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A sunny day out in South Surrey—White Rock, BC — January, 19, 2021. ••• iPhone videos & photos by @smallstudiodesign — edited with Quik by GoPro app. ••• @christopherlylesmall with @maekengo • Shot #onlocation at White Rock & Ocean Park, South Surrey. #whiterock • #whiterockpier • #smallstudiodesign • (at White Rock, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSJYcDsuqc/?igshid=1ncrrfcdnf2p1

VAN-Curvy • Form & Fluidity || A video of Vancouver’s contemporary architecture— examples of buildings with visually striking & diverse styles that break out of the architectural box of rectangular rigid shapes by offering a range of streamlined forms that soften a city’s hard edges with curves, arcs, wavy lines & more to catch the eye. || #vancurve • #vancurve • #vancurvy • #curvyrevolution • #vancouverarchitecture • #architectureinvancouver • #smallstudiodesign • ____________ iPhone photos & video by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign edited in iCloud iPhotos (Disclaimer: background = copyright-free music (in app library/menu, selection) (at Parq Vancouver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9MxqLBSA4/?igshid=12vlncip97mwo

Towering & Totemic: the troves o’Treasures. [ 01:00 min #trance ] A #daydream believer & homecoming queen’s #hallucinatory glimpse at a #fewofmyfavouritethings about Vancouver. If you live here & you don’t experience these simple things then you’re missing the whole point of existing here on the #canadianpacific ... it’s Canada’s most expensive city to own property ... but if you set yourself #free from even trying to “own” the views & the beauty ... #simplybe #simplylook & #see & enjoy the #trip #simplybeautiful ... that’s the #freedom ... #befree on your #journey #civic #treasures #towering & #totemic #totems #totem #britishcalifornia #smallstudiofilms #smallstudiodesign (at TOTEM POLES of VANCOUVER)

Animated stillness. [ #gif version] “A Sunset (in HAIKU): “Stroll seas’s shimmer. Sun’s lit ablaze. Quick pass that last puff. Lasting laughs. Friends.” Shot with #iphone8plus , #animated from #bursts #onlocation at #secondbeach, #englishbay, #stanleypark #vancouver 🇨🇦 #coastalconditionals #sunset #haiku #poetry #poem #canadiansunset #canadianpacific #smallstudiofilms #smallstudiodesign (at Second Beach)

Weekend vibes: the weather offered a chance to get out to wide open spaces. ••• iPhone #selfie photo by @smallstudiodesign of @christopherlylesmall & @maekengo (we took masks off to smile for the camera) • Shot #onlocation at Blackie Spit Regional Park / Wildlife Conservation Area, near Crescent Beach, South Surrey. ••• #weekendvibes • #selfiesaturday • #smallstudiodesign • (at Cresent Beach ,Blackie Spit Park.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOashmB81k/?igshid=aolencn0eeab

First things first. Check out these 100-120+ year old trees. Every autumn 🍂 take a walk through the magnificent grande boulevards & meandering avenues of Vancouver’s old First Shaughnessy District — pre-First World War - Edwardian- Craftsman-style heritage mansion homes (many with original interiors).* ••• “Why is ‘First Shaughnessy’ significant? ... the area between W.16th & King Edward, Arbutus & Oak, was originally developed by the CPR in 1907, & designed as the city’s most exclusive residential enclave, landscape & civil planning design based on the British “Garden City” + American “City Beautiful” movement influence ... an area of large estate lots, on curvilinear drives, with stone-wrought iron-hedgerows + lush landscaping ••• The century-year old trees define this heritage character neighbourhood, offering incredible broad shade canopy that anchors the district with regal establishment. Nothing speaks volumes about grace, elegance & longterm sense of permanence than beautiful massive mature trees. 🌳 🌳 🌳 First Shaughnessy contains an array of heritage buildings with distinct North American styles such as neo-Tudor, Federal Colonial, and Arts & Crafts.” — Heritagevancouver.org ______________ * (some currently, unfortunately, are at peril /over 50 of its original 369 homes have already been lost to “modern faux-interpretation” replicants) ••• iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign ••• Shot #onlocation on Margarite St. btwn W. 33rd Ave.—King Edward Blvd. #firstshaughnessy • #Shaughnessy • #smallstudiodesign • (at First Shaughnessy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIH8HxYh9HI/?igshid=17p3ou94kkf4u

Ships to Shores: “VANCOUVER 1792” - Since 1792, when the British met the Spanish upon this juncture along a seemingly wild rugged green coastline ... they were peacefully greeted by local Coast Salish peoples of Musqueam, Squamish & Tsiel-Waututh (latter =“The People of The Inlet”) • The Spaniards no longer interested in this region, handed over their preliminary navigation charts to Cptn. George Vancouver. He & crew resurveyed the entire region creating new charts with such superlative accuracy they were used into the turn 19/20thC. However, he didn’t consult with the welcoming Coast Salish & named many topographic features in honour of his own, as this great fjord, in honour of fellow officer, “Burrard’s Inlet” ... Truly it should be known by its native name: “səl̓ilw̓ət” (Sleilwaut) — the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Hun’qumyi’num) term for Burrard Inlet + Indian Arm; the place from which the səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people derive their name • Until the early 20thC, the səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ primarily travelled on water using cedar canoes, sustained by its waters in many ways, by its rich marine resources ... successful for millennia, reliant upon knowledge passed on by ancestors, ie. weather pattens/seasonal changes, climate cycle predictability, lunar cycles associated tides & currents, etc. ••• iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign with @maekengo (in photos) Shot #onlocation at Jim Mackenzie’s mural “1792”, painted 1986, at Dundarave Village, West Van. #shiptoshore • #coastalconditionals • #publicart • #smallstudiodesign • (at Dundarave Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqfJM_h4X2/?igshid=e8wteghus989