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Occasional photographer, retired library dude. 🇨🇦Elbows up!🇨🇦 All photos are mine unless otherwise credited. “When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing". -Tom Robbins
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"Shifting to renewable energy is good for the climate, and it’s creating employment, lowering energy costs, spurring innovation and keeping land, water and air from being polluted." Read David Suzuki's full weekly #ScienceMatters column 👇 davidsuzuki.org/story/econom...

Happy #BlueSkyMonday. Here's a Saskatchewan blue sky to get you going. Prairie skies are amazing! #prairiesky #saskatchewan #photography #clouds #sky

Yonge Street back in the 90s, before it was completely sanitized. #yongestreet #toronto

“Self portrait” on tv, back in 1995. Notice the computer on the left? Getting started in Navigator… #streetphotography #selfportrait #urbanphotography #toronto

Here’s a place that brings me great #joy. There’s nothing like New Orleans Jazz! #BlueSkyArtShow #preservationhall #jazz #neworleans #nola

My grandson and I got great #joy from riding this #carousel that is over 100 years old. And it’s still only a nickel a ride. #BlueSkyArtShow

The #joy of a first #guitar! (Not his last, either) #BlueSkyArtShow

I was about to tidy up our roses when I saw this little bee happily going from blossom to blossom. Luckily, I had my phone in my pocket and was able to grab a shot! (For those of us at a certain age, that’s quite a statement - phone in… pocket? Take a photo?) #bee #bumblebee #roses

On my backyard fence... #fence #metalart #moon

"This is not the time to be dismayed my friend. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for. This is punk rock time." -Henry Rollins www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ82...

Van Gogh Monumental by Bruno Catalano, Calgary. #calgary #vangoghmonumental #sculpture #publicart #alberta

The #vibrant blue wall is the result of cross processing… For #BlueSkyArtShow. #toronto #urbanphotography #streetphotography

A study in #vibrant scarlet for #BlueSkyArtShow

A #vibrant umbrella for #BlueSkyArtShow Happy Pride Month! #pridemonth

Creeping ivy is trying to take over the backyard! #backyard #creepingivy #flowers #photography

Buttercups in the backyard... #buttercup #buttercups #flowers #backyard #photography

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Sixty years ago, my family and I moved to Canada from England. We went from Manchester, which had a population of about 2.5 million, to a village of less than 1000. Our house wasn’t ready, and we wound up in the middle of nowhere at a motel… talk about culture shock!

Queen’s Park Station, on the Toronto subway, #underneath University Avenue. Renovation in progress to remove asbestos. These are the original tunnel liners. #BlueSkyArtShow

Not so long ago, summer was buried #underneath the snow in my backyard. Yesterday I was sitting in a Muskoka chair, drinking a beer and listening to the Tragically Hip. #BlueSkyArtShow

#Underneath the bottle cap were these words of wisdom… or hope. Not sure which. #BlueSkyArtShow

Cirque du Soleil, Québec City, 2011. #LightAndShadow #BlueSkyArtShow #CirqueduSoleil #Québec

Mr. Jonathan Byrd in #LightAndShadow for #BlueSkyArtShow. If you ever have the chance to catch him live, don’t miss it! @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social

#LightAndShadow on the side of an old mill building for #BlueSkyArtShow

At #Luminato in #Toronto a few years back, there was an installation that dared people to walk on it. Interestingly, only a few people did. The contrast between the smooth #texture of the piece and that of the road made me want to walk across it barefoot… #BlueSkyArtShow

Each part of this photo had a different #texture. The #snail, the #brick, and the #wood. For #BlueSkyArtShow.

#Texture is the theme for this week’s #BlueSkyArtShow. I found several different textures in this fairly recently cut tree stump. It’s a pity that you can’t smell a photograph (yet) because freshly cut wood has an amazing aroma!

Okay... this kicks ass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIV...

Curvy #lines for #BlueSkyArtShow… rails.

More #lines for #BlueSkyArtShow - New York City.

Some #lines for this weekend’s #BlueSkyArtShow. The blinds in my front windows make for a very linear composition.

Some years ago, we spotted this favourite of our son’s TV “personalities” in Halifax. Now Theodore is here in Southern Ontario… #theodoretugboat #tug #tugboat #halifax #novascotia #kidsshows #tvpersonalty

Gare du Palais (railway station), Québec City, QC. Built in 1915 by Canadian Pacific Railway. It’s absolutely beautiful at night! #garedupalais #railwaystation #quebec #québec #quebeccity #railway

Quilt shop? What quilt shop? Nothing to see here. Move along, move along… #quilts #quilt #quilting #quiltshop

Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell. If ever there was a case to drain the swamp...

One last #green photo for #BlueSkyArtShow. Somewhere in Southern Ontario, there’s a road through the woods. I don’t remember what was at the end, but it couldn’t have been bad, because I’m still here to make posts!

Another #green photo for #BlueSkyArtShow.

This week, the theme for #BlueSkyArtShow is #green. I don’t have too many photos that fit the bill, but here’s one…