On Christmas day I unexpectedly woke up to sunshine. With nothing to do until the afternoon a Christmas morning ride seemed like just the thing! It got overcast pretty quickly but I finished the ride well before the rain started up again. Merry Christmas me! It was only 3 degrees (Celcius), so I basically dressed in every layer I could. …
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Riding down Pandora Street between Commericial Drive and Victoria Drive I am greeted with this visage. Harbour Centre stands out as a little bit of delight among a very industrial foreground.
This was taken from Vancouver City Hall after a meeting at the start of my ride home. I think the crane is being used for the new SkyTrain expansion, but don’t quote me on that.
So much happening in November I didn’t do a lot of reading. I did read a book by one of my favourite authors, though.
This book won’t be in my top 5 by Kingfisher — the plot had a change up that didn’t feel entirely organic — but it was still a fun …
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November is rainy season in Vancouver but it normally doesn’t rain ALL the time (every Vancouverite has a story about biblical rain, but that’s a different post). Occasionally a glorious, sunny day sneaks through the gloom. And even more occasionally a person — in this case that person is me — has the time off to enjoy it! This Friday …
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I choose gingerbread!
It was rainy with high cloud when I took this on a bike ride home. The light was gobbled up by the dark and the visability across the water was great in spite of the rain. I loved the way Science World looked.
Driving home I saw these lights and had to take a picture.
I’ve loved everything I’ve read in P. Djèlí Clark’s Dead Djinn Universe, and Ring Shout was a singular reading experience. Abeni’s Song was like a classic fairy tale with some Studio Ghibli whimsy thrown in. Enjoyable, though not a page-turner.
The story was interesting; I wanted to know the ending. For me, …
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