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A Canadian pipe band…
…provided upbeat entertainment prior to
Menin Gate’s
Last Post Ceremony,
at Ypres, Belgium, 2017.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Upbeat
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Ypres
SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-Gates
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Menin Gate
in Ypres,
Belgium
Gateway arches into the enclosed gardens
at Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand
At the time we visited MGW told me that
this yellow gate was linked to a similar gate
in a movie.
I will always remember it as the gate
into the concept Garden at
Hamilton Enclosed Gardens,
in New Zealand.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: Gates
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Barrage
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barrage
noun
“his forces launched an artillery barrage on the city”
Obviously not a photo which I have taken,
however, one which has been in my possession
for a long time, because…
…it depicts my Grandfather in his role,
during World War I,
near Ypres.
Records show he was active along
the entire Western Front and therefore
the catalyst behind my visit to Arras in 2017.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Barrage
Lens-Artist-PC-Open-Sesame
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Doors and Doorways
Church door, Geelong.
Could be Brugge. Only a guess.
Geelong…
and again Geelong.
An arch or doorway to a market square
in Brugge, Belgium.
After hearing talk of Menin Gate, at Ypres…
it was a privilege to visit last year.
This could be my favourite Belgium
doorway to a city.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Open-Sesame
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya: Open-Sesame
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy: Open-Sesame
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina: Open-Sesame
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I was standing a bit closer to Ypres’ famous Menin Gate last year….
when I heard a very English and a very European/Belgian(?) voice
having a chat behind me.
I don’t wear a watch and was wondering the time of day.
(Have a good look at the photo…please.)
and turned and asked the question.
Mr Britain responded along with Mr. Europe/Belgium
only the latter had a huge smile on his face
as he pointed out that I had been facing
a rather large clock prior to turning.
Yachts on Corio Bay.
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WitsEnd-November-18Inspirations: Letter-Y
Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk141_Three
Toy
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Mostly Canadian ‘threes’ this week.
I always think of the Maple Leaf asking
having three distinct sections.
Apologies to all Canadian followers
who may disagree.
This shot taken just prior to…
three buglers playing
the Last Post at Menin Gate,
Ypres, Belgium.
Three flags at
Beaumont-Hamel War Memorial
on the Somme-Battlefields.
This day last year I was still on my way to France.
This caribou appears to have three main antlers
I’m not familiar with caribou and
I am really wondering if it is a caribou.
Google does not have any caribou images
which closely resemble this artistic creation.
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Pic and Word Challenge: Three
Tuesday-PC-Wk99-Forces
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Tuesday Photo Challenge
Forces
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Between 1914 and November 1918…
forces of both side of World War 1 Battled
for supremacy along the
Western Front Battlefields.
Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium contains
11,000 graves with…
Tyne-Cot-Cemetery_Belgium
