The first blooms of the season.

March showers bring...

March showers bring April flowers??????  Wouldn't that be loverly????

Looking through my photos from Hong Kong I found this one that, in so many ways, represents the new Chinese reality.

For my buddy who doesn't like the intensification of downtown Toronto. This is Hong Kong where I hear the average floor space of an apartment is around 600 sq. feet. Everything is 85 stories or higher, which is amazing because they still use bamboo scafforling to build them.

Another one of those wet foggy winter days we've come to know.

A star is born!

Cape Spear, Newfoundland

Finally, some fog on our last day.

After watching the 2 ferries go back and forth to Bell Island every 20 minutes, we finally decided to go check out what was over there. In particular, I was interested in the cliffs at the far end of the island.

Other than the beach and landing area for the ferry, everything else is on top of the plateau.

There is no easy way to describe the height of these cliffs when you're standing ten feet from the edge. I threw a rock out from where Lasha and Tim are standing and I couldn't see it hit the water.

Newfoundland Sunsets

Basking in California sunshine, the lighthouse at Ferryland (settled a gajillion years ago) Newfoundland was actually typical of the scenary we saw around the province...spectacular!

Funky Dory doing their sound check at The Ship, Newfoundlands oldest continously operating pub. We walked in on their 10th anniversary gig but the real show doesn't start til 11 (to 3 am).

They take their artistic identity seriously in Newfoundland.

St. Johns from the top of Signal Hill.

We're just back from five days in Portugal Cove, Nfld. The first four days we had weather like southern California but we missed the whales. Two weeks ago, there were 12 to 15 every morning in the cove. That's Bell Island, about ten minutes away by ferry. The cliffs are spectacular....and scary.

How to stay cool in hot, humid weather, brought to you by Mr. Squirrel.

Capturing starlight

As the humidity settles in for the weekend.......aaahhhhh!!!!
If only I was there.

Any guesses where this was taken.....recently?

The Vice and the Wolfman pause for a look at the natural beauty along the Osgoode Trail, a reclaimed rail line south of Ottawa. Unfortunately, at about the 20 km mark we ran into a wall of rain that forced us back to cover and sustenance. In total, we covered 50 kms, the last 5 in a monsoon