Thunder Bay – Saturday

This cart has seen better days.  On the positive side, all the trash that was inside of the cart is gone. Catchbasins are interesting.  A blocks worth of gutter trash all found in one spot. How old am I?  I am old enough to remember using cloth diapers.  I can remember washing them.  Disposables were … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday – Back To The Grind

Squirrel! My understanding of the Finlandia site is as follows. Developer owed contractor $200,000. Contractor sued developer. Contractor won.  Contractor can remove stuff from site in lieu of court award.   Will it ever get finished?  I doubt any contractor will work with the present developer.  Soo…..who knows? Trash in context Trash in context What has … Read more

Thunder Bay – LGBTQ Groups Ask City To Deepen Commitment – Is It “Ask” Or “Tell” ?

LGBTQ groups ask city to deepen commitment A pair of local organizations have asked the City of Thunder Bay to deepen its commitment to the LGBT+ community, seeking to expand the visibility symbols of inclusion and run awareness training for city council, among other steps. Advocates with the Thunder Pride Association and the Rainbow Collective … Read more

Thunder Bay – Taking A Break

Going to take a week to spend with my family.   Enjoy the warm weather. See you on June 9, 2023 I aske the AI program to create a photo of me spending time with my family…. FYI, this is not me or my family.

Thunder Bay – Tuesday

Looks like fall… I understand now. This is virtual pile driving.   Its happening in virtual reality.  Meanwhile here, in the real world, nothing is going on.  In the Metaverse, the “mistake on the lake” is almost finished. As you can tell, I am fascinated by this thing.  I am sure what will happen is when/if … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday

One day, I will be able to take a close-up photo of that art piece  Whether its this year, next year or next decade, I will.  I have no idea when this area will be open to the public.  Hope it happens before I need someone to wheel me up there. MV Iyrada is still … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday

Maybe the City of Thunder Bay should have gone this route when designing heavy traffic areas in Marina Park.  The plastic product used turned out to be crap. Crap taxpayers we paid to install and remove. I still do not understand what these TbayTel are.  Every one that I see looks like this.  Somehow this … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday

Trash in context The urban core street community sure love ice tea.   Loads of sugar in there. No needles around this bench today.  I Trash in context Goose is still resting around the pond.  Sleeping with one eye open…and that eye is focused on me. Leaving today. Still fascinated by these chairs. The colours.  The … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday

  Water bottle photo Trash in context   Water bottle photo Trash in context No work taking place on the “mistake on the lake”. . Taking an early nap . Cruise ship in port today MV BBC Manila MV Iryda Common merganser Another piece of discarded fruit.  Free food has no value. Someone paid for … Read more

Thunder Bay – Thursday

Ready for a concrete pour Any future backhoe purchases made by the city of Thunder Bay should include rubber tracked machines.   The metal tracks presently found on the city’s backhoes make a big mess out existing asphalt.   Rubber tracks do not. Something to think about. The contractor’s small backhoe pictured above, has rubber tracks. Still … Read more