this past week I have the good fortune to be able to do a multitude of things. It has reminded me and made me appreciate more what a diverse, beautiful province and city I live in.
My day off Thursday I had an opportunity to go for a scenic drive to Tsawwassen/Ladner area to see something most people won't ever in their life time; bald eagles and snowy owls in their natural habitat.
We were driving down a long stretch of road in the middle of nowhere in the pouring rain and I really did not know what to expect. Suddenly someone in the car yells, "Can you see them?". We all turn our heads and we see at least eight eagles perched in a tree. As we continued to drive there was another four more perched on top of a house. Another six more in another tree. Two swooping down in and around the vehicle as we drove on. They were everywhere. When we arrived at Boundary Bay Regional Park we got out of the vehicle walked towards the left of the road. We noticed a ton of other people with the same idea we had. Some there with tour groups, some by themselves; but all with cameras. As we walked on to where a large group of people were standing we noticed another eagle sitting in a tree and beside him on another branch what looked like a hawk. They looked so beautiful and so peaceful. You have to see an eagle fly above your head with its wings spread out to understand what noble creature they are. Eagles are truly the kings of the sky.
We then took a walk towards the right. As we walked down the road to the left you begin to see the owls. Solid white, beautiful creatures mounted on logs. There must have been fifteen or more of them that I could see up close, not counting the ones that were off in the distance. By the end of it we were all cold and soaked, fingers frozen from snapping pictures.
(Pictures taken by me above: a hawk and eagle perched in a tree, three snowy owls perched on driftwood)
Then on Saturday after delivering the kitten Lua to a new family at Horseshoe bay, a friend and I decided to find a jazz club to listen to some music. We ended up on West Broadway at a place called Fairview Pub. We were fortunate enough to be there on rockabilly night.
Rockabilly is what you would call a portmanteau of rock n' roll and hillbilly (country) music. Envision 1950's Greasers, Elvis Presley and Bettie Page type lookalikes. We people watched as the rockabilly crowd swing danced. I had never seen anything quite like it. It reminded me what a dynamic place Vancouver is, not just with racial diversity but culturally as well. Rockabilly night at Fairview Pub happens the second Saturday of every month.
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