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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Want to go to 1986 Vancouver? Got into the DeLorean. Here you go.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I haven’t seen Brian BAUCHE since we were teenagers working on Canadian aid program in West Africa jungle decades ago. After working in French Africa, I became a city planner & he became a primary school principal in Saskatchewan.Wonderful to meet up,gift my FULANI hat kept from all those years ago.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

That disappointment after you open your Christmas gifts early.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Yes, it is December in Vancouver, but having a balcony garden never disappoints. First time I’ve had strawberries in December and lavender re-blooming.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I travel through airports with bicycle reflectors on luggage that say "City of Vancouver". This trip to Ottawa is first time people have stopped me in the airports to say exactly what they think about City Hall, the management & the direction the City is going. None of it was kind. It was angry.

highway sign that reads the arrow direction of Vancouver and of Hope, BC.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Take a look at historic & picturesque town of Brockville Ontario on St. Lawrence River-2 lanes on Main Street, flexible parking and really wide broom finished sidewalks, with lots of small shops with articulated facades. In an hour this space will be bustling with locals walking, talking & shopping.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Has the talented Vancouver architect, planner, and extraordinary artist Frank Ducote now emerged as the new Ralph Lauren model?

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

When Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble manage the 1960’s marketing department.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I wish conversation between Donna Seto & Andy Yan was being recorded. There is a fullness and honesty about the immigrant experience & biases.Donna also has a doctorate in political science.At the Vancouver Public library talking about the new illustrated book by Donna called “Chinatown Vancouver”

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Here at downtown Vancouver library on sunny day with a full house to hear author and artist Donna Seto speak on her tremendous new book on Chinatown Vancouver. Her writing is excellent, her illustrations superb & just a fascinating conversation on the importance of place for children and legacies.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

@frankducote.bsky.social On National News talking how Vancouver City Council approved 500,000 to 1 million dollars for "Vancouver" sign in iconic view-and give that sign a salary of $50,000 a year for maintenance! Here's your fabulous painting "The Blue Pony" in back! www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

In between the rains,got a chance to walk on the beach and there were absolutely no tourists.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I am housesitting for friends who received an opened envelope that took 3 months to arrive from California. Someone in post office in California thought BC which stands for British Columbia meant Tortola British Virgin Islands. So after this envelope’s 6000 km trip,I learned that “missent”is a word.

This is a white envelope that has a stamp, indicating that instead of being mailed to British Columbia this letter went to Tortola, British Virgin Islands

This is a white envelope showing the address which was BC for British Columbia. Instead, the post office in California sent it to BVI, which is the British Virgin Islands. It was 6000 km out of the way.

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@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

At Vancouver City Hall puppies too ill in City Pound came home with city staff.I fostered a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog puppy & started a lifelong interest! I train, hike, do obedience & compete internationally in open draft events with Swissy Omar from Zurich. I will post more of Omar's adventures.

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog with a cart performing open draft dog test in Graham Washington.

In high desert of Arizona Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Omar leads off carrying 110 lbs. in cart for mandatory hike in open carting draft competition.

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