Tagged With "Calgary"
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Bar U Ranch, Alberta (Where Gumbo was #368)
Gumbo was visiting the historic Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, once one of the largest ranches in Canada. The ranch preserves buildings and the historic period when large herds of cattle roamed the prairies, before they were fenced in.
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Calgary's Central Library (Where Gumbo was #346)
Gumbo was visiting the new Central Library in Downtown Calgary. A popular building, it opened to the public almost one year ago.
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December 10, 2019: Education is the New Buffalo, Calgary
DrFumblefinger shares photos of an interesting work of art he discovered while exploring Calgary's new Central Library.
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January 27, 2020: 1969 Datsun 1600, Calgary
DrFumblefinger came across this very nice 1969 Datsun Roadster convertible in Calgary.
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March 30, 2020: 1964 Austin Healey 3000, Calgary
DrFumblefinger came across this beautiful convertible in Calgary
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April 26, 2020: Family of Man, Calgary
DrFumblefinger visits a piece of public art, created for Expo 67, relocated after that event to downtown Calgary.
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April 4, 2020: 1886 Buffalo Cafe, Calgary
DrFumblefinger visits an older building in Calgary. Originally home to a lumber and power company, today it houses a popular breakfast spot.
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Gasoline Alley: The World's Largest Collection of Gasoline Pumps
Little did I know when I moved to Calgary a few years ago that this city has one of the finest car museums in North America. Situated in a 75,000 sq ft building known as "Gasoline Alley", within Heritage Park , is a collection donated by...
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Gasoline Alley: Rides from 1907 - 1917
Besides its collection of antique gasoline pumps and signs, Calgary's Gasoline Alley museum has a fascinating assortment of cars and trucks! Many of these are unique, at least in my experience, as they were mostly collected...
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Gasoline Alley: Rides from 1918 - 1928
Our visit to Gasoline Alley in Calgary continues. We've previously looked at this fine museum's collection of antique gasoline pumps and vehicles from 1907 - 1917 . Today our tour continues with my favorite cars and trucks from...
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Gasoline Alley: Rides from 1931 - 1945
Our visit to Gasoline Alley in Calgary continues. We've previously looked at the museum's collection of antique gasoline pumps , vehicles from 1907 - 1917 and 1918 - 1928 . We continue with the last of the vehicles, my...
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Gasoline Alley: The signs
This post concludes our visit to Gasoline Alley in Calgary, a great car museum with the world's largest collection of gasoline pumps and car-related signs. We've previously looked at the museum in these posts: antique gasoline pumps...
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Calgary Farmers' Market
Farmers' markets in regions that have four seasons are, as you'd expect, different in character than those you find in tropical climates. Harvest is seasonal, so the best times to visit them is during the summer and...
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April 24, 2018: Thirsty?
DrFumblefinger shares images of the most unusual drinking fountain he's ever encountered during his travels, this in his home city of Calgary.
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May 13, 2018: Good-bye Winter!
Pierre Renault shares a few part shots of winter -- a long and seemingly endless one this year in Canada.
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"Stars of the Big and Small Screen": Hollywood rolls into Calgary
The exhibit was called: "Stars of the Big and Small Screen. See the Cars that were the Stars".... and it was an interesting collection of American Steel....
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Gallery: The Colors of Summer
Summer in Calgary is often jokingly dubbed as “two weeks long”. However, the breezy mountain weather, warm days, cool nights and low humidity make summer here perhaps more enjoyable than anywhere else on earth! ...
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The flowers are saying, 'it's spring!'
After an unusually long and cold winter in most of North America, spring has finally arrived, even in Canada! A photo gallery to share the coming of the flowers! A celebration of the season as seen in my backyard in Calgary...
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Spotted on the Road: 1958 VW Beetle
A beautiful example of Germany's very popular "people's car".
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Calgary's New International Terminal opens
Calgary International, Canada's 3rd-busiest airport, got even more international Monday, with the opening of its new International Terminal.
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Spotted on the Road. 1958 Mercury Monterey
Spotted in Calgary, this 1958 Mercury Monterey includes quad headlamps, an 383 cu in V8 engine and a multidrive three-speed automatic transmission.
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Music, Song and Dance! A Day at Calgary's Ukrainian Festival
DrFumblefinger enjoyed his visit to this annual celebration held by Calgary's large Ukrainian community. Beautiful traditional outfits, wonderful music and dancing, interesting people and displays -- a fun day for the family.
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Spotted on the Road: 1954 Meteor
DrFumblefinger enjoyed this beautiful 1954 Meteor while at a car show in Calgary, Canada
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December 29, 2016: Bohemian Waxwing
Sarcee share a few winter photos taken in Calgary a few days ago featuring a Bohemian Waxwing eating berries off of a Siberian Crab Tree.
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June 25, 2019: 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline, Calgary
DrFumblefinger enjoys this lovely example of a 1948 Chevy Fleetline.
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August 26, 2019: 1960 Chevrolet Corvette, Calgary
DrFumblefinger enjoyed this lovely 1960 Chevy Corvette, spotted in Calgary
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October 28, 2019: 1967 Pontiac Parisienne, Calgary
DrFumblefinger spotted this nicely preserved Canadian car in Calgary. Parisienne was mostly a GM Canadian line, although for a few years was manufactured in the USA.
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April 9, 2019: Canada Olympic Park, Calgary
DrFumblefinger visits Canada Olympic Park, witness to historic events portrayed in two movies, Cool Runnings and Eddie the Eagle.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Mar 11, 2014: The Robin's Nest
Sometimes some of the most interesting things to photograph are right in your own backyard. I've previously published photos featuring the ever changing skies in my home city of Calgary, which you can see here. Today I thought...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day. January 14, 2014: Calgary Peace Bridge
Officially opened in March 2012, the Calgary Peace Bridge is the city’s most unique and artistic pedestrian and cycling bridge. The bridge is built across the Bow River and connects the new skyscrapers on its south bank...
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The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It's in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour's drive east of beautiful Banff...
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Westjet makes 2 London routes year-round
Westjet announced trans-Atlantic service a few months ago, and now it's making two of its new routes to London year-round.
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Hoar Frost
Hoar frost is caused by the freezing of humid air, depositing ice crystals. The results are often beautiful!
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Feb. 25, 2019: 1948 Ford Tudor Super Deluxe Sedan, Calgary
DrFumblefinger loves to study and photograph classic old cars, such as this beauty from the 1940s.
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Aug. 4, 2018: Arriving in the Land of the Midnight Sun
DrFumblefinger experiences first hand what it's like to have lots of sunlight when midnight strikes, as he journeys to the largest city in the Yukon.
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August 13, 2018: Flying over Downtown Calgary
One day while flying into downtown Calgary, all the elements clicked and DrFumblefinger got some nice photos of the city's skyline.
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March 25, 2019: 1958 Buick Special, Calgary
Cars from the 1950s are among DrFumblefinger's favorites. This lovely chrome-rich Buick Special is a beautiful example of craftsmanship from that era.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 10, 2015: Oh Deer, you are Hungry!
It would be tempting to offer food to these beautiful creatures. But would it be a short sighted gesture for me to encourage wild animals into the residential area? Maybe encourage bears too. Is it a case of "Nature knows best" and leave well alone ?
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Re: Aug. 4, 2018: Arriving in the Land of the Midnight Sun
It's a great feeling to see the sun rise twice in one day. Feels like you've cheated and won ! It's one thing I don't like on the times I've travelled on the Dreamliner. The Captain decides when it should be daylight and clears the window glass electronically. I miss the rainbow of colours as the sun rises.
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Re: Prince's Island Park, Calgary
Having a park like that so close in to the city is terrific!
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Re: March 30, 2020: 1964 Austin Healey 3000, Calgary
A Beautiful piece of Modern Art. The wind blowing through my hair ( when I had some). Staying above 70mph so you didn't get wet with the roof down. Heater on full and blowing the Air Horns because "I didn't see you with no roof" Happy Days indeed.
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Re: May 13, 2018: Good-bye Winter!
Even in Northern Europe - Winter has held us in it's grasp for longer this year. I blame Global Warming.
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Re: Spotted on the Road: 1954 Meteor
I suppose it would be rude to ask the owner if that was the final colour ! Looks like primer but ...hmm.... Certainly looks a beauty either way. So much attention being lavished on something so old. Oh I wish !
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Re: Spotted on the Road: 1954 Meteor
This is a bad boy's car, Garry. That's its color, and if you don't like it, I'm sure the car would tell you where to go!
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Re: Spotted on the Road: 1954 Meteor
From time to time I have a dream that I've left my old car parked somewhere. It's never clear whether it's the 2-tone (also gray - very snappy) '51 Pontiac with a sun visor, or the '53 Plymouth, but if I could just remember where it is, it's there waiting for me.
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Re: Music, Song and Dance! A Day at Calgary's Ukrainian Festival
I so enjoyed this article and collection of photos. Reminds me of my recent trip through Eastern Europe -- the dancing, clothing and crafts. So beautiful!