10 meter-ish to 7 km diet

Grow, Scavenge, and have farm neighbours ;)

"Happy ~ ♡ I said many times? (laughs)"

 

 With a friend from the old days
Into the deep woods...
To the sea...

Trekking on a hike

Tremendous energy is releasing and is given from nature!

Happy ~ ♡
I said many times? (laughs)

So honest to say I'm glad ^ ^

By Chisayo Hasegawa 

(with some unexpected help from Google translate) 

  

This week my friend from Japan returned to visit her second home...Victoria.  It was amazing to reconnect and to spend sometime at two of my favorite places...the ocean and the forest.  The forest is so rooted and grounding.  I spent a while lying on the forest bottom staring at the canopy and amazed at the size  and shapes of the old and new growth...realizing that humans are indeed small! 

 

  

Avatar Grove 

 

Botanical Beach

 

  

 

A roadside stop overlooking the clear cut on West Coast Road is a reminder that to some people, the forest isn't sacred.  Not the most cheerful sight...clear cut...but I think it's important for people to see it in order to understand the need to support more viable options. The reality is that only 26% of the old growth is left on the Southern Coast of BC and if not protected the numbers continue to fall.  The trees or the "lungs of the earth" and homes to many different animals and plants.  As wood based products are beautiful and wonderful, it is hard to watch the old growth taken for granted.  Hopefully by sharing my images of the old growth will help you also come to finding ways to help protect these trees and regions.

 Highway showdown ;)

A wish tree

Someone started a wishtree in Fernwood and here are a few wishes that caught me...either because they are touching or just plain funny!  I didn't turn the images so you have to tilt your head to see them just as you would if you had seen them in the real tree ;)

The Molly Dolly

Some of my illustrations will be shown at an exhibition featuring art work inspired by John Hughes movies. The work is pretty different and pinker from what I would normally do, but then again do I have a "normal"...maybe not ;)

Akemi Ito of My Picture Book Cafe and other Vancouver area artists are showing...I am not sure if there are any other islanders/out of towners besides me. If you're in Vancouver please take a peek...I also heard that HOT ART Wet City throws amazing opening night parties;)  

Have a look at the invitation at https://www.facebook.com/events/1542262316038897/

Go fly a kite!

Victoria International Kite Festival

Seattle...but you can see that!

So I don't think of myself as a big city person, but for some reason when I visit them I can't help but photograph them!  Here is a random selection of "Seattleness".

"Victoria: Past, Present, and Future" at Art Atelier 546

Art Atelier 546 is celebrating it's Grand Opening on April 18.  Their first show features 20 Victoria photographers and over 100 images.  Here is a sneak peak of 5 of my pieces for the show.  The "Tree Tops" photo in the front has been requested in a larger format...so wait and see!

Takes just one word sometimes

Close Up Magazine-Photography for Illustration

Bastion and Berta ride doubles

http://www.victoriacameraclub.org/closeup/closeup-march-15-print.pdf

Hit the link to for my article on Photography for Illustration on pages 5 and 6.

Tasty food in small packages...Happy year of the goat!

For Lunar New Year, 10 of friends got together to make potstickers, sesame balls, and other tasty Chinese treats.  These labour intensive little treats were made with asian influences and an organic hippie twist!  Beautiful and delicious.

Food from my childhood...kind of!  We didn't eat this everyday but sometimes.  To be honest I am not really sure if it was for special occasions or just when we happened to have them.  I do remember watching my mom make these things and didn't really appreciate how much work and fine motor skills it took to assemble these cute little packages.

Happy Year of the Goat!  (no goat was harmed in the making of this blog!)