Much Ado About Everything

I looked through the window to see what’s up with so many sirens. And indeed something is up. The smoke was black and there was lots of it. I am not sure where exactly it was, looks like Kingsway and Rupert, somewhere behind the hotel. UPDATE: apparently this was a two-alarm fire (really?! but look [...]

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In front of my office building, there are still some cherry blossoms.  But it’s July now!  Exactly what kind of cherries are these?  There were plenty of blossoms on these trees in early to mid May so I’m not sure are these leftovers (two months later?!) or something else entirely.

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Finally, Kanzan cherries are in bloom!  These are my favourites.  Large pink double flowers.  There’s plenty of trees around Main Street and they already look fabulous even though it will still take a day or two until they’re in full bloom.    

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This time around I got to see a bunch of rare cherries.  First off, between Inverness and Knight, on 47th Avenue, there are some Spire cherries.  Probably – because people disagree on the festival thread that discussed them.  These were pretty much finished, there were barely any flowers left on a few trees. Supposed Spires [...]

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I was out and about on Saturday and Sunday, enjoying the best day this year so far (22 degrees!) in Vancouver and the various cherry blossoms. There are several sources of information about cherries in Vancouver, one is the official Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival and here is another  link to species of cherries in Vancouver. [...]

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Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has already started almost two weeks ago, but cherries are only now in full bloom at Burrard station where it usually opens.  However, there are many cherries in bloom around the city, it’s just that you may have to know where to look if you’re looking for early blossoms.  The most [...]

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Despite looking like writeoff even by 18:00, by 19:30 the sky was mostly entirely clear! If I haven`t looked through the window, I wouldn`t have even realized it. From my apartment nothing was visible but when we got out of the building we were able to see it immediately. What luck! The total eclipse of [...]

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I took these pictures last fall… The first one is a nice combination of fall colours in front of Joyce station. The second is the same thing. Have to decide which one to keep as official. The next one is sunset at False Creek, at Science world (and no, I won`t be calling it Telus [...]

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Today is yet another day of freaky weather in Vancouver.  This morning I got up to see snow falling and everything was white, mostly.  When I left the building for work an hour later I expected snow as I walked out – instead I got hit by rain and had to quickly retreat to pull [...]

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Impressions of Cherry Blossom Festival’s Trolley Tour

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