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Butterflies captured…
…at The Butterfly Gardens…
Canada
Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge20-2606-Geranium
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Sighted at Kamloops,
British Columbia,
Canada.
My tags tell me these are geraniums.
However, the foliage on the left
is not like any ‘Down Under‘ geranium
I have seen.
One-Word-Sunday-Olympic
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1956 Olympic rings at Ballarat’s
Lake Wendouree,
home to all rowing events in 1956.
Track and field and Opening/Closing Ceremonies
were held at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)…
…in front of the newly built Olympic Stand
and around 100,000 spectators.
The most recent Olympic Venue we have visited is
Whistler Mountain,
British Columbia,
Canada, 2018.
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One Word Sunday Challenge: Olympic
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Ready
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ready
in a suitable state for an action or situation;
fully prepared.
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Our luggage,
ready for loading onto….
…onto the
Rocky Mountaineer
train.
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Jez’s-WWE-PC-Inside-Passage-2
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End of our first…
…day cruising the…
…Inside Passage…
…bound for Alaska.
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Water-Water-Everywhere: #32
RyanPhotography-WeeklyPC-70-Floral
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It was over forty years…
…since I first heard of Butchart Gardens.
The wait was well worth it.
The floral displays were…
…simply gorgeous…
…and all parts…
…of the gardens…
…were immaculately cared for.
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Ryan-Weekly-PC-70: Floral
Monday-Windows-PC-Rocky-Mountaineer-1506
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Riding the Rocky Mountaineer was one highlight…
…we were looking forward to during
our visit to Canada in 2018.
Being a once in a lifetime adventure,
we opted for the Gold Leaf experience.
It was so worth the extra cost incurred.
For readers who haven’t experienced
the Rocky Mountaineer,
Gold Leaf cars are on the left of this image.
The Silver Leaf cars are single level
without the wrap over windows.
Gold Leaf passengers ride in the upper level
and dine downstairs.
Silver Leaf passengers have meals
brought to their seat as in an aircraft.
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Monday-Windows-PC-June-15
A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Water
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My first water scene is…
…nearby Lal Lal Falls.
In 2014 we visited Victoria Falls
in Zimbabwe .
Four years later, it was Alberta’s,
Athabasca Falls In Canada.
For 55 years lived less than an hour
from Warrnambool’s, Hopkins Falls.
The only time I remember visiting these falls was
when number one Son wanted some photos
for a geography assignment I set his class, in 2003.
As it was a February/March assignment,
there was little or no water flow.
I had to wait another fifteen years and drive two hours
from Geelong to capture this photo.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Water
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Jez’s-WWE-PC-Inside-Passage
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Our first sunset…
…after leaving Vancouver…
…bound for Alaska via
The Inside Passage
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Water-Water-Everywhere: #31
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Graffiti-Murals
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I have seen/photographed
a few murals in Australia…
…but none as good as the
Chemainus Murals…
…at Chemainus…
…on Canada’s…
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…Vancouver Island.
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Closer to home…
…is Melbourne’s…
…Hosier Lane.
I love the Hosier Lane street art…
…some of which is surrounded…
