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Congratulations, Oak Bay High Class of 2015!

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Stephen

A Strava-art send-off for the final graduating class of the “old” Oak Bay High School Yesterday evening, I attended the graduation ceremony for the Oak Bay High School Class of 2015 – an impressive send-off for this year’s 258 seniors…my eldest son among … Continue reading →

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#Now Or Never…for Canada’s TO2015 athletes

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Stephen

A GPS-art shout-out to Team Canada’s athletes for the 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games It’s just 36 days until TO2015 – the Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games. After years of sacrifice and determination in the relentless quest to compete among … Continue reading →

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Enormous hummingbird spotted in Victoria, BC

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Stephen

In a city where flowers are blooming pretty near year-round, it’s no surprise that you don’t have to look very hard or very long to spot a hummingbird in Victoria, BC. Most common here, I believe, is Anna’s hummingbird. Measuring around … Continue reading →

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Victoria in Victoria on Victoria Day

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Stephen

Today is Victoria Day – a Canadian holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 in honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday. And I live in Victoria, British Columbia – a city named after Queen Victoria. It was only fitting, then, that I dedicate … Continue reading →

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Plague of huge and destructive locusts descends on Victoria, Canada

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Stephen

Okay – ‘plague’ is a slight exaggeration. It’s just one huge locust, actually. And truth be told, it’s just lazing about destroying nothing at all. But “Solitary grasshopper just sits there in Victoria, Canada” isn’t much of an attention-grabber, is it? … Continue reading →

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Getting back to my GPS art “roots”

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Stephen

Way back in the early days of my GPS artwork journey (that is, a little over four months ago),  I planned and rode each of my creations as one continuous line. No Garmin OFF/Garmin ON to connect the dots where the roads didn’t … Continue reading →

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On Her Majesty’s Strava-doodling Service

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Stephen

A GPS portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Doodled by a loyal subject and citizen of the Commonwealth. On a bicycle built in the Commonwealth realms. In a city named for her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. … Continue reading →

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Doodle a Jedi, I must

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Stephen

Wasn’t it Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi Order, who said “Doodle. Or doodle not. There is no try”? Well, doodle I must. And on May the 4th, there’s little choice but to doodle the Jedi Order’s most disciplined master of … Continue reading →

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