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17 Saturday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

An inventive piece of street-art-style marketing spotted in Montreal.

Happy Year of the Dog

16 Friday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

To all those celebrating the lunar new year, I hope you have a fantastic holiday. These festive lanterns are outside a shop in Montreal’s Chinatown.

Patriotic snow pile

14 Wednesday Feb 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In case you haven’t noticed … there’s a lot of snow in Calgary these days! This snapshot of a person-high pile of snow was from this past weekend.

Punctuated

12 Monday Feb 2018

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Punctuated

One of several characters part of a public art project embedded in the sidewalk at the Providence Park light rail station in Portland, Oregon. I didn’t notice them until my last visit to the city back in December — assuming they’ve been there for a while.

Figures at Cologne Cathedral

11 Sunday Feb 2018

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Köln, Germany

Some of the sculptures at the cathedral in Cologne, Germany. This snapshot is from September 2015, when I took advantage of train transfer for a brief wander in the city centre.

Pyramid of Edmonton

10 Saturday Feb 2018

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

One of the glass-and-steel pyramids that make up Edmonton City Hall. This photo was captured on a quick trip to the city last year.

Dream more

09 Friday Feb 2018

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Portland, Oregon

Something tacked onto the door of an auto repair garage in Portland, Oregon, spotted on my visit there a few months ago.

Sparkling trees

06 Tuesday Feb 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The trees outside the new Brookfield Place office tower in downtown Calgary, augmented with lights.

It’s warmer on the inside

05 Monday Feb 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

More snow for Calgary this past weekend! It’s sunny today but if the forecasts are to be believed, there will be more snow by the end of the week …

Sidebar

04 Sunday Feb 2018

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Portland, Oregon

The significance of the name of this Portland drinking establishment, Sidebar, didn’t hit me until just recently. It’s attached to a brewery. (Duh!) The photo is from my brief visit there a couple of months ago.