post-ceremony on the grounds of the Halton Region Museum
A couple of pics from Saturday’s wedding, before I crawl into bed after 5am…
the wedding rings in Alison's bouquet
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Alison + Jeff Are Married!
July 10, 2011 by Gail
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This Is What DISPLEASED Looks Like
July 8, 2011 by Gail
I followed you into the bathroom, because you're not listening to me!!!
I’ve been working a lot lately out of the house, inciting cries of protest from the other official house member, who is not used to being alone (RIP Beano). Notice her teeth are bared — the only ones she has left (two on the bottom, three on the side). Xena’s pretty toothy for a nearly-toothless cat. I think she’s trying to tell me something.
Harumph!
Ears are down. Xena is an 11-year old pulling a tantrum. (Yes, she’s actually 11 in cat years and according to this site, she’s 60 in human years.)
I’m shooting a wedding outside of Toronto tomorrow, I wonder if she knows and will sleep on my camera bag? She does that when I’m about to leave town.
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Sadly, My St. Viateur Bagel Stocks Are Depleted
July 8, 2011 by Gail
all gone
Tried to make them last as long as possible, but I had the last bagel at 6am. Looks like I’ll have to make another trip to Montreal soon!
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Montreal For Canada Day Weekend: The Album
July 7, 2011 by Gail
giant chess board at Place Émilie-Gamelin
kid-friendly Montreal Jazz Festival
After so many cameraphone pictures, I need to post some “real” photos this time. I’m nowhere near finished editing and uploading them, so the album will grow.
They can be viewed as thumbnails, a full-screen slideshow in Flickr (the videoclips at the end autoplay), or just sit back and watch them here (the videoclips don’t play):
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GO Trains And Fort York
July 6, 2011 by Gail
cutting through Fort York
Sick of all the cameraphone shots yet? I know, me too… but that’s the way the week’s been going — long hours at the office and walking home, rinse, repeat. I’ve been considering switching up to the iPhone for the picture quality improvement, but I’m still allergic to long telecom contracts and I’m not willing to pay full price for the iPhone. So until then, it’s what you see here: photos that really do look like they’re from an old phone.
I cut through historic Fort York today because the gate was open, and I made it through to the other side just before I got locked in. I’ve never actually visited the museum before, but at least I know where the entrance is now!
You’ll probably also notice a proliferation of commuter GO Train photos that I shot mostly from the Bathurst Street bridge, which reminds me that I’ve never taken the GO Train before, either. Something else on my To-Do list before I move out of Toronto.
trainspotting
I took an almost completely different route today, since there are a multitude of paths I can take home. Today’s route took me past a fence with sections full of combination locks. A bit of a mystery — why are they all combination locks? Why no regular padlocks? And whose are they?
combination locks?
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Bullet The Blue Sky
July 5, 2011 by Gail
the sky has a personality
Ragged from today, it made my head grey. Walking home helped.
ever-changing
Terry Fox, we haven't forgotten you
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Walking Home Via Yuppieville
July 4, 2011 by Gail
someone parked their canoe by the Gardiner Expressway
After a late night returning from Montreal and an early morning at The Firm, I wasn’t sure if I had any energy left over to walk home after work. It was much hotter than last Wednesday, but I got my second wind, I splashed in the waterpark (timely discovery!), I had on proper shoes this time, and a much bigger bottle of water. I wanted to see if I was any faster with a different route, which in my calculations would be if a) I wasn’t taking so many photos, and b) I didn’t wander into dead-end alleyways. But it was still overall 10 minutes faster than Thursday, even with unexpected detours.
It was a great walk, that’s for sure, I am getting to know my own neighbourhoods better and better.
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Weekend In Montreal: A Preview
July 3, 2011 by Gail
St. Viateur
Édouard-Montpetit station
nerve-wracked chess match
roaming performers, Montreal Jazz Festival
Jacek Kochan Quartet
aerial performers (I have to look up their name)
steam and LED lights
Susie Arioli band
sound check for Susie Arioli
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Weekend In Montreal: The Video Sampler
July 3, 2011 by Gail
Some video, mostly from Saturday — FIMA and the Montreal Jazz Festival:
Breakdancers along Rue Sainte Catherine:
Loved these two! David was always a big fan of jug bands, and he introduced an appreciation for them to me. Check them out online: www.jitterbugswing.com
Roaming performers at the Place des Arts:
Saxophonist Allan McLean with the Jacek Kochan Quartet:
Performers at the Jazz Festival:
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Happy Canada Day!
July 1, 2011 by Gail
Canadian Armed Forces, 2005 Alcan Dragonboat Festival, Vancouver
Greetings from Montreal, where I pulled in at 3am with two 11th-hour rideshares from Toronto, minutes before my host left her apartment and left her keys so I could get in! It was the end of a really long day that started before 5am, on account of working from 6am while my colleague is on vacation instead of my usual half day… a little detail I’d forgotten when I told my German couchsurfers that I’d pick them up at the bus station Thursday morning at 9am!
But it all worked out in the end: I had them drop their stuff off at my office while they toured around the city, and we all went to the house together so I could show them around the neighbourhood. Time seemed to accelerate again once I’d arranged the two rideshares — I didn’t have enough time to eat dinner, I had to drop off the USB cable to the person whose mobile I’d borrowed to use in Portugal, then shower, pack, say goodbye to the Germans and leave for Montreal. Little did I know the traffic on Highway 401 was at such a standstill, even at 9pm, that I could’ve eaten a three course steak dinner right there on my steering wheel. I should’ve known better, there is traffic every time I drive here, even enroute to Quebec City, except the last time when I wasn’t doing the driving.
The amazing part is that after being awake for nearly 24 hours, I managed to find my host’s house at 3am nearly two years after the last time I’d been there. It doesn’t sound like such a big deal when there are maps and GPS, except my phone was nearly dead (that’s the only place I had her number) and I’d forgotten to print out the number and a map — things I do every time I travel for this very reason…
Now, to explore Montreal’s art scene with my camera and meet a bunch of local folk for Canada Day. I leave you with a homegrown video called “Canadian, Please”, which left me wondering: where on earth can you buy a Mountie outfit?
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