This month's photo blogging challenge features blue - the most common colour in my world thanks to the broad prairie sky overhead, its reflection in rivers, ponds and lakes, and the extensive use of blue-tinted glass in Calgary's newest office towers. The one constraint I imposed was to take all photos in downtown Calgary, since last month's PBC post featured photos from Canmore. Please click through to enjoy urban variations on blue...
It's Monday morning, so back to the work week routine, a good excuse to talk about the third anniversary of the grand opening of the West LRT line which is coming up at the beginning of December. I generally work from home, but head downtown about once/week for meetings and appointments. At the time the …
What comes to mind when you see the word vehicles? My initial thought was the obvious: machines that carry people or goods from one place to another. But towards the end of the month (yes, I can be a little slow at times) I remembered that a vehicle is also a "thing" that allows something …
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This post is for the third month of PJ's monthly photo blogging challenge. Click here to visit other "Night" posts. Our evenings are pretty routine...taekwondo classes a couple of times a week, a little television, the occasional movie or live performance, and lots of reading. So my initial thought was that this month's theme might …
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With a population of almost 1.1 million, Calgary is quickly becoming Sprawlgary. It seems like a personal set of wheels is pretty much essential to conveniently making it to all the commitments in our family schedule. Despite how compelling convenience can be, we've slowly developed the habits of stacking errands, carpooling, taking public transit and …
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