Parking entrance signage
Today I completed an important project at our condo building... one I have been pursuing for at least six months. It involved the signage...
Volunteer gardener
Today I did my first round of gardening at a neighbor's home. They have a sizable lot (almost 1 acre) and plenty of trees, hedges and...
Making friends on my morning walk
It is very commonplace for me to encounter squirrels during my morning walks through UBC. Enough so that I usually have a handful of...
Late summer dinner
After a weekend of rain the late summer weather returned this week. This evening we decided to forego making dinner and dine out at...
Sushi lunch and free music
It is a 3D weekend here and it is hot, dry and sunny. No complaints. Today we rode our bikes to Wesbrook Village near us at UBC where we...
Wild Blackberries
The rain earlier in the year and the sunshine all summer has produced a wonderful crop of wild blackberries near our place. Yoshiko and I...
2017 Solar Eclipse
This morning we observed the solar eclipse from the UBC campus near our home. Many students, staff, residents and visitors crowded into...
#41 Buses in Edmonton, Tokyo and Vancouver
Growing up in Edmonton I frequently used the bus service and the closest route to our home in Belgravia was the #41 bus (originally the...
Shooting hoops
It was a sunny and warm afternoon so Yoshiko and I decided to take the basketball over to the outdoor basketball court on UBC's East Mall...
Where there is smoke...
Earlier this afternoon I observed smoke rising from a nearby area of our neighborhood. It caught my attention since there was some...
