Thank you to my lovely wife for putting up with me for 25 years.
Sashimi platter and assorted seafood to cook from T&T: prawns, mussels, clams. . . Served on a bed of rice, with grilled mushrooms and Japanese tsukemono pickled vegetables on the side.
That honking huge anniversary candle is a few years behind — it’s down to the point where it’s so thick you can’t burn “a year” in one evening : -).
Served on late grandmother’s china, with late mother’s silverware.
Then I realized what I was presenting was better accompanied by hashi (chopsticks). . .
We took a long walk at Burnaby Lake today, first checking out Piper Spit for bird action, and then going west, back to the spit, and then east.
At one point as we were walking a trail I said “this looks like a place owls would like.” About five seconds later, Yumi says, “and there’s one there.”
A little further on and we saw a raptor high in a tree, eventually getting close enough to see it was an osprey with a fish.
The 2018 Spring Forum of the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver today at Mundy Park in Coquitlam, BC, was lots of fun and with educational presentations and a walk in the park to boot.
I joined the board of directors about a year ago, and greatly enjoy opportunities to hang out with this dedicated group that has such a breadth of knowledge and experience.
DFO, Byrne Creek Streamkeepers volunteers, City of Burnaby staff, and teachers, kids and parents from Stride Elementary released chum fry in Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby this morning. What a lovely day for this uplifting event!
It was a gorgeous day for a two-hour tour of Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, led by Henry DeJong, retired from Burnaby Parks. Lots of history, and plant and animal knowledge.
I went to downtown Vancouver late this afternoon, a couple of hours ahead of the start of Coastal Connections, the gathering of students, faculty, consultants, and stewards in the fishy business.
Those hours proved productive as I got lots of shots of this Double-Crested Cormorant doing some successful fishing near Science World.
I guesstimate that it got a fish about once every three dives. Now if I could catch a fish once every three casts. . . 🙂
Hmm. . .
