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You know, I think we may have rounded the corner away from Winter and on towards Spring. The calendar tells me as such, as March 20th is the official start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The snow is melting, and things are warming up from the cold weather we had at the end of February. I have even heard the chirping of birds and the honking of Canada Geese the last few days.
So why not one more snow photo? I am partial to Esther Schönwandt's photograph from Queen Elizabeth Park last week.
Queen Elizabeth Park has been an important part of Vancouver since the beginning. It's rock was quarried for the foundation of the city's earliest roads, and some of these quarries were in turn used as reservoirs for the city's drinking water. The remaining quarries became the sunken gardens that we know today, all the vision of then-Parks Board Deputy Superintendent William Livingstone, who worked not from sketches but from a clear vision in his mind.
The park is still home to water reservoirs; in fact, next time you find yourself near the tennis courts or the parking lot close-by, you are on its innovative roof. And since the park is atop Little Mountain (which ranges from 300 - 500 feet above sea-level) it usually sees a little more snow than we get in other parts of town. I never really appreciated the elevation of Little Mountain until I saw it from the top of Grouse. Hey - it actually is a little mountain!
