High Five
Rodents come in various shapes and sizes in New Westminster, from the tiniest of mice to the largest of rat or squirrel. Here we find an average-sized specimen whose physical…
A New West Sundial
If one is out walking, be sure to keep an eye out for a most ancient of chronometers; the humble sundial. Using one of these carefully-placed devices, one can tell…
Thank You Global Warming
Normally in New Westminster there is an annual cycle of discarded turds and turd-baggies emerging from snowbanks in the spring during the melt. Thanks to the fake-news global warming, we…
Those Discarded Turd-Bag Blues
Here we have another classic New Westminster dog-poo phenomenon, the abandoned turd-sac. Some New Westminster residents go through the effort of bagging their dogs’ poops but appear to have issues…
The Stogey
Here we find a single segment from what must have been a larger dog-poop, resting at the edge of a driveway just off the sidewalk of a relatively busy New…
Sidewalk Squitters
A premium find, here we have a rainy-day slop-pile awaiting the inevitable paw, foot, or bicycle tire of some unaware passer-by. The rain has degraded the pile, but from the…
Gig-Economy Rattatouille
Here we find a sleepy example of one of New Westminster’s most populous residents, a Norway rat. Exhausted from a busy day of chewing, scratching, spawning, and pooping, it rests…
Feeling a Little Run Down
Here we have something that is somewhat on the rarer side of things, a smushed sidewalk dog-poo. New Westminster pedestrians tend to be absorbed on their phones, either scrolling hot…
Wake Up Sleepyboi
When one thinks “rodent” in New Westminster, one generally thinks of the rats and mice endemic to the city; one often forgets entirely about the bushy-tailed rodents that reside in…
A Fine Rind
We can see these have been here for a while, desiccating in the sun until they develop a thick rubbery rind. Found out in the open in the grass buffer…