Pretty Poinsettias

This gallery contains 6 images. Poinsettias are not just for Christmas, and, thanks to hybridization, they come in a greater variety of colours than you might see at your local mainstream grocery stores/supermarkets. Here is the first variety to greet us as we walked into the Bloedel Conservatory.

My Favourite Animated Shorts

I’ve always stayed until all the credits have rolled at the end of movies, because there are often gems that you won’t see if you leave “early.” The outtakes at the end of Pixar animated films can be they can be funny, even if the humour is totally scripted and not due to the unintentional flub of a tongue (or tongues). It’s the same with DVDs, when you get those not-so-hidden Easter eggs like animated shorts, deleted scenes, or behind-the-scenes looks. Here are the trailers to my favourite animation shorts.