I live in a quaint little Canadian town. Having moved here a decade ago from the big city, and having a blog approaching 5 year in age, I often forget people may not remember my intro post! Anyhow, I love to share stories, adventures and perspectives with the world and found some of the things I feel are mundane, are rather entertaining from the perspective of someone across the world.
Sometimes, there are flashes of beauty, strange things happen, or stuff gets weird and I just have to share.
Beautiful
This is the sidewalk patio of one of my favourite restaurants in town and would fall into the beautiful category. Raja Fine Indian Cuisine https://rajastratford.com has always made sure to invest in a talented gardener each spring so that the ambiance is as colourful and vibrant as the cuisine. I should be a copy writer for them huh?
When Covid hit and indoor dining was cancelled, the city FINALLY let up and permitted these restaurants to extend patios out to the sidewalk. Wooden boardwalks were constructed so that the sidewalk traffic could detour around these patios where the parking spots are. Raja took the opportunity to scale up their gardening and blanketed the outdoor dining area with blooms. It did cost a pretty penny and the baskets need to be soaked every couple days but it sure is nice to be there.
As an added bonus, any people who follow award winning Canadian songwriters (crickets) will be able to find Ron Sexsmith https://ronsexsmith.com/ wearing his hat. You are welcome!
Strange
While I was playing games with friends, I heard a huge smash out the basement window and went to check it out. I joined 3 other nosey neighbours in checking out the scene. Nobody apparently hurt and a bit of distracted driving was likely the cause. You can't see the light pole in this picture but it is smashed off its bottom and leaning on a small maple across the street.
The strange thing about this is not how close it was to home, but the fact someone had hit a pole in front of me while driving not a month ago. People gotta stop hitting poles in my vicinity!
Weird
Around here, people park on their lawns. Not always diagonally, not everyone, but how many?
Here is another one on the same block. The classic pretend your driveway is wider move. Eventually it will be.
Not to be outdone by the other 2 on that same street, this SUV goes full sideways among the hydrangeas.
We are seriously on the same drive a couple kilometers to downtown. This just looks like a couple near misses and a lecture about drunk driving from the missus.
There is a possibility this is an abstract art exhibit and not bad parking but I am gonna go with bad parking.
Only a few blocks over, it goes from parking to storage by the looks of the lawn.
Am I the only one who wouldn't even consider parking on the front lawn?
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