Hands together

04 Wednesday Jan 2017

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This is one of the pieces of art adorning the remnants of the Berlin Wall in former East Berlin, part of what’s now known as the East Side Gallery.

King’s Cross, London

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

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I love this structure at King’s Cross station in London. There’s something soothing about the curvy lattice … although I couldn’t tell you why, exactly.

Smile 365

01 Sunday Jan 2017

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Something positive to kick off the new year, spotted a few months ago in Prague’s Old Town. Wishing you all a very happy, healthy 2017!

Merry Christmas

25 Sunday Dec 2016

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Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood all decked out for the season. I snapped this photo right before we were gifted a white Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

O Christmas Tree

24 Saturday Dec 2016

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It’s definitely feeling like Christmas inside this downtown Calgary shopping centre … and the Christmas tree looks so much more grand after the stores close and the tree has the mall almost to itself.

Festive wind trees in Calgary

23 Friday Dec 2016

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These “wind trees” are installed on Stephen Avenue in Calgary, between 2 and 3 St. S.W. near Bankers Hall and The Core shopping centre, to help reduce the wind tunnel effect from all the tall buildings in the area. They’re current lit in seasonal colours.

Spectrum

22 Thursday Dec 2016

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This colourful, pattered wall in London’s Soho was no doubt designed to catch your eye, as it did mine. It certainly did its part to lighten a cloudy morning back in September.

More old-school trams

21 Wednesday Dec 2016

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There are a lot of shiny, modern trams plying the streets of Prague … and yet by utter fluke, the ones I captured with my cameras during my visit there this fall were all of the vintage variety. Here are two more.