sober second thought: The Colour Red: Scenes from Canada Day in Ottawa

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Canada Day
Flag bearing and red hat-totin'.
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The incredible snowbirds.
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CHEO bears love Canada Day!
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Parliament Hill, between the morning and evening concerts.
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You can't really wear too many Canadian flags on Canada Day.
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Patriotic maternity styles, anyone?
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As my sweetie said: Bagpipes, drums, and didgeridoo -- together at last.
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Quintessential Canada Day scene: happy revellers, lots of flags and red-and-white, noise-makers, a bare chest, and, of course, a cell phone.
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Year after year, I'm "pickin' chicken".
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An early evening glow falls on the gathering crowd at Major's Hill Park.
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Throngs of people crowd through a narrow strait by the Chateau Laurier.
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The bigger the better.
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Last act -- Kate and Anna McGarrigle -- at the Major's Hill Park main stage.
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Fireworks! They were really stunning this year.
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A neat visual effect from those fireworks that crackle.
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Happy Canada Day!
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I took many more photos than are shown above, and I've selected a slightly larger subset for your extended viewing pleasure. If you're interested in seeing more, click on the thumbnails below! This fuller set will be captioned soon, I promise.

Posted by anatole at July 3, 2005 12:54 PM