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Rowing in Coal Harbour

October 11, 2006

Still alternating between HDR and other digital development techniques, here are the results of an evening spent by the waterfront, where Coal Harbour turns into Stanley Park...

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Stanley Park Chickadees

October 16, 2006

Fauna, Photoblogs, Vancouver

A few days ago, while strolling around Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, I felt the slight brush of a feather against my head. Surprised, I looked up and realized a cute little bird was dive-bombing at ...

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Tide rises, BC Ferries fares follow

November 4, 2006

Schtroumpfissime, Vancouver

But sadly, only the tide will come down. As if life wasn't expensive enough in BC, the only ferry operator - holding an absolute monopoly on boat travel around the province - has decided that Ser...

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Tropical Vancouver

November 10, 2006

Vancouver

Since there are no tropical storms roaming around the Caribbean at this time, the West Coast has decided to pick up the flag and go ahead with some nasty weather of its own. The Seattle area is i...

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Mad Vancouver skies

November 10, 2006

Photoblogs, Vancouver

The sky is what we turn to when inspiration is needed. It’s where we end up when inspiration once and for all becomes unnecessary.The sky is the ultimate limit, painted with many of our fears, sa...

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Water Comes, Water Goes

November 12, 2006

Cayman Islands, Hydrosphere, ICMU, Vancouver

[Entry delayed in order to post the previous, time-sensitive one] Last night the house’s plumbing went AWOL and having to spend 12 hours with no water triggered all kinds of memories. It was ...

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Freighters

November 16, 2006

Photoblogs, Vancouver

They came from across the seas, slowly but surely, through storms and high winds, and swells and tides. But now all is quiet as they await, half asleep, dozing off into a comfortable numbness, th...

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Greater Vancouver Drinking Water Quality Deteriorating

November 16, 2006

Vancouver

The GVRD Medical Health Officers are advising that "the turbidity of the drinking water supplied to homes through the water distribution system has reached levels unprecedented in recent yea...

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Drought on a Rainy Day

November 17, 2006

Hydrosphere, Vancouver

What happens when a city issues a warning that its tap water is no longer safe for drinking? People run out and buy bottled water. And what happens when that city has a population of 2.2 millions? ...

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Vancouverites' Coffee Drinking Habbits Threatened

November 17, 2006

Vancouver

It hadn't come to my mind immediately, but we are facing a crisis unique in the city's history: our coffee addiction is seriously jeopardized! In today's update on the GVRD drinking water situation...

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Winter Sky in Vancouver

November 20, 2006

Cool, Vancouver

Up at 5:00 am this morning, I decided to head out to work early and develop a few pictures while having a coffee at Waves on Richards (they boil filtered water and the NTU hasn’t climbed back up ab...

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Snow

November 26, 2006

Photoblogs, Vancouver

Tonight that's it. If there remained any doubt in some spaced out minds, it has been erased. Winter is upon Vancouver and as a proof, it is releasing its first snow on the city. It's wet snow, of...

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