Weekly Photo Challenge: Family

No worries about these five musketeers getting away–heck, at least three of them were curious enough about the crowds of people surrounding them to lift their heads and mug for the various digital cameras pointed their way. As exotic as they look with their yellow stripes, the red-eared slider turtle is actually a very common pet turtle. These sunbathing red-eared slider turtles (probably a “donation” of a former pet owner) are long-term residents of Van Dusen Gardens.

No, they’re not singing “Turtles, turtles, ha, ha, ha …” — that would be copyright infringement. 🙂

Daily Prompt: Quote Me

Green Highlander salmon fly by Michael Maggs, CC-BY-SA 3.0

I have a favourite quote that I return to again and again. It is “give a fish to a man, and you feed him for a day. Show him how to catch a fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Why does it move me? Because teaching (and mentoring) others encourages initiative, develops skillsets for the student, and imparts a sense of accomplishment on personal and professional levels for me. It does require a lot of patience, because the novel can be hard to understand, and, as a marketing specialist and creative