Thunder Bay – Thursday – Winnie The Pooh Day (U.S.)

Clear Sky this morning.  Cold.  There will be a sunrise of some sort. The sun is about to make its appearance Here it comes and so the day begins Not much heat coming from that sun so far Working on the heating unit at the Water Street transit terminal. Water bottle photo Another water bottle … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday – International We Are Not Broken Day

Another overcast morning The sun is back there somewhere Some colour. A collection of feral shopping carts. Not sure why this stuff is here.  Harte Law? Trash in context Water bottle photo Thank heavens for snow banks.  The bump overs both Algoma Street’s  southbound lanes.  The city should throw in a couple traffic cones as … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday – Blue Monday

Going to see some colour this morning. Cold temps are creating steam out on the lake. The few clouds are lit up The sun is working its way up   and there is the sun The construction site of the mistake on the lake, the waterfront art gallery.  Looks like they are building a bridge … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday – Universal Letter Writing Week

Water bottle photo. Full of ice today. A feral shopping cart.  People take carts from store but never return them.   No penalty for doing this sooo why change behaviour?   Another example of just how our civilization is falling apart.  Having no penalties or repercussions only encourages people. The same can be said for continually offering … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday – Make Your Dream Come True Day

Sign says “open” but its around 7:30 am on a Saturday morning. I’m going to give this a “false”.  I doubt if its open. Once again, no glorious sunrise this morning. When you are desperate, you photograph anything. Smell the glove. Yes, its as cold as this looks. Water bottle photo.  Nobody seems to care … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday – Quitters Day

No sunrise this morning. Waterfront art gallery construction site A missed focus produces something colourful. These tourists from Switzerland picked a bad time to visit Canada.   Not the best time of year for a camping road trip across Canada especially right now with the Polar Vortex hitting the prairies. I am sure its cozy warm … Read more

Thunder Bay – Thursday – International Thank You Day

Clear sky with low clouds over the giant. Cold as well. The sun peeks out fo the clouds and so the day begins Still no Druids showing up. Work continues on the $57 million and counting  “mistake on the lake” waterfront art gallery.    

Thunder Bay – Wednesday – Peculiar People Day (US)

A couple of centuries of experience dealing with snow clearing on city streets and sidewalks and we get this.  We have a competition between the road clearing crew and the sidewalk clearing crew .  One pushed the snow one way and the other pushes it back. This happens several times over several days after a … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday – International Choreographers Day

The joys of being a pedestrian in Thunder Bay.  Sidewalks turn into an obstacle course come winter.  I can’t imagine a disabled pedestrians trying to get from point A to point B  with city workers throwing snow back onto freshly plowed sidewalks.  Then there are the wall of snow produced by graders at every intersection … Read more