Showing posts with label candid photograph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label candid photograph. Show all posts

Window seat

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A squeegee works bestRBC Financial buildingNothing too special. Was in McDonalds, across the street from the Royal Bank on the North-East corner of Broadway and Granville. I was stuck in one of those conversations that occur in public places with complete strangers (well if they were complete strangers they wouldn't have been talking to me, would they?) I gazed across the street and saw this lone fellow, washing the face of the building -- cameras are handy. Always carry one, working or not; a camera can help you get out of conversations with strangers, "Excuse me, I MUST blog this," and get into conversations with strangers, "Excuse me ma'am, may I take your photo for my blog? I know, it's sad when you need props. Click the image to enlarge it.

Canadian health care's frontline workers

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I know, I know, another post on Canadian health care. Dry stuff, but vitally important. You know, a blog doesn't survive on pretty pictures alone. Well, perhaps survives, but to thrive, meaningful content is needed -- if you are going to feed your readers' intellects, and make them hungry for more.

... So in conclusion, nurses are vital to our over-worked health care system. They deserve better pay, and, it goes without saying, given the stressful nature of their work, that they get adequate time off to, you know, blow off some steam.

[caption id="attachment_1295" align="alignnone" width="497"]They work hard. They need to play hard. I was surprised to find this in a dumpster. Seems the kind of memory you'd want to cherish. Click image to enlarge. They work hard. They need to play hard. I was surprised to find this in a dumpster. Seems the kind of memory you'd want to cherish. Click image to enlarge.[/caption]