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| Reading these gardening books |
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| Reading this unusual horror book. Not my usual genre. |
Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary film maker. He won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for Frankenstein in Baghdad. He lives and works in Baghdad. The novel is set in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq. If you wish to read more about the book you may do so here.
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| Vietnamese Pho Noodle soup with basil & beans sprouts + a roll dip & tea |
After a good run of many sunny days we are now having a few cloudy, cool days.
It is supposed to rain. I hope we get a good soak for the garden.
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| This is the high rise going up. You can see the clouds gathering. Change is in the air |
The high rise under construction is part of a large development. The rest of the building is behind the high rise. Altogether the development takes up a good half a city block. I'm not sure when the development is scheduled to open but all the condos were sold out years before construction began.
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| Small hotel immediately across from the high rise development. |
The blue sky is peeking out from behind the clouds.
The hotel and high rise are located next to shopping, restaurants, pharmacies, coffee shops and so on.
The people living there will enjoy the neighbourhood and they will have spectacular views of the city especially at higher levels.
The high rise proposal came with a lot of back lash and push back from local residents but it will soon become a reality. Since the approval of this particular high rise, similar development has now been approved in one or two other areas where this simply would not have been possible before. That is no doubt why people fought so hard against it but in today's world in Vancouver, there is no where to build but up.
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18 comments:
It seems you could have a well researched garden this year! I count about twenty stories. High enough for me.
Very close. There are 21 stories.
A highrise like this will definitely change the character of the neighborhood. Whether for better, or for worse with traffic and gridlock, remains to be seen. The pho noodle soup looks wonderful!
Hello, it is great the condos were all sold before the building was even finished. The neighborhood sounds nice. Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
Interesting post today...so many different pieces...The pho noodle soup caught my attention. I am not fond of high rise buildings. I guess that is why I live in the forest away from too much construction and development. The highest thing here is a tower to transmit communication for the electric company...and hopefully soon will bring us much needed additional cell phone transmission...but other than that tower, the tallest things are the pine trees. I do like your garden books and hope you will have a successful garden!! That is something I am not very good at...gardening...but even if I could, the deer and bunnies would eat up all my produce before I could! LOL. One of the sacrifices of living here. I do hope the new condos will be lovely and that wonderful people will live there and enjoy the beauty of the view! Thank you for sharing a part of your world with us. Very interesting indeed.
That high-rise is a necessary evil in most cities. Fortunately, I live in a region where there is still peace and space.
For some people that will be great living in the high rise so close to everything.
For me though I prefer here in the woods. : )
Looks like some good garden books to read.
Ive never had Vietnamese food. It looks very good.
I like the photo of the sky changing to dark clouds. Those kinds of skies always keep my attention.
I think its sad to see high rises taking over the sky when land is already too built up.In New York City you can't see anything because of the tall buildings, like living at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Great angle shots of buildings and sky!
Happy Weekend to you,
ShutterBug Explores,
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There are so many buildings going up around our area, it is scary to think what the demands on water and power will be in the coming years. Not to mention all the wildlife they are running out and the pretty scenery.
Lots of work gone into your garden this year it seems. I do not like horror books, mysteries and crime I like, but you can keep the horror ones!
Hope you have a good weekend Diane
You do have a lot going on. That book sounds unique. So many interesting sounding books, so little time is my motto.
I beat the views are great from the top of the highrise!
Hello Penny, it was ironic to see your book: Frankenstein in Bhagdad. I attended a [Probu7s] talk last night about the war in the Irag. It was intense and an eye-opener. So many of the speaker's photos and anecdotes reminded me of The Sudan. I look forward to reading about your garden. Be blessed, Jo
I don't think that book would be my favorite! Sad about the high rise but you are right -- nowhere to go but up.
That soup looks so good! Would love to have some.
I can relate to what you said about Vancouver, no place to build but up, since the small city where I live is surrounded by the bay on one side and small mountains and protected farmland and parks on the other sides. Pressure for housing is huge and some six story apartments are proposed, with fighting going on.
The noodles look so yummy and your other photos are really awesome!
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