Moth Heaven.



Yesterday me and Debbie had a day out and it was pretty fun. We started out going to Queen Elizabeth Park which is pretty close to our house and has a conservatory which was pretty cool. It was really misty and cold but the mist added to the atmosphere I think.

There was some fancy birds in the conservatory and it was generally really nice. We sat in on a bench in the snow and ate our packed lunch which was surprisingly good. Here's some photos of that.

A creepy looking tree

A bridge and water and the view beyond in Queen Elizabeth Park


The view from the bridge

The mist and the trees

The lower part of the gardens

More view

Debbie wishing hard

Debbie on the bridge

A flower

A parrot

Another parrot-type bird. This guy spoke. He kept saying something about Charlie.

Another flower

This guy loved to preen

This one paraded about the place like he owned it.

I loved these little fellas

Birds from behind. Check out fluffy the one on the left is.

The clock outside the conservatory

Debbie with her packed lunch

After that we got on the bus and went to Granville Island. We were freezing cold so we got some tea in the public market then went to the brewery for a tour. The place is pretty tiny since they only actually brew the limited release beers there but included in the price of the tour is a taster thing of 4 beers. We tried the island lager which is alright but just a basic lager, the maple ale which has maple syrup in it and is quite nice, the winter ale which has white chocolate in it and was my favourite, and their porter which was too dark for me and I had to give it to Debbie.

My beers

Once we had drunk our beers we went back along Broadway to a place on Commercial Drive called Cafe Deux Soleil where they were having an open mic night. We got there pretty early and had some food. It's a vegetarian place so I had a veggie mexican burger which was pretty awesome then later on I had a brownie which was ok. We also drank some beer and waited until 9 when the open mic started. The place was pretty empty at the beginning and it was freezing but by the time the acts went on it was warming up.

There was loads of people who wanted to go up to sing which is odd cuz often at home there's not that many people who're willing to go up. Fifteen acts were picked out a jar and they were generally really good. Quite a few different types of music including a colaboration between a guitar, a rapper and a didgereedoo which was pretty incredible.

Greg joined us for the open mic

Greg overseeing Debbie's pint pouring

We stayed there until closing time then got the bus along Broadway and then home. It was 3am before I got to sleep and had work at 11 this morning so I'm pretty tired right now. Think I'll go have a bath and then go to sleep!