THREAD: Can urbanites ever have a “crisis of the faith” about urban living? Sure we can. Here’s my story about how our own faith in very dense city living was shaken, and how we came out the other side appreciating our urban quality-of-life in Downtown Vancouver even more. 1/?

Legend.

A wildfire has started along Salmon River Road, NW of Vernon as a result of the earlier lightning. #bcfire #bcstorm

This wildfire would have started from one of these three #bcfire

Night vision technology let helicopters battle Hullcar Mountain fire in the dark #VernonBC bit.ly/3yEzmaq

#vernonbc #CPBCpoli #CDNpoli #CPC #BCConservatives #lumby

. DriveBC dozens of trees down on hwy 6 east of Cherryville. Some lg rocks too. Still passable on the shoulder only in many places, but not with a trailer in some spots. #vernonbc

It’s a privilege to have a clan of #badgers visit our garden on a nightly basis. *Best viewed with the sound up* #NationalBadgerDay

Last week, I traveled on the Rocky Mountaineer’s "First Passage to the West" between Vancouver and Banff, right in the heart of the Canadian Rockies 🇨🇦🏔️ This is probably the best rail journey of my life. Words fail me, but "insanity" seems fitting 🤯 Here’s a thread 🧵 👇

Accidental Renaissance - a thread🧵 1. The Holy Cat

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” A thread on the beauty of traditions 🧵 1. Every December 8, firefighters in Rome honor the Virgin Mary for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception by placing a wreath of flowers on her statue.

The most beautiful castles on Earth 🧵 1. St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Thread of extraordinary painting details 🧵 1. The whole table is judging you. Even the cat.

Thread of photos by Hugo Suissas that show you the world from a different perspective 🧵 1. Special light in Lisbon

The Dogs of 2024

Only in Canada 🇨🇦 🦌

Time is running out to become Conservative Party member and elected new candidate #VernonBC castanet.net/news/Vernon/53…

Satisfying thread for perfectionists 🧵 1. Moon bridge