Open yourself to 2007.
Sue Richards
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Great Guelph Photography and Cool Guelph Links by Creative Guelph Folks
Open yourself to 2007.
Sue Richards
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Rather than messing with resolutions, consider shifting your view to include another perspective.
Sue Richards
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Try the opposite of what you normally do.
Sue Richards
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Watch for signs in unusual places. They may lead somewhere you've never been before.
Sue Richards
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Remember: One birds frozen bath is another birds skating rink.
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HoHoHo from Guelph, Ontario Canada.
Sue Richards
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Lost!
Photographer Johnny Ballgame captures this Kent Street graffiti plea. Obviously Guelph squirrels are highly valued.
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Could it be???
Photographer Johnny Ballgame solves the missing squirrel mystery.
Sue Richards
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The Boathouse Tea Room is nicely reflected in confluence of the Speed and Eramosa River.
Sue Richards
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As part of his Advent Calendar series, The Giant Vermin provides this telling reflection of the holiday spirit.
Sue Richards
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The 'restaurant that doesn't seem to be able to find it's niche' reflects on how much better the 'other side of the street' appears.
Sue Richards
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Ray's Junk Store or Family Thrift as the sign states is an entire world on it's own. Yet it offers a beautiful reflection of the fine architecture across the street.
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Franco's Barber Shop has been in business for 40 year's. If you wanted to treat yourself to a classic Guelph experience, this would rank pretty high on the list. Located in the strip mall at Wellington and Gordon, very close to Angels Diner.
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Are you on the verge of coming unwrapped this holiday season? Do you need to 'park it' for a day but feel that jolly ho, ho pressure to keep on dashing and prancing'?
Sue Richards
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As the joyous pressure builds, have your sugar plum laced thoughts turned to 'when will this be verily over'?
Sue Richards
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Gawd!
Rest ye merry, gentlepeople, let nothing you dismay.
Sue Richards
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Remember sitting is your savior in the middle of a busy day.
Sue Richards
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You'll save us all from your bad mood if you just chill awhile.
Sue Richards
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O resting brings you comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
Sue Richards
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Retreating brings you comfort and joy......
Sue Richards
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On Thursday December 21 friends, acquaintances and appreciative community members are planning to join together in a commemorative carol sign for Henry Kock in downtown Guelph.
Henry died of brain cancer on Christmas Day 2005.
Please join us downtown at 6:30 pm in the square outside Capistrano's.
Bring a carol sheet.
Bring a candle.
Bring an instrument.
Bring good wishes.
Bring memories.
Let's sing Henry's spirit home. Everyone is welcome.
Sue Richards
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This should be no surprise - I mean really - the guy does a billion B and E's a year, creeps into peoples bedrooms, watches us 'all the time' and we call him jolly?
Thanks to Claygrl for pointing out the obvious. You can buy these cards at the Guelph Farmer's Market this Saturday at Bunny Safari's Pottery stand.
Sue Richards
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Four Folds Organic Farm are known for their inspired events. Last weekend they played host to the Waldorf School Shepherd's play in their barn. Audience members enjoyed the multi-tiered bale seating.
Sue Richards
Photo by: K Jane
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News Alert: A very small, dehydrated Elvis has been found in vw-busmans Christmas decoration box in Guelph. Apparently he's just hanging around.
Sue Richards
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It would appear that Santa's milk and cookie gig has been replaced by the espresso biscotti break.
See more of this particular Santa's day in Guelph by checking out the photo stream on Barking Dog Studio's site.
Be good. Click on that link.
Sue Richards
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The living cat tree decoration is the latest fad to hit the Guelph streets this year. Very cute until Puss in Tree takes a whack at the stuffed ginger person.
Sue Richards
Photo by: Cat Can Cook.
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Signs, signs so many sign. Today's series offers up a small selection of the signs that Flickr folk find photograpically fetching in the fair land of Guelph, Ontario.
Remember: you can leave your own sign by way of a comment on any of these posts. To see more photos by Blairware, click your mouse on the photograph.
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And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you
© 1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band
Photo by: Denim
Sue Richards
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Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign
© 1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band
Photo by: Personality Dialysis
Sue Richards
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And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner
© 1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band
Photo by: Cinnamon Gurl
Sue Richards
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Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here.
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside Uh!
© 1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band
Albion Hotel photo by: Accordion Chick
Sue Richards
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And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine
© 1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band
The Diplomat Hotel Photo by: Cinnamon Gurl
Sue Richards
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Can you hear the signs?
Sue Richards
Van Gogh's Ear Photo by: Denim
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Can you feel the signs?
Sue Richards
Photo by: Denim
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As you might expect - Guelph's Santa prefers shopping in the wonderful consignment stores in the downtown. Here he pops into Nothing Useless on Macdonell Street.
Sue Richards
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On the second Thursday of December, the little village of Rockwood - due east of Guelph on highway 7 - hosts the Annual Rockwood Farmers' Santa Claus Parade of Lights.
A few dozen farmer's decorate their cultivators, thrashers and manure spreaders to the hilt and parade around the country block, much to the delight of thousands of people.
I have no idea what this equipment is but it certainly looked cool.
Sue Richards
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Drinking under one of our many bridges is a popular activity for some Guelphites - even in the winter.
Photographer Blairware demonstrates his potential for a career in beer advertising.
Sue Richards
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Despite a by-law that prohibits backyard fires, Guelph folk have been known to light one up every now and then.
Sue Richards
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Although we are currently snow-free, the last minor dumping produced some striking results.
Sue Richards
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Save yourself from seasonal overload. Suck on a lifesaver.
Sue Richards
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Today's photos are all panoramas of various Guelph locations by photo artist and camera buff Denim.
Here's what she has to say about herself.
"I love images and whether they're digital or film, it doesn't matter. I love experimenting with film. Mostly I use medium format or polaroid film cameras, but I am not afraid to say that digital is in my life. Generally I try to say where film is used and then the rest is digital (but sometimes not)."
Be sure to click on the pic to see Denim's very interesting photo stream. Or leave your comments below by clicking on Post Your Clever Comments Here.
Sue Richards
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These tough Canadian geese should not be mistaken as Christmas dinner.
Sue Richards
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As part of a city wide effort to restore life in our rivers, a riverside naturalization program was initiated over a dozen years ago.
Sue Richards
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Once a vibrant business on Elizabeth Street, Bob's Greenhouse now sits empty.
Sue Richards
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There are no end of treasures to be found curbside in Guelph throughout the year - and specifically during Big Garbage Day.
Sue Richards
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Let's hope a giant golf playing alien doesn't mistaken our water tower for a tee-off.
Sue Richards
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Downtown Guelph, University of Guelph, The Guelph Hillside Festival or The Guelph Lake Conservation Area.
On the other hand, you may be curious about what the City of Guelph looked like last October or maybe Spring. Indeed you may be the type that would love to wade through our deep and refreshing archives. There are over 5,000 terrific Guelph photos, taken by a growing tribe of fantastic photographers, currently available for your viewing pleasure. Check out the Blog Guelph archives located 'back up there' and appropriately titled: Blog Guelph Archives.