fourfoldway's Profile

I like the shelters, and wish more of our enclosures, like bus shelters and shop awnings, had as much thought put into their looks.

Correction, though: bison do not stand with their backs to the wind. They’re quite famous for facing directly into the wind, their forequarters and heads protected by very dense and heavy manes. The bison is Manitoba’s provincial symbol, and as a schoolchild I was taught that its apparent resolution in the face of wintry blasts was one reason for this.

These days I live in Vancouver, not Winnipeg, and I assure you: winters here may be dark and damp, but they’re not remotely as harsh as winters elsewhere in Canada. Winter here will make you uncomfortable; winter in Winnipeg will kill you if you give it a chance.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Simply the best ever. Slanting the shelf behind the headboard so as to capture the hall light for the loft? Genius.