Candle light for Earth Hour 2011

Candle light for Earth Hour 2011, a photo by d.yaro on Flickr.

I turned off the lights and lit the candles...but my iMac remained lit because I was downloading some stuff. If finally went into sleep mode after about 15-20 minutes.

March 20, 2011 - A Day in the Life of....

March 20 2011 - #1 a photo by d.yaro on Flickr.

Today was a "A Day in the Life of..." day as per a Flickr group I check in on once in a blue moon. I simply went about and captured a bunch of images which don't necessarily tell a story about the day. Nothing fancy. Some of the images are a bit whimsical. Others are attempts at capturing what seemed to be unusual or interesting. The set of photographs which I've uploaded and made public are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8936205@N02/sets/72157626313309752/with/5545406453/

Enjoy...

"Free Libya"

"Free Libya" a photo by d.yaro on Flickr.

I saw a headline somewhere today saying that the UN Security Council had approved a "No fly zone" over Libya. That'll be welcome news for these protesters.

Spider

Spider
Originally uploaded by d.yaro

I had two photos I thought of adding to the "Flickr Today"(sic) group. I opted for the photo of the boat I took (posted here in Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8936205@N02/4804067190/) instead of this one. I don't know. Perhaps this one was my "picture of the day"...

Sail is Set But Hard Aground

Sail is Set But Hard Aground
Originally uploaded by d.yaro

As of the night of April 19th this boat was still onshore at Kits Beach in Vancouver. It, and three other boats, was driven ashore by a wind storm on the night of April 7th/8th. They dug out the sand around the keel of the boat I photographed here but it still had yet to get afloat. All it did was heel over to its starboard side and plant its keel deeper into the sand. I think it's going to take an extreme high tide to get this one floated off the beach...

Articles posted on the CBC website about this incident are here: www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story /2010/04/08/bc-wi... & www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story /2010/04/08/bc-ki...

The four boats are/were:
"Ad Astra" - catamaran or trimaran broken up on the beach April 9th.
"Karanga-lita" - white hulled boat floated off the beach the next week.
"Tuesday Sunrise" - blue hull with yellow trim. An boater ran his boat aground at Kits Beach on April 16th thinking that the TS was in "distress". Still on the beach on April 18th.
"Gini 2" - White hull and wood deck. Dis masted as of April 18th. Presumed to be abandoned.

An Awning of Sakura Blossoms

An Awning of Sakura Blossoms
Originally uploaded by d.yaro

This photo is just a small hint at the magnificence of the sakura blossoms at the Burrard Skytrain station in downtown Vancouver. They form this awning of blossoms over the path that runs by the south side of the station entrance. When seen from the north side they seem to cascade down the slope.

At the Burrard Skytrain Station

At the Burrard Skytrain Station
Originally uploaded by d.yaro

When I took this photo I didn't noticed the "embellishment" on the photo I had photographed. Ah... Public art that the birds don't think much of.