10 Tuesday Jul 2018
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Sometimes, you have to improvise. Here, my rain jacket acts as a bean bag and the lens hood is repurposed to prop up my camera as I shoot last night’s fireworks at the Calgary Stampede. Below, one of the resulting photos.
17 Monday Jul 2017
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One of the more fascinating things for me at the recently wrapped Calgary Stampede was to hang out at the historical exhibits in the Western Oasis at the BMO Centre. Tucked away in the far corner of the exhibition hall was a display of historical photos and old maps, including this one showing Rouleauville, which we know today as Calgary’s Mission neighbourhood.
16 Sunday Jul 2017
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A wider view of By the Banks of the Bow, a public art installation at Calgary’s Stampede Park. Good to see people embracing this sculpture, literally and metaphorically. Here’s the tighter visual from a few days ago.
15 Saturday Jul 2017
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14 Friday Jul 2017
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Part of a permanent piece of public art called “By the Banks of the Bow” at Stampede Park in Calgary.
11 Tuesday Jul 2017
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The agricultural exhibits are some of my favourite things to see at the Calgary Stampede. This is from my visit to Stampede Park yesterday.
07 Friday Jul 2017
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17 Tuesday Jul 2012
Well it’s too bad I only made it down to the Stampede grounds on its last day, otherwise I might have been acquainted with this culinary discovery a little earlier. It’s a pulled pork poutine, sold by the folks from Calgary’s Big-T’s BBQ. Apart from the usual fries and cheese curds, it’s topped off with their delicious pulled pork and barbecue sauce. A beef variant was also on the menu. Definitely worth a try at the next Stampede …
