Don’t feed the bears, the bears feed you!

27 Tuesday Jun 2017

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An interesting sign for a local candy store.

707 Fifth

26 Monday Jun 2017

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Another view of one of the newest office towers in Calgary. The canopy at right is from the 6th Street CTrain station, while the building in the reflection is the Calgary Courts Centre. Snapped on the weekend.

Homer, the hydrant

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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Look at who (what?) I ran into on the street the other day! This fire hydrant has a striking resemblance to animated TV dad Homer Simpson.

Canadian champion

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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A close-up view of a window shade bearing the skyline of the City of Edmonton. This portion depicts Canada Place, the federal government complex in the city.

Firestone

24 Saturday Jun 2017

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This derelict distillation column is one of the very few visual reminders of a long-gone Firestone tire plant, which occupied an industrial site adjacent to the present-day Barlow/Max Bell CTrain station in Calgary.

Obituary for a century home

23 Friday Jun 2017

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A fire tore through this bed and breakfast on 10A Street N.W. in Calgary back in April. Since then, a chronicle of its life spanning more than a century has appeared on the plywood covering its front windows. Thanks for the memories, indeed.