18-11-28

I've been reading more lately. It's been good. I am thoroughly amused by the table of contents for Stefan Zweig's The Post Office Girl. I've made good progress on Part One.

18-11-27

Rain yesterday. Sun today. More rain is promised for tomorrow.

18-11-26

"...and the sky opened up..."

Torrential.

18-11-25

Homeward bound.

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18-11-22

Island bound.

18-11-21

BC Air Filters. Half a step removed from Dunder Mifflin, only real. I can't imagine working here. Or, more frighteningly, I could imagine working here.

18-11-20

Gigi's. There's probably a story here.

18-11-19

Sold this car today. Already shopping for another one. Selling this one was probably a mistake. Buying another one is probably a mistake. I've made lots of mistakes. Why stop now?

18-11-18

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18-11-16

Ferry rides home from Victoria.

18-11-15

Ferry rides to Victoria.

18-11-14

These are monuments to the past, or a fleeting present.

The project has been cut short, I'm off to Victoria tomorrow for work.

18-11-13

Woodwards. That spinning red W has been an orientation point for decades. It can't be seen from as many locations anymore, the city has grown up around it, but it's a Vancouver icon. No doubt.

19-11-12

The kid and I went for a bike ride around Stanley Park. It was a beautiful day for it. And while monuments like the Totem Poles and the yellow pile of sulfur on the north shore would have been easy targets, this bronze it truly iconic.

Vancouver monuments. Icons? Or similar. 

18-11-11

A million dollar poodle. And the Bloedel Conservatory. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating the cost of the poodle.

Vancouver monuments.... ongoing.

18-11-10

Science World. Or, rather, Telus World of Science. I was on my way to a friend's house one night and he called. "where are you?" "I'm just passing Ontario Place."

He was from Ontario as well. He knew of the iconic Bucky Ball there and made the connection to where I was in Vancouver. No questions asked.

18-11-9

Ken Lum's East Van Cross. I am a fan of Ken Lum's work.

#vancouvermonuments

18-11-8

Vancouver Monuments. A black and white photograph exists in contrast to these orange icons of the northern perimeter of Vancouver. It wasn't my intention to do a series of black and white photographs. Maybe that will change tomorrow.

18-11-7

Lion's Gate Bridge.

It was a gift of the Guinness family. Yes, that Guinness family. Apparently the Guinnesses bought a whole bunch of really cheap land on the North Shore that was hard to get to, then offered to build, for free, a bridge to get people there. The city said, "sure" and overnight the land the Guinness family bought for cheap became very valuable. There's a long history of shady real estate deals in Vancouver.

18-11-6

Vancouver City Hall.

And public art.



monuments of Vancouver

18-11-5

I don't know. The clocks have changed. I see the same things every day. I take the same photos. I've taken this photo before. Though it's been a while, though I may have missed a more recent iteration, I remember there being a more recent iteration.

So a challenge? A challenge. Monuments. Vancouver has a few, I think, I think Vancouver may consider them monuments anyway. It gives me an excuse to photograph Science World, and some cars stuck up on a post disguised as art. Again.

Maybe I'll find the million dollar ceramic poodle. Maybe a gilded tree. An iconic bridge. A building by Arthur Erickson. A building by the Patkaus. A red letter W.

A week of monuments. Heck, maybe even two... though I'm out of town towards the end of next week, so not two.

I'm not the first. I won't be the last.

18-11-4

Timex Marlin. Re-issue. Perhaps one of the more beautiful things made in this modern world.

18-11-3

I think I take this photograph every year. I think I'll take it again next year.

18-11-2

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Rain.

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18-10-30

European brown food. Austrian. Pork schnitzel and regional potato salad. It was about as good as one could hope for on a dark, rainy night.

18-10-29

 Laneway art.