Monthly Archives: July 2006

Ka-blooie!

Posted on July 25, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

There was a cool (well, hot) show put on by the French troupe La Salamandre to close this year’s Just For Laughs festival. There were trancey tribal rhythms, primal chants, dozens of drummers and musicians, dozens more artists “doing stuff” … Continue reading →

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Sailing, sailing, over the ocean blue

Posted on July 24, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

Well, at least sailing over the Fleuve St-Laurent, which is, well, kind of blue-ish, in parts. That’s what I was doing last week — I did a very intense four-day course to get my “PCOC” (Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card — … Continue reading →

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Not all tall things are old

Posted on July 15, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

Nor are all old things tall…but some are. For example, this Douglas fir, which is 76m high and around 800 years old, in Cathedral Grove in Vancouver Island’s MacMillan Provincial Park. Though these trees can grow for thousands of years, … Continue reading →

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