Stampede 2008

Went down the the grounds Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon.

Twirl

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Farewell to Nova Scotia

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Just posted a whack of pictures from my trip to the East Coast to my Flickr site.
Here are a few of my favourites.

From my buddy T.J.’s wedding:
Dragged kicking and screaming ... not

Outside the wedding venue … a giant fiddle:
Giant fiddle

At Louisbourg:
Main building

Fleur de lys

From the Halifax Citadel:
Chill

Standing on guard for thee

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Look out the window!

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Saw this Thursday as I was driving away from the Louisbourg Fortress National Historic Site in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Watching

Taking flight

Thirsty
I’ve never seen an eagle this close up before!

Standing alone against time

On the edge of the Stampede grounds:
Standing alone against time
Looks like this building will eventually be moved.

Spring? Really?

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Here’s the view from my apartment window this morning:

Spring snow

I think I will be skipping my daily run.

Sorry, Mr. Mouse doesn’t live here

Did a double take when I saw this one left by the mailboxes in my apartment building.

Return to sender

I wonder how RBC feels about this.

Snow daze

You don’t need the weather office to tell you there’s been a lot of snow in Montreal this season. Just look at this:

Stuck in the snow

Colour your world

Here’s another shot from my mini-photowalk in Montreal.

Colour your world

As you might have guessed, the scene has a little less contrast and saturation in reality.

Filtered view

Who needs lens filters when you have stained glass?

Filtered view

Shot this from inside the Palais des congrès, Montreal’s convention centre.

Hilarious

Check out this panel discussion from The Onion News Network on Iraq’s new five-day mandatory waiting period to purchase a suicide-bombing vest.

(Substitute all references to suicide vests for guns and suddenly, it’s less funny.)