium
2019 July 30: The Barretts Arrive!
2019 July 29: Random Things in Stanley Park
2019 July 28: Fireworks Last Night
2019 July 27: Monitoring Progress
2019 July 26: Being glad it's not winter
2019 July 25: We Return to Vancouver; Street is Torn Up
2019 July 2: Cat Pictures as we Drive to Calgary
2019 July 1: Canada Day in Stanley Park
2019 Jun 30: Madrid and Victoria - nice cities.
2019 Jun 29: Seattle boat shelves, Cat-vs-Beer
2019 Jun 28: Back from Seattle
2019 Jun 21: Volunteer Gardeners
2019 Jun 18: Tiny Roses and the Outside Cat
2019 Jun 17: Heron Nesting Season
2019 Jun 16: What a Difference a Month Makes (to goslings)
2019 Jun 15: Kittens Who Look At Phones, plus, Spain
2019 Jun 14: Lake Blossoms Everywhere
2019 Jun 11: Scenes from a flight to Denver
2019 Jun 8: Beaver Lake Developments
2019 Jun 7: The Rose Garden Returns!
2019 Jun 6: D-Day commemorated with poppies!
2019 Jun 5: Geese families and Heron at Lost Lagoon
2019 Jun 1: From the archives: Cuba 2017
2019 May 30: Ravine Trail to Beaver Lake
2019 May 28-29: Our Garden and Stanley Forests
2019 May 27: The Umbrella Tree
2019 May 26: Animals of Stanley Park
2019 May 24: Last of the Rose Garden South
2019 May 22: Rose Garden, South End #2
2019 May 21: Retiro and Kitten-Warmers
2019 May 20: Goslings and our Chilco Neighbours
2019 May 19: Finishing up the "back walk" all-floral garden.
2019 May 18: First trip to the Rose Garden South
2019 May 17: More "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon and Lagoon Drive