May 9: Juneau, Alaska

I'm a bit late on the draw myself. I missed Saturday, so I waited until my weekend rolled around. Here is 12 hours of Friday, May 9, in Juneau, Alaska:

7 a.m.: Breakfast on the porch.

8 a.m.: Heading out with a Spring King Salmon Derby ticket in my pocket.

9 a.m.: Lots of people on the rocks, hoping to hit the jackpot.

10 a.m.: This vessel is cool - a buoyant bicycle (tandem no less!)

11 a.m.: Brian gets a few hard hits but no bites. It's a slow day for salmon fishing.

12 p.m.: Driving back, denied. I have to let go of my dream of fresh grilled King for lunch. "Well, it was a beautiful day to be on the water," Brian said. Too true.

1 p.m.: Alternative lunch - big tuna salad and all the strawberries I can eat.

2 p.m.: Going for a walk with my friend Geoff K. and his baby girl Paige.

3 p.m. Paige starts to fuss and it's time for Dad to turn around. Time for me to strap on the snowshoes and head high.

4 p.m.: Reaching the top of the Douglas Island ridge.

5 p.m.: Heading down, still walking.

6 p.m. Going home.

Rockyford Alberta, Jeremy

Today was a very boring, sadly typical Saturday for me. Working on my house renovation. Blah.

8am - A very rare day when I can see the ceiling above my bed at 8.

9am - Sizing up the days work:replace upstairs hand railing
10am - Demo is done! Dusty too

11am - Air hose
12pm - View from my porch where I was cutting my wood
1pm - Progress
2pm - Installing the last few railings
3pm - Done

4pm - a neighbor brought me a gift he found. Nitto handle bars! yeah.
5pm - Cleaning up tools
6pm - My lovely wife made a typically delicious dinner (she is the worlds greatest chef!!)
7pm - At the playground with my 2 boys. Love those little dudes.
8pm - evening coffee

May 3rd, 2008: Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia (taken by Sarah from Calgary, Alberta!)

8:00 am

Welcome to Vancouver! I awakened to rain...a typical scene here in BC.....quite a change from the snow we are supposed to have here in Calgary tomorrow!

9:00 am

Mat's eye view from our morning yoga class at Open Door Yoga studio in Vancouver. I needed my daily fix & so I dragged my sister along with me. Randy taught a great hatha class...with a twist!

10:30 am
A very grumpy puppy glaring at me from the dashboard of his car as we leave the studio...maybe I can pass on some of my good prana to him?!


11:00 am
Packing the luggage into my versa as we prepare for the drive to the ferry terminal. The spring blossoms are abundant in the city right now.


12:00pm
The rain is heavier as we sit in the lineup waiting to get onto the 1pm ferry over to Vancouver Island...will we make it on?

1:00pm

Yes!!!! We made it! And the rain is now gone...replaced instead by sun & the beautiful scenery of the surrounding Gulf Islands.

2:00pm

My macro lens found lots of interesting shots on the upper deck as well.

3:00pm

Clouds starting to settle in again as we approach Victoria

4:00 pm

Dad enjoying his afternoon cup-o-tea like a true Brit!

5:00pm

Birch tree as seen from our balcony at the Royal Scot Hotel in Victoria

6:00pm

At the Royal Jubilee Hospital visiting my Grandpa....this is the chapel on the hospital grounds. Very quaint.

7:00pm

Flowers in the garden of our hotel as we return from the hospital & head into the restaurant for some dinner.

8:00pm

Catching up with my good friend Tammy at Irish Times pub in downtown Victoria. The nachos and Organic Chilean Wine (...not what you'd expect at an Irish bar, I know!...) were surprisingly good :)

Saturday 3 May 2008

I lost track of time and my mission so I don't have photos taken on the hour for 12hrs...=( I did take a bunch of photos though so here are 12 in chronological order. Sorry - best I could manage!