http://mikewatkins.ca/tags/x100/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:01:05 GMT mike watkins dot ca XML Feed for mike watkins dot ca en Parlez/0.1 Vanier Park, Vancouver http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/20/vanier-park-vancouver/ After a meeting yesterday, headed down to the beach for a little amble before heading out to meet up with one of my sons after school. Vanier Park and environs is a lovely place to kill some time on a sunny day.

From Vancouver
From Vancouver
From Vancouver
]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:894 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:01:05 GMT beach photos vancouver x100 Addiction http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/18/addiction/ From Items or Themes ]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:893 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:44:13 GMT items photos x100 Wendy and the girls http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/14/wendy-and-the-girls/ From Richmond ]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:892 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:41:14 GMT photos richmond x100 Scenes from Quebec http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/07/scenes-from-quebec/ During August we traveled from Ottawa east to the Gaspe peninsula, spending most of our time in vieux Quebec and circumnavigating Gaspe followed by a mad dash home through New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, spending less than twenty-four hours in the three states.

As a young man I always loved travelling in Quebec, meeting the people and torturing their ears with my high school French. As an older dad now I'm so happy we spent our holiday in Quebec. My french is rusty to be sure, but I did try - not always successfully - to avoid folding when attempting to speak the language. Our bilingual kids had little problem keeping up and seemed to delight in having an edge over their parents.

Parliament Hill light show at night - From Travel
Old and new in Montreal - From Travel
At the "cabane a sucre" - From Travel
Old Quebec, a funky plaza just outside our hotel - From Travel
Everywhere you turn, a cannon, dans la vieux Quebec - From Travel
Beautiful stone buildings at every turn, and not just in Quebec city - From Travel
Rabbit, eat them up, yum! From Travel
Cap des Rosiers, eastern Gaspe - From Travel
Forillion National Park - From Travel
Forillon National Park - From Travel
Perce cemetery, perched on a knoll - From Travel
Perce Rock sur la droit - From Travel

We loved Quebec, loved the scenery, the weather, the food, and of course the people. Notre plus jeune fils sera de retour au printemps avec sa classe, et je suis jaloux!

]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:891 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:38:39 GMT photos quebec travel x100 Life's Not A Party http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/07/lifes-not-a-party/ Signs of the homeless, Wall Street, Vancouver - From Street ]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:890 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:41:53 GMT photos street vancouver x100 First Light, Spanish Banks http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/09/07/first-light-spanish-banks/ From Vancouver
From Vancouver
]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:889 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:32:18 GMT photos vancouver x100 Storm swallows cemetery http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/08/31/storm-swallows-cemetery/ Cemetery, Ville de Perce - From Travel ]]> tag:mikewatkins.ca,2007-10-10:journal:mw:entry:888 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:59:59 GMT photos travel x100 On a sunny day... http://mikewatkins.ca/2011/07/27/on-a-sunny-day/

Snapshots found earlier this week along one of my regular cycling loops...

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It looks as if summer may have finally broken out here. Yay.

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Drilling for sunshine

Captured here; Fujifilm X100, a little clean up in Lightroom.

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