Andrew Milne 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦
@friendofmerlin.bsky.social
Discovery through creation.
The Engagement Rings at night. From Sunset Beach in Vancouver looking towards Beach Avenue and the West End. Always hoping for a brighter future.
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Engagement Rings at night. From Sunset Beach in Vancouver looking towards Beach Avenue and the West End. Always hoping for a brighter future.
Signed. I'm a citizen of both Canada 🇨🇦 and the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, and like many other British expatriates, I felt badly let down by both Labour and the Tories. Recovery from Brexit will take a generation.
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Signed. I'm a citizen of both Canada 🇨🇦 and the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, and like many other British expatriates, I felt badly let down by both Labour and the Tories. Recovery from Brexit will take a generation.
Merlin emerging from the forest. He's a predator, but also potential prey for larger animals. He likes to have plants around him for protection.
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Merlin emerging from the forest. He's a predator, but also potential prey for larger animals. He likes to have plants around him for protection.
Olives bring joy.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Olives bring joy.
Seen in Stanley Park. I quite liked 2004. Absolutely no explanation whatsoever.
December 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Seen in Stanley Park. I quite liked 2004. Absolutely no explanation whatsoever.
Seen in a passageway from Melville Street in Downtown Vancouver. In exchange for greater height, developers provide more public space at ground level. Pass-throughs to adjacent streets and laneways have become popular. Many new works of art have been commissioned.
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seen in a passageway from Melville Street in Downtown Vancouver. In exchange for greater height, developers provide more public space at ground level. Pass-throughs to adjacent streets and laneways have become popular. Many new works of art have been commissioned.
A cat can sometimes be calibrated by taking its photograph against a regular background of known dimensions.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A cat can sometimes be calibrated by taking its photograph against a regular background of known dimensions.
Cats inspire us in so many ways.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Cats inspire us in so many ways.
The face of absolute certainty.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The face of absolute certainty.
Merlin likes having overnight guests. The sofa bed is one of his favorite spots. We often leave it set up for an extra day or two as a special treat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Merlin likes having overnight guests. The sofa bed is one of his favorite spots. We often leave it set up for an extra day or two as a special treat.
Merlin sticks to the “sidewalk”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Merlin sticks to the “sidewalk”.
Talisman West Coast Pale Ale from Strangefellows Brewing in East Vancouver. Crisp and hoppy, only 4% alcohol.
Talisman is described by the brewer as an offering to the siren of the seas, and “just the thing to encourage the siren’s blessing”.
Talisman is described by the brewer as an offering to the siren of the seas, and “just the thing to encourage the siren’s blessing”.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Talisman West Coast Pale Ale from Strangefellows Brewing in East Vancouver. Crisp and hoppy, only 4% alcohol.
Talisman is described by the brewer as an offering to the siren of the seas, and “just the thing to encourage the siren’s blessing”.
Talisman is described by the brewer as an offering to the siren of the seas, and “just the thing to encourage the siren’s blessing”.
Quick! Which magazine cover gets your attention?
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Quick! Which magazine cover gets your attention?
Merlin in autumn. We take him for walks (without using a leash), and sometimes he emerges from the bushes long enough to be photographed.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Merlin in autumn. We take him for walks (without using a leash), and sometimes he emerges from the bushes long enough to be photographed.
Our small potato harvest. August drought and hilling in September didn’t help, and we had a limited yield from the small potatoes we left to grow chits for way too long. But the soil is in great shape for next year. Lots of earthworms!!
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Our small potato harvest. August drought and hilling in September didn’t help, and we had a limited yield from the small potatoes we left to grow chits for way too long. But the soil is in great shape for next year. Lots of earthworms!!
The art of the flail (fail, whatever).
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The art of the flail (fail, whatever).
Throne of Nezahualcoyotl
“On a carpet of flowers
you paint your songs, your words.
Your heart lives
in the book of paintings.
You paint your songs, your words,
with flowers of many colors.”
Prince Nezahualcoyotl
“On a carpet of flowers
you paint your songs, your words.
Your heart lives
in the book of paintings.
You paint your songs, your words,
with flowers of many colors.”
Prince Nezahualcoyotl
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Throne of Nezahualcoyotl
“On a carpet of flowers
you paint your songs, your words.
Your heart lives
in the book of paintings.
You paint your songs, your words,
with flowers of many colors.”
Prince Nezahualcoyotl
“On a carpet of flowers
you paint your songs, your words.
Your heart lives
in the book of paintings.
You paint your songs, your words,
with flowers of many colors.”
Prince Nezahualcoyotl
This is the bridge across 6th Avenue in Vancouver, at the foot of Laurel Street. Vancouver General Hospital is the left-hand building in the background. Good infrastucture helps people on foot AND people in cars.
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is the bridge across 6th Avenue in Vancouver, at the foot of Laurel Street. Vancouver General Hospital is the left-hand building in the background. Good infrastucture helps people on foot AND people in cars.
Saw this F-150 Lightning as I was taking the bus to my dentist appointment. It looks like people are buying and using them as regular work trucks. The EV transition continues…
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Saw this F-150 Lightning as I was taking the bus to my dentist appointment. It looks like people are buying and using them as regular work trucks. The EV transition continues…
Seen at Smart Books in Victoria. Principles for the harmonious arrangement of objects must necessarily apply to the objects that arrange the principles in a harmonious form. And it’s a deep display.
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Seen at Smart Books in Victoria. Principles for the harmonious arrangement of objects must necessarily apply to the objects that arrange the principles in a harmonious form. And it’s a deep display.
Cabbage from China now competes directly with homegrown here in Vancouver. Americans should think carefully about this. The US food safety system used to give them a big advantage in the customer’s mind. Morons like RFK Jr. are destroying this, aided unfortunately by parts of Big Ag.
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Cabbage from China now competes directly with homegrown here in Vancouver. Americans should think carefully about this. The US food safety system used to give them a big advantage in the customer’s mind. Morons like RFK Jr. are destroying this, aided unfortunately by parts of Big Ag.
People lined up yesterday at the Vancouver Bullion and Currency Exchange office in Vancouver Metrotown. Clearly there's a demand. Maybe for #gold, but it really could be anything.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
People lined up yesterday at the Vancouver Bullion and Currency Exchange office in Vancouver Metrotown. Clearly there's a demand. Maybe for #gold, but it really could be anything.
New Audi e-tron GT spotted on Kingsway in Vancouver. The picture doesn’t do it justice.
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New Audi e-tron GT spotted on Kingsway in Vancouver. The picture doesn’t do it justice.
There are quite a few of these in Vancouver. Lime uses them to move their E-scooters around. They make a weird noise when they drive. My guess is that the city made them mandatory in exchange for giving up street space for scooter stands.
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There are quite a few of these in Vancouver. Lime uses them to move their E-scooters around. They make a weird noise when they drive. My guess is that the city made them mandatory in exchange for giving up street space for scooter stands.
Just published on Substack. If you would know a community, observe how its merchants organize their wares.
milnea.substack.com/p/paranormal...
milnea.substack.com/p/paranormal...
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just published on Substack. If you would know a community, observe how its merchants organize their wares.
milnea.substack.com/p/paranormal...
milnea.substack.com/p/paranormal...