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Tag Archives: Victoria
This Moment in Time…
Victoria on Vancouver Island – Nov 18, 2011 – I briefly looked at the flyer wall in the back of a coffee shop in Cook Street Village if anything’s going on this weekend I may want to go to. Nothing … Continue reading
A Little Spontaneous Art Party broke out…
Remember… remember… the fifth of November. About a month ago, the ‘Anonymous’ hacktivist group began posting fun-sounding announcements on social networking sites, such as announcing to “take down Facebook”, banks and even drug cartels… on this glorious sunny autumn day. If something … Continue reading
Some of my ART so far (1991-2011)…
- Victoria (BC, Canada) – Nov 2, 2011, 11:02 pm – Visit My Art Gallery & Store. Or go straight to My Art Store (on Zazzle) ’In the Arts Paradise’ for Greetings Cards, Posters, and more. Your support is greatly appreciated! —— My … Continue reading
Tagged allegedly apparent, art, belgie, Belgium, blog, book, Canada, contemporary art, drawings, hedendaagse kunst, http://allegedlyapparent.wordpress.com/, in the arts paradize, kunst, overview, overview art by Michael Van Broekhoven, overzicht, page, paintings, self-published, United States, Victoria
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Mt. Finlayson in Goldstream Provincial Park
Just outside of town, great place to go hiking. The most challenging trail in the park is the Mt. Finlayson Trail, an (at least) two-hour, roundtrip, strenuous hike that begins among massive 600-year-old cedars, climbs out of a Douglas-fir forest and … Continue reading
Victoria Decentralized Dance Party
3:44 am – Another random night in a very mellow town that somehow knows how to have fun… Photograph by: © Darren Stone, timescolonist.com CLICK IMAGE to read article. — VICTORIA, B.C.: OCTOBER 28, 2011 – Participants in Decentralized Dance Party’s Halloween … Continue reading
First Nations Languages spoken around here.
To continue on the track of local languages mentioned in this post yesterday… I was listening to the radio in the car… Scanning for good music. A station out of Vancouver apparently broadcasts in Chinese. A “multicultural radio station” here … Continue reading
New Painting (Oct 2011): Arrival on the Island (where lanterns are relit)
Victoria, BC – Oct 18, 2011 – Last touches of fresh paint are drying… Visit My Art Gallery & Store. Or go straight to My Art Store (on Zazzle): ’In the Arts Paradise’ for one-of-akind Greetings Cards, Posters, and more. Spread the word. … Continue reading
WE are the 100 %
[Let there be no mistake about it: this blog post, like my previous 170 or so blog posts, is part of some strange ongoing semi-unconscious typing accident.] VICTORIA, BC. (The City of Victoria and adjoining territory has been occupied by … Continue reading
Tagged 99%, adbusters, alternative, blame, Canada, choice, civilization, coercion, colonization, discontent, financial, Formal Consensus, global, http://allegedlyapparent.wordpress.com/, indigenous, markets, money, occupy wall street, ows, paradigm, people assembly, politics, poor, poster, rich, semiotics, treaty rights, United States, Victoria
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Ce ne sont pas les escaliers.*
With nothing’s “closed” about those stairs on Victoria’s waterfront, I found this modern art piece by the water somehow surrealistic. * These are not stairs. I think that would have made a better sign. That way if you fell, you would … Continue reading
Hmmm…
Sunday Night, almost Monday Oct 3, 2011 Something set off the fire alarm in this 1891 mansion of sorts… Holy smokes that was painfully LOUD! Fire Dept. truck arrived in about 2 minutes or so. Impressive. All was found to … Continue reading
Tagged Canada, driveabout, irony, Victoria
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Thunderbird Park
Thursday – Victoria, Sept 29, 2011 - I live in Coast Salish territory. The west-side is home to the nation of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and further north… on the north-eastern end of Vancouver Island live the Kwakwaka’wakw [pronouced kwakwa-ki-wak, "those who speak Kwakala"]. … Continue reading
Canadian 10 Dollar bill: Lest We Forget.
[Nov 11- this post temporary brought back to the front page for Armistice Day, remembered here with many people wearing a red Flemish poppy on their clothes...] Sept 27, 2011 – Victoria – [Wikipedia and other sites contributed to this … Continue reading
Where am I? Now what?
Monday Sept 26, 2011 – Victoria, BC. I love waking up to the sound of rain and the mild wind blowing through the neighborhood’s massive oaks, like this one (left photo), right next to the house. Chhhh…. Ahhh… So soothing. … Continue reading
Landing/Launch Pad Found.
From unsuspecting tourist to living here in just under 48 hours… -Victoria- 9/23/2011 At home in my sweet little furnished studio-room in the historic Rockland Neighborhood in Victoria, BC, Canada… Hell YES! (–> The photos on that link even includes … Continue reading
Cetaceans Day! ;-) Porpoises up close. Orcas everywhere! (I’m high on Whale Watching!)
Sept 21, 2011 – Victoria, BC – Canada Headed into the Haro Strait in a speedboat. Woohoo! First sightings were Porpoise, the smallest and fastest of the cetaceans. Some jumped right in front of us up close, splashing and going under … Continue reading
