The Glass Character
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Assorted meaningless nonsense with a Canada 150 logo slapped on it

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Assorted meaningless nonsense with a Canada 150 logo slapped on it — Canada 150 shoe lights — Canada 150 certified jive power ba...

Goose dance: an animation

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The Canadian Flag: a few rejected designs

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These are just a few of the thousands of proposed designs for the Canadian flag. They actually had a contest, folks, and the winner ...

"I AM CANADIAN!": Log Driver's Waltz

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                      Happy birthday, Canada!

I love my country: Canada turns 150!

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Today Canada turns 150, and though I couldn't get into it at all for the longest time, today I suddenly feel myself almost overcome ...
Friday, June 30, 2017

A car with kaleidoscope eyes

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Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, Waiting to take you away.

Our miracle duck has found a mate!

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Bosley, the magpie duck/mallard hybrid of Como Lake, has had an interesting summer. We almost always see this handsome, friendly guy dab...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Irish eyes, Spanish heart

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Stone, when warm, will hold the heat. As will it hold the cold. When musicians such as these play in a hall with stone walls, the result...

Duckling challenge!

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I think this is one of the best videos I've taken. Seven ducklings were faced with an impossible challenge, but somehow managed to b...

The original black stallion

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Adopted chicks: Hen Solo broods a batch

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Hen Solo, the broody hen of Bondi, had no fertilized eggs; her neighbor did. Thus a broodless hen warmed an adopted batch, and they ...

Flying egg: the car from space

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Schlörwagen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Schlörwagen in 1939 Schlörwagen from the front The Schlörwagen (nicknamed...

Human slingshot

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Don't chew the tinfoil

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This is kind of a crap animation, but I thought I'd put it up here anyway. Hey, it's better than anything YOU can do, isn't...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Cars Of The Future from 1948

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Three plug-ugly cars which never got beyond the prototype stage. The first one, a 1948 Davis Divan, looks like a cross between a bedroom...

The grass is smiling at you

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Public signs, though useful, are often irritating. Their air of authority and pow...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Bentley: wanted all over town

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Margaret Gunning
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Welcome to Margaret Gunning's blog: a tribute to the strangeness of the ordinary. Ms.Gunning is the author of The Glass Character (Thistledown Press), her paean/tribute to the brilliant silent screen comic Harold Lloyd. Researching and writing this novel celebrating Harold's legacy and legend was by far the most compelling (and fun!) experience in her long and varied writer's life. The novel is available on Amazon and Kindle, Thistledown Press, and other major book sites. Her previous novels, Better than Life (NeWestPress) and Mallory (Turnstone Press) explore her lifelong fascination with family secrets, alienation, and the surprising joys of the ordinary. She has also written hundreds of book reviews (Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Globe and Mail) and newspaper columns for small-town papers across the country. Her philosophy: "Everything that happens is happening for the first time."
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