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Enormous orca breaches from Salish Sea

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Stephen

For recreational whale-watchers and serious marine researchers alike, the waters surrounding Victoria, BC, are a choice destination. From spring through fall, southern resident killer whales from three pods comprising approximately 80 whales are frequently seen in the protected waters of the Salish … Continue reading →

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Another dragonfly

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Stephen

On July 3, I doodled a dragonfly chillin’ in the summertime heat. It was one of two dragonfly routes I’d designed. The other one – today’s GPS doodle – isn’t quite as elegant. Still, I felt it was worthy of riding … Continue reading →

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Six months. Two wheels. 50 GPS doodles.

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Stephen

Since I started pedalling my art on the streets of Victoria on the first day of 2015, I’ve amassed a portfolio of 50 GPS doodles – 34 pictures, 11 bike-writing messages and five creations that comprise a combination of both. Click on the … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly chillin’ in the summertime heat

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Stephen

For the 65 or so kilometres (40 miles) I pedalled to sketch this lovely creature, the mercury hovered at around 29ºC (84ºF). (My Garmin says the temperature spiked to 39ºC but I think it’s exaggerating.) Way. Too. Hot. I’ve rotate the … 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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Birthday wishes for F.I.L.

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Stephen

Today – May 16 – is my father-in-law’s birthday. And while it’s probably a stretch to say he got the best son-in-law he could possibly imagine, he’s definitely getting the best birthday-gift-from-a-son-in-law he could possibly imagine: bike-written birthday wishes! I doodled the … 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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One for the birthday girl

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Stephen

It was my wife’s birthday on Monday. And much to her delight, she got the very thing every wife of a Strava doodler hopes to get for her birthday: a Strava doodle designed and pedalled just for her! While the city … Continue reading →

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