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Coastal Conditionals: Every morning, every night Mother Nature puts on a Show, no two alike. Whether we attend, whether or not we like, the show’s there anyway, for our soul to mend. [👈🏼 slides] #happyfriday #victoriadayweekend #zenlikehell #longweekend #coastalconditionals #canadianpacific #canadiansunset #englishbay #spanishbanks #pacificnorthwest #britishcalifornia #smallstudiofilms #smallstudiodesign (at Spanish Banks)

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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)

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Coastal Conditionals: Zen (禅) • “... it’s so lovely to just walk + not know ...” — Byron Katie ••• Zen 禅 — a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of #meditation & intuition. ••• Walk without predetermined destination or purpose — For many this helps free the mind & body beyond the confines of daily stress. ••• I’m a fan of Byron Katie & The Work. Born: Byron Kathleen Mitchell, Byron Katie, is an American speaker & author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work." ••• The Work is a Practice — “Every time you do The Work you become #enlightened to who & what you are, the true nature of being. To question what you believe is an amazing gift to give yourself, & you can have it all the days of your life. The answers are always inside you, just waiting to be heard.” — thework.com ••• iPhone photos/videos by @smallstudiodesign featuring: excerpts from @byron.katie & @maekengo ••• #zen • #walking • #walkingmeditation • #thework • #byronkatie • #coastalconditionals • #zenlikehell #smallstudiodesign • (at Spanish Banks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIP20-zBOp5/?igshid=117ufeblvqp30

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Coastal Conditionals: Saturday’s vibes — Afternoon in Surrey. ••• iPhone photos videos (Quik Story/ GoPro) by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign — featuring: @maekengo + @joshwestcoast99 (artist) ••• Shot #onlocation from Cloverdale Farmer’s Country Market to Crescent Beach, Blackie Spit Park (Wildlife Conservation Area), South Surrey. #saturdayvibes • #westcoastweekend • #Westcoastisthebestcoast • #southsurrey • #CrescentBeach • #blackiespitpark • #coastalConditionals • #quikstories • #quikstory • #gopro • #smallstudiodesign • (at Cresent Beach ,Blackie Spit Park.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CILXwx0hobP/?igshid=1lxrguft7agpd

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Coastal Conditionals: Meanwhile in ... British Columbia 🇨🇦 Panoramic — Friday vibes — ••• iPhone #panoramic photos by @smallstudiodesign • @christopherlylesmall with @maekengo • Shot #onlocation at Indian Arm, Belcarra Regional Park, Belcarra, B.C. (near Port Moody) • #coastalconditionals • #fridayvibes • #belcarraregionalpark • #indianarm • #smallstudiodesign • (at Belcarra Regional Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIIJcmlhQBt/?igshid=uewvxsflipvt

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Coastal Conditionals: Meanwhile in ... British Columbia 🇨🇦 Panoramic #Fridayvibes — ••• iPhone #panoramic photos by @smallstudiodesign • @christopherlylesmall with @maekengo • Shot #onlocation at Indian Arm, Belcarra Regional Park, Belcarra, B.C. (near Port Moody) • #coastalconditionals • #fridayvibes • #belcarraregionalpark • #indianarm • #smallstudiodesign • (at Belcarra Regional Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIIH43pBYeh/?igshid=1ikf1ki1csry6

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Coastal Conditionals: Calm. — 落ち着いて — — “Ochitsuite” — (ochee-‘ts-weet-eh) ••• #staycalm • #calm • #calmwaters • #zenlikehell • #becalm • #becalmbekindbesafe • #peaceofmind ••• iPhone photos by @maekengo of @christopherlylesmall • Shot #onlocation at Spanish Banks, (east beach), West Point Grey, Vancouver, B.C. 🇨🇦 ••• #spanishbanks • #coastalconditionals • #smallstudiodesign • (at Spanish Banks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIIF0TgBSkH/?igshid=9nqptx70o3py

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Coastal Conditionals: Meanwhile in ... British Columbia 🇨🇦 — Friday vibes — ••• iPhone photos by @smallstudiodesign • @christopherlylesmall with @maekengo • Shot #onlocation at Indian Arm, Belcarra Regional Park, Belcarra, B.C. (near Port Moody) • #coastalconditionals • #fridayvibes • #belcarraregionalpark • #indianarm • #smallstudiodesign • (at Belcarra Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIH3pxWhEcM/?igshid=7ruzbabtkbav

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Coastal Conditionals: Rainbow Country 🌈 ••• Yesterday’s brief but dramatic grande finale, emerged after a week’s worth of Hawaiian Pineapple Express — a river of rain that makes the northwest pacific coast mild but moist during the late autumn-winter season. It’s when Vancouver’s reputation for being “Raincouver” is truly earned. 💦 ☔️ 🤷‍♂️ Whatch’ya gonna do? Complain? Nah. It’s nature. ••• iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign Shot #onlocation from #mybalconymyview in Grandview-Woodland, EastVan. ••• #coastalconditionals • #rainbow • #raincouver • #rainbowcountry • #rainbowcountry🌈 • #smallstudiodesign • (at Grandview - Woodland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBqY_IhtIJ/?igshid=1fq62uef0l7vx

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New Fortune City: Heaven’s Gates —- “Hark the herald, angels sing!” ••• Rejoice, it’s a #rainyday • In many cultures, #rain is a sign of #luck , #abundance & #prosperity • So play something softly my #angels & have #gratitude for nature’s abundance falling from the heavens above. ••• —- KEEP VANCOUVER WET — an old slogan from late 19th—early 20th C. — Abundance of water is what made us prosperous — in forestry, salmon fishing & many other ways ... ��🍹🍸 😉. ... so cheers 🥂 to that! 💕🇨🇦 ••• •_____________| 🌧 |____________ • When it rains, perhaps buy a lottery ticket? — Hey you never know ||>> it could happen to you. I happen to know it did for these homeowners. And they’ve never looked back since. 😉. iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign — Shot #onlocation in First Shaughnessy’s Angus Park area. #singingintherain • #newfortunecity • #shaughnessy • #keepvancouverwet • #harktheheraldangelssing • ##coastalconditionals • #smallstudiodesign • (at Angus Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHtIF98hBbc/?igshid=63yikyjoyhin

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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

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Coastal Conditionals: Autumn’s afterglow burnin’ from Burnaby Heights. ————— iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign Shot #onlocation at Cambridge Street, at Boundary Rd.,Vancouver—Burnaby City Limits. #coastalconditionals • #afterglow • #autumnvibes🍁 • #burnaby • #burnabyheights • #canadiansunset • #canadianpacific • #smallstudiodesign • (at Boundary Road And Hastings) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHoGJDYhd9k/?igshid=sh8hz4xqcj8v

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Skylines YVR / Coastal Conditionals — Snow geese, LiveFeed from near YVR at Iona Island Regional Park, Iona Island, Richmond, B.C. #coastalconditionals • #skylinesyvr • #smallstudiodesign • (at Iona Beach Regional Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6KuRNBayg/?igshid=1nzmrxa13g9e

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Skylines YVR / Coastal Conditionals — live from YVR Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. #coastalconditionals • #skylinesyvr • #smallstudiodesign • (at Sea Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6ILGNBaQ1/?igshid=1vnblglge27h6

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Coastal Conditionals: Sometimes life’s like a long lonely road. If it’s downhill, just coast along & glide effortlessly. Go with the flow. iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign Shot #onlocation at Uplands, on thevCypress Bowl switchback access road to Cypress Provincial Park, off the Upper Levels Highway, West Vancouver. #theuplands • #cypressmountain • #westvancouver • #canadiansunsets • #coastalconditionals • #smallstudiodesign • (at Cypress Park & Upper Caulfeild, West Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGxjMIbB2Le/?igshid=jyjo03qda09h

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Coastal Conditionals: Thursday’s vibes are easy, breezy & musical. Sitting by the docks on the bay ... Scott Crompton @scottcromptonmusic & Blue Jay Walker (vocalist) @bluejaywalkermusic iPhone videos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign — Shot #onlocation at North Vancouver’s Shipyards District ... ••• #Coastalconditionals • #smallstudiodesign • (at The Shipyards) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGrvWurB7aU/?igshid=i6frpy1wwvg0