Month: August 2020

a fallen frontline hero


 
I took this photo at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Canadian soldiers who fell at the battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. Today I would like to dedicate it to a fallen colleague who was murdered on a modern day frontline in his walk-in clinic in Red Deer, Alberta. I did not know Dr. Walter Reynolds but I have no doubt he was as much a hero to his patients as the soldiers who gave their lives in Northern France all those years ago. I send my deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to his family, patients, colleagues and friends. I know we are all grieving with them. Dr. Reynolds and his family were very much in our thoughts as we walked today in the Pacific Spirit Park here in Vancouver.
 

pacific spirit in the studio


 

Pacific Spirit Park Sword Fern Trail, Variation I

 

Pacific Spirit Sword Fern palette.

and today even more color


 
The Nitobe Memorial Garden on the University of British Columbia campus sparkled in the summer sunshine today, an oasis of calm and beauty for our troubled times.

ground zero


 
The former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall was ground zero when the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 and is now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a UNESCO World Heritage Site also known as the A-Bomb Dome. On August 9th a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. As we commemorate this 75th Anniversary and the horrific loss of civilian life and suffering that ensued our thoughts and condolences are also with all those suffering loss and devastation in Beirut today, where a modern-day ground zero has resulted in images so reminiscent of those seen in Hiroshima seventy five years ago.

glowing variations


 

You can never have enough bouquets to say thankyou. 
For healthcare heroes everywhere.
 

 

Enjoying the possibilities of my Disney Read and Glow drawing tablet.

BC Day


 

From the beach to the woods on BC Day at the end of the long weekend.

 
   
 

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sublime Yuja


 
What a treat today enjoying the sublime Yuja Wang whose breathtaking virtuosity was on full display on the final day of Virtual Verbier Festival, thanks to Medici TV. Seeing and hearing her play is such a privilege and in these troubled times her inspirational artistry uplifts us all.
 

Thank you Yuja.