Steps from the shore

15 Thursday Aug 2019

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Steps from the shore, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A view of West Eau Claire Park seen through the structure of the Peace Bridge over the Bow River in Calgary.

Central Memorial Park

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

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From a wander the other evening: a view of the flowers and the fountain at Central Memorial Park in Calgary, with a couple of war memorials in the background and the glass and steel Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre behind it all.

Front-row seats

02 Tuesday Jul 2019

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From a mid-spring wander along the Bow River in Calgary, found some new(ish) chairs scattered about the shore in the West Eau Claire area with a wonderful view of the Peace Bridge.

Fountain at Place des Vosges

10 Sunday Mar 2019

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From an afternoon in Paris in September 2012.

Biblio-botany

16 Sunday Dec 2018

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This giant plant-based book was spotted at the Parade Gardens in Bath, England, in May 2018.

Water unfit for drinking

28 Friday Sep 2018

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There was a corroded tank of some kind sitting uphill from this location along one of the streams in Calgary’s Edworthy Park, so I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is very good advice.