Ripple effects

22 Thursday May 2014

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This Frank Gehry-designed structure in Seattle is as dynamic as the ambient light around it.
Constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair, the building now houses the EMP Museum.

A view of Puget Sound

21 Wednesday May 2014

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This very blue view of Puget Sound was taken from the elevated portion of Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.

Destroying what others create: Calgary street art defaced

20 Tuesday May 2014

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Of all the walls in Calgary to tag, why choose this one? (Not that I like this kind of nuisance graffiti anyway.)
I feel terribly for whoever installed the original art on this building and hope that it can somehow be recovered.

Shadow from light

19 Monday May 2014

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Spotted along 17 Ave. S.W. in Calgary.

Flowers for Jimi Hendrix

18 Sunday May 2014

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From my recent visit to Seattle.

Filling in the blanks

16 Friday May 2014

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Where most of us would have seen this as merely a patch of peeled paint on a drab concrete wall, one creative soul saw something more. Another image from my quick visit to Seattle last month.