A few shots from around Vancouver, November 18, 2025
urban art
Check out Lee Madgwick’s paintings, because they are a weird delight
Lee paints realistic scenes, typically urban structures in odd settings, such as a tenement building in the middle of a grassy field, or even weirder than that. I love the style and the absurd juxtapositions.
Website: https://leemadgwick.co.uk/
Mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@leemadgwick
An example:
Neighbourhood sea life and reptiles
There’s a house in the area that regularly puts plastic animals on the rocks in their yard near the sidewalks. Today, they were themed.
I appreciate this kind of whimsy.
Reptiles:
Sea life:
A giant beaver, a banana duck
While going to the doctor’s office a week or so ago, I encountered this house. It is one house over from a cemetery, which may or may not be relevant.
I am uncertain why they have a giant inflated cartoon beaver in the yard. I checked, and it is not Year of the Beaver (it’s Year of the Snake, how apropos), so I’m at a bit of a loss.
But it gets better when you zoom in, because on the front steps there is a banana duck:
I don’t know what these things mean or represent, but this is my new favourite house in New Westminster.
Aquatic art
Some public art at the new and just-about-to-open t?m?sew?tx?1Yes, they have a pronunciation guide for the name, you can check it out here. Also, I realize my blog is mangling the non-English letters. My blog is old and dumb, sorry! Aquatic and Community Centre here in New Westminster.
I am excited about trying the lazy river, because it speaks to me.