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October 13, 2020November 3, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Rossdale Brewery

The Rossdale Brewery building was originally the Edmonton Brewing and Malting Company. It was built in 1905 by the owner of the Strathcona Hotel, W.H. Shephard. He was so successful at making and selling the product that the company moved to a bigger location in 1913. The Rossdale Brewery building was then taken over by […]

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October 12, 2020October 11, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Autumn By The River

The North Saskatchewan River valley in Edmonton, a couple of weeks before Hallowe’en, with Van Morrison’s Autumn Song.

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October 11, 2020October 10, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Nomadic Alternatives Murals

While walking along the North Saskatchewan River valley yesterday, I was delighted to find some wonderful murals under the James MacDonald Bridge between Rossdale Park and Irene Parlby Park. The artwork is by Nomadic Alternatives.

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October 9, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Leaves Turn To Brown

October 5, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

All The Fall Colours

Today I saw some places where all the local fall colours were on display at once.

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September 30, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Newcomers Build Churches Part 4

There are eighteen churches of various Christian denominations within a mile of my house. Here are numbers sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, plus one that used to be a church but is no longer, I think. It’s hard to tell. The principal character in Candide, by Voltaire, is travelling the cruel and savage world when he […]

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September 24, 2020September 23, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Newcomers Build Churches Part 3

Apparently, this part of Edmonton was once in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the greatest number of churches. I cannot prove this because I can’t find that record on their website, but I believe it. I have been photographing the churches within a one-mile walking distance from my house and so far […]

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September 23, 2020September 22, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 23 September 2020

September 21, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

A Beautiful Day

It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. The smoke has gone, the sky is blue, and the leaves are golden. Who could ask for anything more?

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September 20, 2020September 22, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Newcomers Build Churches Part 2

I have previously posted some pictures of the many churches in my neighbourhood that are representative of the many different nationalities and faiths of the people who originally populated, and currently live in, Edmonton. Here are a few more.

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September 19, 2020September 19, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

California Smoke in Alberta

When I woke up this morning, the rising sun was orange. For the last few days we have been getting California’s wildfire smoke in Edmonton, Alberta, and it is expected to be worse this afternoon. It reminded me of the smoke we got from the Fort MacMurray fire in 2016, but this smoke has travelled […]

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September 17, 2020September 16, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Thursday Doors: Tom’s Place

On 80th Street in Edmonton sits a large brick building on city land next to the light rail tracks. It is clearly disused now, but it still stands tall and stately. I first noticed it because I approached it from the north and my eye was first drawn to the graffiti above the loading bay […]

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September 15, 2020October 2, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Arts On The Ave

While out and about this morning I came across a fabulous painting in an unexpected place. It was painted on a billboard in an otherwise ordinary convenience store parking lot and it took my breath away. I stood and looked at it for a long time. The image reminded me of rock formations I have […]

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September 14, 2020September 14, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Newcomers Build Churches

The residential area close to the core of the city of Edmonton was first developed about a hundred years ago. Some of the houses in my street date back to the 1920s, and they were originally occupied by immigrants to Canada. Each group of newcomers settled close to each other and each new group built […]

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September 11, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Falling For Autumn

The changing colours in the fall are always a delight. It’s nature’s way of softening us up before winter comes. Autumn is so beautiful we hardly even care that the summer is gone. This week is just the beginning of the lovely yellow leaves in my neighbourhood, and today was sunny and bright, so it […]

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September 4, 2020September 4, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Front Yard Fun

Some of my neighbours have a flair for three-dimensional imagery and whimsy. Here are some of the garden ornaments that have caught my eye in the last few months.

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August 31, 2020August 31, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Northlands Urban Farm

A couple of weeks ago, when I was walking past the Northlands Urban Farm, I saw a woman leaving the farm with flowers peaking out from the top of her backpack. I asked her about the farm and if she had her own allotment; she explained that it was a shared community project. I wasn’t […]

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August 29, 2020August 28, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Borden Park in Late Summer

It isn’t fall yet, but I can feel it coming. The sun is lower in the sky and I am seeing the first of the autumn leaves. Yesterday in Borden Park I was able to enjoy a lovely sunny morning walk among the trees. I also took a few photos of the flowers and one […]

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August 28, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

What Do You Think?

Here are some of the things that made me wonder this week. I could try to come up with some reasonable explanations, but sometimes it’s more fun to think of unreasonable explanations.

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August 26, 2020August 25, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 26 August 2020

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