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“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt”.
William Allingham
Autumn (Fall) is a time to walk and to talk and to think – and to start to make plans.
It is also a time to take photos of nature’s bounty:
(See what I did there?….)
Having a vista from one’s windows is a huge bonus and a blessing. Some folk prefer to live in the valleys (for protection one assumes) – other folk like to live on the hill (and thus be able to identify approaching threats). Of course, the latter option does also provide the dreamers amongst us with plenty of food for thought!
‘Anywho’ – (defined by the Urban Dictionary as: “An extremely annoying misuse of the word ‘anyhow’. Generally used by people who think they’re being clever“. Naturally, that just makes me want to use it!!) – this is simply a preamble to sharing some recent vistas as viewed from our casements.
You might want to double-click on these to get the full effect…
Enjoy:
Tags: British Columbia, Moon, Photo, rainbow, The sea, Vista
This year saw the ninth anniversary of The Girl’s return to and my arrival in Canada. It further marks the start of my third year as a Canadian citizen.
It hardly seems possible that so much time has passed so quickly!
This week just passed marked yet another milestone; this being the first time that I was eligible to vote in an election here. Back in the UK quite a lot of folks (such as those from Commonwealth countries) are eligible to vote as long as they are residents in the UK. The Girl used to take advantage of this before she was granted her UK citizenship.
In Canada one has to be a citizen before one can vote in federal elections – hence my inability to do so until recently.
Anyway – I can now so do…
This current election is a provincial ballot and we here in British Columbia are – like so many others in the world – struggling to keep the nefarious tories at bay. This means voting!
In our neck of the woods we can vote early, so we trotted down to the polling station a week in advance of the final tally. On arrival I announced to all and sundry that this was my first Canadian election. The jolly lady there immediately sourced me a ‘first time voter’ sticker (just like being a teenager again!) which you can see adorning my voting card in the photo attached to this missive.
Voting here is quite slick. One takes one’s voting card and photo ID to the dude at the desk and one is ticked off the list in the prescribed manner and given a voting slip and a stiff plastic (or card – I forget which) sleeve. Having annotated the slip appropriately one inserts it into the sleeve – so that it can’t be read by others – and feeds it into the tallying machine. The machine sucks the paper out of the sleeve (which can then be recycled) and tallies the vote as it digests the slip.
All done and dusted, counted and ready to go. Most efficient and no loopholes for any possible suggestion of impropriety – though heaven for-fend that any such thing might be though even possible here north of the border.
And that’s how you do it, chaps!
Tags: British Columbia, Canada, citizenship, Immigrant, Politics
I posted this update on progress towards the release of the new Anam Danu album – ‘Euphoria‘ – on the Anam Danu website. For completeness I thought I would reproduce it here:
Progress continues toward the release of the new Anam Danu album – ‘Euphoria’.
The ten chosen tracks have been polished and given final mixes and the whole sent off to our mastering studio of choice – CPS Mastering in Vancouver. Brock McFarlane (who has mastered all of the Anam Danu albums thus far) has now sent us the first mastered copies and we are in the process of listening intensely in as many environments as we can – preparatory to signing off the album and sending it to our distributors and CD manufacturer.
We also now have the cover art for the release. Those who have followed Anam Danu’s exploits will know that we like to commission local artists to create the cover for each release. In this case the wonderful artwork that can be seen on this page is by Alberta artist – Mairéad – who has, in our view, captured the intent of the album perfectly.
Of Mairéad Siobhan writes:
“Mairéad is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Alberta, Canada. She expresses her art in paint and textiles. As a visual artist, she creates vibrant multi-media paintings and collage. Her love of detail, color and texture is evident in her one-of-a-kind unisex handbags, backpacks and wallets. She is an expert knitter whose cable-knit outerwear is beautiful and expertly made. Mairéad creates custom dog sweaters and jackets that are both stylish and playful. She is passionate about interior design and customizes existing pieces through upholstery, refinishing and fabric furnishings”.
Not long to wait now! I will post the release dates for ‘Euphoria’ just as soon as they have been confirmed.
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