Finally sun in Vancouver!!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151338454538764154.post-76151636880717805702007-01-29T15:54:00.000-08:002007-03-03T10:32:31.046-08:00Finally sun in Vancouver!!Business side of things This week I concentrated on exploring which environmental organizations we'd be interested in giving 10% of our sales to and sending out emails of inquiry. Been also working on the website with our web developer - we've been fine tuning the purchase page to make it as user friendly as possible. I've also been having fun learning how to use our custom website administration tools - I uploaded a bunch of photographs to test it out as well as changed text on our website. Another really important business activity: even though I already have a business plan, I am really pleased and excited to be getting some outside market research help to figure out the best marketing strategies for our business. We're going to learn a great deal I imagine! Picture taking <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem96dHBqtI/AAAAAAAAAEg/AYy-GsXMPYw/s1600-h/Northern+Harrier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem96dHBqtI/AAAAAAAAAEg/AYy-GsXMPYw/s200/Northern+Harrier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037766470134770386" border="0" /></a> This last week we went to Delta and Boundary Bay three times looking for a snowy owl, but no luck so far. However, we caught sight of other very cool wildlife: a rough legged hawk, Northern Harrier, three short-eared owls, and a tiny bird we thought was a falcon at first but after consulting our bird book we believe is actually a sharp-shinned hawk. The bird weighs 140 grams!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem-CtHBquI/AAAAAAAAAEo/G68y1DAvuQA/s1600-h/sharp+shinned+hawk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem-CtHBquI/AAAAAAAAAEo/G68y1DAvuQA/s200/sharp+shinned+hawk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037766611868691170" border="0" /></a> Yesterday we decided to head up Cypress Mountain to check out the sunrise and we saw an incredible view of Vancouver covered by cloud/fog with the city of Burnaby poking out in the distance. It looked like the city was floating on the clouds.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem-QNHBqvI/AAAAAAAAAEw/SxK2Nqvoo-Y/s1600-h/city+in+clouds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VS-Hg0xFz68/Rem-QNHBqvI/AAAAAAAAAEw/SxK2Nqvoo-Y/s200/city+in+clouds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037766843796925170" border="0" /></a>I went to Stanley Park on Saturday with a photography club to take a look at the damage from the wind storms we had and to take people shots. It was a nice change to take silhouettes of people on the beach. Gives me the opportunity to try a different kind of picture taking. Social Activities A quiet week on the social activity front this week. Went to a games night with some friends. Watched an interesting movie called District B 13. It illustrated extreme athleticism and it's message was clear: Question everything and do not to follow blindly. Definitely not the type of movie for the faint of heart - there were a lot of snapping of limbs (Which I had difficulty watching as I am a wimp). <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/151338454538764154-7615163688071780570?l=outofthisworldphotography.blogspot.com'/></div>Lydahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953599066576704361noreply@blogger.com