20.12.13
Hundred year old lane way home. Edge of Hicksville so named for the Hicks family who lived in a number of houses in the area. Near the banks of the old Brewery Creek  where it flowed off of Tea Swamp. Snow depth: 6cms.

19.12.13
Malcolm Lowry lived here. So did this salmon. They both swam across the inlet. Lowry swam for booze. The salmon swam for food or love. Overcast. 

19.12.13
SAFE from the Latin salvus meaning "uninjured" and so defined as the opposite of a negative state. Partially cloudy. Cool and slight wind. Prospect of snow.

18.12.13
Celtic Shipyard obscured by horses, private access signs and barbed wire. Fruitful day in archives. Sunny and cold.

17.12.13
E.V. Edmonds of New Westminster owned Lot 301 before he sold it off block by block, parcel by parcel. Known as "No Man's Land" because it wasn't adjoined to a neighboring municipality (Vancouver, South Vancouver, Burnaby) the Lot was not incorporated into Vancouver until 1911. Council voted to annex the property and approved a budget of $150,000 to be spent on infrastructure upgrades. Each of the streets and avenues was named after a relation of Edmonds. Most were renamed by the 1940's. Most of the subdivision was built on boggy swampland later named Tea Swamp after the prolific growth of Labrador Tea in the area.

16.12.13                          
A pocket park survey drew us towards the water as though we were tracing gear spokes. Overcast skies. Slight drizzle. A satisfying derive.

16.12.13                                    
Retired diner: Powell St.