Sunday, October 03, 2010

Visit to Père Lachaise cemetary


Tomb of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, the man who overturned the laws banning potato crops in France. The laws were introduced because growing potatoes was thought to cause leprosy.




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Saturday, September 04, 2010

Late August in the Marais

Place de la Bastille

Rue Saint-Antoine


Rue des Rosiers
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010

Urban fauna in Vancouver

Abundant starfish...


... that gulls find hard to swallow

Racoon feasting on blackberries

Rupert, Cally and the power of the imagination



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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010