Tag Archives: Ottawa

Zorba Dancers

Bonnie and I went to the Greek Festival in Ottawa today. Besides the Greek food there were Greek arts and crafts, music and dancing. These dancers, billed as the Zorba Dancers, were recruited from Greece by the show’s master of … Continue reading

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Ottawa Valley Motorcycle Club

The image above represents more nostalgia discovered while preparing for my garage sale. The items above relate to my motorcycle riding which I did for about 15 years starting in the late 1980s. I also rode bikes while in my … Continue reading

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James Hunter

Here’s another picture from our trip to the Ottawa 2010 Bluesfest. This performer is James Hunter who we heard (discovered) the last time we were at Bluesfest (3 years ago). His show was the reason we decided to go Saturday … Continue reading

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Caroline Wonderland

Bonnie and I enjoyed the Ottawa Bluesfest this past weekend. We stayed mainly at the blues stage as opposed to the main (pop/rock) stages. It’s really not a blues festival anymore – as in the good old days when there … Continue reading

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Canada Day 2010 fireworks on parliament hill

I hadn’t seen the July 1 fireworks on parliament hill for years. I took lots of pictures but not many captured the sense of motion and light. This was the one I liked the best. I didn’t bring a tripod, … Continue reading

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Canada Day 2010 Concert on Parliament Hill

We spent the evening of July 1 on parliament hill watching the crowd and listening to music. The crowds were great, the music was OK.

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Bayshore

This blog is my attempt to inspire (force/induce/get/push) myself to take pictures and thereby exercise my creative muscles that had been atrophying over the past few years. My goal was to take a (at least one) picture a day and … Continue reading

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Bus Mall

Today I ran into Ottawa to do some errands. I ended up at Bayshore, a shopping centre in the west end that has a transit mall very close by. The structure looked interesting; so did the movement of people and … Continue reading

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Vincent Massey Park

I was in Ottawa today for a Little Angels http://www.little-angels.ca board meeting (shameless plug) and had some extra time. Now that I drag my cameras everywhere with me I can take advantage of these little opportunities. The next step is … Continue reading

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Scooters

While I was in Ottawa today I was passed by a gang scooter riders. They were all on modern Vespa rides except for the two leaders of the pack who had vintage Lambrettas – much cooler.

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