Mariska Richters Digital Dogmom Life

I spent last week on Vancouver Island, and spent some good quality time with my almost-three-year-old nephew and godson. I love the simplicity that life carries for children. Their constant questions and curiosities, innocence and trust, freedom and imagination. These are truly things to admire in the little people all ...

Our first day in Bangkok was somewhat adventurous. After breakfast we grabbed our cameras and set off to first, sort out our travel plans to Koh Tao, and then to explore the city. Sorting out our travel plans wasn’t as simple as we expected. A friend had arranged our train ...

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Island Time 2011, a set on Flickr. A collection of photos of my visits to Vancouver Island in 2011.

Jewels for a Cause, a set on Flickr. The photos from the Jewels for a Cause event last night.

Tonight, for the second year in a row, I will be donating my time and photography services to the Jewels for a Cause charity event in West Vancouver. The event was started 10 years ago by Jennifer Rainnie and Teri-Ann Donaldson, as a very grass roots way to gather friends, ...

May Long 2011, a set on Flickr.

Bangkok: Grand Palace, a set on Flickr. New photos posted to Flickr of my visit to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

My trip to Thailand didn’t have the greatest start… For starters, the morning of my flight to Bangkok I woke up to find that my car window had been smashed. I had to leave for the airport at 10:30am, and found my smashed window at 8am while taking the dog ...

There is travel on the horizon, so close, I can almost touch it! T minus 6 days and I will be leaving Vancouver for 46 days! I’ll be flying from Vancouver to Bangkok, Thailand. I’ll spend a month exploring Thailand and then will make my way to Bali, Indonesia for ...