another one bites the dust

It is not a joy, but it is a wonder how quickly a house can move from being a home, to an empty house to a pile of rubble.  It takes weeks, months even to build a house, and only a day to reduce it to a lowly pile of rubble.  So much value can be destroyed in a few short hours.

The monster came by night, clanking, startling, roaring, sputtering, smoking. It sat owning the road, waiting for dawn and its moment to strike.  I was not there when the deed was done, but when I returned home the next evening, the house was wrecked.  The work of a few hours, and the next day they came to cart away the bones.

And then what?  Build, use, discard, repeat?

These Four Photos Belong together because......

 

These four photos are together because they tend to be semi abstract photos, or at least lean towards thinking of being semi abstract.

More Moon

The full moon in the sky is a wonder, but look closer and it is even more wonderful. A few years ago a friend, Ken in Ontario, set up his 4"? telescope and let us have a look at the wonders of the night sky> I snapped this shot with a point and shoot held up to the eyepiece. 

- makes me think of parts of Psalm 104 verses 19 and 24

He made the moon to mark the seasons,
   and the sun knows when to go down.
How many are your works, LORD!
   In wisdom you made them all; 

Moon

a Wonder of the night sky

Canucks Victory party 49th and Fraser

This is my city. It is like no other place on earth, yet like so many places.

Hockey morning in Cambodia

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/city/richmond%20%28british%20columbia%29/Welcome+hockey+night+Cambodia/4897377/story.html

What a treat to pick up the Sun paper this morning and read this!


http://www.ratanak.org/

What a difference eleven seconds can make!

The joy of success

Watching the game with my youngest son, at a friend's house, the moment Burrows scored, 11 seconds into Overtime, we scrambled to get to the Canada Line.  When we emerged onto Georgia Street, we were greeted by thousands of joyful fans. We were carried along with the crowd.  They were smiling, hooting, hollering and giving high fives - a spontaneous celebration of shared joy.

Purple Iris, Olive Oil with Milk, and Pink Chestnut Blossoms