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Riverside Park is a large city park with a number of amenities not offered at the other Kamloops beaches including: washroom facilities, concession stand (varying hours), beach with a life guard, a number of picnic tables and benches, kids water park...

topics: beach, beaches, kamloops, park, restaurants

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Yesterday Saturday (yes I am posting the Saturday blog today Sunday) was a day with lots of promise. Ale helped Rosemary organize her closet and cleaned out her own closet from the days, so long ago, that she lived with us. That morning we had had ex...

topics: photography, tennis

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Opting out of a kind post-wedding accommodation offer of pitching a tent on the bride's property, we decided to take advantage of an enticing online special at the Delta Ocean Pointe. This turned out to be a brilliant move.Having stayed at all the b...

topics: delta, downtown, tennis

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Hello my name is Brenna and I live near Dawson Creek. Yesterday I was in town and had a few hours to kill so I decided to do the Walking Trail through town. I was pleasantly surprised at how lovely the walk was. I didn't have time to do the entire tr...

topics: farm, park, tennis

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Hello!! We found a gem while passing through 100 Mile House we found its Centennial Park and were surprised by its size. It has a waterfall, playground, tennis court, expansive picnic area, and so much more to explore while hiking. It is a great pl...

topics: hiking, park, tennis

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

I do believe that there are no new ways of doing things. One just repeats what has been done before with minor personal modifications. At least this is what I try to impart to my photography school students. In the last month I have been looking back...

topics: granville-island, photography, tennis

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Central park is nestled in between busy streets and a busy neighbourhood. Whether you are traveling by car or the Skytrain it is very easy to pass by the park without really knowing it is there. It isn't until you start to explore one of the many wel...

topics: burnaby, park, soccer, tennis

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I have been a bit miffed with the Vancouver Sun for their oversight in not running either an obituary or a memorial piece on the March 6 death of Vancouver choreographer Lola Maclaughlin. You can imagine my anger on seeing a full page obituary on the...

topics: tennis, theatre, whistler, writer

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There is only one sport I ever excelled at and when I did play it, it had the lowly name of ping-pong. Bats where called racquets and they came in two types, with sandpaper or with a thin rubber layer on both sides. By the time I was really good at t...

topics: author, tennis

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Yesterday afternoon Ballet BC dancer and choreographer, Simone Orlando faced my camera in my studio. I had my light very close and to one side. The dark side of her face had a luminous triangle of light underneath her eye. This triangle is the essenc...