English Bay, October 19, 2010, 10:05 a.m.

VanDusen Grass

I was in VanDusen Gardens for the first time in months yesterday. A few years ago a friend commissioned me to chronicle a year in VanDusen and I miss those visits. Much has changed. A downpour cut my photo time short but I managed to find this. It is a kind of prairie grass. Like me it is far from its native environment.

Jan Friesen

This entry is dedicated to my sister-in-law, Jan Friesen (nee Dryburgh), who passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2010. She was a prairie girl who showed compassion and a sense of justice in her life and true grit and humor in her last days. She liked this song. She is missed.

Three Herons

Heron Over Water

Leo Mol Sculptures In Assiniboine Park

I remember seeing Leo Mol statues in the Winnipeg Art Gallery. I used to hang out there (their exhibitions and Swiss Onion Soup were great cures for a hangover) before I moved to Vancouver. If anyone doesn't know the real story behind the return of the Leo Mol sculpture, stolen on Canada Day, call me.

Sechelt Pier

Two figures, barely visible, create a narrative layer.