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Followed by a dog
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Nighttime, in the city, don't know which city, a big city. Walking home along a cobbled sidewalk and I've picked up a follower, dark, steel grey dog with black spots, medium height, short hair, sleek and lean, a very handsome mongrel. He's (?) following me, and I'm not in the mood, beside the sidewalk there's a sunken lane or alley, I grab the dog, duck under the rail and gently lower it the 2 or three feet to the lane...
...the dog merely jumps back up and continues to follow me, I repeat this, 2, 3 times, the dog always jumping up to resume following me, finally, the lane beside the sidewalk descends too deep for me to lower the dog without fear of injuring him, and now he follows me home...
...home, in my armchair, the dog loyally sitting at my side, growling at anybody that comes near...
Agate
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Still Meh. In the course of looking for inspiration ....
**Note - these are culled from the web. Not my images. Reuse at your peril.
A Plume Agate, similar to Moss Agate with the dendritic inclusions.
As above.
Moss Agate. Resembles a fossil, but the plant-like structures are caused by minerals forming dendrites within the agate (or crystal).
Dendrites forming a rather perfect landscape...
Fire Agate, so named because it has a certain refraction that resembles fire, or the flickering play of color within an opal...
The above resembles "Detroit Agate" or "Fordite" - agate-like nodules formed from the drips of paint left behind by the automakers.
Agate is abundant in BC and Alberta, notable occurrences occur in the Hand-Hills, AB, although with a good eye it can be picked up from almost any field in Alberta. Agate is of interest not just because it's pretty (although that should be enough) - but also because the same conditions that generally create Agate often create Opal (opal occurrences are frequently near good agate hunting localities.).
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Wild Turkeys, Church in Kaslo
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Still meh to report. So some more photos, apologies for the photo-trickery, but these were bad and snapped on the roadside...any subterfuge to make them look better was welcome...
Church in Kaslo...
Trail, Rossland
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Little to say, so I took some pictures.
Knit rocks on a ledge in Nelson. Because they looked cold.
Shop Window.
Another shop window, similar to Steeling Home in Calgary.
The Smelter above Trail.
And this, perfectly framed view of the Smelter, I keep thinking of those early CP posters luring visitors to the Rockies and Banff, a better version of this captioned "Move to Trail..."
A dumpster in Trail. The town definitely has a theme going on...
Church in Rossland...
And finally, the Ymir Hotel. Have to pop in some day, the place has a really cozy interior...(although, given the day outside, so does Ikea...)
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