(Port) Coquitlam Odysseus

Interior of the MacMillan Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park

I’m feeling more or less better now, and fingers crossed, this will continue. Anyway, here are a few pictures I took in Queen Elizabeth Park and its MacMillan Bloedel Conservatory back in early May. I’m not very happy with almost any of the landscape pictures I took at that time, and I hope to return there again at some point this summer to do a better job. I did like the bamboo shot, below, though:

The Conservatory has always been very special to me. I remember going there with my family when I was a boy, and tearing up and down the pathway. The bridge always fascinated me, and was fun to go over. Now that I am a man, the garden seems much smaller, and I walk through it slowly. What was once fun has become wonder, peace, and contemplation. There is a feeling of wellness there that is hard to match elsewhere in the city. I certainly hope that the Conservatory stays open.

The next two pictures were taken inside the Conservatory. I liked the flowers in the picture below, though the picture seems too dark:

I also liked the flowers in this next picture, too, though I had a lot of trouble focusing:

The final picture shows downtown, Vancouver, from the city’s highest point:

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In other news, I have been reading voraciously on the Skytrain and bus. I find that the older I get, the more I find time to read. I’ve made conscious decision to try to spend less time on the internet in order to read more books. I’m not sure this is happening that much, but my long commute time makes for a very good opportunity.