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Fine dining in James Bay

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Stephen

Perched on Victoria’s southwest corner due north across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles, WA, James Bay is North America’s oldest West Coast neighbourhood north of San Francisco. And by the look of things, it has an ant problem! … Continue reading →

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If at first you don’t succeed…

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Stephen

…try, try again. Though I wasn’t all that thrilled to go out and retrace many of the same roads that made up yesterday’s “almost” armadillo, I was eager and determined to right yesterday’s wrongs. Also it was Friday afternoon, and this provided the perfect … Continue reading →

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A well-fed rat from the Roaring Twenties

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Stephen

As every artist knows, there’s often a gap between vision and output – between what you conceive and what you actually create. Sometimes, that gap is chasmic. My daughter asked me to Strava-doodle an armadillo. (She actually requested an arma-dee-yo, since she’s really … Continue reading →

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The Siren of the Salish Sea

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Stephen

Beautiful but dangerous, the Sirens of ancient myth lured sailors with their enchanting music and voices to wreck their ships and meet their doom on the rocky coast of their island. Well, this beauty of the deep was nearly the ruin … Continue reading →

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The beauty of chin-warts and nose-whiskers

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Stephen

After I scrawled a bike-writing message on the cobbled streets of Bucerias a couple days ago, a fellow Strava member commented, “I just noticed the accented e’s – that’s attention to detail!” I heard similar remarks after I sketched Wicked witch of the … Continue reading →

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The post my biggest fan has been waiting for

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Stephen

Okay – before you jump to any conclusions (like “Holy smokes, that Strava artist is mean-spirited SOB!”), let me tell you about Alan “Mr. Hairy Nose” Cassels and how he earned this 54-kilometre dressing down. Alan is a fellow Tripleshotter and … Continue reading →

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The Strava Artist’s Workplace Hazards

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Stephen

The work of the Strava artist is fraught with peril. While venturing down unfamiliar sidestreets and alleyways – often in the dark – I’ve encountered gaping potholes, loose gravel, fallen tree limbs, skittish deer and fat raccoons…all startling and potentially perilous. I’ve bush-whacked … Continue reading →

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A tribute to BC’s Best Cycling Club

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Stephen

63 kilometres of bike-writing from January 8, 2015…  Shortly after scrawling my Happy 2015 message and muddling through my big Strava selfie, I set about planning my third Strava art and bike-writing project: a shout-out to the club I ride … Continue reading →

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Straight up my giraffe’s butt

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stephen

Near the end of my usual Sunday ride with the Tripleshot gang, the group turns left off Interurban Road onto a short pathway that connects to the Galloping Goose (Greater Victoria’s regional cycling pathway). Only after I rode the route … Continue reading →

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“Another Cyclist” by Same Cyclist

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Stephen

Though it has the same orientation and shares roughly the same geography as my earlier “Cyclist” by Cyclist, the two rides have surprisingly few roads in common…at least above the cyclist’s waist. I had to do a fair bit of bush-whacking, … Continue reading →

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