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scotianostra · 1 year ago

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30th May 1889 saw the birth near Kirkliston of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.

Another of those strong willed Scottish women, Isobel overcame the constraints that the age, her class, and her own personality placed upon her, to become a solo adventurer in the far North, an accomplished plant collector and a successful poet and writer.

Carlowrie "Castle", a Scots baronial mansion near Kirkliston in West Lothian, was the comfortable upper-middle class home into which Isobel Wylie Hutchison was born in 1889. It was there her father, Thomas Hutchison, a successful wine merchant in Edinburgh, looked after his gardens, and passed on to Isobel his fascination for plants and his habit of meticulous note-taking. I put the commas round castle as, although it is known as a castle by it's name in the old sense of things, having only been built in the mid 19th century, to me a castle needs to have a lot more history than that, Isobels grandfather had it built from scratch, nowadays it is top wedding venue and voted one of the top three venues under 200 bedrooms in Europe.

Back to the lady in question, three deaths were to shatter Isobel’s youth. From 1900 she went to school in Edinburgh where she studied a curriculum suited for a young Victorian Lady. After her sister married a naval officer and saw very little of him for long periods Isobel decided that marriage would restrict her life.

Three deaths were to shatter Isobel’s youth. Her father died suddenly, shortly before her 11th birthday; and her two brothers when she was in her early twenties – one in a climbing accident in 1912, and the other during the First World War. The deaths however meant she has an independent lady of means, affording her the luxury of leading her own life without restrictions.

She travelled to the Arctic, filming the things she saw around her, the landscape and the wildflowers growing there and the daily lives of the indigenous people. Other travellers of the time who wrote of their discoveries did not dwell on the domestic detail that makes Hutchison's work unique. Her first exploration was to East Greenland in 1927, followed in 1928 by a year in Umanak, North Greenland. She filmed eskimos collecting ice for water and hunting seals from a kayak, the wild flowers of Umanak and the Governor's coffee party! Scottish whalers had taught reels and other dances to the locals, Hutchison filmed them a century later still dancing with enthusiasm.

In 1934 she set out for Alaska, travelling by coastal steamer from Vancouver to Skagway and then overland to Nome. Here she found a very small freighter to take her along the north coast of Alaska, ending with 120 miles by dog sledge and returning on mail plane to Alberta. Hutchison brought back samples of the plant life for the Royal Horticultural Society and the Natural History Museum. She had a long connection with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society as Honorary Editor of the magazine and as a fellow and Vice President.

She was awarded the Mungo Park Medal as a tribute to her explorations and in recognition of her original and valuable researches in Iceland, Greenland and Arctic Alaska. She wrote several travel books including 'North to the Rime-Ringed Sun' and 'Stepping Stones from Alaska to Asia' and four volumes of poetry.

In later life she gave frequent lectures, using films and lantern slides, describing her travels for film-making and writing articles for National Geographic' magazine. She died in 1982.

Of her poems I have chosen one I can resonate with, having spent my childhood on the doorstep of the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh:

LAMENT FOR THE PENTLAND MEN.

Oh early grey of morning-time! Oh Pentland Hills! The bracken white with frosty rime, The brown peat rills, Home of the wild-bird wet with dew, Heard ye the sunrise yearning For the eager beat of Pentland feet No more, no more, no more returning?

Up from the city’s clustered spires, Up from the glen, The thin sweet bugle-call inspires The Redford men. Home of the wild-bird wet with dew Heard ye the bugle yearning For the eager beat of Pentland feet No more, no more, no more returning?

From high Caerketton’s pebbly ridge, From Kips to Castlelaw, From Loganlee to Redford Bridge, From Dunsyre to Cobbinshaw, Braes where the sheep-dog watches lone Fling wild the echo, yearning For the eager beat of Pentland feet No more, no more, no more returning.

Oh fallen hearts of Pentland gold! Oh bleeding feet that roam The long grey silences that fold The Hills of Home! Hear ye no sobbing faint and far? The grey old Pentlands yearning For the wistful beat of children’s feet No more, no more, no more returning.

You can read more about this little know Scottish explorer and her poetry here https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/isobel-wylie-hutchison/?fbclid=IwAR1xQBXLm5Z020id-

#scotland #scottish #edinburgh #poet #makar #adventurer #explorer #strong woman #history

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total-drama-disaster-gays · 3 years ago

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Do you have any headcanon about the TD character's hometowns? Your headcanons are always great, so I'm curious about that

Time to do research on Canadian provinces. For this, I’ll write the town and province I think they’re from/live closest to and a little bit of why I think so.

Alejandro: Born and raised in Madrid, moved to Ottawa, Ontario when he was 13. Since his father is a Spanish diplomat, he would most likely live in or near the capital city of whatever country his family has to move to.

Beth: St. Claude, Manitoba. Southern Manitoba is a rural part of Canada and full of farms and St. Claude is a notable area with dairy farming which makes sense for Beth since I hc her living on a livestock farm.

Bridgette: Vancouver Island, British Colombia. Vancouver Island is a popular surfing spot with Cox Bay Beach and Chesterman Beach and British Colombia has warmer temperatures compared to other provinces/territories.

Cody: Hamilton, Ontario. With his dad being a professor, I figured McMaster University would be a good choice for his dad to work at since it’s a top university (it explains the high expectations, Cody’s intelligence and parental neglect).

Courtney: North Rustico, Prince Edward Island. I already hc’d Courtney to live in a small town (North Rustico’s population around 600) and it’s also a fishing community, which explains how she knows about rowing boats.

DJ: Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and then moved to Montreal, Quebec when he was around 5 or 6. I think that he was young when he came to Canada because he doesn’t have an accent and specifically Montreal because they have a high Jamaican population and Montego Bay because it’s a low income area with higher rates of crime.

Duncan: Welland, Ontario. This is the same hometown as Todd Kauffman, one of the directors of TD who has stated that Duncan was his favorite character to design.

Eva: Kharkiv, Ukraine then moved to Calgary, Alberta. Eva is confirmed to have been born in Eastern Europe and Canada has the third highest population of Ukrainians aside from Ukraine and Russia and Alberta has a high Ukraine population.

Ezekiel: Duchess, Alberta. It is one the smallest villages in Southern Alberta, which is mostly prairie so it seems fitting.

Geoff: a suburb outside Vancouver, British Colombia. I got a little creative here; Vancouver has the third highest population of Hispanic people and it’s close to the coast of BC, so this explains Geoff being a party dude that knows how to surf and swim really well and Brody being from the same area.

Gwen: Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Gwen enjoys astronomy and the Grasslands National Park is one of the most optimal stargazing spots in Canada.

Harold: Halifax, Nova Scotia. I hc Harold to be Scottish and Nova Scotia literally means “New Scotland” in Latin.

Heather: Westmount, Quebec. It’s a really wealthy neighborhood in Montreal and knowing Heather’s background, it suits her. That and the name “Westmount” is sounds really pretentious so I had to put her there.

Izzy: Regina, Saskatchewan. This city is actually where the RCMP training academy is and I think it fits so well that Izzy would be on the run from them because she tried dicking around near the academy. Also, Saskatchewan has a high forest population which fits the vibe for her.

Justin: Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i then recently moved to Toronto, Ontario shortly before sending in his audition tape. Honolulu and Toronto are both big modeling cities so that’s where he would be based but he probably moved around and traveled a lot for jobs.

Katie: Toronto, Ontario. Finally! An easy one! This was confirmed in the playa de losers episode from season one. However, I do suspect they live in a smaller suburb outside of the city as she mentions having a small job on a pier.

Leshawna: Malvern, Ontario. It’s a predominantly black neighborhood in Toronto and in her bio, it states that she volunteers to help teenagers less fortunate than her which implies that she lives in or nearby a lower income neighborhood.

Lindsay: Tuxedo, Manitoba. She’s confirmed to be wealthy and Tuxedo is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods near Winnipeg. Also, I can imagine the utter confusion she would cause when she tells people she’s from Tuxedo.

Noah: Brandon, Manitoba. Manitoba has the second highest population of Indian-Canadians and quite frankly, it works because Team E-Scope is near each other to an extent.

Owen: Quebec City, Quebec. Owen is implied to be Catholic, or at least to have gone to Catholic school and Quebec City has strong Catholic roots. It’s also the capital of Quebec which adds another layer to him wearing the maple leaf shirt.

Sadie: Toronto, Ontario. She and Katie confirm this in the playa de losers episode in season one. I suspect she lives in a smaller suburb because of a comment about her and Katie having a job at the pier.

Sierra: Neustadt, Ontario. Sierra has a strong German heritage on one side of her family (presumably, her mother’s) as she’s x generation this, that and the third so I put her in Neustadt because it’s a rural town with strong German roots.

Trent: Moncton, New Brunswick. Lowkey, just wanted to put someone here because they’d probably pull someone from each province to compete. Also in the Bay of Fundy (where Moncton is), it gets super foggy in spring and summer and I just like to think that Trent was voted “most mysterious and irresistible” because dumbass liked to hang outside in the fog to write music.

Tyler: Edmonton, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario. I think Tyler’s parents are divorced and he lives mostly with his mother and sisters in Alberta and spends summers with his dad in Toronto. His dad has sports connections and a lot of athletes (including gymnasts) come from/train in Toronto and I have a sneaking suspicion his mom also comes from money, hence why she lives in the capital of Alberta.

Lowkey, this was so difficult to piece together and it took everything I had NOT to look at other people’s examples. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think!

#total drama #tdi #tda #tdwt #long post #this took me literally a week and a half

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amenvs3000 · 4 years ago

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Evolving with Nature Over the Years

A photo taken of me while in British Columbia along the side of the road while driving with my family to a hiking trail. Photo taken by Liam Murphy.

Every individual has a unique relationship with nature based on where they live, where they travel and, how they want to spend their free time. My relationship with nature began as early as I can remember. Growing up my parents wanted my siblings and me to appreciate everything that life has to offer and they would try to show us the beauty of life through nature by camping, hiking, and traveling. Camping and hiking every summer growing up became a tradition. I fondly remember spending many of these days hiking through the forest where my siblings and I would compete with one another for who could spot the most animals (I always won!). Most of the days would end around the campfire appreciating the stars and trying to find different constellations - while also attempting to catch fireflies. These family experiences lead me to join the “Green Angels” environmental club in my elementary school. Our goals were to educate students on how to appreciate and sustain nature, which became a life goal for me.

This is a photo taken 6 years ago during the late summer months while out hiking through a local trail in my home town with my family. Photo taken by me.

Throughout our childhood, my parents believed it was important for us to experience and appreciate nature, both close to home and far away. Since we live near the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario, we spent many weekends hiking on trails, walking on beaches, and exploring surrounding countrysides. As we got older, my parents decided it was time for us to experience areas outside of Ontario and we began traveling throughout Canada, the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean. Through these trips, I was able to develop a strong appreciation of various landscapes and environments, like the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coastline in British Columbia, the glaciers and foothills in Alberta, karst caves and waterfalls in Jamaica, coral reefs and rainforests in Honduras, canyons and deserts in Arizona, everglades and beaches in South Carolina and Florida, and many other places! My appreciation for landscapes and environments fuelled my passion and my interest in the species that inhabit these different areas, including my spotting of elk and bears in British Columbia, my swimming with stingrays and dolphins in Grand Cayman, and my observation of alligators and manatees in Florida. These trips, both locally and far away, grew my love for the outdoors and peaked my interests to the level that they are now.

This photo was taken while driving through British Columbia in August 2016. My mother spot a black bear while on the way to our hotel eating some berries. Photo taken by me.

A photo of Jamaica I capture in the late evening while my cruise ship was sailing away. Photo taken by me.

I can say with conviction that the relationship I developed with nature throughout my life, especially during my childhood, lead me to where I am today as a biological science student. It is due to the efforts of my mother and father that I developed my “sense of place” in the natural world. Their desire and efforts to ensure that my siblings and me experienced nature firsthand lead me to develop a fulsome and thoughtful relationship with nature. I was fortunate enough to see nature close to home and far away, which allowed me to fully appreciate and value nature and enabled me to respect and understand my “sense of place” in nature.

A photo of my mother and father who gave me my sense of place in the natural world. This photo was taken in 2016 at a rest stop in Vancouver Island. Photo taken by me.

A question I have for other is....

When was the moment you began to notice your appreciate for nature begin to grow? Do you think being exposed earlier to nature or the lifestyle you have impacted your relationship with nature?

All photos displayed in blog were taken by author and Liam Murphy

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kvenvs3000-19 · 5 years ago

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How to Grow Your Own Nature Appreciation

My current relationship with nature is, I think, is the strongest it has ever been. Since my switch into an environmental science minor, I’ve grown to not only appreciate, but respect nature and everything it encompasses. This relationship has not always been strong. As a younger child, I didn’t really care about the environment. Looking back, I wish I could’ve talked to my younger self and told her just how important being kind to the environment was. However, I don’t regret starting at that spot. Because although it was horrible of me to turn a blind eye to the environment and all of the problems that were going on at the time, I now hold an even deeper connection with the environment. Coming from a place in my life where I didn’t appreciate the world and everything it provided, I understand just how important education is. When I was younger, I was naïve about all of the issues arising in the environment and because of a solid family foundation and proper education, I am now able to understand how to help others appreciate the environment and nature as I do now.

This turtle lived on the golf course I worked at. I was constantly picking him up off the cart path so he didn’t get run over. I named him Harold. Photo by me.

Over time, I think my appreciation and respect for the world grew with me. My parents played a big role in the person I am today and the appreciation I have for nature. When I was born, my parents had three cats and a dog. From the moment I came into the world, I was surrounded by animals and that played a really big part in making me the person I am. I’ve always loved animals. While other kids were playing basketball on the road, I was walking along the creek near my house looking for birds. My parents firmly believed that the world around us is there for us to love and connect with. My lack of appreciation was not due to lack of exposure. I was constantly told that the world was a beautiful place and we should be appreciating it. But as a child, I never really understood why. My grandfather also influenced my love of nature in a very impactful way. I remember whenever he babysat me, we would sit out in the backyard and watch the birds feed off of the bird-feeders. He had a pocket book of bird species and would test me on the types of birds we saw. It is such a fond memory of mine since he really made me appreciate the nature that I could see from my own backyard.

This photo was taken on a road trip across the country with my mom. This was the sunset over a small town in Alberta. Photo taken by me.

Growing up in Toronto, there isn’t a lot of opportunity to see wildlife. I tried my best to find small ways to surround myself with animals. When I started high school, my mother decided she wanted to go on a trip to drive from Toronto to Vancouver and back. I think my mother is the main reason I have such a deep connection and appreciation for nature. When we travel, my mother always tries to find little hiking trails or waterfalls off of the normal highway route. I never liked car rides and I loved being able to have the chance to get out and stretch my legs. Before this trip, I didn’t really appreciate nature. I loved animals with all my heart, but I never really understood why people would go out just to look at some trees. That trip really helped me understand the world around me and really changed my perspective about the world I live in.

This is one of the dogs that I met during a hike with my mother. Her name was Jewel and she was precious. Photo taken by me.

I can name a very specific moment for when my “spark” of interest in nature arose. It was on a hike with my mom when we were travelling across the country. We had hiked on a trail for a couple minutes and arrived at a waterfall. It was beautiful but I was too busy on my phone to appreciate it. My mom said she needed to run and get something from the car which would take about 15 minutes and she handed me her camera. It was really heavy around my neck, so I didn’t want to just wear it while I played on my phone, so I picked it up and started taking pictures. From the minute my mom left to the minute she got back; I was just enveloped in the scene. I was right up against the waterfall taking photos of everything I saw. The moment that really clicked for me was seeing a woman hiking with her dogs. Her dogs were older, but she still took them on hikes because she said they loved the forest and seeing the world around them. That really changed how I viewed the world because I believed that if animals could sit in the forest and appreciate the world around them, I should too. From that moment on, I’ve looked forward to hikes with my mom and being able to experience the world the way it was meant to be experienced.

Here’s my question for you:

Do you think that an early exposure and education can change how appreciative people are of the world? Or do you think it depends on the person finding something that clicks within them to really find that appreciation?

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nowhereboundd · 5 years ago

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Welcome to my Blog!

Hello!

Firstly if you’re here, THANK YOU!

A wise man (my dad) once suggested that I start a blog about all my travels/ how I do so on a budget. So here I am. Thanks dad! As I type this post I am some crazy amount of feet in the air flying from Milan, Italy to Krakow, Poland. (I’ll make a whole post about the trip I am currently on sometime in the near future!)

To be completely honest I have absolutely no idea how this is gonna go, or what direction its gonna go in, but hey - I’ve come too far to turn back now haha. This post is essentially just to welcome you to my blog, and give ya the low down SO without further ado,

My name is Chelsie and I’m currently 24 years old. Since my first ever plane ride back in 2016, I haven’t been able to stop. Seeing another part of the world that wasn’t Ontario was such a life changing experience for me.

Seeing how people in different parts of the world lived on a day to day basis, and how it was so different than how I lived was so insane to me. Every different place I went to I was witnessing all these different cultures, different cuisines and different social norms...travelling is truly the ultimate learning experience!

Before my first trip, I didn’t realize how eye opening travelling would be. I was completely content working at DAVIDsTEA, living my routine life.. until I realized that I wasn’t.

After my first trip, I realized I needed to make some serious changes. I was happy, but not as happy as I COULD have been.

In October 2016, only 3 months after my “life changing trip,” my best friend Celeste and I came up with this crazy plan. We were going to sign up for a (pretty sketchy) job placement company. This company was supposed to find you a job, with accommodation, somewhere in Canada. Possibilities were Banff, Jasper, Vancouver - you get the idea.. some BEAUTIFUL location across Canada. Our placement.... was in Fort McMurray, Alberta. If you’re not familiar with Fort McMurray, give it a quick google search. I’ll wait.

We flew into the Mac the day after my birthday, which was only 5 months after the devastating forest fires that destroyed most of the town. Needless to say, everyone was still distraught, the hotel we worked at was on its way out of business, and it was just weird vibes all around. Don’t get me wrong - we still had fun! Living away from Ottawa for the first time, living with my best friend and having a bunch of other people my age around at all times was great fun but it grew tiring after a few months. We decided to quit, and rent a car to visit some nearby areas (Banff, Calgary, Edmonton) then fly back home. (More on Banff later most likely)

Anyway, moral of this whole story is this: Since that trip to Europe and after living in Fort Mac for 3 months, I realized that THIS was the kind of lifestyle I wanted.

After the Mac I moved back to Ottawa and met an amazing friend I will always cherish (shout out to Liz xo) while living behind a curtain in her living room, working at davidstea, and taking the odd quick trip here and there (during this time I also met another one of my best friends, Emily who is theee best travel partner, luh u girl!!)

Liz and I then moved to Toronto together where I stayed for a year while stilllllllll working at good ol’ DT, and stilllll taking those odd trips (California & Nevada). I was later joined in Toronto by my best friend Mell, (shout out to you too girl xo).

After a year in Toronto, I got on a plane with 2 suitcases and moved to Banff, AB where I worked and lived at a hotel. As you could imagine, this also grew tiring, so after a year in Alberta I moved back to Ottawa, got a job at the Rogers call centre (thanks Kayeleigh xo) and started saving up for my next adventure.

I am now living and working in the United Kingdom on a 2 year work visa! (I’ll make a whole post about this, so I won’t go too far into detail right now.)

If you’ve made it this far, thank you! I really do appreciate it. My next post will be all about my UK work visa, how I got it, how much I paid, what I do here, etc.

If at any point there is something you want me to go into more detail about, or something you’d like me to talk about that I might have missed - let me know :) I’m always happy to answer any questions or anything!! My goal here is to inspire you all to travel somewhere at least once, and to show you that you don’t have to spend tons of money doing it.

Already y’all, thats it for me!! Catcha laterrrrr

xxoo chels

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janephillipsblog · 5 years ago

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Keep Calm and Carry On!

It is mid-November and time for an update in my world. Aspen Crossing’s Train of Terror ran until November 2nd and was a lot of fun, but we were all Train of Terror-ed out by the end of it!

Next up for Aspen Crossing is the Polar Express, for which, I will again be a dancing/singing chef. In mid-October, the production I was working on as a daily locations production assistant wrapped, however a week later I got hired as a locations production assistant for a few days on the set of lower-budget Canadian feature film.

On set one day, I met a background performer who walked this cardboard cut out of Ellen 800kms gathering signatures as part of a fundraiser for the Alberta Children’s Hospital.

At the moment I do not have any production assistant work and film work is winding down, however I hope that I will get some more in January. At the time of writing, I am also hoping to hear from my agent as to a few days on the set of a Hallmark movie as a background performer (fingers crossed!).

I am also in the midst of rehearsals for “Babette’s Feast” with Fire Exit Theatre and the show is coming together really well. I am very excited about doing the show, my first (of many I hope) to be performed in Arts Commons at the Engineered Air Theatre.

I have also been cast as the Detective in “Clue: The Musical” with Dewdney Players in Okotoks which will open near the end of February 2020 for three weekends. Rehearsals are also underway for “Clue”, though due to “Babette’s Feast” and Polar Express, I am not able to attend all of them over the next couple of months. This is the first time in many years that I have been in two shows at once, the last time was in Ottawa in 2002.

It is nice to have the next project lined up as it takes the pressure off. I am sure that I am not the only performer that experiences tonnes of self-doubt when not in a show and seemingly getting rejection after rejection from countless auditions.

Because I am not working full time anymore, I have more time to work on my real estate business as well as more time to write. Writing is where it is at. I believe that performers, as well as delving into more behind the scenes work such as directing, should also work on their own material rather than merely waiting and hoping to be cast in something by someone else, when there is often another performer who is a better fit. This week I finished the rough draft of a short film (which is also a short story – also in rough draft form). Other than that, I have several other scripts that are in progress in the outline to partial rough first draft stage. Thanks to my friend, Rick, who teaches scriptwriting, for some helpful hints over a drink a couple of years ago, I now have a system that works. Once I have my scene breakdown for a story idea complete and written down, sort of like a road map, there is no need to feel the muse, just open the document and flesh it out with dialogue and action. Another benefit to getting it mapped out like this, is that it gets the story out of my head (where it has probably become an obsession) and onto the page, leaving room for another idea to develop. My main hurdle has been finding the time, wanting those two to three-hour windows in which to work (though even half an hour to an hour is enough to get a scene or two written). I find that the morning is the best time for me to write and it is often the first thing that I do now. Once I have something in revised first draft form it will be time to pluck up the courage to allow other eyes to see it.

I try not to get too political, however I feel the need to touch on politics for this post as the recent budget of the Alberta UCP government, true to conservative fashion, features many cuts to a variety of sectors including the screen industry. We now have a tax credit system however available funding for productions has been cut drastically. Social media is filled with doom and gloom that our blossoming screen industry will die and those employed within it will migrate to other production centres. This is worrisome. Whatever happened to the old adage, “spend money to make money”? Surely a healthy screen industry that the government can invest in will bring great financial returns for the province and help diversify the economy. The government seems to be out of touch with the people. These cuts will just mean more people out of work and the corporate tax cuts have not seemed to help with companies in the oil and gas sector shutting up shop here and/or laying more employees off. Employed and well-paid people pay taxes and spend money, thus keeping the economy rolling �� why does the government not seem to understand that? Screen industry unions and organizations are working to make some changes and I recently participated in a letter writing campaign to my MLA regarding these issues.

Whilst I have no plans in the near future to relocate to Vancouver or Toronto to pursue work as a performer or crew member (never say never, but the cost of living in both these centres is sky-high; Calgary’s is more reasonable), the future seems uncertain unless some changes are made. I am lucky as I have several sources of income, marketable skills and cheap rent. My plan is to spend more time on my real estate business, continue to seek work as a PA and performer and to write - keep calm and carry on!

#actorslife #theatre #screenindustry #productionassistant #writing #ellenshow

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eyesopen2019 · 6 years ago

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Family welcome

We’ve been in Canada for 2 and a half weeks and I have been very slack in writing an update on our trip. We are enjoying being amongst family and spending some time doing not too much.

Well on March 30th we arrived into Vancouver and boarded another flight to Calgary. The whole trip was a bit of a struggle as Hung was very hungover and Leon had made it his mission to stay awake on the flight from Tokyo to Vancouver so he was very tired by the time we arrived. Aiden and Kai helped me out managing the bags and rounding everyone up. Looking out the window flying into Vancouver was amazing seeing the snow covered rows and rows of mountains which seemed to reach for the clouds. It was so beautiful and peaceful and gave me a taste of the gorgeous scenery that was to come. Everyone crashed out on the flight to Calgary and only woke when we landed.

We were picked up at the airport by Anh, Thanh, Tram and Thomas and were welcomed into their homes to stay. We had a stop off at Tu’s restaurant, Phong Vi Noodlehouse, and all enjoyed some delicious Vietnamese food that we had been craving for. Kai and Leon especially like the Pho Tai. Leon and I were recovering from a cold and had a wonderful hot lemonade that definitely helped me feel better. For the first few days we were all just enjoying being amongst family and enjoying some rest and catchup on sleep. On one side of the road lives Tram, Terek and Tessa with little Meesha and on the other side lives Anh and Thanh with big fluffy Rufus. Not too far away Tu lives with their mum. Anh loves to cook and Leon and Lani spent many hours ‘helping’ her make crepes, cookies, bread and poutine amongst other things. We then all helped eat it! Anh also showed Lani how to make friendship bracelets and they planted some seeds together. Meesha and Rufus, the two dogs, here have been spoilt rotten by Leon and especially Lani with constant attention, treats, cuddles and walks. I was spoilt too with Tram booking a massage for me to have here at the house, which was lovely and relaxing. Tram’s house has some gym equipment downstairs and Leon spent the first few days giving it all a good workout giving me little updates on how many calories he had burnt on the various machines. Tram also has a full massage chair which was more suited to me!

The weather here is pretty cold with daytime temperatures around 6 degrees and nights around 0 degrees. There is not much snow left on the ground in Calgary but there is lots on the mountains around. We drove, with Anh and Thanh, out to Banff and Lake Louise which was so beautiful. Driving from Calgary out towards the snow covered mountains is one of the most amazing mountain scenes I have ever seen. The kids were amazed to see so much snow and enjoyed playing in it. We went for a walk out on the lake and our feet sunk down to our knees in the snow. We were a bit freaked out by the possibility of seeing bears in the forest, at least I was, so we didn’t venture too far into the trees. We had a picnic lunch in Banff before going on a short hike out to the Bow Falls. I now know why people rave about this area and always say, ‘you have to go to Banff’.

Another day we drove out to Drumheller, which is in the Alberta badlands. I love saying ‘the badlands’ and it is just like on The Lion King. It is a stark contrast to the mountainous landscape of the Rocky Mountains on the other side of Calgary. We spent the day out in the badlands at The Royal Tyrrell Dinosaur Park with Leon and Lani. This area has revealed the greatest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. We enjoyed wandering through the museum looking at the 1000’s of fossils and learning about palaeontology. In one section, you can see the palaeontologist working on new fossils which was pretty cool to see. We especially enjoyed the walk through the badlands park which showed the areas where dinosaur bones have been found. One the way home we stopped at Tim Horton’s and enjoyed donuts which were little morsals of Canadian sugary goodness.

On April 1st, I woke to Leon jumping on my bed at 6am telling me it was snowing outside and the snow was knee deep. While I thought it was an April Fools Day joke, it was indeed snowing and while it was nowhere near knee deep, there certainly was a covering on the ground all around. Leon and Lani grabbed their gloves and ran outside to play in the snow. It has snowed at other times during our time here which is a new experience for us all, and so pretty to watch.

We were lucky enough to get tickets to see the Calgary Flames play their last ice hockey game of the season. We arrived at the stadium to see the pre-game activities and after getting popcorn and drinks we made our way to our seats. Our seats were very high in the stadium and Lani felt a bit uncomfortable walking up the steep stairs to get to our seats. The stadium was mostly full of the ‘C of red’ of Calgary Flames supporters. Hung and Leon wore red Calgary Flames jerseys and certainly joined in with the local fans cheering along. Leon spent the match on his feet cheering and yelling loudly with the fans next to him. Initially the noise was a bit much for Lani and she had to cover her ears until she got used to the noise. After about 15 minutes of play she turned to me and asked if the game had started so I’m not sure what she thought was going on. There were a lot of giveaways throughout the game where they were throwing shirts into the crowd and Lani asked me what she would do if she got one and it was the wrong size. We didn’t have to worry as we didn’t get one.

We have spent the last week skiing in Lake Louise which is a 2hr drive from Calgary. We were able to borrow most of the gear we needed from family here which saved us a lot of money. We drove up on Monday 8th April to Lake Louise ski resort and got our lift pass, ski’s and snowbaords rented. Tu and Tarek came also to spend the day. We had some lessons booked for the first few days which helped us along. Leon was initially very frustrated when he first stood on his ski’s and realized they had a mind of their own and was ready to go home after 5 minutes. Luckily the instructor was very patient with him and by the end of the 2hr lesson he was on his way and enjoying himself. Lani was much more patient and did a great job and getting up and moving on her ski’s. Aiden, Kai and Tarek had a snowboarding lesson and were all exhausted by the end of it. Leon and Lani had a whole day lesson on the Tuesday which meant Hung and I could go and do some skiing. Aiden and Kai had another lesson in the afternoon. After that Aiden felt confident enough to head up into the mountain for a couple of green runs and I took Leon up for his first green run down the mountain. The runs here are long with it taking us about an hour for Leon and I to come down the first time. Aiden and Kai found the snowboarding challenging physically and by the end of the week were both bruised and sore. On Friday, Kai spent some time up in the mountains and did a few runs with me. We got caught in a snow storm and couldn’t see where we were going for some of the runs. We went to the ‘Top of the World’ which has an amazing view of the mountain top with snow covered mountains all around. Kai found the runs very challenging but he persevered and didn’t give up. At the very end he fell heavily twice and sprained his wrist and had a short ride in a snow mobile which made the other kids jealous. We drove home on Friday the 12th April after 5 days of skiing and we were all exhausted. We stopped off for dinner at Tu’s restaurant which was delicious.

For the last few days we have been relaxing in Calgary enjoying the homely environment and being spoilt with lots and lots of homecooked foods. The kids have been a bit slack with their schoolwork since being here so we have done some of that too. Today we drove to Canmore to have a look around. It was similar to Banff, only smaller with surrounding mountain ranges which make me feel very peaceful. That is until I hear the chants of ‘Mum, Mum, Mum’ from all around me!

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katzenflocken · 6 years ago

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I went to a Halloween party in October and I wrote down my experience in my phone.

A month or so ago I had made the decision that I wanted to attend a Halloween event and ultimately I decided on scream in Edmonton. I had bought the pre-sale ticket without actually knowing who was playing since there was no lineup details but this didn't concern me because I just wanted to go have fun and listen to some jams with cool people. I had calculated the cost of bus and hotel and came up to roughly 700 for a comfortable trip with all the best food/mixed drinks at the show. I had already had my own party favors so this was one of the reasons why I wanted to keep it local in Alberta. But then the lineup got released and I only seen one artist that was potentially going to be "okay" after listening to their SoundCloud. I was feeling very on the fence and on top of that, the party only went until 2am which was making it real hard to justify a long boring ass bus ride for a short night of mostly lame edm music. (No offense to the edm enthusiasts out there)

After some Olympic tier mental gymnastics of being so sure I wanted to go to Scream, I got curious and went to the handy dandy Resident Advisor and looked at shows in Alberta then Vancouver, even Toronto. I didn't see any events I was interested in and I left it at that. Then I got the brilliant and brave idea to possibly venture outside our borders, and a few clicks later I stumbled upon louisahhh's upcoming events and noticed she was playing a show along with boys noize and tbh, it was a no brainer. I had to make this happen. After a few calculations, it was literally going to cost the same as going to Edmonton (600 cdn) but with more spending money required in American. So naturally it was 💯 percent the logical choice. The event was called Minimal Effort which was an all techno show with 4 stages. Like holy shit! This event was most definitely calling my name.

I had told family and a few friends and some them ask me why? I've already vacationed once or twice this year so why a third time? I really don't know why, there is no reason. I just like doing these things. It is true that given the current situation, I better to avoid these such things. but the idea of letting someone's words prevent me from doing something so fun and exciting yet so doable drives me mad. In fact this very idea is what makes it so evident that I am in control of my life. I create the reality I live in and why should I let others shape it for me with manipulating opinions. I would argue I am not living to die, I am dying to live. Personally I don't think it's very odd or strange to do exactly what you put your mind to, so it is in such a context that I wanted to make this trip. I hope people see what I do and feel encouraged or empowered. If I can do it you can too. But everyone isnt me and is open to their own opinion.

So my passport is lightly damaged, a few months after I got it I washed it lol whoops. I've been using it since without incident and it expires pretty quick in early 2019 so I felt confident I will make it on the plane and I did! I flew air Canada btw and their service was very meh. There was also some meean turbulence, other than that it was boring. Planes suck ass and I can't sleep on them. I had bought a roaming plan so I can text and use Google maps like a real Traveller. This was the best decision of the whole trip actually, so get ur phones working guys!

Upon landing I was very nervous because I literally didn't want to pay a lot of money to get downtown where my hostel was. But I asked this Tony hawk looking guy he gave me the rundown and to take the skyaway bus which was like 9 dollars. Hella life saver! I got downtown and got Subway spicy chicken wrap at Union station. Now I taxi'd to my hostel... It was near or in the ghetto. When the man dropped me off it was dark and these yuuuge dogs were jumping at me from the other side of the fence, confirming my suspicion that this is in fact the ghetto. I find the property next door and these dudes are smoking outside, I got their attention and they said to go upstairs and talk to "Champaign". In my head I instantly thought a black drug dealer... But then I was greeted by a slim easy going japanese dude with a samurai ponytail who spoke poor English but still had a friendly vibe. Turns out he is the cook/caretaker. I came on the night they had a dinner party that they hold once a month. Pay 10 dollars and you can eat the food that he was cooking. Champaign cooked for a army and I felt like an asshole because I literally came with a belly full of Subway. I had a few snacks and met the other Traveller's/Tennant's that were residing here. In that exact moment I felt like this is exactly where I needed to be. I was not alone and I was amongst other human beings like myself and we were all brought together by an unknown force all so Champaign can go to bed we knowing no one went to bed hungry. I actually passed out after midnight. Kinda lame but tbh I was wiped out from that hectic almost frantic trip to this hostel. The toppest compliment I give to any hotel/hostel is that this place had the best mattress, apparently they were italian (I asked lol).

Saturday (party day). My goal in the afternoon was to adventure and have a decent meal but it was getting off to a slow start due to me not figuring out where I wanted to go. I was recommended business district and looked up reviews but it was all meh. I want that yummy and probably unhealthy local food locations. The guy also said to take an Uber. Which I was like uhhhhhh iduno man... Maybe. Then as I was just getting ready to leave, this korean guy named Sam asked where I was going and he said "you should check out Korea Town, it's dope!!" And I looked up places and he said "no go here!" And I was like okay. Then he said he'll come with me and show me around after he finishes the laundry. Like a good lad I waited and in between he looked at me and whispered "hey do you do... Stuff" and there are a lot of implications there lol so I had to ask like what? And he pulled a little baggie and my reply was "yeah I like stuff" then did it and the kid lit up like a Christmas tree. He was mad hype folding the towels and then him and Champaign blazed downstairs.

One of the most fascinating yet mundane happenings was that I installed Uber on my phone. While those guys were blasting off I went ahead and gave the Uber a good historic first whirl. Little did I know my life was about to change in that exact moment. In 2 minutes after selecting where I wanted to go the driver was there. Holy shit! The cool part was that I only paid 8 dollars to go to the opposite side of the downtown. I wish I can expand on what I did, but tbh all we did was just walk and talk. It was great because it made me feel more immersed in to the city. Kind of like you had to be there type of experience. Then it was food time, he pointed out a Korean joint and I got a meal and he didn't order anything and then like 10 sides came and then 6 more little plates for the main dish. I told Sam he can have some because this is absurd. As we were eating, I slowly gazed around the place and everyone was just a little bit chubby. Sam told me Koreans don't waste their shit and eat as much as possible... Plus it's America lol. After eating like an animal and totally ruining my white shirt we went to get smokes and the line at 711 was almost way too long. Sam pointed out that everyone was powerballin' it... Then upon paying for the smokes and soda I said "one Powerball please". I had caved in and joined the race. We took an Uber back and the driver was a Mexican mom. She was cute in a grandma kind of way and we talked about there should be a "good news" radio because it's so scary listening to the radio. We laughed and laughed some more while Sam had fell into a Korean BBQ coma.

We get back to the hostel, Sam goes back to work and I have about an hour to get ready/nap before the party. Sam asked if I needed party favors and I took him up on his offer, because I hate asking at parties because it's so sketchy. At this point of the trip I realized everything is going 110% right. Sometimes I feel like I am just lucky because I always find myself in surprising situations and that now it's almost normal to me. My body and mind was totes ready to party, then I almost forget... I have stickers!!! I always have some in my bag and I grabbed at least 50 of them. People always love that shit, plus it makes everything more fun by adding another layer to the party... Lol get it? Layer?!? Aaanyways the one girl showed me how to work the door lock, basically it's an app that registers my phone to the deadbolt... What a game changer! Technology huh?! What a cool place! Then the Uber came and took like 4 dollars to get there, I think I can get used to this LA lifestyle if I ever had the chance. The dude dropped me off and I was proper nervous, made sure to hide my shit good and have my ID, ticket and game face ready because there was like 8 security in front... Also I am a pretty nervous person in general, I may seem cool and collected on the outside but on the inside I am a scared little shaking Chihuahua barking internally.

So I finally made it! All my hard work payed off! The weird thing was the guy didn't even look at my ticket, just my ID. Any Yahoo off the street could have walked in. Butt fuck it, I am here and that's all that matters. Imediately I get a beer... 8 dollars. The shit I put up with tbh, the price I pay for fun is worth it but my goodness is it painful. I wander around the theatre and it is nicely large and open. Not hot!! Can you believe that? The other stages weren't bad, too much to take it all in tbh. I settled at the main stage which was the first one you sent me when you walk in. The first artist playing was a chick, she played some good jam actually so I quite enjoyed her set. The only thing that led me to believe she doesn't actually make music and only is a DJ, was that every track she played I knew. Which is expected from shows like this but she didn't play anything "original", it's not a bad thing but if I was to critique her I'd be disappointed because I am the type of person to be wowed and I like to seek new material. I went for a smoke and met this couple dressed and Vegeta and Bulma, hella rad. They were cool, totally forget their names tho. Met this Mexican dude too who was a little short had crazy contact lenses and had a friendly chat. he was rolling which was cool because I wish I was, I even asked him but he was fresh out. The party started picking up too and louisahhh's set was about to play and I am 3 beers deep so I gotta step up my game. And guess what!? It's Modelo time homie!! Met a dude in a headdress and took a pic with him to piss off other people who are against that bullshit, as long as they are respectful about it I think it's awesome... so @ those who are trying to be offended on purpose, fuck you. Went to the bathroom and dropped my Modelo and the worker watched me do it and didn't say anything and swept it up. I went back to get another normal beer because the Modelo was 9 dollars. They mind as well get the lube ready because they are already fucking me dry. I had run out of party favors at this point because I only had a little but that's not why I am here so I accept that fact and I am just glad to be here. The dancefloor was sticky but as more spills happened it was less annoying and more people came, it made it more bearable lol if that makes sense. The sound was definitely worse at the front of the stage so I found that sweet spot 15 feet back in the zone where the speakers were pointed. 7/10 audio, it's no pk system but hey I don't mind too much! Louisahhh was stepping in and she had a super neat outfit going kind of future/madmax like. Her hair was excellent if I might add. I've always wanted to catch her set but never had the chance until now. I could say it was what I expected, which was basically the same set I've heard her play on other sets I heard from her. It's not a negative but mental gymnastics aside she could have spiced it up some more by playing new shit, like I said. I am just glad to be there.

After louisahhh played her set Boys Noize had stepped in and he opened up with that one song he always does lately lol I forget the name but let me tell you, my body was ready! The "wares" I had bought off Sam at the hostel were already used up but I didn't need any, my body was tingling from the energy in the room. I met the maddest group of lads in the crowd and I gave them a handful of stickers to help me distribute. They loved it! I was also doing "rogue" work by slapping stickers on people without them knowing. The funniest ones were the Dealer and Wasted stickers. The lazers and lights in this place were magnificent. Production was nearly top notch 7.8/10. it's a theatre but they used it as well as they could. I want to describe this experience more but going to a party is the purest chaos you can experience. It almost can't be explained, only witnessed. I honestly love being social at these events. In real life I can be very shy or unwilling to exchange or talk with others. It pains me really, I just love people and I want to make genuine friends but I feel so reluctant to meet new faces because I don't really click that well with others. I know that I am unique and sometimes strange, I am sometimes don't give a fuck but I tend to be antisocial because of paranoia that other people won't like me when they get to know the real me. When I attend rave parties, I tend to feel more free and open because I know the people in attendance are also there for the same reason I am. Obviously this may or may not be a healthy life style but it is very fulfilling in a very emotional way. I may not have that many real life friends but when on the dancefloor everyone is my friends lol that sounds like the gayest shit ever but it's true. Anyways party is still bumping and it's 6 am and I am wiped out, boys Noize played some of the best tracks I heard at awakenings I noticed. Kind of the same shit really. But it was LA so more mainstream crowd. I leave the club and it was so fucking foggy outside, like a horror movie. 2spooky4me. I hit up Uber like 4 blocks away because it was just too crazy in the front of the theatre. I got this younger driver about my age and we talked about McDonald's lol she was fun then I get back to the hostel hungry as fuck. Eated bread and smonked some herb and hit the hay.

Next morning I hung out in the common area. Watched friends and watched Champagne die from smoking weed lol he was my favorite. Cool hostel tbh very home like. I had few hours to myself before my flight so I decided I wanted to go to little Tokyo. I had to say goodbye to the hostel, the guys downstairs gave me a donut lol and I got into the Uber. The guy talked about the dodgers game like I actually give a heck about sports. He dropped me off at the entrance of Little Tokyo. This was actually the most wholesome part of my trip. The first sight of the Japanese style outside mall was kind of exhilarating because LA is mostly just the same everywhere. The buildings and decorations were very refreshing and it was a feast for the eyes. Such beauty. As I continue to explore the small but busy space I feel this feeling of wonder and excitement, it made me feel less hungover if I am being honest. The world I was seeing in that moment was powerfully moving and rich with happiness. I wanted to stay forever. In the centre there was an open space where an older Asian man in a scooter and an array of instrument s in front of him. He had a little sampler Casio and hi hats and maracas. It was like a scene out of the movies where you see those cute moments because he was playing to this couple from China that were standing in front of him and you can hear them talking to the Man in between singing lol, they gave him money to play that song from toy story "skies of blue" or whatever it's called and then at the end he pulled out the maracas and hit them on the cymbals with style. I filmed a little bit of it actually. I ended up eating sushi and chicken katsu outside on the deck and just enjoyed the experience. Alone. Fucking sad actually that I couldn't share my emotion with someone else but I really enjoyed the place. I shop in the anime store and gift shop, got a few things for friends and family then had to rush to the airport. I got to Union station and shuttle to the airport right on time. Slightly early since the flight changed to a later time. I walked around and had some beer and wings then got on the plane. Nice cozy airport experience. My dad picked me up and he was working in siksika that week so I slept in his trailer. It was cold as shit and I was late for work the next day like nothing ever happened lol. Just a quick weekend trip, no big deal. Travelling is so so so much fun, I want others to read or see my adventures and feel somewhat inspired to take more risks and go on their own adventures. Its good to open your eyes and free yourself of your surroundings, especially on the reserve. There's a world out there and there's more to life than the bullshit drama that happens here. I look at the world in wonder and amazement, I know it's a sick and sometimes dangerous place but I make it my world by appreciating it for what it is. Everything is kind of all right. Sometimes I wish I didn't exist but I don't want to die either, doing these things remind me that life can be great so I hope I don't come off braggy or I am acting "too good". I make minimum wage yet I still do all this cool stuff. It's not hard to do, just literally set your mind go and do it . I chase my dreams while others think "what if" lol but yeah do more fun shit guys!!!!

#travel #los angeles #america #little tokyo #boys noize #louisah #airport #journal #adventures #rave #party #friends #strangers #bread

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coreytravelogue · 2 years ago

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Ottawa, Ont. Canada - August 13, 2000

(I accidentally posted this on another Tumblr blog I have instead of this last week when I meant to put it here)

I know what you are thinking.....um Corey this is August 13, 2022. I know, no it is not a typo and no I am not even in Ottawa though I would not mind it and it has not been for the lack of trying.

Yesterday while working I realized that 22 years ago was when I went to my very "first concert". I put that in quotations because there is a good chance my "first concert" was a kids show, I do have very vague memories of that. I would like to think it was Fred Penner orSharon Lois & Bram who were Canada's children's music power trio in my childhood I would like to think I would have better memories of it but I do. While I was at the Big Valley Jamboree as a early child I did not take any part of watching the show as I then as well as now did not have very much interest in country music and spent most of it watching the Chipmunks or riding the same 6 carnival rides from morning to evening for 2 days.

I thought well it is obvious I won't be traveling anywhere but Victoria or Newfoundland this year while not put this travelogue to some use to talk about the other adventures I was able to have in my past and it would be perfect to start it in August and why not 22 years since one big event.

As I am sure I have mentioned over the years August has often been more of a transition month for me than December or November. Most of the big events in my life have occurred during August be it many of my families road trips, moving to Vancouver, starting and graduating from film school, starting college, traveling to Europe for the first time or as I want to talk about to prime my writing for the day.....my very first concert.

Let's rewind 22 years ago to January 2000, I was feverishly anticipating the newest AC/DC album. They were on the cusp of being my favourite band at this time as I felt Metallica betrayed my loyalty to them as a young teen and I didn't like the direction they were going in. Their next album was going to released the following month and I would wind up getting it in Edmonton in which if I was to tell you which was probably my favourite trip to Edmonton of all time it would be that trip but maybe I will leave that story for another day. Not only did I know the release date of the new album but I learned of the tour dates.

Before I go any further you have to understand that I was a very naive 15 year old kid and this was back during the young days of the internet. I also had no experience or knowledge of how tours worked. When I looked at the touring schedule to say I was a little heart broken would be an understatement. On that tour it seemed like they were hitting much of the United States but seemingly ignoring Western Canada. Being a Western Canadian being ignored is nothing new really but I will leave politics out of this. They were hitting Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto (twice) and Ottawa. I felt like that was so unfair but in a way I understood. At my young age I rarely if ever heard of any bands coming anywhere near Alberta but mind you I was a kid in Fort McMurray where the biggest band that ever played there at that point in my eyes was the Barenaked Ladies. It seemed as though to me at that point no way AC/DC was coming to Alberta or Western Canada but I have to see them live. So I decided to ask my dad to see if he would go with me to see them in Ottawa.

Why Ottawa? Well because at that time we had family in Ottawa. My Uncle John lived in Ottawa, he worked for the Air Force I believe and I thought why not use the excuse spending lots of money on a ticket to Ottawa and to see a concert but at least get to see family while doing this.

Outside of seeing his brother I did not know why my dad said yes. Me and my dad had very little in common with each other musically. He was always a country music guy where I was regardless of time in my life not. Look at it now with a 37 year old's brain who is realizing he is more like his dad than he ever thought he was if I could gander at what he was thinking I think he probably looked at this as finally something both father and son could do and share together.

Me and my dad only until the last 13 years have never had the greatest relationship with each other. I would not say it was toxic but to say it was positive would be nerd candy (pure sugar) coating it. Me and my dad rarely if ever spent real quality time together that we both enjoyed. And it was not for the lack of trying on his end he did try to connect with me it was just that then and even now I am not the best person to get to know. I am someone who thoroughly loves his privacy much of the time. As a kid there was nothing I liked more than having the basement to myself to create my own worlds with my action figures, escape into movies, cartoons or video games.

My dad would try to take me out to throw balls, learn to skate, camp and what not the kind of things you would generally think would bring a father and son together but I had no interest in any of that at all. The only real bonding time me and my dad had together by the year 2000 would be when we would go to Disneyland together ourselves 2 times and going to the video store every Tuesday for movies but even then we were separated. I would grab old movies and video games where he would go and get new releases and when we got home we both went into our separate rooms to watch them.

Plus my dad worked all of the time, he worked his ass off to provide for me and did his best to make my life the best it could be and its only now as an adult myself that I can understand where he was at given the troubles he went through during that time with alcohol abuse.

So I am willing to bet my dad saw this as an opportunity finally do something with me. He didn't mind AC/DC I think of all the bands I was listening to up to that time he could tolerate AC/DC the most. If this was Metallica I don't think he would have been as open to take me to a show. So suffice to say he said yes, we bought floor tickets to the show, tickets to the Ottawa and a hotel close to the stadium. Everything set, I thought it would be cool, spend a weekend in Ottawa but also get to see my favourite band as my first concert. Sounds perfect right?

I guess the rest of the story is going to seem like this trip was a disappointment and in someways it was but suffice to say I worth while to memory in my brain.

I can't remember when we landed in Ottawa it must have been either on Thursday or Friday, I am guessing Friday. Uncle John picked us up and I was assuming we were going to spend the day with him and in Ottawa and this is where the first disappointing turn of events came where again I have to chalk it up to a 15 year old kid in 2000 not doing enough of his homework.

Up to this point and you it is often a good assumption to have but you would think most stadiums would be within the city don't you think? If the show says it is going to be in I dunno Edmonton you would think it would be in a stadium in Edmonton right? Well that is not exactly accurate for the stadium "in" Ottawa. This show was going to happen in the stadium that was at the time called the Corel Centre. And while the Corel Centre is in Ottawa it is on the very outskirts of it. The best comparable is the current Vancouver Giants playing in Abbotsford. Abbotsford is technically part of Greater Vancouver but on the far outskirts of it.

So instead of spending the day with Uncle John and exploring the historical city that is Canada's capital city Ottawa we drive nearly an hour to Kanata. Uncle John drops us off and has to drive back to Ottawa for some reason so here we are in Kanata. Exploring Kanata through Apple maps to tell you the truth the place doesn't look that much different than it did 22 years ago which is somewhat depressing.

What you have in Kanata is essentially 2 things; the hockey stadium itself and the sort of strip mall entertainment district. I mean it looks like it has expended but it is still more or less what it was then which is just a hub for everyone in the neighbourhood to shop, eat, drink and watch movies. We didn't really come or at least I didn't come to do that I came to see Ottawa and my Uncle John and here were were in this strip mall.

Well it's not like we were going to be here for long so we decided we may as well make the best of it and we went ahead to kill the time the only way we knew how there which was going to the theatre (which is still there). We went to see X Men (3rd time I would see it) and Hollow Man. We then had dinner I assume and then we had a early night.

Saturday August 12 we get up and already bored as again, we are in Kanata not Ottawa and there wasn't much really to do so we decided to take a taxi to the Corel Centre because even for a neighbourhood built more or less around the hockey stadium it's separated by a large highway and not exactly the easiest to get to unless you drive or taxi so we taxi there.

We were so early to the stadium that not even the merchandise people were there yet. Only people there was a van promoting the opening band Slash's Snakepit and others who were probably as bored as us and thought maybe something was going on at the stadium before the show only to discover like us......nope.

The sports bar was open though and we were again so early that not even the rock radio station that often promotes these shows was there yet but there was a space blocked off for them. However it did not take long before the radio station guy with he gear set up and started promoting the show. My dad would start to get his drink on while I would start to drink copious amounts of pop as well.... come on I was 15 years old. No way in hell I would be drinking anything but pop or water at a sports bar.

Bored out of my mind I paid specific attention to the radio guy as while I was still someone who wanted to be a wrestler for a moment in time I was interested in radio. Whenever they cut to him he would sell the concert but he then started to promote a contest to bring the biggest AC/DC fans to him. Biggest AC/DC fan gets front row tickets. Me now already a big AC/DC fan thought challenge accepted and immediately was the first person to put my name in for the competition.

Look I am not going to act like I am the biggest AC/DC fan out there but anyone who knows me knows that when I commit to something I do not half ass it I often always full commit. Technically I already loved AC/DC since 1992 but being too young to know who AC/DC was or to get more of them I didn't fully become aware of them till late 1997 which was around the time when I was old enough to be able to fully discover them and buy their music. By this time I already owned all of their music, I knew most of their songs verbatim. Owned lots of their shirts and so on. Again I knew I was probably not the biggest AC/DC fan out there but given I traveled cross country to see them, first one there to apply and not counting this was my very first concert as well in my young life and I am choosing AC/DC sure with all that it gives me at least a chance to compete right? Everyone in my bar knew I was a AC/DC fan. I was wearing the first generation of what I would go to call my coat of arms which was a jean jacket with patches on it, AC/DC of course on it. Also wearing an AC/DC shirt of course.

Well a few hours go by and I have had way too many pops, bathroom breaks were every 30 min at this point and I was getting very impatient for this contest as this bar went from being empty to jumping full of men already drunk and more or less waiting for the show to begin. So I am standing there close to the radio guy and more people are telling the guy they want to compete. Me more or less sizing up these guys despite suffering from depression even that young I was confident that I could hold my ground with these guys. Looking at most of them none of them had AC/DC shirts on and listening to them talk (I was VERY BORED ALRIGHT) I could tell their AC/DC knowledge wasn't that strong so I thought I had a good chance to show I had what it takes. We were very close to starting when this one drunk went to the radio guy wanting to apply and I could tell the contest was full and he eyes immediately went to me.

The radio guy comes up to me and asks where my tickets were located. I said on the floor but at the very back. He then proceeds to tell me that my tickets are already pretty good and hey why not gives these guys a shot at it, namely the drunk who wasn't even wearing anything AC/DC from memory a shot. Apparently the guy had a AC/DC tattoo.

I can't remember what I said whether I said yes or just nothing all I know is I was fucking crushed. Honestly I doubt the guy even gave me a chance say no he seemed like a bit of an asshole too afraid to let a 15 year old kid compete against a group of big drunk men. All I remember is I didn't put up a kid, I didn't want to rock the boat but I could not hide how crushed I felt at that moment and very angry. So I sat there as these 4 drunk men tried to guess and sing AC/DC songs playing to the equally drunk crowd. Me crushed by rejection of being in the contest while high on pop pouted in the background knowing I could sing Ride On better than these half conscious drunks. Suffice to say it was a two way two between two drunks and one of them had to prove they were a bigger AC/DC fan. One of them was the guy who took my spot. Suffice to say the guy pulled out his AC/DC tattoo and low and behold it was AC/DC but the size of 1 and a half thumbnails. You could barely see it unless you really looked at it. That was enough for him to get the front row tickets. I thought to myself. That is all it took for him to win, half ass singing through Ride On and a barely visible AC/DC tattoo versus me who while I may not have the seniority I came cross country, own all of the albums, know all of the songs, first concert, first one here, first applied stayed here from the start to the end and I am not even given a shot because of the a fucking thumbnail sized tattoo?! That damn near ruined my entire day right then and there!

However too late, I told my dad this. He wasn't impressed by that as he knew how much I loved this band. I can't remember what he did or if he went to the radio guy, he might of but it didn't matter the other guy won the tickets and what was done was done. Plus my dad was just as shit faced as the winner anyway if not more so from a full day of drinking waiting for the show to start. By the end of the contest they finally opened the doors to get in and we went into the stadium.

From memory even though the stadium was pretty new (2 years old) it sure didn't look like it too me. It looked like something from the 80s with nothing but a whole lot of concrete but honestly it makes a whole lot of sense I have been to a whole lot of other stadiums mades around the 90s and 00s and they all have this same concrete ugly interior look to them.

So we got to our seats and they were floor seats but this is where I learned my next lesson about concerts. Floor seats are only good if you are near the stage. If you are at the very back of the floor area you may as well be in the nose bleed section because unless you are over 6 feet tall you ain't going to see shit. Knowing that lost out to front row tickets and the tickets I already got were not that great did not make me feel any better. I know first world problems Corey and yes I agree but as a 15 year old coming into his first experience with rock concerts I was supremely disappointed and frustrated with how everything was turning out for me that day.

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Slash's Snakepit was technically the first band I would ever see live I guess and to tell you the truth I am perfectly fine with that, they put on a very good show and I immediately became a fan of the band from it. Sadly the band broke up not long after but given people were still filing into the stadium while they were playing I could at least see them play. By the time they finished their set the stadium was packed and everyone who had floor seats were there and they were all adults, all bigger than 15 year old me. I could not see shit. By the time AC/DC started the only way I could see what was going on was if I stood on the steel chair but by the second song the security guards being absolute dip shits knowing from the looks on their faces that they knew I could not see anything still told me to step off the steel chair. Yet another big disappointment for me. The only way I could see AC/DC was through the waving shoulders of the dozens of people taller than me leading to the stage.

With all of that I was still awestruck, I was experiencing AC/DC live. There they were just over there playing all the songs I loved or was growing to love. AC/DC did have something where it was a apparatus at centre ice where he would play and it would raise him many feat in the air so more of the stadium could see him and that was around the only time I did get to actually see him up close.

Despite all of the disappointments that lead to this show experiencing AC/DC live for the first time washed almost all of them away. As my first true concert experience I was blown away and so happy to have experienced it. I loved it!

My dad loved it too however by the third song he was so drunk he spent the rest of the show with his head between his legs.

By the time the show was over my dad was still very shit face and could barely walk. Looking back, the amount of time we spent waiting for a taxi we probably could have walked back to our hotel but that would mean trying to find a way across the highway and my dad was in no shape to run across the highway so we had no choice but to wait 90 minutes for a 10 minute taxi ride.

By the time we got home my dad was not happy about waiting all that time for a taxi, neither was I but I was just glad to be back in the hotel. My ears were ringing and would continue to ring for the next few days. We watched Battlefield Earth on the television and went to bed. The next day Uncle John picked us up and drove us to the airport and we went on our way back to Fort McMurray.

Looking back at that time 22 years old ago I have mixed feelings about that time. I look back at it fondly but also I am not going to lie I look back at it was a bit of frustration mind you all of it first world problems. I can't help but still be mad at not being considered big enough of a AC/DC fan. There would be no way in hell he would have gotten away with kicking me out of that contest, not even if it was a year later. One year later AC/DC would tour Edmonton and by the time they did me and my group of friends already won our school's Air Band completion playing Back in Black by AC/DC. We stole the show, literally. And to reward ourself all of us in our AC/DC costumes went to see AC/DC live in Edmonton this time in the lower bowl. However I will save that story for another time.

After Ottawa I would go on to see AC/DC four more times. Twice in Edmonton and twice in Vancouver and I would see them twice again tomorrow if I could. AC/DC was and remains my all time favourite band and if anything really came of that concert it drove me to show that I was a bigger fan than they thought I could be.

AC/DC is the best band I have ever seen band. No one even comes close. They were enough to make a disappointing day far less shitty just like they were able to take any normal day into the best day of the year for me.

While I still wouldn't say I am the biggest AC/DC fan out or in the world I don't think my fandom would ever really be questioned by anyone. While I may not have a thumbnail sized tattoo of AC/DC I have something that to me shows my devotion just as strongly........a school boy uniform.

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New Zealand to South America!

We are so sorry it has been over 4 months since our last update! Here is a video we made of our whole 5 months in New Zealand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x94vegd5jFQ&feature=youtu.be

Our final 6 weeks in New Zealand were wonderful. We continued exploring the North Island and got to spend 3 weeks volunteering with 2 different families.

In exchange for 2 hours a day of manual labor (landscaping, construction, gardening exct) we got to stay in one family’s cottage overlooking the Tasman Sea.

The family ran a surf school and blow-carting business so near the end of our time when the weather let up we were able to surf and cart a bit!

From there we spent a week with the kindest family that operate a kayaking business on the coast. We shared all of our meals with them, often sitting around the dinner table for hours sharing meaningful discussion. The morning would always start by moving the cows around and shoveling their poop, then usually some painting and other maintenance around the house. In addition to sharing meals with us, they shared their bikes, kayaks, paddleboards and their social lives. We played soccer with their league, joined them at the pub, went to dinner with their friends and even attended a bridge card game lesson!

After that week of rest and beautiful cultural emersion, we met my sister Victoria and her friend Holly in Auckland and handed off our van Nelly off to them! It was sad to say bye to Nelly, but so good to see Victoria and Holly take her. The next day Alli’s mom and dad (Roger and Karen) and youngest brother (CJ) flew in and rented out a mansion on wheels, which we affectionately named Taj as in Taj Mahal. We moved out of Nelly and into Taj and then all of us including Victoria and Holly road tripped around.

We all headed up north to the tropical part of New Zealand where we were blessed with wonderful weather. We scored amazing free camping in our Nelly and the Taj right on the beach where we kayaked and played in the waves and then the next night headed to a hut that we had all to our selves!

After a few days we parted ways with Victoria and Holly to meet back up with them later, that way we got alone time with both our families. With the Gilberts we continued on in Taj hitting the natural glow worm caves, and hot water beach, both of which were incredible. Hot water beach was especially magical, we arrived for sunset at low tied and began digging a big hole in the sand. Before long we had a deep pool that was filled by a thermal spring flowing under the sand! CJ and I figured out a rhythm of playing in the ocean waves for a few minutes, getting cold and then warming back up in the hot pool and repeating on and on. What an evening.

We stayed with the Gilberts for 10 nights, 8 in the Taj and 2 in huts. We shared the essence of our New Zealand travels with them and had an wonderful and bonding experience.

We got to spend our last 6 days in New Zealand with Victoria and Holly. We rented a small campervan and toured around with them exploring wine country, more hot springs, and one final New Zealand Hut. We also went ahead and sold Nelly so that Victoria and Holly wouldn’t have to deal with that, they then rented a small campervan for the last 3 weeks of their travels and it all worked out fine. We lost about $1000 on Nelly but she was a good van, a great home and a true companion for our 5 months of travel.

At the end of our time in New Zealand we spent an average of just $65/day, a bit over our target of $50/day but still under $10k for the both of us for 5 months. Not bad considering that factors in health insurance, losses on the car, phone bills and so on. We are so happy with the experiences and memories we have. If you ever want to hear about how to travel cheaply and simply, we would love to share out travel philosophies and experiences with you.

We left New Zealand on June 30th. Honestly, in the last 3 and a half months we have been many different places. The focus for us after New Zealand, was to connect with friends and family around the US and Canada. To commemorate our 5 months of living in a van, we did spend two weeks in Bali snorkeling, scuba diving, eating out and exploring the tropical island on a scooter.

Our transition back into the US started very slowly, as we spent two weeks in Hawaii with the Garvins for family vacation! We spent a lot of time snorkeling, swimming, relaxing and talking with one another. It was beautiful to spend quality time with family we hadn’t seen since Christmas.

After Hawaii we started a month long road trip up the west coast. We got to see and connect with many of Alli’s college friends in Oregon, on the way to Vancouver for Alli’s cousin Nehamiah’s wedding! Connecting with people who know us deeply was something we longed for after our solo time in New Zealand. After the family focused wedding, we traveled with two of Alli’s brothers, Josh and Bryan, over to Calgary Alberta for a camping trip with the Gilbert’s high school friends.

Once we reconnected with everyone in Canada, we made a trip to Seattle to see Victoria. It was lovely to spend quality time with Victoria in her world, as well as connect with other friends in the area. Once we were in Seattle, we wanted to look around the west coast for potential places to settle once the year of traveling is over. We visited places like Spokane, Boise, Eugene, and Bend, looking for a smaller city to grow roots. We didn’t find a place that drew us in at this time, so we decided to spend the month of September in Redwood City California with my parents. Basing ourselves in Redwood City was intentional, to connect more with the Garvins, as well as figure out if we wanted to keep traveling or settle down soon. After resting, spending time in Yosemite, San Louis Obpsio, and Smith Rock Oregon, we decided we had enough energy to travel to South America before the year is over!

On Oct 18th, we will be heading to La Paz, Bolivia to spend a month volunteering and living with a host family. I will primarily volunteer with an organization that teaches locals how to farm on their property (urban farming). November is their spring so I’ll be planting and maintaining the community garden and hopefully helping with some irrigation and construction projects.

Alli will be focusing her time helping out at a day center for women in the sex industry, getting to know the women, and even leading workshops on woman’s health! I will also help out there but with more of a focus on building maintenance. Alli will help out with the urban farming a little bit, as there is a vibrant local and international staff that we are excited to meet.

After Bolivia, we will head down south, VERY south, to Chilean Patagonia where we will be for around 3 weeks. We plan on lots of backpacking and camping, including a 10 day trip in the Torres Del Paine national park. Patagonia is known for its stunning and untouched natural beauty, Alli and I have dreamed of visiting for years and we are quite excited to finally go.

When we return home in early December, we aren’t sure what’s next! There are amazing job opportunities for us in the Seattle and San Francisco area, but we are also looking at some smaller towns. We’ll keep you posted!

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30th May 1889 saw the birth near Kirkliston of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.

Isobel overcame the constraints that the age, her class, and her own personality placed upon her, to become a solo adventurer in the far North, an accomplished plant collector and a successful poet and writer.

In later life she gave frequent lectures, using films and lantern slides, describing her travels for film-making and writing articles for National Geographic' magazine. She died in 1982.

Of her poems I have chosen one I can resonate with, having spent my childhood on the doorstep of the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh:

Lament for the Pentland Men.

Oh early grey of morning-time!

Oh Pentland Hills!

The bracken white with frosty rime,

The brown peat rills,

Home of the wild-bird wet with dew,

Heard ye the sunrise yearning

For the eager beat of Pentland feet

No more, no more, no more returning?Up from the city’s clustered spires,

Up from the glen,

The thin sweet bugle-call inspires

The Redford men.

Home of the wild-bird wet with dew

Heard ye the bugle yearning

For the eager beat of Pentland feet

No more, no more, no more returning?From high Caerketton’s pebbly ridge,

From Kips to Castlelaw,

From Loganlee to Redford Bridge,

From Dunsyre to Cobbinshaw,

Braes where the sheep-dog watches lone

Fling wild the echo, yearning

For the eager beat of Pentland feet

No more, no more, no more returning.Oh fallen hearts of Pentland gold!

Oh bleeding feet that roam

The long grey silences that fold

The Hills of Home!

Hear ye no sobbing faint and far?

The grey old Pentlands yearning

For the wistful beat of children’s feet

No more, no more, no more returning.

You can read more about this little know Scottish explorer here

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/isobel-wylie-hutchison/

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This spring, Vancouverites may find renting a set of camping equipment as easy as borrowing a book from the library. The Thingery project is a recent initiative launched by Vancouver Tool Library founder Chris Diplock. The first Thingery pilot project was carried out in summer 2016, and Diplock reached agreements over the following months with the city of Vancouver, a local credit union, and various neighborhood groups to bring the idea to life.

A Thingery, as described on the project's website, is a self-service, "community-owned library of things" housed in a modified shipping container. Items, which can include tools, sports equipment, and cooking supplies, are donated or bought collectively by Thingery members. Borrowers reserve the tools online and pick them up through an access code system. Members pay a $50 one-time lifetime membership fee and a subsequent $29 annual fee for access to a world of tools. Some tools also carry small borrowing fees, although many are free.

One of Diplock's goals was to bring the concept behind the tool library, which he founded in 2011, into more Vancouver neighborhoods. In a city that's so vastly spread out, getting to a single tool library location isn't feasible for many Vancouverites. "We wanted to have [something like the tool library] on the scale of a lending library, with multiple branches and the tool library could not scale at that rate," Diplock says. "What we're trying to do is put [tool library-like facilities] directly in the neighborhoods and make them self-service."

Diplock says the level of buy-in from communities has been a motivating factor. "We're grateful that we have this much interest from the community."

He says the project is still too new to have a detailed profile of its users and potential users. "We don't yet have a real snapshot of who our borrowers are, but we're expecting a wide range of people, given that space limitations are an issue for many people. A lot of the apartments and condominiums people live in are fairly small, so there’s an appetite not to own equipment that would take up space."

The first Thingery opened on Dec. 2 in New Westminster, and four more Vancouver-area locations are in the works, scheduled to open in early 2018. Each Thingery is owned and maintained by its own neighborhood-based co-op, which also organizes donations and group purchases. Julia Hulbert is on the board of the Kitsilano Thingery co-op, which oversees a Thingery expected to open in February of next year in Kitsilano near downtown Vancouver.

"We have no place in Kitsilano where you can just go rent some tools or camping gear, and there’s a profound need for that," Hulbert says. "You have students, young families and other people in small apartments who just don’t have the space for a volleyball net or a camp stove."

Hulbert, an urban studies graduate student, says the Thingery's usefulness goes deeper than providing families with camping equipment on loan. "This was something I stumbled across on Facebook and I thought it was a really awesome premise," she says. "What drew me to it was the idea of building my own community in Vancouver. The sharing economy has a lot of potential to bring people together and help form new personal and community connections."

Hulbert and her fellow board members are hoping to organize regular community programs at and around the Thingery. A beach cleanup is scheduled for early spring as part of the group's membership drive, and more programs are in the works. "In a few years, I would love to see the Kitsilano Thingery have 500 members and great community programs and strong partnerships with community groups," she says. "I can see the concept spreading across Canada as a way to bring the localized sharing economy back to neighborhoods."

"Once we get started, I'm hoping to take out a bocce kit, and definitely an extra set of snowshoes," she says. "A Thingery membership is $50 for a lifetime membership, plus $29 per year, and a set of new snowshoes is about $150 and can be rented multiple times a year. It's really easy to get your investment back. It's also great to be able to borrow high-quality equipment, instead of buying cheaper equipment to save money and then having that equipment wear out."

Diplock and Hulbert would like to see the concept spread across the region, and potentially much farther. Diplock says he has already heard from people interested in establishing Thingeries outside of Vancouver, notably in surrounding municipalities and in Alberta. "It's great to know that we're building something that's scalable for local communities," he says. He urges anyone interested in establishing their own neighborhood Thingery to get in touch through the project website. "If it can work here in Vancouver, it can work almost anywhere."

All photos courtesy of The Thingery

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28 May 2019 Hatley House in Québec

14 May 2019 Church Residence in Frelighsburg, Québec

17 Apr 2019 Gazing House in Scarborough Junction, Toronto

20 Mar 2019 Residence Le Nid on the St. Lawrence River, Quebec

17 Mar 2019 Dans l’Escarpement in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré

30 Jan 2019 La Barque Residence in Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm

11 Dec 2018 TRIPTYCH House in Wentworth-Nord, Quebec

3 Dec 2018 Friesen Wong House in Okanagan, British Columbia

2 Dec 2018 Shelter on a Rock in Racine, Québec

14 Nov 2018 Long Horizontals House in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François

2 Oct 2018 Vallée du Parc Residence in Shawinigan, Québec

16 May 2018 Gulf Islands Residence, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, western Canada Architects: RUFproject photograph : Ivan Hunter Gulf Islands Residence

20 Feb 2018 La Cornette House, Township of Cleveland, Québec, Eastern Canada Architects: YH2 photo © Francis Pelletier La Cornette House in the Township of Cleveland Built on the slope of a small hill, La Cornette is a country house open to the pastoral landscape that surrounds it. Under a soaring roof resembling a nun’s cornet wimple is a roomy dwelling modelled on traditional Quebec houses of old that lodged large families and their relatives.

19 Feb 2018 La Luge Cabin, La Conception, in the Laurentides region of Quebec Architects: YH2 photography © Francis Pelletier La Luge in La Conception Mostly dedicated to the enjoyment of Quebec’s winter, La Luge is a secondary home lying in the midst of the forest. Nestled on its site, surrounded by dense vegetation preserving the house’s privacy, La Luge integrates a private spa which occupies almost a third of the useable area, adding on to the traditional countryside living spaces.

16 Feb 2018 Window on the Lake, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Mauricie region, province of Quebec Architects: YH2 photography © Francis Pelletier Window on the Lake in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton The house stands on the site of an old family cottage, just steps away from the shores of Lac Plaisant in the Mauricie region. Thanks to its simplicity, restraint and refinement, the project embodies the architect’s attempt to capture the essence of cottage life – a wooden home designed for vacations and enabling true communion with nature.

9 Feb 2018 Sky House, Stoney Lake, Ontario Design: Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster photography : Doublespace Photography Sky House on Stoney Lake Negotiating the steep topography of a lake-side site, this holiday house consists of two volumes stacked on one another. The lower volume nestles into the landscape so that it is barely visible as one first approaches the house.

6 Feb 2018 The Wooden Wing, Lac-Supérieur, Quebec Design: YH2 architecture photography : David Marien-Landry The Wooden Wing in Lac-Supérieur The Wooden Wing is a large cottage on the shores of Lac Supérieur, in Quebec’s Laurentians. The house is perched on a sizeable outcrop of granite bedrock, giving it a commanding yet intimate view of the lake and Mont Tremblant, on the other side.

4 Feb 2018 Withrow Laneway House, Calgary, Alberta Architects: Studio North photo : Mark Erickson Withrow Laneway House in Calgary Affordable housing in a thriving city like Calgary is a challenge for many, not the least for two newly graduated professionals starting a design studio with big dreams and a limited budget. We see alleys as a new place for community and dwelling. This project offers an opportunity to save one of Calgary’s heritage houses and to build an affordable, compact living space in the inner city.

19 Jan 2018 Indigo Lane House, Whistler, British Columbia, western Canada Design: Stark Architecture Ltd. photo © Krista Jahnke New House in Whistler, BC A crazy site! But one of the greatest things about Architecture is having lots of constraints. The more constraints, the more inventive you have to be. The site drops steeply from the road, almost a 25 ft sheer drop down to a flat site, with retaining walls below.

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