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Out and about with the Thursday Walking Group

Posted by jmb | March 14, 2008 .

When we do the seawall walk at West Vancouver we always meet at the Ferry Building Gallery seen above. Before the opening of the Lion’s Gate Bridge in 1938, the only means of transport between West Vancouver, on the north shore, and Vancouver downtown, on the south shore of the harbour, was a ferry […]

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Vancouver — The Downside

Posted by jmb | March 5, 2008 .

Recently I posted about Vancouver being chosen as the Number One most livable city in the world in 2007, for the fifth year in a row, by the Economist. I think the photos I used to illustrate that post would be enough to convince anyone that the city is indeed beautiful, with the snow-capped mountains […]

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Vancouver, Number One most Livable City

Posted by jmb | March 3, 2008 .

For the fifth year in a row Vancouver was ranked the best place to live in the world in a survey by the Economist magazine in 2007. Not the least of which factors contributing to that is the gorgeous setting.

Looking towards the mountains beyond the BC Place Stadium
home of the opening and closing ceremonies
of […]

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The Posset Pot

Posted by jmb | January 31, 2008 .

Recently I went with the Art Appreciation Group of the Faculty Women’s Group to the Museum of Anthropology to take part in a new guided tour the museum is offering called A Matter of Taste: Ceramics and Culinary Connections.
One of the great benefactors of both the University of British Columbia and the museum itself was […]

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For unto us a son is born

Posted by jmb | December 24, 2007 .

The Adoration of the Magi
Fra Angelico and Fillipo Lippi
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

To everyone who is celebrating this feast, may I wish you […]

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Happy Halloween

Posted by jmb | October 31, 2007 .

Halloween was not celebrated where I grew up in Australia and I don’t have any childhood memories of the day. No doubt that has changed even there, for usually Big Business will try to make a buck any way they can and Halloween has become a very big business indeed.

In Canada, Halloween was a totally […]

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Temptation

Posted by jmb | September 14, 2007 .

On my blog I have been posting a series of photos which I called Temptation. I wanted to show my visitors from other parts of the world what a beautiful place I live in and to tempt them to come here. This is number eight in the series.
Labour Day Weekend has passed and […]

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The Lions

Posted by jmb | September 11, 2007 .

To my mind, the thing that makes Vancouver a uniquely beautiful place is the way that the mountains rise out of the water of the harbour. For surely there are more beautiful harbours in the world, but this makes Vancouver special.

Above you see a view looking from the south shore of the harbour across to […]

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A Daydream

Posted by jmb | September 3, 2007 .

When I win the lottery, I have a plan. Well two actually, but the first one, about always travelling first class, has nothing to do with Vancouver. The second plan involves me going down to Granville Island where there is a community of beautiful house boats and knocking on all the doors with […]

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The Thursday Walking Group takes in Steveston

Posted by jmb | July 22, 2007 .

It was rainy and cloudy last Thursday, so here is a post about the previous Thursday, when my walking group went to a little village called Steveston, which is situated at the head of the delta of the south arm of the “mighty” Fraser River. It’s about 30 minutes from where I live at […]

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