Alaska 2016 Part 2: The Cruise – What Happens When Someone Has a Heart Attack on a Cruise Ship

Sunday, August 21, 2016 The cruise begins With a series of loud blasts of its horn, causing a man on shore to cover his ears, the Noordam, our cruise ship, pulled away from the dock at Vancouver harbor. Lots of people apparently like to watch this spectacle of a floating city taking its leave, […]

Alaska 2016 Part 1: Other Vancouver sights

I have written two posts about Vancouver, focusing on the Bill Reid Gallery and our walk to Stanley Park. The following photos highlight other sights we saw in our brief visit, mostly in the downtown neighborhood of Gastown, a hub for tourists and “hip” people, full of restaurants, shops and art galleries.

CFFC: Alaska green

Our recent trip to Alaska took place at the end of August & early September. Normally Alaska gets a lot of rain around this time of year, but we were lucky to have clear, sunny days. By this time, there are many signs of fall, but summer green is still flourishing. For Cee’s Fun Foto […]

Alaska 2016 Part 1: Vancouver’s Totem Poles in Stanley Park

August 20, 2016 Stanley Park is a large park on a peninsula northwest of downtown Vancouver. This park contains many attractions, including the Vancouver Aquarium, a botanic garden called the Rose Garden, Stanley Park Pitch & Putt, lighthouses, the nine o’clock gun and totem poles, among others. There is a biking & hiking path around […]

Thursday Doors: Ketchikan, Alaska

For this week’s Thursday Doors, here are some doors in Ketchikan, Alaska. Thursday Doors, 9/22/16

Alaska 2016 Part 1: Vancouver art gallery

August 20, 2016 The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is a beautiful small gallery with many pieces on display by the Vancouver artist Bill Reid. There were also many beautiful art pieces by other “First Nations” artists. Visitors to Vancouver who want to see native artwork in a more intimate setting than a […]

Monday Windows: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Before our cruise to Alaska last month, we spent a couple of days in Vancouver, where we visited a beautiful art gallery. The windows had translucent designs typical of native art of the Northwest Coast. This added a dramatic effect to the sculptures on display. For information and commentary about this gallery, please check out […]

Thursday Doors: Vancouver

For this week’s Thursday Doors, I share the following, taken in Vancouver on Aug. 19 and 20, 2016 with my Samsung Galaxy 5: Downtown Thrift Shop Entrance to Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art This was also somewhere downtown, I don’t remember where. That’s my husband walking in front of it!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Edge

For this week’s photo challenge with the theme of Edge, I offer the following:

Music Conquers All: Remembering 9/11

The most moving and appropriate music to remember the tragic loss of life on September 11, 2001 is, for me, Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. I am including a link here to watch a YouTube video with footage from New York on that day juxtaposed with a performance of this beautiful piece. The music […]