8r4dsfeets In #downtown #yeg the summer begins and ends when the City Hall fountain is running.

pixelazy I do kinda love this #bridge and the view of the #cityscape on a #sunshine day

8r4d Excuses to be #downtown #yeg lead me to investigate the scenery.

8r4d Mcgraw hanging out under the #bridge #buggyland

8r4d When that retirement #party you get invited to turns into a weird crossover event because the venue is also hosting a press conference for the local cfl #football team. So you drink beers and take pics with the team mascot.

pixelazy Between weather systems, the #sky gave up some blue.

8r4d I was drinking my Mackers #coffee this morning and realized that this little #face on the lid leaves the imagination with some wild connotations. I mean the beverage basically comes from the little mouth right where my lips meet it. [read more...]

pixelazy #rain on the window art

8r4d Occasionally all this not-working from home leaves me missing my #lunchbreak meandering through downtown, so I hit up the take out stir fry place in the suburban shopping area for some chow mein and my free fortune cookie reminded me to put down my fork get back at it…

8r4d After the rain my little #walk took me into #coyote territory. #animal #suburbs #birdsong

8r4d The fern has definitely taken a turn for the better since I repotted it a few weeks ago. #houseplants Perhaps looking enviously out the front window at the fresh #rain we’re getting today?

8r4d Monday, and I spent some time with a cup of #coffee writing code this morning. [read more...]

squwetchy About six hours later I decided this #dandelion #watercolour was a little lacking in depth, so I spent another hour or so adding lots of shading, some subtle some not, and now I think it has a lot more oomph. What say you? [read more...]

squwetchy #dandelion #flower in #watercolour

8r4d The local canola crops are in full bloom already: I guess using black dirt from local fields to fill the curbs up for landscaping after the construction means that we’re gonna need a farmer to harvest the crop soon. #flower

8r4d I was neither #running nor #volunteering but I did ride my #bike down to one of the turnarounds on the 5 Peaks #race course this morning where RM was manning a road crossing and waving some flags at the cars trying to show the runners who’s im charge. I mean, c’mon tho. I was there about an hour watching the race and another hour cycling there and back, about 15k round trip.

pixelazy #sky scenes from a saturday hammock hang

pixelazy Scenes from a #rivervalley #hike

8r4dsfeets Who needs to carry a map when they put one right on the bridge deck?! #rivervalley #hike

8r4d Technically we’ve got a couple months until our mountain #hike and backpacking adventures but we we’re down in the #rivervalley again this Saturday morning doing another practice slog with C&A thru the woods. I took them on a winding trek through the snaking trails of Flat Pete where every cyclist in the city had also decided to visit today. But the sun was out and the birds were chirping and the dog was having the time of her life, so all the twists and turns were less dizzying and more captivating. And the ladies climbed a big pile of rocks to replicate a photo of their daughters from more than a half decade ago.

8r4d The final day of May inevitably arrived and with it the thirty-first and final (windy) day of my #running streak. [read more...]

8r4d Day thirty and with one day left in this month long #running streak I drove all the way across town to run #trails with the gang over in Goldbar. We got a little lost in the woods, but in a good way, and ended up doing a 180 flip and going back the way we came when we realized the trail was going to be closer to an marathon than a Thursday run. Everyone else had pretty much had a busy week of running and racing to, so a bit of a slower pace was not unwelcome.

8r4d Another shot of the #mushroom about 5 hours later when the cap opened up a lot more and right before I plucked it from the soil along with a big scoop of contaminated soil. It was kinda cool seeing some fungi in one of my #houseplants bit I really don’t need it in all of them!

8r4d The end of the month creeps ever closer and on day 29 of this #running streak I found myself contemplating running with a sparse run club (cuz basically everyone bailed) or parsing out yet another solo gauntlet route. I chose the latter, and dodged yet more local construction and post rain puddles as I eked out a quick afternoon 6k.