Week 5

Highs

Nitobe and UBC Botanical Gardens - I've never been to Nitobe before.  What a beautiful tranquil garden!  Hidden under a canopy of old growth trees, you enter into a peaceful oasis of vibrant green moss, pebble pathways, running water and calm.

I have been to the UBC Botanical Gardens before but in the winter when it was wet and cold, part of a field trip for The Landscape Technician certificate I did some years back.  This visit was much more enjoyable.  The Himalyan Blue Poppies were in bloom and many tree peonies.

Tree Peony

Himaylan Blue Poppy

Tree Peony

I participated in an Authentic Leadership webinar on The Inner Critic.  It was a good experience.

Dream Girls and coffee with a friend.  I enjoyed the latter part of the musical better than the first part.  There was much more of a story.  I wasn't familiar with any of the songs but one.

Mother's Day dinner with my Mum, Dad and Paul at one of my Mum's favourite restaurants in Kits.

Bellyfit - there were only 2 of us in class this week so the instructor challenged us with some new moves.  I'm glad nobody was watching.

Life Drawing - After a 2 week hiatus, my drawing skills were on the decline though I still enjoyed the session.

Line Dancing - we learned 2 new dances, that makes 6 now however once I walk out the door of the dance studio, I don't remember much.

Booked a trip for late August and all of September.

Painting this week was all about flowers.

Palette Knife and Brush Painting

Lows

Paul was still unwell early in the week, thankfully he was better by week's end.

Misses

The long public transit ride to UBC.  With the walks to and from the skytrain and between bus loops, the journey was 1.75 hours each way.

Near Misses

The express bus (used loosely because it still took 1.75 hours) back from UBC.