New Year - more blogging!

I have been neglecting this blog for quite some time, to say I have been busy is no exaggeration! My family and I love living here in New Westminster and now find our way around the city quite well. We have enjoyed a lot of fun events in the city. We just took our tree to be chipped at the Canada Games Pool, the New Westminster Fire Fighters host the event annually. We bought that tree at the Shop Sapperton event again this year. We were able to use our wagon to collect and dispose of the tree. Living in New Westminster car free is challenging sometimes. We have learned the bus and sky-train schedules, and have found walking in New West is great!

As a New Years resolution I will try and blog more often! I plan on continuing my "exposes" on the parks of New Westminster. I would like to seek out more art in the city this year too. When I lived in Vancouver I noticed a lot of art galleries, both independent ones and the beautiful VAG. Public art, large installations or sculptures are inspiring. I think they need to be in every city and add so much to public space! I would like to see what I find when I look for more art this year. I hear some exciting things are in the works!

This post made me think of the mosaic in Hume Park in front of the playground. This park is a beautiful retreat. I saw a double rainbow here the day after we moved in. I love it!

Hume Park

Hume Park is one of the best parks for the whole family! Located on East Columbia just north of Braid this park features so many great things I have to be careful not to miss any of them.

This park is located below the busy street where no traffic runs at all! During the warm weather it boasts an outdoor swimming pool, that also has ping pong tables and many lawn chairs for stretching out and relaxing.

It also has a water spray park if the pool is too crowded or you just want to splash.

There is a little snack shop for sweet treats

Hume park features a soccer field and two baseball diamonds, and a paved roller hockey court. Four tennis courts, an off leash dog park, and no less then 14 picnic tables spread out among beautiful trees. A playground for little ones as well as some great adventure playgrounds for older kids.

There is also an entrance to walking trails and a ravine to explore. There are some historical placards and a totem pole. There are wash room facilities and a small school also shares this beautiful park.

This park is a true treasure in Sapperton. The first week we moved here we saw a double rainbow at this park!

Sapperton is home of many double rainbows!

Hume Park