Thursday, October 22, 2009

florid fatima

twice a year this floral centerpiece encasing a statue of the Lady Fatima floats by our house along with the full congregation of the portuguese church nearby...transforming our neighbourhood into a small timeless Iberian village for a brief enchanted afternoon...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

shaded walls

sometimes in certain attempts to paint out graffiti, the patchwork effects of layering on fresh hues create abstracted and ephemeral works of art...

on East 11th Avenue and Commercial Drive... [now a garish mural - so sad...]

on a backlane off East 10th Avenue and Main Street...

on East 2nd Avenue and Commercial Drive... [now a gaudy mural - so very sad...]

Thursday, October 8, 2009

death of a house







"GREEDY DEVELOPERS TORCHED THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME...QUESTION YOUR POLITICIANS!
(BUT THEY WILL LIE!)"
by Anonymous Concerned Citizens who Write their Thoughts on Unvarnished Plywood Sheathing behind Dying Houses