No matter where you look, however far your exploration takes you, water remains. It seems to stabilize the scenery, bringing peace and harmony to urban areas as well as the most deserted corners of the coast line.

The Yaletown neighbourhood seen from Granville Island

Horseshoe Bay Harbour

The Nanaimo Ferry leaves Horseshoe Bay

Granted, Vancouver in the winter gets her share of clouds and dull skies. But there are still sunny days of pure beauty and on those days, because of the sun’s low path in the sky, the golden hour lasts an eternity...

No matter what time of the day, Vancouver shines. The first two shots were taken from the convenient front window of the Skytrain while I let my hand follow the ride loosely...

I will soon be putting a new Vancouver photo gallery online. Until then, I’ll post glimpses and previews of the ongoing work here, on the blog.

Today Sunday, the fog rolled in and downtown Vancouver became but a ghostly imitation of itself. Sounds were muffled and colors dulled, but in the end the sun prevailed and managed to wash the high peaks above the city in a glowing orange salute.

The next few posts will depict the scene, once a day beginning now, noblesse oblige, with the boats on Burrard inlet.

As of three days ago, this beautiful skyline is mine to call home. As Bilbo used to say, « It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. » Well I didn’t keep my feet, and this is where I was - very willingly - swept off to.

What do you mean, where on Earth is that? Van-cou-ver, of course. Seen here from North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Quay Market. I love the place. Now I just need to find a job. A bon entendeur, salut! In other words, if you like this web site and would like one for your fortune 500 company, drop me a line.