Street Signs

Burning Man

Burning Man

I am off to Burning Man. A week in the desert in Nevada with music, friends, hot days, cold nights, sand storms, art and over 30,000 freaks :)

I hope my camera survives the dust and I can share some pictures soon.

Emilio da Vinci

Emil send me this drawing - thank you! From left to right: yellow giraffe, tree, brown monkey, green crocodile, blue elephant and a yellow lion. I wonder which planet they are on - those lucky creatures got two suns :)

Divinita

I discovered this trailer about Iris' work on the internet. A celebration of femininity in a soulful and sensual way. But check it out yourself by following the link on the picture.

one step at the time

Energy Saving Search by Google :)

It's still missing some icons, such as Images; but I must say the black screen looks pretty stylish!

Someone needs an SLR :)

Karen - looking very professional!

Hippie Stick

Apparently named after the hair do of hippies - the dreadlocked flower

Indian Paintbrush

Jacob's Ladder

stunning

I remember this valley (or one just like it) from a hike i did I did with Jamie, Wayne and Chantal a few years ago. I love that - when you stand on this ridge - you can see no sign of civilization, okay apart from the other hikers and the odd airplane.

Forget Me Not

According to the Wildflowers of Alberta book, the name forget me not came from a couple strolling along the Danube. The lady noticed a clump of blue flowers on the steep banks of the Danube. The Gentleman tried to picked some for her, but slipped and fell into the blue Danube (which is by the way green). He did manage to toss the flowers to her and call with his dying breath: "Forget me not!"

I had no idea that there was such a dramatic story around forget-me-nots!

Folds

Pause

On Top

Karen and Dave

K&D on top of Pocaterra Ridge

K&D alpine

K&D subalpine

It was a 30 degree day in Calgary, but on the ridge we had to get our jackets out!

Pocaterra Ridge

Jamie was not recruiting for the army, but for a hike on to Pocaterra Ridge :)

On Sunday Karen, Dave, Brit, Jamie and I went hiking by Highwood Pass. We hiked up to Pocaterra Ridge. It was a beautiful 5 hour hike and the scenery changed from meadows to forest to alpine. I would definitely go back!

Creek

My first yoga class

triang mukhaikapada paschimottanasana

I taught my first yoga class last week. Thank you, Malynne, for giving me this opportunity!

HOT!

by Seattle

finding shade on Portland's campus

Portland Campus


over the Cascades

I spend a lot of time on airplanes these days! Last week the destination was Eugene Oregon. It was my first time to Oregon, and the 3 days I was there were the hottest days in 100 years - so they say. The temperature was above 100 degree Fahrenheit (high 30ies in Celsius), which is hot for the usually temperate, rainy west coast state. Returning to 30 degree warm Calgary felt like a relief!

Eugene and Portland; both university towns / cities are cute, lots of trees, lots of bikes, lots of local agriculture, i.e. lots of fresh food, such as delicious berries!