pita

From across the street, I thought the mural on the building in Barrie needed repainting.

but on closer inspection those are hieroglyphics

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signs,signs

Christmas Market

Distillery District, Toronto

Christmas mural

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Massey Hall

Toronto's first concert hall, built in 1894

signs, signs

a lighthouse in a window

for sale in Southampton
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drinking the bathwater

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Pachi

the 2015 Pan Am games mascot.

memorials

at the Glasgow Necropolis

featuring the statue of John Knox

teardrop

tiny efficiency

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trams

trams keep moving, till at last
at end of line and journey's passed
as destination: there becomes here
~B F Kirkham

Trams in Den Haag

modern

modern buildings in The Hague
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antlers

This beast was showing off a fine set of antlers.
It was a bit of a surprise to find a wildlife park in the centre of The Hague next to the train station,
but a very pleasant surprise.

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staircase and chandelier

at the Museum of Bags and Purses, Amsterdam
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play until the cows come home

cows beside a school soccer pitch

and because this was in the Netherlands, I'm assuming they are Friesians

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a glimpse

a glimpse of a mural on Amsterdam's Prinsengracht (taken from the tour boat)
I forgot to go back later and find it for a better picture. the date on the building says 1741














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3 Schuyten

Amstel 65, Amsterdam

Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors

signs,signs

doorway

many of the doorways in central Amsterdam had tiles. 

not all featured scenes of nature as this doorway, however.

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a dark cloud

All changes, even the most longed for

have their melancholy

~Anatole France

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gates

Amsterdam

signs,signs

Indonesian

simple advertising on two shutters on a rounded corner building

I didn't get to try them out as they were closed for renovations

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deer in a park

Lazy Sunday afternoon, I've got no mind to worry,
close my eyes and drift away, close my eyes and drift away,
~The Small Faces

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Forth Road Bridge

walking the first span. very windy!

through the windscreen
while driving
across the Firth of Forth











The Forth Road Bridge turned 50 this year.
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fun is just ahead

on the Bruce Peninsula,
two of the many signs advertising this family campground and B&B

signs, signs

shutters

I am pretty certain of the kind of cheap souvenirs one would find behind these shutters, but the shutter designs are a nice touch. Seen after hours in one of the many alleys off Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam













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billy goats gruff

Once upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was "Gruff."

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a critic

on Rembrandt's head

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kelpies, again

inside one of the Kelpies.

no visitor centre or cafe yet, to escape the rain

see this post for a view of the immense structures

signs, signs

thinking of Scotland as they prepare for the final referendum results.....

blue bridge

Vondel Park, Amsterdam

shuttered

I have no idea what was behind this shutter.  somewhere in Museumplein, Amsterdam during an early morning stroll.

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