Vancouver’s St Patty’s Day Parade

AUTHORS NOTE: Due to the physical stresses of surgical recovery The Celebration Of silence will only be posting once daily for the month of March. We will resume our twice daily postings in April! As many of you know I recently underwent a surgery to remove an attic colosteatoma tumor in my left ear and…

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The Recovery Series – A Lesson Learned (Pt 2)

Mikah became fascinated with the stones that made up a nearby overpass. The above capture is I think, quite signature of her style and a truly amazing interplay between many elements all balanced perfectly for one moment

The Recovery Series -A Lesson Learned (Pt 1)

…the condition that had taken my hearing was far more advanced than we had thought. Me being me I continued along alright and immediately wanted to de-stress by doing what?

You guessed it. Birdwatching!

The Road To Recovery

Waking up in the recovery room and being told everything was fine, everything had been fixed, that this nightmare was finally over was a really surreal moment for me. Being told that it was finished and everything had gone great despite the additional bone that had been removed awakened in me a feeling I hadn’t thought to plan for.

Gratitude.

On The Mend!

Stay tuned to this space as the Celebration Of Silence returns Saturday March 5th after a surgical hiatus!

The Choice

To Nikon or to Canon? DSLR or Compact? Could I live without Superzoom? If I do learn to, am I really ready to learn that much about lenses? Artistic composition options? IT’S A BIRD DAMMIT IT DOESN’T NEED COMPOSING! Or does it? Shutter speeds? Full frame or APS-C? Do I really need a 42x optical…

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A Date With The Devil

“Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t” This quote rings more true with me now than ever. In just over a week the devil I have known for the last 8 years (a condition called attic colosteatoma) will be literally excised from my head by my egotistical, precocious, hyper-confident (hopefully rightfully so…

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A Walk On The Wild Side

Today’s second post is about the fabulous Stanley Park in beautiful British Columbia Canada. I am blessed to live very close to this park with its multitude of habitats, abundance of birds, flora and fauna and it’s storied history. I love this place and I think others will too so I thought I’d share a…

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Letter To A Bus Driver

(Bus ID # 2526 – (#3 Marine Drive Stn -Main St and 22nd Ave @ 1934 hours Feb 09 2016) Dear Driver Of Bus #3, We don’t know each other. As a matter of fact we met  only briefly this evening. I’m sure that to you, our interaction was just another moment in the endless…

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For Anna

Today’s second post is dedicated to Anna from the amazing Wet Knee Farm (Check out her blog Here) and is all about Anna…..the Anna’s hummingbird that is! So without further ado…..   Male Anna’s hummingbird Having a rest. Male Anna’s Hummingbird in flight   P.S. No this is not totally random….Swatibee put me up to it…

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Yes We Can!

Often in my daily life I encounter moments of “Uh oh, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. Maybe I’ll do it this other way.” Or the all too common “Maybe I’ll come back later with an interpreter” These times often feel like failures in the moment and it can take some fighting with myself…

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