I had been walking for quite some time. By this point, I’d been walking, through Spain, for about a little over a month. By this point, I was used to walking all day without seeing anyone else. And while I was used to seeing signs of people, I didn’t really see too much of other…
Category: Visual Riddles
Polite Signs above a Toilet
It’s a tricky thing, to take a picture of a strange bathroom situation. You definitely don’t want to be the guy taking pictures in the bathroom. But sometimes there is something so good, it needs to have its picture taken. That piece of graffiti, or that sign on the toilet. Like this one: What a…
Outcast Crayon
There’s no accounting for the things you might find on the ground. And that’s why it’s worth looking. Not long ago I was in Beaverton, Oregon, when I noticed a single crayon at the foot of a park bench. Now that, in and of itself, may be of no great import, but it was the…
Visual Riddles: Justin’s Mess
It had been a busy Sunday. I illegally swam to an unnamed island to check up on a stash of hidden books, purchased bacon, attended Port Moody’s Car Free Day, and roommate made a large quantity of vegan nachos, I baked a loaf of molasses bread, and baked my first loaf of molasses bread based…
Visual Riddles: Grocery Store
You can be assured that, at least once, in the near or distant past, some quantity of cash was sucked under the conveyor belt…
Visual Riddles: California
Was this breakfast hastily abandoned, or mindfully intended for another day?
Visual Riddles: Iceland
In Húsavík, it wasn’t uncommon to see a full can of beer half-buried in the snow. You might wonder: why not use the fridge? but sometimes it’s too far away, and it’s easier to just pick up your beer on the way to wherever you plan to drink it (apparently). It’s a practice I’m sure…
Visual Riddles: Vancouver
A sharpie, a cleaver, and a toy plane in the middle of the sidewalk. There’s a good chance this story didn’t have a happy ending…