John Lee
@johnleewriter.bsky.social
Independent feature writer, content creator and copywriter (www.JohnLeeWriter.com). Huge Christmas fan (www.VancouverChristmasGuide.com) and co-author of the brand new book "Freecouver: 101 Free Things To Do In And Around Vancouver" (www.freecouver.com)
My kind of carpenter (spotted at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Richmond)
Halfway through August means we only have two more chances to catch a Talkback Tuesday! Enjoy the opportunity to stay post-show for a Q&A session with select members of the cast for the production that you see! August 18: Macbeth Antigone August 25: The Merry Wives of Windsor Goblin:Oedipus
Our FREECOUVER Granville Island walking tour on Sunday is sold out but @johnleewriter.bsky.social and I have two more book events coming up: 🗓️ Aug 22 Book signing, meet & greet at Kinder Books in #NewWest 🗓️ Sept 8 A special event at Book Warehouse on Main Street
Freecouver - 101 Free Things to do in and Around Vancouver
101 Free and Fun Things to do in and Around Vancouver - Our new book, published by Tidewater Press, is available now!
freecouver.com
Take a photo like this one and you can enter to win our huge summer giveaway prize! Details here: freecouver.com/giveaway/
Why not travel back in time to enjoy the holidays at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver?
Joop Polder (Dutch, b. 1939) : Station in the Wood, c.1970s Oil on wood panel | 50 × 70 cm Private Collection
Bard Blog time! We caught up with Raf Rogers about his first Season with Bard and performing on the BMO Mainstage. 🤺 READ MORE: bardonthebeach.org/news/2026/me...
Every morning devoted caregiver @hanabi-nyc.bsky.social makes sure that Astoria the Wild Turkey gets all the cool, clean water she wants. 🦃 🧡 💦
We worked hard on our FREECOUVER book. But probably not as hard as the people employed at Steveston's Britannia Shipyards back in the day. I re-visited this great National Historic Site today.
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Congratulations! You've stumbled across the lucky Spoonbill! 👀 This is very rare. Lucky Spoonbill says: "May all your endeavours succeed". 📷 @deaneades333.bsky.social
A double-crested cormorant fishes in St. Vrain Creek at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BlueSkyMonday #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
It's not easy being an apex predator! A Red-tailed Hawk was being strafed again and again by this Eastern Kingbird. Drama on Duck Island in Central Park's Harlem Meer this morning! 🛩️🛩️🛩️ #Hawk #Kingbird #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026
Good for her! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I feel motherly towards them’: the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest
Eilish Rothney’s first instinct was to get rid of the wasps entering her converted shipping container in Norfolk. Now she enjoys their constant hum
theguardian.com
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird sips nectar from Salvia at a local botanical garden.
Ins Choi and Pacific Theatre Bring Award-Winning Production to #Toronto. Son of a Preacherman October 3 - 11, 2026 Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Info and tickets at tinyurl.com/muys9tks
Spotted this restored B.C. Electric Interurban Railcar trundling along the tracks in Surrey yesterday! It's operated by the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society.
