Thunder Bay – Sunday – First Day of Gemini Zodiac Sign

Water bottle photo Locked up. Tree swallow Looks painful. I tried to turn mu head that far around. Turns out that I can’t. Something satisfyingly about looking at this fence section.  Somehow it just feels right.  Like this is how it should be. A public art piece?  Represents the volume of tears that future generations … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday – Last Day Of Taurus Zodiac Sign

I can remember when this brand of beer was considered an import.  Who would buy an American beer back then?  Now it brewed here in Canada?  Any of the many small craft brewed beers available locally have to be better than this stuff.  For some reason, I rarely see any of those cans laying around … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday

Crappy photo day. Rain. My cameras are not environmentally sealed.  Rain is not healthy for them.  I did bring a small camera and looked for areas that were a little shelters. A public art piece that is a little out of the way.  It can be viewed at the Pool 6 site.   It represents the … Read more

Thunder Bay – Thursday

Cold this morning. Water bottle photo Another water bottle photo.  No shortage of these to photograph. Interesting.   Street cleaner removed everything larger than silt.  The silt got washed into the gutter.  Dried and then this happened. Looks like paper but its a thin coat of mud. Raining over there. The sun peeking through the clouds … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday

Its nice that the dog poop bag people produce  Brightly coloured poop bags. Trash in context. I always wonder how many things that you would believe to be important do not appear to be so.  Street lights removed and not replaced.  Hydrants in need of repair and not repaired.  Traffic signs damaged and removed and … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday

Dust storm in the north core.  Strong gusts of wind making life miserable for pedestrians. Plastic water bottle photo The mistake on the lake today. Progress is slow. Waterfront has a lot of rails buried. Trash in context MV Federal Champlain Pussy Willows Boats have started arrive at the marina. What else is it for?  … Read more

Thunder Bay – City Posted $5 Million Deficit In 2022

City posted $5M deficit in 2022 The City of Thunder Bay will need to dip into its reserve funds after posting a higher-than-anticipated $5-million deficit in 2022 in tax-supported operations, as well as $1.2 million in COVID-related losses. In what has become a familiar refrain in recent years, city staff reported that deficit was mostly … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday

The pile of trash is increasing.  Trash attracts more trash. The boycott does not seem to have taken root here. On the other hand, I have not seen any Bud Light cans laying around ssooo maybe????? Trash in context. The mistake on the lake. Not much going on. I wonder if we are seeing some … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday – Mothers Day

Another sunny day. Cool but sunny. Sun means shadows. Trash in context Not a lot of birds around this morning other than geese, crows and gulls.  I’m going to go with song sparrow for this one. An unfinished bottle of Brisk.  Why di d the person not empty the bottle?  There might be half the … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday

Came across this bottle left in Wilson Street Park. There were two bottles. There are trash cans close by.   Why? Root beer cans are a rarity in the north core.  If the can is a soft drink can then its usually Pepsi. I like to take photos of the clouds but there needs to be … Read more