Dora's Page: An often-daily photoblog to assure Connie's Mom that we are Not Dead Yet

2019 Sept 10 - Missing-Sid Day

Nearly a year now since Sid went to Calgary to live - well, actually, we thought he was going there to die, but Sid neglected to fade away over the following few months, and hangs on still. But we can't get over to see him for another three weeks at least, and when I walk the neighbourhood, I miss "walking" him, which of course was really following him around with a radio tracker and attempting to keep him from trouble.

I must know every little nook and cranny around the block and both alleys, better than people who've lived here for decades.

Here he was in September 2016, just next door at Lagoon Terrace - but this was by way of the alley and the narrow gap between buildings, which Sid always had to explore in detail, through all the piled-up lumber and wild plants, then the garden. I'd had to race around, but Sid had just emerged from between the buildings and through their garden to set on their retaining wall like some kind of statue.

And this was him down in the Park that August, just south of the tennis courts, in the field beside Winnie-the-Pooh daycare. A couple of trees have been lying down there for several years now, and he liked to sharpen claws on them and watch the geese nearby.

Here's a closeup, when he was deep in the "woods" (a lot nearby that was overgrown; Sid had to investigate every bush).

Older posts

2019 Sept 09: Rain vs Sunflowers

2019 Sept 08: Rainy-Day Mushrooms (and pink birds)

2019 Sept 07: Alan Beairsto's Moonrise

2019 Sept 06: Geranium branches out; Cityscape

2019 Sept 05: Barretts and Branders Round the Seawall

2019 Sept 04: Local Construction

2019 Sept 03: Hilary and Rick On Their Way

2019 Sept 02: Rose Garden Roundup

2019 Sept 01: Hilary and Rick

2019 August 31: Cat Saturday Redux

2019 August 30: Some More Barrett Pictures

2019 August 29: Community Garden Banner Year

2019 August 28: Harrisons Away

2019 August 27: Harrisons Here!

2019 August 26: Neighbourhood News (water mains)

2019 August 25: Cat Sunday

2019 August 24: Cat Saturday

2019 August 23: A Run Through Stanley Park

2019 August 22: Back to the Garden

2019 August 21: Embarrassing the Embassy

2019 August 20: News Catch-Up: The Cut-Down Trees

2019 August 19: Geranium Full Flower

2019 August 18: Geranium and Heron II

2019 August 17: The Geranium Blooms

2019 August 16: Heron Still Here, Black Flowers

2019 August 15: Heron Up Close

2019 August 14: Water and Waterfowl

2019 August 13: Inner Garden

2019 August 12: Map and Marina

2019 August 11: Geranium and the Odd Boat

2019 August 10: Right In Our Own Backyard

2019 August 9: Back to Flowers

2019 August 8: Boats and Carbon

2019 August 7: Dealing with Summer

2019 August 6: Crowds and Forests

2019 August 5: Pride Parade Whales

2019 August 4: Bye-bye Barretts

2019 August 3: Once Around The Park

2019 August 2: Fireworks and Butterflies

2019 August 1: Charlie's Birthday!

2019 July 31: A Day at the Aquarium

2019 July 30: The Barretts Arrive!

2019 July 29: Random Things in Stanley Park

2019 July 28: Fireworks Last Night

2019 July 27: Monitoring Progress

2019 July 26: Being glad it's not winter

2019 July 25: We Return to Vancouver; Street is Torn Up

2019 July 2: Cat Pictures as we Drive to Calgary

2019 July 1: Canada Day in Stanley Park

2019 Jun 30: Madrid and Victoria - nice cities.

2019 Jun 29: Seattle boat shelves, Cat-vs-Beer

2019 Jun 28: Back from Seattle

2019 Jun 21: Volunteer Gardeners

2019 Jun 20: Stanley Colour

2019 Jun 19: At the beaches

2019 Jun 18: Tiny Roses and the Outside Cat

2019 Jun 17: Heron Nesting Season

2019 Jun 16: What a Difference a Month Makes (to goslings)

2019 Jun 15: Kittens Who Look At Phones, plus, Spain

2019 Jun 14: Lake Blossoms Everywhere

2019 Jun 13: Last Blossoms?

2019 Jun 12: Grandiose Things

2019 Jun 11: Scenes from a flight to Denver

2019 Jun 8: Beaver Lake Developments

2019 Jun 7: The Rose Garden Returns!

2019 Jun 6: D-Day commemorated with poppies!

2019 Jun 5: Geese families and Heron at Lost Lagoon

2019 Jun 4: More Cat Badness

2019 Jun 3: Roses and Bridges

2019 Jun 2: The Gosling Fleet

2019 Jun 1: From the archives: Cuba 2017

2019 May 31: Cats vs Bees

2019 May 30: Ravine Trail to Beaver Lake

2019 May 28-29: Our Garden and Stanley Forests

2019 May 27: The Umbrella Tree

2019 May 26: Animals of Stanley Park

2019 May 25: Green and Water

2019 May 24: Last of the Rose Garden South

2019 May 23: The Tudor House

2019 May 22: Rose Garden, South End #2

2019 May 21: Retiro and Kitten-Warmers

2019 May 20: Goslings and our Chilco Neighbours

2019 May 19: Finishing up the "back walk" all-floral garden.

2019 May 18: First trip to the Rose Garden South

2019 May 17: More "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon and Lagoon Drive

2019 May 16: The "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon 1

2019 May 15: blooms on the 4th floor