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A Hallowe’en knock-knock joke
Knock knock. Who’s there? Boo. “Boo hoo!” cried Cycleangelo, when his wife told him his Hallowe’en doodle looks like it’s made of misshapen marshmallows. Total distance: 28.0 km / 17.4 mi. Map rotated 180º for viewing. SEE IT ON STRAVA * * Note: The GPS … Continue reading
Turtle of the Teenage Mutant Ninja variety
My biggest doodle to date, covering a canvas of 109 million square metres! Seventeen months ago – in April 2015 – I hosted my first GPS Doodling ride-along. I planned two Doodles for the occasion – something Star Wars themed and this huge Teenage … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Nick, Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, television, TMNT, turtle
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Infamous Thug hijacks famous giraffe!
Taking his fixation on harassing helpless critters to a whole new level, the Musclebound Thug puts on his Stetson and goes for a joyride on Garmina the giraffe, who does her very best to buck the big bully off As … Continue reading
The ongoing antics of a tail-tugging Thug
Musclebound Thug monkeys arounds…much to the dismay of a hungry little monkey Musclebound Thug goes bananas for long tails. After his epic fail in tail-tugging a few days ago, the big ape got down to monkey business. And what better way to … Continue reading
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Tagged #thuglife, animals, monkey, Musclebound Thug, thug, wildlife
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Guess who’s back [hint: he’s a thug]
Musclebound Thug is back…with a quirky little zoology lesson It’s no secret that Musclebound Thug likes catching reptiles by the tail. (It’s a #thuglife thing – something that titillates his puny reptilian brain.) But today, his antics got interrupted by … Continue reading
Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling…
…from east to west, and down the streets of town. My wife’s cousin Claire plays the bagpipes. She recently did me a huge favour. When I asked what I could do to repay her, she said simply, “Doodle me some bagpipes.” To … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipes, gps art, instrument, music, Scotland, strava art, victoria bc
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#MSbike
This morning, as thanks for my invitation from the MS Society of Canada to participate in this year’s Scotiabank MS Bike Cowichan Valley Grape Escape, I doodled #endMS. This afternoon I popped out and doodled another of the fundraising initiative’s hashtags: #MSbike. Following … Continue reading
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Tagged #endMS, #MSbike, bike-writing, gps art, multiple sclerosis
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It’s time to #endMS
Yesterday, I received an invitation to ride along on the Scotiabank MS Bike Cowichan Valley Grape Escape – a fundraising ride organized by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. An estimated 100,000 Canadians live with MS – an autoimmune disease of the … Continue reading
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Tagged #endMS, #MSbike, bike-writing, Cowichan Valley, disease, gps art, multiple sclerosis
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Another Olympic doodle: #OlympicPeace
A couple weeks ago, this tweet from the IOC (@Olympics) came across my Twitter feed. Beyond being moved by the message, I was vaguely aware that the form of the dove would nestle nicely into the cityscape of Victoria. And voila…#OlympicPeace! … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, dove, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Olympic Games, Olympicpeace, Olympics, peace
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An Olympic countdown. A doodle of Brazil. And…
…a huge “Thank you!” to the International Olympic Committee On Olympic Day (June 23) 2015, I designed and pedalled an #OlympicDay doodle and entered it in an IOC contest for a chance to win a trip for two to Rio de Janeiro. And I won! … Continue reading
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Tagged #OlympicDay, Brazil, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Lausanne, Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Switzerland, travel
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Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 