SHENANIGANS
HIT THE RESET BUTTON!
Is it…………..TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON? A New Year has 365 days to see the sunrise. A New year has 365 days to see opportunity. A New Year has 365 days to start a new. A New Year has 365 days to heal. A New Year has 365 days to learn. A New Year has 365 days to grow....
CAR-LESS………….couldn’t CARE-A-LESS!
CAR-LESS……………………couldn’t CARE-A-LESS! The Flowerman is being tested on his resilience ONCE AGAIN! When The Flowerman rode a B.C. Transit Bus up to Campbell River last March he was filled with excitement and anticipation because he had gone without a car to drive for 1...
CURDS FROM HERDS
CURDS FROM HERDS! (Teachings from a world away) Herds of buffalo that is, water buffalo of Indian descent The Flowerman has taken inspiration from to find the simplest form of culture (the cultivation of bacteria) rooted deep in Indian culture (the customs, arts,...
EVERYTHING BY BICYCLE
EVERYTHING BY BICYCLE! EVERYTHING! Today a huge grocery shop (thanks Heather Crozier) with both bicycle panniers overflowing and The Flowerman’s large water proof backpack filled up to the top, admittedly The Flowerman was certainly worried about the rear wheel of his...
Here, Take me trash bin.
“Here, take my trash bin!” Calling someone a "dumpster fire" is a negative slang term that means they are in a situation that is disastrous, out of control, and unlikely to improve. Definitely NOT a “dumpster fire” but rather a beautiful person with a heart of gold....
Motor Coach Industries C.E.O. places his order for Flowerman Merch!
- - - - - - - - - - - NEWSFLASH - - - - - - - - - President & C.E.O. of New Flyer industries has placed his order and will be proudly wearing a: Flowerman LOVE BUS t-shirt! 90-Year Legacy behind this corporation. New Flyer was founded in 1930 in Winnipeg and is...
Looking to Loose Weight? Ride a bicycle!
Looking to loose weight? Ride a bicycle! This was a heartfelt comment The Flowermanreceived yesterday. “I Hope all is well with you JD, I noticed you are looking much thinner lately. Take care of yourself, you are such a busy flowerman! Merry Christmas. Stay healthy....
A True Christmas Story on the Love Bus
A true Christmas story on the Love Bus. A hockey game is what Canada needs once again to bring the country together. As usual, The Flowermanknows the actual names of both individuals in this Christmas story but chooses to use aliases. As The Flowerman turns the corner...
“Talking about Mental Health is how the healing begins”
Meet Russell Bardak Russell Bardak stepped on The Flowerman's Love Bus the other morning greeting him with a large smile and equally large button pinned to his jacket. Russell asked The Flowerman "why all the flowers?" The Flowerman simply says it's an outward...
Mylo & The Flowerman
"Mylo has been really excited lately by a bus driver he has seen around town who goes by the name The Flowerman! He researched him, learned his routes, and about all the awesome things he does for our community, and was determined to start riding his bus and...
To “Be Grateful” or “Be Kind”, it’s your choice.
To :Be Grateful" or to "Be Kind", it's your choice. As The Flowerman was driving his Love Bus the other day a young student walked up the centre aisle to ask The Flowerman a question. He was 12 years old at most. "Flowerman, do you have a pen i can borrow?" A good...
Love and Luck on a B.C. Transit Bus
A beautiful woman boarded The Flowerman's bus with such positive energy and grace, during the trip this woman informed me of her dire health diagnosis yet smiled through it all. She told me that what makes her happy is to bring a smile to someone else's face. A...
The Flowerman presents the great bicycle give away
In the spring of 2021, a much needed change was required in order to regain my physical health and consequently improve even more my mental health. Weighing in at 300 pounds, a pack a day smoker for 25 years, such poor flexibility that hiring a woman to clip my...
The Flowerman presents Shoveling random acts of kindness
Picking up a rare day shift at Transit and driving my bus in a severe snow storm, all i could see were weary valley folks struggling to shovel the heavy and massive dump of wet snow. My first thought was what could The Flowerman do to help. Later that day i approached...
COVID CUPID
Comox Valley Social Experiment (Facebook group) was initially started to share stories of Love, kindness and paying it forward. Being the creator of this large group it was felt that there was no better candidate to dress up like Cupid and show to the World the power...
Kinder Pathfinder Day
Honestly, there was always an internal struggle within about the Hawaiian Lei worn the last few years. I don't live in Hawaii, don't say Aloha, but live on a very beautiful island in it's own right. Two winters ago, waiting for my passengers to board my bus on a dark...
Lei Day
Over a 15 month period between 2016 and 2017 i found myself involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward suffering with severe and debilitating anxiety and depression. One of my last memories of the ward was a conversation with the psych nurse suggesting the use of...
Flower Power
I found myself experiencing homelessness in the Comox Valley ironically after fearing homelessness in my old home town of Winnipeg. I was able to rent a hotel room for the first three nights after losing my apartment but the nightly cost was $106.00 and this could not...