A very warm Winters day, Jan 5 2012
It reached +7.8°C in downtown Winnipeg today (Jan 5 2012) at about 4pm. Must be a record warm spell for the prairies! Normal Winnipeg Temperatures in...
Rhymes With Orange Vintage shop, Dec 30 2011
"Rhymes With Orange" on a related note, Blorenge is a Hill in South East Wales. Winnipeg's newest Vintage clothing and housewares boutique opened at the...
Winnipeg Stadium under construction, Dec 7 2011
stuart olson dominion was once again kind enough to show me around the building site of Winnipeg's new Stadium Project Coordinator Stephen Maruschak CIM gave...
Holidaze Craft Show, Dec 3 2011
Taylor Made Pottery (Karen Taylor) and CKUW present the 8th annual Holidaze Craft show 75 Albert, 2nd floor [caption id="attachment_10172" align="aligncenter" width="517" caption="click on image...
Occupy Winnipeg in the Snow and the Manitoba Legislature, Nov 27 2011
There was a big dump of snow on Nov 26 2011. Some of the tents collapsed and some people left. Here are some pictures of...
Remembrance Day Gun Salute, Winnipeg, Nov 11 2011
Remembrance Day at the Manitoba Legislature The civilians were out to see the Military do their thing. Uniforms. Marching. Large artillery. It's all quite impressive!...
Outside with a Macro Lens, Nov 11 2011
I got bored waiting for a friend outside his studio, and I happened to have my Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens. So voila! Art. Photo...
Occupy Winnipeg, Oct 23 2011
Some people call it the the opposite of the "Tea Party". Some people call them a bunch of smelly hippies. Some people say all Libertarian...
Manitoba Society for Artists, Art History Conference, Oct 22 2011
At the Winnipeg Art Gallery From the MSA website: "The Manitoba Society of Artists was established in 1902 originally as an organization to recognize the...
Winnipeg Stadium under construction, Oct 21 2011
stuart olson dominion Construction Management takes care of the new Winnipeg Stadium at the University of Manitoba. Mike Clynes, project manager, kindly invited me down...
Phantasmagoria at Dalnavert, Oct 5 2011
PHANTASMAGORIA is an exhibit at the Dalnavert Museum Manitoba Historical Society Dalnavert Museum 61 Carlton St. Winnipeg, MB that explores history and memory through film,...
Autumn Riverwalk, the Forks, Honey Show, Manitoba Legislature, Oct 2 2011
The trees are changing colours to lovely autumn shades in Winnipeg. The Assiniboine River Walk was under five to ten feet of water all summer,...
Winnipeg International Writers Festival, Thin Air, Opening Night, Sept 18 2011
THIN AIR Opening Night Sunday September 18 2011 at 7:30 pm Oodena Circle behind the Johnston Terminal at The Forks Leif Norman is the Photographer...
Manyfest, Downtown Winnipeg Sept 11 2011
MANYFEST from the Downtown Winnipeg Biz website "Last year you knew it as Lights on Broadway Five Events, One Weekend…this year it’s many events on...
Ciclovia, The Tweed Ride, Sept 11 2011
Old time bicycles and outfits go from Assiniboine Park to the Manitoba Legislature. and then to Dalnavert for some Croquet. Organized by Steven Stothers. The...
ManyFest, Downtown Winnipeg, Sept 10 2011
ManyFest on Broadway: Downtown Winnipeg Squaredancing Vendors Exchange District Wedding photos Osborne Village Big J Harrison Big Band Big Dance on Broadway Lights on...
Kevin Bacon makes an 8mm film, Sept 4 2011
Not that Kevin Bacon. This one was born in Winnipeg. (My Girlfriend went to school with a kid named Michael Jackson. He was white. He was...
Inner-City Community Garden Tour, Aug 25 2011
April and Shawn were biking across North America, and wrote in their blog about the evening. [caption id="attachment_4515" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="The Community Garden Bike...
Vefarinn Dance Group, Dansfélagið Vefarinn Kanada, Aug 1 2011
Dansfélagið Vefarinn NÚ VEFUM VIÐ MJÚKA, OG DÝRINDIS DÚKA The Vefarinn Folk Dance group from Akureyri was formed in 2004. This performance in Gimli Manitoba...
Islendingadagurinn, Manitoba Icelandic Festival July 31 2011 (morning)
Gimli Manitoba Flag raising at Ray and Alma Sigurdson's The Viking Village; http://www.vikingscanada.org/ The Fine Arts Display Cultural & Heritage Pavillion [caption id="attachment_3398" align="aligncenter" width="467" caption="Brennivin...
Islendingadagurinn Icelandic Festival (day 2 morning) 2011
Gimli Manitoba Canada The Pancake Breakfast at the New Horizons Centre. Pole Vaulting. Shot Put. Beach VolleyBall. Sandcastle Building contest. [caption id="attachment_3174"...
The Gimli Airfield and awesome old airplanes, July 29 2011
This used to be a fully fledged Airforce Base with two runways large enough to land the largest bombers. Gimli Cadets still use it, along...
Gimli Manitoba; long weekend, July 28 2011
The Icelandic Festival starts tomorrow. I prowled around looking for Skandahoovian influences. [caption id="attachment_3020" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Painted Icelandic Window."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_3021" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="A...
The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival (day 8) July 20 2011
It rained very slightly this morning but has not cooled down. The heat wave continues to make me melt like a caramel crocodile. [caption id="attachment_2375"...
Winnipeg Folk Fest, July 8 2011
[caption id="attachment_1987" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="The Winnipeg Folk Festival wooden sign"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Cyrus Smith and Andrew Courtnage walked from Winnipeg to the...