1989

The Rogers Centre, née SkyDome, is 6 months older than Taylor Swift.  Toronto has been going CrayCray for TayTay - only one more sleep until her six day concert run inside this very stadium.

poppies

 by Georgia O'Keefe

infantry

 The 'Patricias' and The 'Van Doos'

The Princess Patricia Light Infantry is named for the daughter of the then (1914) Governor General of Canada (she was also a granddaughter of Queen Victoria).

The Royal 22nd Regiment was founded in 1869 are known colloquially as the 'Van Doos' in English, from the French vingt-deux. 

poppies

 in a garden with poppies

CATURDAY

ladybug

 

It's that time of year when the ladybugs come inside for warmth and a rest.  They are the one insect I don't mind.

aerial view

Lerwick, Shetland

Ljubjana, Slovenia

Dubrovnik, Croatia

700 islands

Only 30 of these islands are inhabited. The largest island is Andros, and the capital is on the island of New Providence.  It is only one of two countries using the article 'The' in its name.

movember

 

a pioneer of Canadian photography, William Hanson Boorne opened his first studio in Calgary in 1886.

another handlebar moustache, this time on Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874-1908), an Egyptian lawyer and journalist.
 

 

some refined moustaches for Sunday Stamps

a little late

a black cat and a cross eyed jack o' lantern

CATURDAY

valencia

the region has been declared a disaster zone after devastating floods, the deadliest in decades