Ashore Thing.

Bet you didn't see the hard place.

Vancouver, BC – The sea comes to bear on the land, beneath clouds seemingly low enough to fleece: swatches curl in broad strokes as the sea roils.

The air is briny – pickled and punctuated by pungent wet cedar. If only I could bottle this moment as a cologne. Still, the Stanley Park Rose Garden bursts with end-of-season colour and, with a whistle of wind, spruce-tipped mountains unveil themselves to us.

As we return to the Stanley Park Seawall, blue washes over the sky. White caps, however, continue to gnash at our feet. The day's breath lurks coolly in the shade, melting in sunlight.

Nearby, a rainbow forms in front of Lions Gate Bridge.

It's thirty-thousand steps around the park before curtained skies welcome us back from the edge of nature and the heart of bliss.

And, inadvertently, onto to the set of the television show, iZombie.

No, I’ve never heard of it.