One of the bridesmaids at my son's wedding with the runaway ring bearer.

If you want to step into the blue ... hang glider launching spot, near Kennedy Peak on the Massanutten Mountain Trail. You can see a tiny little farm building just beyond the curve of the path.

At the County Farm Show from a year ago. Sadly, it didn't happen this year.

Just out of the oven.

Blue skies over canola field. Camas Prairie, Idaho. Spring 2019

Blue doorways. Cordoba Spain, 2014

Beautiful pictures today. Nickel, I'm loving those Blue Ridge Mountains!

Blue Nitrile gloves worn when slicing Habanero peppers.

Alisande, love your pic. What exactly is it?

Thanks, Vikki. It's oil on water. I did a series of them about 10 years ago, and I've forgotten the process at this point. But it involves a glass dish and something to keep the dish a distance away from a sheet of colorful paper. (I used gift wrap.) I'll have to find the directions because I'd like to shoot some more before the weather turns. It requires bright sun. I love that you never know how they're going to turn out.

Doesn't everyone need a huge plush narwhal?

Fabrics for a friend too choose from for a mask I made for her.

Blue glass totem I made for the atrium. Lost it in the flood unfortunately.

whistle_b, I feel fortunate to live so close to the Blue Ridge. Are you from the area too?

Nicole, I am in Bedford County at the base of the Peaks of Otter. Most Sunday afternoons are spent Jeeping on back roads off the Parkway!

Beautiful area, whistle_b. We're most often on Skyline Drive (we were there this afternoon for a short hike with our dogs), but we have relatives in SW VA and at least once per season we'll drive the Parkway down to visit them. Slower than the highway but so much prettier, any time of year.

Brunnera, also know as Bugloss.

Looks ike the young lad"s enjoying the Blue Plate Special, norar!

ole joyful

French Alley

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Installed in 1921, this bronze sculpture by Montreal artist Coeur de Lion MacCarthy is one of three identical sculptures installed in Canada. Commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway to mark the more than 1,100 CPR employees who perished during World War I, the statues were placed near CPR landmarks. Vancouver’s sits outside of Waterfront Station.

The others are in Winnipeg (installed 1922) and Montreal (installed 1923). The dates of World War II were later added on plaques attached to each statues base.

“Winged Victory”, also referred to as “Angel of Victory”, was considered one of the most evocative memorial sculptures, depicting an angel carrying a deceased soldier to heaven at the moment of his death.

While all three statues were cast identically, the Vancouver statue has its own mark of history. In the 1960s concerned citizens attempted to clean what they thought was dirt off the statue, as they felt its state was disrespectful. The “dirt” was actually natural patina that occurs on bronze over time. The scratch marks from their cleaning tools can still be seen.

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