My most illustrious Lord, I have sufficiently seen and examined the inventions of those who count themselves makers and masters of instruments of war, and I have found that in design and operation their

This is the enigmatic name of a public art installation by artist Henry Tsang in the False Creek inlet downtown. The artist placed aluminum lettering along the seawall handrail with phrases in the Chinook

All across the city, blossoms from the cherry trees are exploding in soft shades of pink transforming the city for a couple of weeks into a fluffy wonderland that sends the inhabitants into a frenzy of

The city is currently sporting the bright colours of cherry tree blossoms, and a number of decorations have sprung in celebration of this spectacle. It could just be me, but I get the impression that the

I noticed there was a new AI video model called Prunaai P-Video available via PeakD, so to test it, I opened up my archives and fished out some old photographs to animate, including a serious Canada goose

Created by artist Wade Stephen Baker, the Gateway to Ancient Wisdom depicts the sun and two thunderbirds, which have a variety of symbolism in Coast Salish people's culture of the Canadian Pacific Northwest.

Birds can be unpredictable (from the human standpoint) and may suddenly appear out of nowhere then remain visible for only a few seconds before flying off without so much as saying hello. While the right

Warm sun on skin Solar beams on optical sensors. The call in the breeze Whispering dreams The yellow, the blue, and the green. In coral reefs of aquatic pleasures Free-floating in leisure Sand and surf

Spring is bursting throughout the city in all its vibrant colours. It was snowing petals in the middle of downtown the other day. As the breeze flowed through the flowers, it dislodged petals, which floated

I wrote about a museum in Santo Domingo, where they exhibited different items from the colonial era, including a bell from 1690 belonging to an old convent in the area. I was perusing my photographs when

After arriving in the Americas, the Spanish crown proceeded to conquer, colonize, Christianize, and expand their new dominions, starting in the island of Hispaniola, present day Dominican Republic (and

It used to be said that the American dream included owning a house with a white picket fence. By osmosis, it has been the Canadian dream too. It’s a wonderful idea to own a piece of land on which to design

After a brief detour, I finally got back on track and followed the trail along the northern shore of the city. In the early part of the highly urbanized path, the ocean is not all that visible, but in

I was passing along one particular neighbourhood following a trail on the north shore, when I came across an intriguing idea called a mini-forest. What is a mini-forest? According to the info-board beside

The map app clearly marked and tracked the path that I was to take in this carefully planned urban hike on the north shores of the city. I made it to the starting point, more or less, double-checked the

I live in the Great White North, very far away from lands where Alpacas roam free. As you can imagine, I haven't had many opportunities to enjoy some alpaca time, or commune with the mighty llamas, which

The street cat population appears to be a problem on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were multiple signs throughout the old city warning about the government's plans to reduce their population.

Scientific illustrations are fascinating to me because they can summarize great amounts of information at a glance, as long as they’re accurate. They also look cool when you add some design stylings that

I had the pleasure of visiting a sunflower farm last year on the outskirts of town, where they had extensive fields of sunflowers in full bloom. They also had many other types of flowers such as dahlias,

Winter sees the arrival of migrating species and residents that remain in the relatively balmy seashores along the Pacific. I caught a dashing group of Barrow's Goldeneye that were swimming along the shore