Uploads from Marcia Portess

If it's magic...

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:55 -0700

Then why can't it be everlasting
Like the sun that always shines
Like the poets in this rhyme
Like the galaxies in time

The one and only...Stevie Wonder.
♪ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XeOGzx4EAE ♪

Sing a song through the trees....

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:37 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

A blanket of pollen glows on a sunlit
pond with surrounding trees reflected
in the water.

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In this world of ordinary people...

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:18:36 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

...I'm glad there is you!

♪♪ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbqFvxMPGE

View of Vancouver from Coal Harbour with
some added effects.
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Happy Mother's Day!!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:10:19 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

Geese and goslings at Lost Lagoon.

Sleeping Swans

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:58 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

This lovely pair at Lost Lagoon were
not in the least disturbed by passersby....
or photographers. :)

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All tucked in!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:18 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

One of a pair of swans at Lost Lagoon.

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Swan Somnolence

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:44:45 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

One of pair at Lost Lagoon.

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Fever!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:01:18 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

♪♪ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb5IweiYG8 ♪♪

Tulip at The Teahouse

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:41:57 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

They have a beautiful tulip garden
at The Teahouse in Stanley Park
this spring.
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S'wonderful ♪♪

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:04:43 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

Diana Krall - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLgZl831JJU
Happy May everyone!

Are the stars out tonight?

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:47:04 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

The best version ever of "I Only Have Eyes for You"
with the great Art Garfunkel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9C53IEcg_0
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Shy Percheron!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:19:47 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

I recently found my shot of a beautiful percheron
taken at our local street fair in 2011 at a
horseshoeing demonstration. I love the eyelashes!
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Spring can really hang you up the most....

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:12:50 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

♪ ♪ ♥ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw_zmDcWWLw ♪ ♪ ♥

Strikingly bright!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:10:22 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

Trippin'

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:32:26 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

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Daffodil Duet!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:09:51 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

Happy Birthday to the late, great Ella Fitzgerald.
Here's one of her wonderful duets with Pops.
"Can't We Be Friends"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Atp1luB-Y

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Dance of the Seahorse

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:17:30 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

".....they wheel around in unison in what is known as a “pre-dawn dance".
They eventually engage in a “true courtship dance" lasting about 8 hours..."
Seahorse courtship - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse

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pretty pottery!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:13:21 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

A friend's pretty piece displayed
wonderfully in a corner of his apartment.

A fount of red!

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:42:57 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

I was taken by surprise when I came across the Wall Centre fountain coloured
bright red. A public launch of Reverse Joy by artist collective Slavs and Tatars
took place at the fountain of Wall Centre Plaza in downtown Vancouver in mid-April 2013.

il Giardino

nobody@flickr.com (Marcia Portess) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:09:58 -0700

Marcia Portess posted a photo:

I'm sad that after 37 wonderful years the fabulous "il Giardino"
restaurant in Vancouver's West End has closed forever.
Ciao Umberto!