Month: November 2023

  • Christmas Lights
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    Christmas Lights

    I turned on the outdoor Christmas lights for the first time last night. It’s early this year, but I’m not the first on the block to do so. I think the point is to bring…

  • Crossing Oak

    Crossing Oak

    Crossing Oak Street, from the east to west side, one enters Shaughnessy, and the character of the street changes dramatically. No more gentrification, no more densification.

  • Wintry Mix

    Wintry Mix

    Aside from monitoring the house, and ensuring an uninterrupted flow of electricity to the fence, our home security system reports the weather. Today, it tells me we have entered the period of the “wintry mix”.…

  • Densification and Gentrification

    Densification and Gentrification

    Like Toronto, Vancouver is going through a process change. Many of the old houses in the neighbourhood are either being replaced with larger homes or condominiums.

  • The Start

    The Start

    While in Vancouver we stayed in a “Garage Apartment” on the corner of West 28th and Ontario. I chose this spot as it was within walking distance of my aunt’s place. But, coincidently, I had…