***PICS FROM VANCOUVER'S (89th) REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES.....***

A YOUNGSTER DOES SOME READING WHILE ATTENDING THE SERVICES..




THIS MAN AND HIS WIFE TOOK TURNS PHOTOGRAPHING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR MOBILE PHONE WITH THE CENOTAPH IN THE BACKGROUND....AND I AM (STILL) NOT SURE IF (IMO) IT DEMEANED THE REMEMBRANCE DAY ASPECT.... ??




AND IF I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT THE "MOBILE PHONE PIC TAKING' ...............THIS LEFT ME REALLY BEWILDERED :o





THEN IT RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL WITH (one of) THE FLYOVER(s)...



THEN THE ARMY INVADED HASTINGS STREET WITH A FEW VEHICLES AND A BIT OF ARTILLERY, albeit a tad too late ;)





THEN THE SERVICES WERE OVER AND THE VETS IN WHEELCHAIRS DEPARTED DOWN HASTINGS STREET....




...THEN AS I WAS WANDERING DOWN COMMERCIAL DRIVE...I HEARD THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES, INVESTIGATED AND
FOUND THE VPD PIPE AND DRUM BAND .....
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.....MARCHING INTO THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION ON COMMERCIAL DRIVE AND SIXTH (6th) AVENUE FOR A WELL-
DESERVED LIBATION :)






THE END.....

IT'S NEARLY HALLOWE'EN SO HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM MY "THANKSGIVING ROADTRIP TO PENTICTON and BACK" ;D

On the rainy TransCanada Hwy outside Vancouver....



Ess Curve



Fall Colours



Shooting out the back window --Sunsetting Car Shilouette(ish)



Shooting out the front window --Car on the road



(In Penticton) ..Landscapers work on my Mom's neighbours flowers and a buck to water the lawn...quite a deal + My Mom watching one of the landscapers







Back on the road and the driver did a U-turn shoot this lake...after too many passes and not stopping...




Whilst driving through a small city (Merritt), I spotted a Cowboy (Junkie...me thinks)





While waiting to go through the Toll Booth, I spotted a Conservation Officer pulling over (potential) poachers ....of bears, deer, moose, etc....and he spotted me ;D



A huge mountain slide of slate....



A little ways outside of Vancouver ....near around where the initial shot (guy in truck) was taken....a Barn and field....



THE END :)

LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND (SEPT 1,2,3) 2007 ....Activity on the Granville Mall...

FRIDAY NIGHT / EARLY SATURDAY MORNING

ARREST 1)



ARREST 2)




ARREST 3)




ARREST 4)



ARREST 5)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87888516@N00/1326050156/



LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/ EARLY SUNDAY MORNING .....

FLICKR PHOTO GROUP w/BEER and my PELLIGRINO :o

FLICKR 1)




FLICKR 2 --- my horrific PS skills or lack thereof at work




FLICKR 3 ---- Keith's FLASH BEER FILTER ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87888516@N00/1325151173/



VPD PRESENCE ON GRANVILLE MALL..

VPD 1)




VPD 2)






SUNDAY NIGHT --- NO VPD PRESENCE ON THE MALL AND THE FIGHTS/ARREST
START EARLY @ AROUND 9:30PM

ARREST 1)




ARREST 1a -- Artisitic version)



ARREST 2)



ARREST 3)




ARREST 4 --THE RIDE HOME.....




WITHOUT THE POLICE ON THE GRANVILLE MALL ...THE POLICE
ARE BROUGHT FOR AN INCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE (probably)
BEEN STOPPED EARLIER AND (probably) MIGHT NOT HAVE OCCURED....
...BUT....INSTEAD THIS WAS THE POLICE PRESENCE REQUIRED....





THE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND ENDED WITH ZOMBIE'S ATTACKING BUSES
....BUT NOT EVERYTHING FOUND IT EXCITING...

MAYOR SAM SULLIVAN VISITS THE GRANVILLE MALL'S "ENTERTAINMENT" DISTRICT' AND THE NEW (and hopefully) CONTINUING POLICE PRESENCE....AND WITH THE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN INCIDENT'S REQUIRING POLICE and/or EMERGENCY
SERVICES.....IT WILL BE A REGULAR THING...even though IT WILL REDUCE THE number of PHOTO-OP'S !!!!!!!! :o

1) MAYOR SULLIVAN VIEWS AND DISCUSSES THE MALL WITH VPD SGT. PATTERSON:



2) MAYOR SULLIVAN, ROXY STAFF, PATTERSON and (on far right the officer in charge of) DISTRICT ONE (INSPECTOR LEMCKE)
WATCH AS THE VPD'S MOUNTED SQUAD PATROLS THE 900 BLOCK OF GRANVILLE STREET:



3) THANK GOODNESS the PHOTO-OP'S ARE NOT ELIMINATED.................ONLY REDUCED (in numbers):



4) AND, thank goodness, EVEN IN SOME LESS THAN PLEASANT SITUATION....PLEASANTRIES CAN BE EXCHANGED :)




********A (mostly) CYNICAL VIEW (over the 4 nights) OF THE 2007 FIREWORKS....************

TRANSIT SECURITY LOOKING FOR NE'ER DO WELLS:



THE *SMART* BEER DRINKER'S HAVE BEEN HERE:



RESULTS OF BEING A *NOT SO SMART* BEER DRINKER:





THE PEOPLE KEEPING ON COMING......




A FIREWORKS SHOT.............kind of..



WHERE (some of) THE *SMART* BEER DRINKER'S DANCE AND (kind of) WATCH THE FIREWORKS FROM:



WHERE SOME OTHER PEOPLE WATCH AND (kind of) DANCE WHILST WATCHING THE FIREWORKS:



WHAT THE **expletive deleted**??? HOW DID AN (almost) REAL FIREWORK'S SHOT MAKE IT IN HERE ???????



**THE FIREWORKS HAVE JUST FINISHED....WHICH CAN ONLY MEAN IT TIME FOR A LITTLE SOCIAL INTERACTION ....WHICH,
ON OCCASION, CAN LOOK LIKE A GROUP HUG .........GONE A TAD TOO FAR:





**NOW THE FIREWORKS ARE OVER...........SO IT'S TIME TO HEAD OFF HOME.....AND SOME FOLKS GET THE LUXURY
OF A RIDE. albeit not directly, HOME:





WHILST SOME POOR SOD'S ...HAVE TO WALK HOME.....BUT THEY DO GET TO BE SEEN :)





**THIS WAS DUNNE AND RUNDLE CAMERA'S (at 891 Granville) BUT NOW IT'S THE Inside of the NEW *REC ROOM* FOR the GRANVILLE MALL MAGGOTS ...... OR ......The NEW McDONALDS on Granville:**

1) THE ENTRANCE:


2) THE STAIRS:



3) A NICE, ALBEIT STUPID, TOUCH BY McDONALDS and I AM SURE THE GRANVILLE MALL MAGGOTS WILL GLADLY
GIVE UP THEIR SEATS FOR TOURISTS VISITING VANCOUVER IN THE COMING YEARS :(



4) THE REAR OF THE UPSTAIRS:



5) THE FRONT PORTION OF THE UPSTAIRS:



6) THE VIEW DOWNSTAIRS AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE:



:

WHAT WAS DUNNE AND RUNDLE CAMERA's AT 891 GRANVILLE STREET :o






VIEW FROM THE 12th FLOOR OF VGH....





TOUR DE GASTOWN (2007)









JUST LOOKING CURIOUS, WITH DISDAIN AND ......JUST LOOKING





Say AHHH ON LONSDALE QUAY...




CHECKING THE MAKE UP AT HASTINGS AND MAIN ...



JUST RESTIN' ON CORDOVA ....



....JUST WALKING DOWN and crossing ROBSON ....and the TOURIST'S DON'T EVEN BLINK AN EYE





I HATE SUNSETS but I love shilouette's :)



ELVIS (presley) AND PATSY (cline) AT THE LONSDALE QUAY:

CANADA DAY (2007) ...STARTING AT 00:36 at the BLENZ at Granville and Nelson...



THEN ON TO THE ART GALLERY and the CANNABIS DAY Celebrations...starting with either a busker or the weirdest
goitre I have ever seen...



THEN DAVID MALMOT-LEVINE, A WOMAN FLOGGING NARCOTICS AND THE CANNABIS FLAG IN THE B/G



THE FELLOW WHO WON THE BEST FLAG CONTEST GIVES A SPEECH INFORMING ME THAT THE POLICE IN
CANADA WEAR FIREARMS but HE LEFT A COUNTRY (ENGLAND) WHERE THEY DIDN'T CARRY FIREARMS, albiet
BACK IN 1960........I wonder if he's having second thoughts now :D




THE SOLO ENTRY and WINNER of the BEST PLANT CONTEST GARNERS A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM PHOTOGRAPHERS ...




THREE(3) PHOTOG'S WHO WERE TEACHING ME PHOTOGRAPHY ....Wendy, Asad and Stu ......




ACTION AT THE YALETOWN BICYLE RACE....





LEAVING YALETOWN ....CAME ACROSS THIS FAMILY and I couldn't not take a photo of the little girl :)




BACK AT THE BLENZ at GRANVILLE AND NELSON....a mere 16 HOURS LATER AND another beautiful girl...




AND IT ENDS WITH THE FIRST FIREWORKS AT CANADA PLACE IN ABOUT EIGHT(8) YEARS ....






****************** THE END *********************************

*** A DAY AT THE RACES ***



ONE(1) HORSE THOUGHT HE WAS AT RODEO IN CLOVERDALE....






BACK TO THE RACES AND THE PEOPLE'S...










WHAT THE ........




BACK TO THE PEOPLE'S AND RACES....






HORSE'S, GIRLS ...ACTIONS and REACTIONS...














and, of course, *THE END* of a Day At The Races ...

STUFF -- I've shot -- IN THE LAST LITTLE WHILE:












PEPPER SPRAY @ #5 ORANGE



IDIOT'S ON GRANVILLE



MORE STUFF:






IT'S GRAD TIME .....



SMOKIN' & H2O ....