Outakes and Bonus Shots: 30 Days of Photographs

A handful of extra photos I took during September's photo challenge.

Based on his clothes I think this guy is in never never land and will live happily ever after.

Happily Ever After?

I wasn't driving when I took a picture of these circles.

Circle

Rising above us, another view of the Olympic Village.

Rising, Olympic Village

It's a tree.

Texture

That's a sidewalk. And a shoe.

Texture

The boutonniere I wore at my wedding. 

Soft

How do you like them apples?

Circle

Happily Ever After: 30 Days of Photographs

Today's theme is Happily Ever After. This one was difficult. I had all sorts of ideas, but no subjects. That is, until Saturday night on Prince Arthur Street in Montreal. We can think of fairy tales, or real tales. And this older couple, likely married for many years, walking down the street holding hands. In 80 years from now, I want to be walking down the street hand in hand with my wife.

I suppose they were looking around trying to decide what to do before entering into Cafe Campus for the nights rocking Pop Montreal show. Check out Ziva's Inferno to see who else contributed to today's photo challenge. The photo challenge is winding so don't forget to bookmark www.StubbornFool.com and come back here tomorrow.

Circle: 30 Days of Photographs

The circle of life. Routine and repetition. The clock goes round and round with no change. Time is what we want most. But time is fleeting. 

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” 

 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Time

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Lover: 30 Days of Photographs

Lovers meet. Lovers wed. Jamaica.

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NSEW: 30 Days of Photographs

But which way is the arrow going? NSEW?

One way? One Direction?

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Rising: 30 Days of Photographs

The twin pyramid towers of Montreal's Olympic Village were constructed for the 1976 Montreal Summer Games as a residence for the athletes. Rising up above the Olympic grounds the towers consist of 23 floors and stands at 70.0 metres tall (230 feet). Architect Roger Tallibert designed the buildings consisting of 980 residential suites.

Olympic Village

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Poison: 30 Days of Photographs

What's your poison?

And sometimes I just can't decide

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Carnival: 30 Days of Photographs

Today is day 354 of the 30 day photo challenge. MikeWJ and Ziva threw this challenge together to punish us. It's a little early for April Fool's Day don't you think?! Nonetheless, click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo from this month's challenge. Today's theme is Carnival. Dig these carnival-like colours of the Chihuly display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Tolstoy: 30 Days of Photographs

For some reason, today's theme in the 30 days of photographs challenge is Tolstoy. As I aim to read his works in the original published language of Russian, my intention is to study the Russian language. Learning Russian will also help my communication with the in-laws and extended family and friends. Not that they don't speak English, but at gatherings with that side of the family, conversations invariably turn to Russian with me sitting there staring at the wall until my wife starts translating for me.

But then I found this book. Learn Russian in four easy steps. Unfortunately each step takes three years.

Learn Russian

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this month's photo challenge. Click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo for this month's challenge.

Frustration: 30 Days of Photographs

Oh dang! I forgot my papers in the trunk of my car. Today's theme in the 30 Day Photo Challenge is frustration.

Downtown Montreal

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this month's photo challenge. Click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo for this month's challenge.

Anatomy: 30 Days of Photographs

Your sweet and smiling eyes

Take me to paradise 

It makes me want to cry tears of joy

Whenever I see your sweet and smiling eyes 

(Lyrics - Aaron Neville)

The eyes have it

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Never: 30 Days of Photographs

Today's theme in the 30 Day Photo Challenge is never.
You've been rickrolled.

You've been rickrolled

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this photo challenge. Click the link to see the rest of the photos contributed to today's photo challenge. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo from this month's challenge.

My Junk: 30 Days of Photographs

Check out Ziva's Inferno to see who else contributed to today's photo challenge. Today's theme is My Junk. Once a week for the last several weeks I have been cleaning up and putting my junk outside by the curb. And every week I come back and my junk is gone. Someone took my junk. I have filed several police reports but so far no luck finding the culprit. My neighbours have told me that they have seen a truck drive by but they never took down the licence plate number. Save www.StubbornFool.com to your Favourites and come back here tomorrow for the next theme in the Photo Challenge.

My Junk

Biblical: 30 Days of Photographs

We were in Ottawa a few weeks back and went into a store in the ByWard Market. On the display rack was the following doll. A poseable, bendable, Jesus of Nazareth. But what got my attention was the writing in the bottom left hand corner. A warning! A Choking hazard. Not recommend for children under three! Really? Jesus? A choking hazard? I may not be a believer but, come on! I don't think Jesus poses a risk to children. Anyway, today's theme in the photo challenge is biblical. And I may have made a biblical mistake, I hope offending people was not one of them. Check out Ziva's Inferno to see who else contributed to today's photo challenge. And unlike Jesus, I just want you to follow me on Twitter, Google+, or Blogger or Facebook.

Jesus of Nazareth

China: 30 Days of Photographs

Truth or fiction, the story goes that in efforts to reach Asia, European explorers travelled east and sailed across the Atlantic and up the St. Laurence river. Landing on a south eastern section of the island, explorers called the area Lachine (la Chine), French for China, mistakenly thinking they arrived in the far east.

Lachine is a borough within the city of Montreal and on the Island of Montreal.

Check out Ziva's Inferno to see who else contributed to today's photo challenge. Today's theme is China.

Where the Lachine Canal and St Lawrence divide

The Lachine Canal was built so that ships would be able to bypass the rapids on the St. Lawrence without having to trek over land. The canal was the port of entry that linked the Atlantic to the heart of the continent. It was one of the factors that made Montreal the centre of the Canadian manufacturing industry.

NSFW: 30 Days of Photographs

That cat ain't wearing any pants! Today's theme is NSFW.

That cat is nakeds

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together a NSFW party and I was one of the unlucky invitees. Click the link to see the rest of the party-goers and see who else contributed to today's photo challenge. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo from this month's challenge.

Wrong? 30 Days of Photographs

I did not buy this shirt when I was on Nantucket last year. Was I wrong?

There once was a man from Nantucket...

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this month's photo challenge. Click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo for this month's challenge.

Tremor? 30 Days of Photographs

A tremor is an earthquake. When there are earthquakes things shake. Shakes are sometimes dangerous but sometimes shakes are made with ice cream. Ice cream is made out of milk. So while today's theme is tremor, I took a picture of milk.

I like chocolate milk tremors, I mean milkshakes. But I will settle for vanilla.

Milk

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this month's photo challenge. Click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo for this month's challenge.

Girly: 30 Days of Photographs

Today is day eleven of our 30 Day Photo Challenge and today is seven months after the wedding. There is nothing more girly than the bride's bouquet. And girly is the theme today. 

MikeWJ and Ziva threw together this month's photo challenge. Click on their names to see who else participated. And save the link www.StubbornFool.com and come back here same time tomorrow for another photo for this month's challenge.

Wedding Bouquet

Close Up: 30 Days of Photographs

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Today is day 10 of the 30 day photo challenge. I am looking forward to day 30 where we can live happily ever after. In the mean time, today's theme is close up. I found this piece in my wife's office. I had to put it back because it wouldn't fit into my trunk.

Close Up

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