Oh Boy The Olympics are Coming!!!

LOCAL  NEWSPAPER  HEADLINES FOR THE  OLYMPICS

"900 RCMP CAMERAS INSTALLED FOR OLYMPICS ....AND BEYOND"

"BOMB SNIFFING DOGS ON VANCOUVER TRANSIT"

"BC GOVERNMENT SPENDS NEARLY 1MILLION ON OLYMPIC TICKETS"

"800 TEACHERS RECEIVE POSSIBLE LAY OFF NOTICES AFTER DEFICIT FORECAST" (think this one doesn't fit read the one above)

"WHISTLER INTRAWEST ON THE AUCTION" "BLOCK: BUSINESS AS USUAL"

"MONTH TO GO...WHERE'S THE SNOW?"

"BAILOUT GAMES"
All levels of government have had to come to the financial rescue of the 2010 Winter Olympics, leaving you on the hook for the tab."

"RED TENT CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR HOMELESS DURING OLYMPICS"

"OLYMPIC ROAD CLOSURES START IN NOVEMBER"

"SEX AND THE GAMES"
industry gears up
Vancouver escort agencies and strip clubs report huge surge in demand a head of Olympics; bishop warns of human trafficking threat

"SEX SELLS DURING OLYMPICS"
Sex trade workers across the country converge on Vancouver

"FREE REHERSAL TICKETS BEING SOLD ON CRAIGSLIST"
Scalping by volunteers, performers criticized in online forums

 Well, I don't know about you, but I can hardly wait for the five ring circus to begin.

Camera Critters

After watching a show on TV about the struggle that Trumpeter Swans have had and are still encountering to survive I had to post this picture I took about 4 years ago of one of the Swans on Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park.

Check out all the other critters at Camera Critters

An Early Morning Walk in the Fog

Early morning fog.... lasts all day!

The past week has been busy and filled with emotion. I went to Lou's memorial service yesterday and woke up this morning thinking about life. Strangely not about death. I mean after all death is pretty clear. Death is final. Death is something that comes to all of us sooner or later. Death is clear. There are no second chances. No - Oops I will get better at this! Death is the end. It is the ultimate pink slip! It is life that I have so much difficulty with.
It is life that seems unfair. It is life that sees some people suffer enormously while others seem to breeze through everything. It is life that sees some people live in abject poverty no matter how hard they struggle while others seem to never struggle for finances. It is life that sees some people drink, smoke, eat fatty foods to excess and never exercise yet live to be 99 while people who practice disciplined lives die of heart attacks at 50! Life! I just can't figure it all out sometimes.
So... I did what I usually do when I am mentally restless. I took my camera and went on a foggy early morning walk. I didn't get any answers, but I did find some beauty even in the midst of the gray and black.

A merchant in the Punjabi Market setting up his produce stall