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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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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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Take a ride on the Dark Side

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Stephen

Earlier this week, one of my fellow Tripleshotters sent me an email: Subject: ride along I’d like to request one. Can you come up with a suitable topic? Vader and his young apprentice perhaps? It sounded like fun – not … Continue reading →

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Dragonslayer

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Stephen

Okay – so maybe there’s slight historical disconnect between a guy decked out in gladiator garb (a fashion throwback to the last couple centuries BC) and a dragon, whose ilk didn’t start laying waste to European villages until a few centuries … 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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The miles on the other side of the artwork

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Stephen

Some of my Strava art pieces are one continuous line from beginning to end. Others – like the T. rex I doodled this morning – require varying degrees of what I call “connecting the dots.” Where the roads don’t go … Continue reading →

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