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Being A Tourist in My Own City

21:34

Happy Tuesday evening! Or alternatively, happy Wednesday. Hope you are all enjoying your week so far.

This past week has been such a quick one, but extremely eventful! As I mentioned in my last post, I had two friends come to visit me from New York and Boston, and we explored areas in my city that I haven't been able to see yet.

Now, when you think "oh this girl's form Canada", I'm sure you immediately think of snow, which is understandable. Once someone from the states asked me if I lived in an igloo.. sigh ... anyways, I'm getting carried away here. We decided to make use of a rainy Thursday afternoon and go up Grouse Mountain to ride the gondola up and check out the views. And of course, boom, SNOW! *insert all the cute same photos here of trees and snow*


This was inside the gift shop in the main lodge area! We spent a little while in there trying to enjoy the warmth before bearing it outside. get it? bearing it? because a photo with a bear. .... ha ha ha i'm pretty funny. 


please note that we can't really see the trees in the background. and that we walked 30 min in the icy snow for bears that we didn't get to see.

On friday we went all around downtown and I showed them my favourite spots, and it was a very easy day. Saturday we decided to try Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, which has a free suspension bridge to walk across and then walk along some trails. Now this my friends, is when I suddenly became that photographer friend that was down on knees to get the right shot with their 7pluses, which I will note I fully regret not getting one SOLEY for the purpose of portrait mode. It was snowing a little, which set the mood for some very cute photos!
She was terrified of going on this bridge, but SHE DID IT! round of applause for Renee!

This is where I started to take endless photos, but with my own camera!



Ok, s maybe Marissa made me get up there and take a picture of me!

The view from the suspension bridge was amazing! This doesn't even do it justice.

You could see a little layer of snow dusting on these leaves and I loved the way it looked.


And now it is Tuesday, and these two amazing beauts are home in their beds, comfy and happy to be with their cats. I can't express how good of a weekend/vacation I had. It was just nice to have multiple laughs, take some cute posy pictures and enjoy the time together. I have more photos, but I may pop them into a second post as this one is probably VERY long by now. I am so happy we explored what we did. 

Now that I've got you all here and reading, I was thinking about doing blogmas this year. I know I only just re-kicked off my blog, but I think it would be really good to keep me going at it. Maybe not every day up until Christmas, but maybe a post every other day? Would anyone enjoy reading that? Let me know. 

Have a wonderful day!

Jena



bc

long time no see: a catchup!

15:00

Hello everyone. It's been a long while! I got super busy with life and work, and I figured I would throw in an update for you. I went away with my family to a cabin/camp ground over Easter break, and I loved it. I took a couple photos I wanted to share!















It was a beautiful weekend! It is in Comox, BC. 

Otherwise, I've been looking for extra work and trying to make as much money as I can while trying not to spend any of it unless on necessities such as tampons, which are always so pricey. 

I don't have any new makeup products to do a review on, but if anyone wants a tutorial or anything, let me know.

I've been in a rut lately with blog posts, but I may do one on my organizational tips on what I plan to start using to help myself with budgeting. 

I hope you enjoyed the short but sweet blog post for the day. Happy Wednesday!

Toodle-doo!



blackberries

Sweet, sweet blackberries!

22:03

So today, after dinner, I decided that I wanted to go blackberry picking. I often find myself munching on some as I pass a bush on my way to or from class, so I thought going with a bucket and a purpose more than just shoving them in my face would be a good idea.

I took my brother, who is 12, and he tagged along, deciding he was going to eat more than pick. Either way, we actually had a really fun time, and I brought my camera along with me, so I could share with you lovely folk! Who uses the word folk anymore? Anyways, here we go!



Joel took over the camera, did a pretty good job for 12!

the bucket is massive, we did really well!


the thorns left us some nice marks, but it was totally worth it!

That's pretty much about it! Just wanted to share something fun I did today with you guys. I also made them into a blackberry crumb bar thing, so it was worth it in the end. I hardly get to spend real time with my brother, so I really loved just him and I today, even if it was something as simple as picking blackberries, it made me happy. He's going into grade 7, and he's almost as tall as me. Kids just grow up too dang fast these days!

Have a lovely day, evening, or night! Whichever it may be for you!

Toodle-doo! xoxo

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