Dirty Lanes

I love Vancouver lanes. It's amazing what you can find. It might be partly because my mother lives on the West side and she has to walk her dog several times a day that she can find almost anything in her lane. She has this weird knack for it. If I say, oh, I wish I had a coffee table, the next day, she finds a coffee table. It works for toys, books, furniture or plants. It's limitless. Her last find was a bag of mystery bulbs.  She planted them and now we have daffodils!

On my side of town, I don't usually find such treasures, it's dirtier, rougher. But I still find surprises. Here's what I found yesterday while trying to avoid the traffic on Kingsway.