Vancouver Spring Flowers

Spring-time in Vancouver is one of the best times of year. Sadly, we’re all a bit cooped up this spring. As it was a beautiful week this week, I needed to get out and stretch my legs, and so I thought I’d share some of the beauty of the spring bloom for those of you in parts of the country still locked under winter’s spell. Not a lot of words, mostly pics.

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Lincoln UK

I had my quarterly trip to Europe planned for two weeks in March, with a trip to the UK coupled with my usual trip to Toulouse. The craziness around the COVID-19 virus outbreak had just started to ramp up when I left, and by the time my trip was half over it was clear that I needed to cancel and get home. I decided to wrap up my work with our Partner in Lincoln, then headed home. As it turned out that was a very good decision, but I managed to find a couple of hours on Friday afternoon to wander about.

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A Wet Galiano Weekend

It’s been a busy start to the new year. Between our annual sales conference and a short trip to San Antonio for DISTRIBUTECH (an annual utility trade show), I had planned a weekend on Galiano. As Justine was a way in Europe, a friend and I had planned to go over to build a wood shed, but something came up and so I was on my own.

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Snowy Vancouver

The past week or so we’ve had our annual blast of winter. Not what the rest of Canada is used to, but for us out here on the west coast it’s a bit of a hassle. Still, it’s unusual and the city is quite beautiful in the snow. I got home a bit late the other night, just as the snow started up again and so I decided to head out for a bit and see what my camera could capture.

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