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

Thunder Bay – Monday – Typing Day

Another feral mitten.  I see lost mittens every day. Had to wait for a train this morning.  It was a very long one.  They always are when weather conditions are awful.  Cold this morning. City lights bouncing off of the clouds Not going to be an amazing sunrise this morning. There was some colour out … Read more

THe World – The Hidden Costs Of EV Ownership

 The cost of EV ownership is only going to go up.  High vehicle purchase cost, insurance costs  (both auto and home), repair costs, possible required  upgrades to your home electrical infrastructure,  the eventual rise of the cost of electricity and the fire hazard problem are never mentioned by the EV cultists. Buyer beware.  Me?  … Read more