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Nature Photo of the Week :: Beaver {2}

Paul — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:00:06 +0000

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Our second nature photo of the week depicts a noble beaver at Ambleside pond in West Vancouver. The little chap was nonchalantly paddling along and I just happened to be there with my camera and a nice long lens. I think it was my old Sigma 50-500mm bad boy! Anyway, this remains the only shot I’ve gotten of a beaver so I’m pretty proud of it! Enjoy…

Beaver at Ambleside pond, West Vancouver by Paul Hazon

Ambleside Family Carnival, West Vancouver {Pictures}

Paul — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:09:44 +0000

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Last night we went down to West Vancouver for the 5th Annual Ambleside Family Carnival put on by the West Vancouver Police Department. Yes, even the police have fun! There was lots to do including police dog demonstrations, rides, carnival games and of course cotton candy :P

Here are a few pics we took while walking around…

This seemed to be the popular attraction...

Check out those poor people...

Happy Easter from Blü Studio!

Paul — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:21:23 +0000

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Happy Easter 2009 from Paul & Elora at Blü Studio! He are a few interesting Easter facts to enjoy…

The first Easter baskets were made to look like bird’s nests.
The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka.
The custom of giving eggs at Easter time has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, to whom the egg was a symbol of life.
In medieval times a festival of egg-throwing was held in church, during which the priest would throw a hard-boiled egg to one of the choir boys. It was then tossed from one choir boy to the next and whoever held the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner and retained the egg.
Easter is now celebrated (in the words of the Book of Common Prayer) on the first Sunday after the full moon which happens on or after March 21, the Spring Equinox.
Easter Bonnets are a throw back to the days when the people denied themselves the pleasure of wearing fine angels for the duration of Lent.
Some Churches still keep up the old tradition of using evergreens – symbolic of eternal life – embroidered in red on white, or woven in straw, but most now prefer displays of flowers in the spring colours of green, yellow and white.
Americans celebrate Easter with a large Easter egg hunt on the White House Lawn.
Every year at Easter the Pope sends his ” Urbi et Orbi ” to the world.
The date of Passover is variable as it is dependent on the phases of the moon, and thus Easter is also a movable feast.