Vancouver Mural Walk, Cheer and Courage Guaranteed. . .

As eager as I am to be in Paris and Rome again (especially to see and hug the overseas family members) there’s still much to enjoy right here, in the neighbourhood. For example, I could…

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New Murals In the Neighbourhood — Walk With Me!

As I begin planning here for our first long-distance trip since 2019, I’m staying grounded by reminding myself of what there is to be seen in my own neighbourhood.  As fervently as I hope that all will go well with our upcoming travel plans, I’m also aware of how vulnerable those plans are in the current context, so it seems wise to continue paying attention to the good and the beautiful and the interesting that surrounds us.
And much of that, here in Vancouver, can be found in the murals added to the landscape each year through the Vancouver Mural Festival.  Before I switch my focus to far-off cities, I thought we could walk together to see the murals added to my neighbourhood.

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Five Things Friday . . . Whoops! Make that Six Things Saturday!

1. Vancouver Mural Festival winds up this weekend, with 60 murals added in 11 neighbourhoods around the city. On a walk last week, I spotted artist Dimitri Sirenko taking a short break from his work…

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Murals Here, Murals There. . .

After Friday’s post with those images of the mural I photographed last June in Bordeaux, I did a bit more research and found this video of “The Making Of”— which shows both the in-studio work…

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Wednesday Walk — Murals and Mushrooms and A Traveler’s Eye. . .

 We’ve had a glorious September and October here in Vancouver, but it does seem that our run of wonderful weather has come to an end, and the watersheds will soon be replenished. . .  Fog…

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