secondGemini

Land's End

the very top of saanich peninsula.

a good week after a not so good day

work has been rough.  miscommunications are frequent, resulting in angry guests.  mistakes are being made, but it's really nobody's fault.  it's simply bad timing fused with not so ideal circumstances.  HOWEVER!

this upcoming week looks grand.  so far it consists of a scooter photography trip out to salt spring island, an all comped afternoon ziplining out in sooke with free food and booze, a collective birthday brunch at mom's ... followed up by my departure to San Francisco, for said birthday.

hoooyeah.

and also....

happy birthday to Davin!
SH

200+ scoots and counting

there couldn't have been a better day for the 25th annual garden city scooter rally.  i had SO much fun on the ride.  the event was going on the whole weekend, but i only made it to the sunday ride and prize draw.  which was good enough for me.  sunday was the main day anyhow.

the whole rally was lined up across from the empress.  i'm not kidding.... at LEAST 200 scoots.  and on top of that, we were heading out to the highlands.  so we had to make a massive U-turn in the middle of the road while tour busses, pedicabs, cars and tourists were all over the place!

what's cool though, is that when you ride in a group that big, you have leaders, wingmen, blockers and sweepers.  these are the folks who guide, blast ahead to stop traffic, and people who hang back to ward off aggressive cars......

so that's how they do it.

.... they carry elastics!

ok, so let me 'splain.  this afternoon i got a parking ticket.  yay.  but since i got my scoot, i've been wondering where they would put one.  i mean, it's not like i have winshield wipers.

so, they coil it up and throw it on your handlebar with an elastic.  awesome.

what a way to end my already somewhat painful afternoon date.  i mean, it wasn't all bad... but she was just not my type at all.  she didn't even thank me for the ice cream i bought her.  sheeesh.  it's small i know,  but that kind of thing says alot.  nice enough girl, but really overbearing and judgemental.

she even implied a few times that my opinion was wrong. 

plus a parking ticket. 
shit.

i need beer.

madmom's killer flower garden

man i love the look of this thing.

after mom suggested i come out to her place to take a few shots of one of her flowers.... i realized how great the entire yard looked.

this isn't the one she had originally wanted me to shoot... but now it's my favourite.  i forget what it's called  already.  but it has these dark blue/black stems, and just a beautiful contrast.  not to mention a wicked cool shape.

thanks for dinner mom!

dive! dive! dive!

 
i saw a picture of this in the paper.... thought it was awesome, then pretty much forgot about it.  but when i rode past odgen point last night after i broke off from the scooter posse (that's right i have a scooter posse!) i made a mental note to get back in the morning and take some shots.

it's not everyday you see this kind of thing up close.  i tried to get right up to the dock, but the coast guards wouldn't let me.  they were cool about it, and i understand.  but i mean really, i've already taken a zillion pictures.  what's a few more up close?

it's on.

after doing nothing but working then going to an average pub for my 30th birthday last year, i decided quickly after that i would do something way more fun for 31.

i'll be in San Francisco for my birthday this year.

i can't wait.