Vancouver Chinatown

This gate is the entrance to Chinatown.

There is a large Chinese population in Vancouver which at one time was contained in the downtown area of the city. however today jt has migrated to other communities, there the malls and shops advertise their wares in Mandarin or other oriental language. Restaurants are in all areas and they are good! Rule of thumb-if you see Chinese folk dining in the restaurant -the food is good!

Mural on building.

Fish, even the heads are sold !

Flattened ducks!

Dried fish and other stuff!

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Interesting!

Visited the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden which is situated in the heart of

Vancouver's Chinatown.It is the FIRST full-scale classical garden constructed outside of China.

A goose swims in the pool located in the centre of the garden,

The architecture represent the Ming dynast classical design.

The pond reflects the buildings rocks ans trees,

It is intentionally cloudy, using a special clay lining

to intensify the reflections

These stones were imported from China,

The garden n the midst of the city! A tranquil respite!

Grandson & Great grandson Hamming it up!

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Now hungry! Ah Dim Sum for lunch!

Bamboo steamers filled with many steamed items.

One being chicken feet which we passed up.

Soup

Dessert- custard tarts!

Had a great day, so if you ever get to Vancouver do visit

Chinatown.

Mount Baker

A sunny day, we drove to Mount Baker in Washington State, USA.

Moss covered trees.

We took many switchbacks, shady areas were icy.

The higher we drove. more snow!

The runs were open, very few on skis, Snow boards are popular.

Me enjoying the sun.

Winter in British Columbia

Can you see the Bald Eagle? They were at one time an

endangered species.

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Snow in Sorrento!

North Shore Mountains-Coquitlam.

Birch Bay, Washington State.

Harrison Bay.

Kilby Park, Harrison Bay

Toby being friendly!

My new coat!

last blog

Spelt my name wrong, should be

Alphild!

My brother Ted

Sadly my brother passed away on Jan. 24th. He had been battling cancer for the past year.

We were five, Ted was the third born.

Born on the homestead in Manitoba.

Spoke both Norwegian and English when just a toddler.

His favorite expression "Godt og spise" translated " It is good to eat"

He had a love for family, friends, nature and God.

Wrote poetry, composed music (country) even though he was tone deaf.

One song made #2 on the Danish Hit Parade!

I have lost a sister, my husband and now a brother to cancer

Oh, that cure will be found.

A chair in our home is now empty

A loved one is gone from our midst

The bible he read on the sidetable

The pages some tattered and loose,

His spirit will linger amongst us

As on our lifes journey we go

And when our travels are over

We will gather on that heavenly shore.

Beloved Ted, you are missed.

Your Sister, Alphikd

I have now lost my sister, my husband and now my brother to this scourge.

Vancouver Festival of Lights

The Firefighters had a show in Stanley Park

The train in Stanley Park, rides were sold out!

The Grinch was there! we were here on December 30th

Santa was back at the North Pole

Van Dusen Garden and Pool

What a show! We took a bus tour to view the "lights" of Vancouver.

Our tour began at Canada Place and the Olympic Cauldron.

Then on to Van Dusen Gardens and Lights Spectacular!

Setting up the lights begin in October , the show runs from

late November through to early January.

So if you are in Vancouver at Christmas

take the bus Tour it lasts three hours!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Merry Christmas

Daughter Karen and me!

Great Grandson bundled up .

for the outing at the Wildlight Park.

They feed the wolves at 7:30 p.m.

Karen's tree!

Fire eating dragon ! Wildlight Park

We visited the Wildlight Show at the

Kamloops Wildlife Park.