I took this yesterday in White Rock, BC, Canada. Very European style home. In hot countries some people choose to build houses of white stone and other materials which can be a mixture of trying to reflect

Beautiful flowers in bloom near my house

In the city to the south of Vancouver, Richmond there are plenty of wild rabbits that are fairly tame. This lad was nibbling on the flower in front of him before I took my phone out. He stopped then. It's

This seven foot dog statue on a 25 foot black pole cost over $100,000 Canadian dollars to create and install in 2013. Located at Main Street and 17th Avenue in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It's interesting and

I've read bits and pieces that delaying gratification can help people be more successful in life, in all aspects really, financially, in their health and in relationships. Do you find it easy or hard to

Partiko is dead and has been for a while, when you open the app on android anyway there is just a blank page. On twitter the last tweet reply was in April 2019. It's still on google play and was on my

Downtown Vancouver on a summer day

London fog with vanilla lavender in one cone. The other cone had raspberry fudge and malted milk chocolate honeycomb. So good.

This sandwich which was a mixture of roasted vegetables and some mildly spicy sauce on white or grainy bread was delicious. Work ordered too many so I got two as you can see the white bread and brown bread

The shadows cast are impressive and the only real difference on the downhill photos are the positions of the cars.

Got left out of work early today which is great because we have a public holiday tomorrow for Canada Day. I think it's a celebration of the forming of Canada as a state many years ago. It splits the week

Above is what we ordered from it was really delicious. I had tamago maki, vegetable combo and shared vegetable tempura with my gf. She had the fish dishes.

Strolling downtown at lunchtime in Vancouver

This week at work will be easier than normal because Wednesday, the first of July is Canada Day so a bank holiday. Breaking the week up is great and means 1 fewer day cycling in to the office and 1 fewer

Do you live to work or work to live? And if you could do anything in the world what would you choose to do?

Tell me what you fear if anything and whether you think it is a rational fear or not and how it impacts your life and I'll tell you mine

We have non essential plumbing that should be done by now. We live in the basement suite of our landlord's house in Vancouver. We use the landlord's own washing machine and dryer a few times per week.

Coco ( is a leading provider of various types of teas with cooked tapioca pearls. Tapioca is starch from a vegetable called cassava from South America. Bubble tea is claimed to have been invented in Taiwan

So colourful

There's some peace watching the world get dark as another day ends. Work has been busy this week, life has been less than amazing this month but on the upside my grandmother may get released from hospital