Yesterday Al and I drove into Granville Island to let the galleries have the few new jugbirds I have for them. Surprise! There was a new poster – fame at last!

Then we checked out some South Granville street galleries. One well-known Alberta/BC Gallery is showing Joe Fafard’s new work. I always enjoy his huge bulls in city locations – Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto. In the seventies I took a workshop with him at Surrey Art Gallery. At that time he was concentrating on clay sculptures of Canadians and Van Gogh.

All the sculptures are bronze. This Emily Carr is nicer than the one in the street at Granville and 7th.

We were told that it took Joe 3 years to make this running horse. It is lifesize and fabulous!

Today was one of those beautiful frosty Winter days. Here is the view north from our house, the North Shore mountains, specifically Mount Seymour.

The other view is looking east towards Golden Ears with Port Moody’s Newport highrises in the foreground.

Not a bad place to live!