a riff on an elegant coffee cup (yes, it really is squint!)

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Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.

- Zen Saying SkyWatchFriday

"Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity." ~ Edouard Manet WindowViews

you go girl

Park Plaza Hotel

New York City

Window

and

Elevator

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"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes."~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

SkyWatchFriday

"Without ice cream life and fame are meaningless."
-- Unknown

WindowViews

Beach Canal Lighthouse

This 90’ limestone lighthouse sits under the Burlington Skyway at the canal between Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay. Built in 1858, it has sat dormant and abandoned since it was deactivated in 1968. This lighthouse replaced a wooden structure which caught fire when a steamer ran against the wooden pier (apparently a common occurrence, due to high crosswinds) creating sparks that engulfed the pier, the lighthouse and the keepers’ cottage. To make sure this one was fireproof, it was built of limestone with seven foot thick walls at its base. Since it was built, it has been surrounded by three bridges and can easily be missed. There is a group actively working towards restoring the lighthouse with the aim of opening it to the public.

MyWorldTuesday

waiting on a subway train with our bags

cityscape reflected in a Christmas bauble in a travel shop window

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The sky was partly cloudy as the birds swooped around

Williamsburg Bridge NYC

SkyWatchFriday

a building in Midtown Manhattan gets a glass clad facelift

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Pigeon House at Dundurn Castle

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The calmer waters on the Burlington Bay side of Lake Ontario are a favourite site for these Canada Geese, Mallard Ducks and the Trumpeter and Mute Swans during the winter. Volunteers put out bowls of corn feed which has these Mallards really excited.

MyWorldTuesday

For those uneasy with the world, solitude is the only guarantee of confidence.

~The Quote Garden

taken on 01.02.2010

happy palindromic day, the second of this century (the first was 10.02.2001)

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