Vancouver 2010 Olympic sights are quite amazing...Science world has been transformed by the Russians into Sochi House with line-ups to go inside several hours in length! Outside on the surrounding lawns are sculptures of figure holding fish made from tree trunks.

Some of these figures are quite imposing.

Welcome to Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

The city is blanketed by beautiful banners.

This inuksuk is one of many inuksuit that are being built along the edge of False Creek this week.

There is a Polish gentleman has been out every day for 6 days making them. I took these pictures yesterday. I think he is planning on building them until the end of the Olympics! I managed to delete his picture but I will add it to another post later. Here is a view of them in one direction.

There are even more the other way.

Some have some embellishments!

The city is blanketed with these beautiful blue, green and white banners and fences.

A cherry tree in bloom, I also saw a magnolia and a star magnolia in bloom along with some daffodils.

The Inuksuk symbol of our Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Canadian and other flags decorating windows in this building

You can see some interesting dressed people around the city. These two were lining up for a restaurant..even though it looks like they are going into a tailor shop.

Here is the skating surface under Robson Square, notice the glass ceiling with the historic green roofed Hotel Vancouver in the background.

Notice the motif on the back of the stairs.

Here is another view of the other set of stairs.

Here is a view looking back down the stairs looking at the skating ring below. There is a zip line above the dome.

Here are two folk zipping by having a great time in the sun.

Here are more of the banners. They plan on recycling the fabric after they are removed.

I saw these two your girls walking ahead of me along Robson Street. Their hair covers the top words which are Together Everyone Achieves More. What a great thought. Her bag reads I really don't need a Prada bag!

I left Robson to head over to Georgia and down at the bottom of the street I realized I could see the Olympic Flame!

I managed to view it from a distance and get this great photo. The crowds around it were amazing. They have a viewing platform where there was over an hour wait to get closer.

Here is a shot of just the top portion of the flame above the protective fence around it.

Here are some large banners outside of our new Trade and Convention Centre.

This has to be one of the biggest Go Canada Go signs I've seen.

Flags from around the world are on display around the city. The Hotel Vancouver reflected in the glass building across from it.

A forest of lanterns are on Granville Street.

Lantern festivals are celebrated in our city.

This one was made of what appears to be recycled plastic bottles.

This metal fish and the one below were one creation.

The fish are set at a 90 degree angle to each other.

These colourful funky birds were amazing.

Pacific Centre is one of the major shopping centres in downtown Vancouver.

This has to be the larges Canadian Flag image I've seen, I like how they wrapped the building.

We're often thought of as living in igloos and this curved atrium entrance to Pacific Centre decided to play up the image.

An iconic building the Hudson's Bay Company building at the corner of Granville and Georgia dressed up for the Olympic experience. There was a huge line up to get inside the official souvenier shop.

One of the display windows featuring some scarves.

The banner reads Creative Minds to Invent, Competitive Spirit to Win.

What a great patriotic display of purses!

On Water Street I found a store with this lovely display of the Olympic Mascots. First is Miga.

Next is Suma the Paralympic Mascot.

This is Quatchi.

Another display with Miga. I didn't get one of Mukmuk!

After about 4 hours of walking the city, I headed home to watch some of the events on television.

July 1st, Canada Day, fireworks, Fraserfest, the month is flying by. I took the picture of this poppy at the end of June. July 1st, Canada Day was sunny and warm, many of my neighbours few their flags from their decks.

I watched the fireworks from my balcony again this year, what a treat!

My friend Rita has some lovely flowers growing in her garden. This one reminds me of the bird of paradise shape.

Isn't this a lovely chocolate colour?

I believe the common name for this is Angel's trumpet.

Doesn't this just look like chenille?

Last Sunday my mom and I went over to "the drive" Commercial Drive is closed off on Sundays so you can wander down the street and enjoy the vendors and people.

Isn't this mural wonderful, I love the crows on the line above the people.

They have four banners, orange, yellow, blue and green. Each of them depicts something different, food, music, dining, fashion. Unfortunately the day was overcast, but very warm and muggy.

I like how this mural wraps around the corner of the building.

The drive has lots of organic grocery stores, coffee shops and used clothing shops. This fruit and veggie mural is amazing. I'm noticing many more of them lately around my city.

On Friday, 2 friends and I drove out to Chilliwack and went to I fly for Pie. It is located at the Chilliwack airport. If you are ever in the area, stop in for a bit. It is fun watching the small planes and helicopters taking off and landing as you eat. We stopped at two quilt shops along the way, Quilt Essentials in Abbotsford and Hamel's Fabrics new shop in Chilliwack. Both great shops.

I found this garden angel yesterday, on the carrot it says "mind your peas and carrots."

These two crows were just hanging out beside me while I took a break under a sun shelter yesterday after checking out the vendors at Fraser Fest.

Last night's fireworks were once again amazing.

The colours and shapes were spectacular.

Later this afternoon the working boats along the river will cruise by as a parade and have some fun in the water. I hope to get some fun photos to share.