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Morning stillness

05 Friday Jan 2018

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Morning stillness

Here’s how the Eau Claire area of Calgary looked after the big snowfall just before Christmas.

Waterworks

04 Thursday Jan 2018

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Portland, Oregon

When art and public works come together: This elaborate and illustrative manhole cover can be found on the multiuser pathway on the west side of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. It’s street art in the purest sense of the term. Snapped this picture on a visit there last month.

Nerd Bird

03 Wednesday Jan 2018

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Portland, Oregon

It turns out there is a series of signs such as this one, put up in parts of Portland to promote a comic strip based on the life of (you guessed it) sea gulls. I guess I’ll have to find the rest of them next time I’m visiting!

Waving hello to 2018

01 Monday Jan 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Wishing everyone a happy new year! This photo of a smiling snowman is an oldie snapped several years ago along 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.

Bovine bench

29 Friday Dec 2017

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This piece of functional public art near Eau Claire Market in Calgary has been around for a long as I can remember. Snapped this just after last week’s big snowfall.

V for victory

28 Thursday Dec 2017

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<Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spotted this in the doorway of a business in Montreal a few winters ago.

Only for the hardy

26 Tuesday Dec 2017

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary got a fresh dump of snow last week, as shown above, and the weather has since gone into extra-deep-freeze territory … so I doubt these chairs on 3 St. S.W. downtown will be put to good use anytime soon!

Not a creature was stirring …

25 Monday Dec 2017

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Merry Christmas

… except for the guy standing on the sidewalk taking a picture of a Christmas tree. 😉  Merry Christmas and best wishes of the season to all.

The warm and fuzzies

24 Sunday Dec 2017

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Christmas, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Another of the many Christmas trees spotted this month in downtown Calgary.

Festively festooned

23 Saturday Dec 2017

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Christmas, Portland, Oregon

One of the ornaments lining the bar-seating counter at the hostel in Portland. Quickly snapped during a visit last week. (I can’t believe it was only last week!)