Got a couple of shots of the sun setting toward the end of my delivery shift today at English Bay in Vancouver.
And then on the way home, this. . .
Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Volunteer at World Rivers Day in Burnaby, BC
Volunteers from the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Society had a great time volunteering at World Rivers Day at the Burnaby Heritage Village today.
I shot several hundred photos of the festivities and when I get them winnowed down I’ll post them to a Flickr album.
Floral Memories
Facebook reminded me today of this shot I posted four years ago, part of a Flickr album of a walk around Burnaby Lake.
Snippets From Vancouver Travels
A few shots from my travels around Vancouver today.
This wee arachnid managed to hang on to the side of the car for several kilometers and several stops. I finally took pity and eased it off and into some grass.
Sad to come across what was likely a window-strike goldfinch. It was so pretty I was tempted to take it home, but I’m no taxidermist. I moved it into some shrubbery.
I ran across several of these modified signs in a Vancouver ‘hood today. Seeing as they must have been tagged years ago, it’s interesting that city crews haven’t removed the additions : -).
Barred Owl in Byrne Creek Ravine Park
We heard a barred owl calling on our evening walk around Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby. We found it in the forest.
Lush, Soft Colours in the Drizzle at Discovery Place Conservation Area
I’d never been to this pocket park and short trail in Burnaby, BC. near the hospital.
Watching Evening Light Change at Porteau Cove
A lovely stop coming home from Squamish on the Sea to Sky highway on BC’s beautiful coast.
Temperature Perceptions Shift as Autumn Approaches
Funny how a usually comfortable temp on the rising side can make me feel hot, and the same temp on the falling side can make me feel cold.
I’m in that awkward “summer is ending fall is approaching what to wear” phase 
.
Even contemplated lighting the pilot light in the high-efficiency gas fireplace/heater on the main floor, but will hold off for another week or two, unless the usually colder females in the house want to.
The long-anticipated and much appreciated rain has also likely affected temperature perception. Here on the wet temperate west coast we never heat 24/7 even in the depths of winter. Usually an hour or so a few times a day to take the chill and dampness out of the air suffices.
Ha, threw on a long-sleeved sweatshirt, had a mug of coffee, and now I’m starting to sweat in my basement office .
Has LinkedIn Jumped the Shark?
I am seriously considering shutting down my LinkedIn account.
I just saw someone boast on LI that they had 30,000 connections.
Excuse me? How could you possibly know, and have worked with, 30,000 people?
The original premise of LI was that people who had worked with each other would connect, and vouch for each other. Or at least acknowledge that they’d worked together.
It’s completely debased. It’s now Facebook with a resume.
Another numbers game.
And LI is driving this debasement. Every time you accept a “connection” these days, it pops up dozens, if not hundreds, of other suggested connections. It wants to mine your email address books, if you let it.
I was wondering when I would see a cat photo on LInkedIn.
Today was the day.
Sigh . . .
