​29.07.26

28.07.26

desire trails provoke the invite

27.07.26

the belmont

26.07.26

monitoring decay in the wilderness

25.07.26

coal seam with ramp

24.07.26

screen warnings

23.07.26

rice cooker, table for two

​22.07.26

the dice throw/ affirmation/ multiplicity/ not walking with caution but with zeal

​21.07.26

haze/ a passage calling out Chateaubriand as unreliable/ the churning of sense/ immense heat with uncaring mosses clinging to rocks/ burning reminders

​20.07.26

they speak of a heat event/ a red-tailed hawk simpered in the tree tops/ coelentrata floating dead among the bladder wrack

​19.07.26

Borges or Cervantes/ paradoxical windmills 

​18.07.26

Light rain/ no wind/ olive-sided flycatcher/ a garden lingering/ a cove tread

​17.07.26

rain with cove views at high tide

​16.07.26

sun with clouded patches/ riverwork and domestic arts/ some thought to be spared for forces and sense

​15.07.26

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13.07.26

Dumpster lane with hollyhocks. Quelle surprise. 

12.07.26

Detail from Greg Girard: #147 Miezhu Lu, Shanghai, 2006

Google Map Search: #147 Miezhu Lu, Shanghai, 2026

11.07.26

Shanghai Arrivals Listing, 2026

10.07.26

Greg Girard... Guest Book (open).

09.07.26

Greg Girard... Guest Book (closed).

07.07.26

Further afield.

​06.07.26

"Hartney Apartments"

"Got ham?"

"ham on ham"

"OPTICIAN"

"345"

"ashroom"

05.07.26

Teamsters Joint Council 36 - here secured with frost fencing.

04.07.26

Teamsters Joint Council 36 - tiled in classical minimalism.

​03.07.26

El Infantino has a ball. 

​02.07.26

John R. Murray Motors Limited with walker with canine. 

01.07.26

Heartfelt respect to those who dedicate themselves to preserving the future in lower Mount Pleasant.

30.06.26

And here, a filigreed foreshadowing of the near future.

29.06.26

The third or first of the series is a landing spot with a view where the corpus is launched into a labrynth built for chaos.

28.06.26

Stepping forward he mentioned corrugation studios more than once. It isn't clear what this is all about but it is worth the wait.

27.06.26

On our way to Mayflies we stop and admire the corroded surface treatment of the puddled foreground.

26.06.26

What we call a weak palindrome.

25.06.26

These darlings, otherwise known as the "oreo-coos" by some, can be seen and appreciated along the Dyke of Richmond. Fundamentally this has been an annual preoccupation.

​24.06.26

A diversion of sorts to mark the day of petalia.

23.06.26

A household collection on full display, largely suggestive of an ironclad yard sale. 

22.06.26

We were reminded of the scirocco that blew us across the Burnside bridge to the sidewalk pad Thai emporium. Skinflint billiards was followed by obtuse denialism and some discussion about a clubhouse on rye. 

21.06.26

Dia del padre del solsticio.

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20.06.26

Dumplings and potstickers. Mama papa. A fine end to the week. Mist in the air. Gleaming light from the east. Highs of 26•C. Low tide.

19.06.26

Sun. Highs of 25•C in parts.

18.06.26

"David Lloyd George" in name only is what remains of the school where writer Joy Kogawa studied before being transported to a Japanese internment camp almost seventy-five years ago. I took a group of students to her nearby house a couple of decades ago. Joy is still alive, and remaining vital I trust. The school where she learned to read and write, and now reduced to a carved stone plinth for sitting on unsettles.

17.06.26

This knitted cohabitation requires more attention which will follow when opportunity allows.

16.06.26

A turn of events, this one capturing a minor multitude of elevations both oblique and horizontal.

15.06.26

Updates and upsets. Many cappuccinos were had in the late eighties, with frothed tops served in conical mugs. The fug of humid tobacco stains mingled with toilet cleansers near the foosball tables. And on the screens the world cup matches would turn over endlessly for an entire month or until Portugal, Spain, and Italy were disappeared in the series of elimination contests. With this revisit, all that is left is a mouldering shell. 

14.06.26

“Peace Accord” as a floating signifier.

13.06.26

Already the heat is unsubstantiated.

​12.06.26

An unexpected diversion to a centre of healing. Park on 17th. Turn right on Oak. Walk straight for five blocks, jig your way to the blue elevator. Fifth floor. Subarachnoid. 

​11.06.26

It dawned on him that at 64 almost 90% of the world’s population is younger than he is. While on a stroll through a riverside park he pondered this fact until he came across a group of young girls picnicking on pizza laced with chewing gum. The future appears bright.

10.06.26

Day trip to another shoreline, this time in New Westminster - where law enforcement has a legacy that is celebrated. Heritage incarceration. 

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09.06.26

so much depends

upon 

 

a red barb-

b-que

 

drenched in pork

grease

 

awaiting reno-

viction 

08.06.26

Our brutalist interlude was followed by a peckish detour where we came across these unusual amusements. We marvelled at the inflated prices before pondering how far the "Palm Bite" ingredients may have travelled. 

07.06.26

We encountered a delightfully brutalist interlude enroute to the sea. The raked concrete was an immediate surprise once we stepped out of the car. The pause between the state of affairs and the proposition was substantial and lingered. 

​06.06.26

From such carnage,

        the chop 

        of thorned 

        stems and

        debris - 

the pruning saw resting hot,

    smeared, 

        beneath, 

            the wickered chair.

Such is the will

of the hardiest rose

in my garden.

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Tendejon Case Study: At leisure the vendor poses post-siesta in front of the bleached facades.