Spring is still springing here in Vancouver...

Still working slowly to get the fine art site up and running.

I had my favourite model and second-born daughter, Meghann, out under the second string of Vancouver's blooming cherry blossoms this week, this time in Queen Elizabeth park, where, given it's Easter, there were a considerable number of picnickers and revellers. There was even a family who had erected a tent for their kids to play in. The weather has been much, much warmer than last weekend, though it's overcast, sprinkling and a little cooler today. (Rain is due. Yuck. More of it.) It was a challenge getting good shots around all the people enjoying the park, but I managed, and hopefully I'll find time to pop some up in our portrait section. Meantime, here's a couple ones I've worked on...



The last shot is of the art "Vancouver Ancestors" by the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. I love this installation, part of the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale. I'm sure most Vancouverites, including me, wish all the sculpture around Vancouver would stay permanently; alas, only a few will stay.

Julianne and the blossoms

I had the beautiful Julianne, six, out under the cherry blossoms on Vancouver's Graveley Street yesterday. There are many lovely photos, but this was my favourite because of her joy as she spins! And check her out up a tree...almost vertiginous, but lovely.

Last year, Vancouver began a yearly Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Graveley Street Akebono blooms have hit the map. Consequently, instead of being the east side's best kept secret, the area was drawing Vancouverites in great numbers. It was lovely to see everyone out enjoying the blossoms; though it was cold, the sun peeked out for a little while. Blue sky turned out to be a bit of an April Fool's joke, because by the time we were driving back home, we were in a shower of mixed hail and snow.