Of Granny Pods and Secondary Suites
Pictures of above-garage living spaces and single-lot duplexes near my home.
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I Tip My Hat to The Sunny Girl Statue
The bus was crowded, but I’m not sure why. It was early Saturday afternoon, which is not normally busy, and the weather was fine. My son and I had waited a while for a bus and agreed that we had not seen the bus that our phone apps […]
Monumental Errors
While the President is distracting us with his concern about the destruction of civic monuments, he is simultaneously planning to remove from public protection huge national monuments. It’s the bait and switch thing again, and we fall for it every time. In the last week, we have been […]
Rust Magic 2017 Murals on 118th Avenue
This year’s Rust Magic Street Mural Festival in Edmonton contributed two huge murals to walls on 118th Avenue. One is at the Edmonton District Family Support Association and the other is at Optimum Auto Service. In addition, a few other small street murals popped up at the Carrot […]
Looking at Old Stuff with Old People
When you go to a museum with old people, you don’t see artifacts, you see memories. I had the pleasure of visiting the Innisfail Historical Village yesterday in the company of a busload of people on a summer outing from the North Edmonton Seniors Association. We […]
Beauty Behind the Bell Tower
While walking on 103rd Avenue in Edmonton, I came across a wonderful collection of murals on a cinderblock structure by the service entrance to the Bell Tower high rise office building. I don’t know what the structure is for, but it is large, rectangular, and has no windows […]
At the Junction of Ignorance and Anger
For someone who doesn’t leave the house very often, it comes as a bit of a shock to actually go somewhere and get yelled at. Yesterday, while driving to Home Depot to buy a light fixture, I had to navigate my way through a horrible intersection. It is […]
