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October of 2010

The mystery of fall
Tuesday
October 5, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale:It happens every year, fall arrives and yet every year it seems remarkably different. Perhaps its the sequence, maybe its the intensity but there is a mystery in this seasonal change from summer to winter. Is it the regrets of a summer that just didn't work out or the anticipation of yet another winter. What ever it is we need to check it out both visually and in our minds.
 

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The Greenwater report
Tuesday
October 5, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Saskatoon:A great visit to the Drumheller area of Alberta with some pictures as the Crawfords wrap up their summer camping season. Gerald tells of the passing of a friend and the triumphs of Kelly Chase.
Sunday in Wascana Park
Wednesday
October 6, 2010
by: Matthew and Dawn Shire

 
Regina:Sunday was pretty much a golden day throughout all of Saskatchewan. Matthew and Dawn Shire went with some friends and their two families to Regina's Wascana park for a picnic supper. This story has 58 pictures that celebrate the event with the water the geese and an enchanting evening.
Paris Auto Show
Thursday
October 14, 2010
by: Michael Townsend

 
Paris, France:This year's auto show in Paris focused on "green" cars with low or zero emission and auto makers brought to the show their version of the future of automobiles. Mike Townsend was in Paris and here are ninety-eight remarakble images that give you a chance to tour the show right along with him a weeik ago today.
House fourteen
Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale:There have been some delays in the progress of this house. It is constructed on a concrete basement on the corner of Forester and Newmarket and was begun September 1. It has an interesting use of the corner lot by not making the garage a part of the house and placing it in was will be the back yard of the lot.
Eiffel tower and Seine boat tour
Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Michael Townsend

 
Paris, France:This is the second in a series of photo essays that take us through Paris. This day's adventure takes us to the Eiffel Tower then through the centre of Paris on the Seine River on a boat tour. Michael has recorded some of Paris' most important and iconic scenes in this 103 pictures in this photo essay.
The Greenwater report
Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Saskatoon:Summer is over and the Crawfords have put the motor homes to bed for the winter and celebrated Thanksgiving at Mozart. We hear a bit about harvest and coffee row and Gerald fills us in on an art show and the latest theatre presentation in Saskatoon.
The first snow
Tuesday
October 26, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale:It began late yesterday and by this morning the ground was covered with between four and six inches of very wet snow. The snow kept falling through out the day letting up only when darkness came but the wind which had been busy in the morning kept up its pace throughout the day blocking east west roads and making all driving very difficult.
le palace de versailles
Tuesday
October 26, 2010
by: Michael Townsend

 
Versailles, France:This is the third in a series of photo essays that give us the opportunity to see the sights of France. Today's adventure takes us to the fabulous palace well away from Paris where Louis XIV considered to have been an excellent monach, ruled his kingdom. Louis VVI lived at Versailles with his family until the revolution August 10 1792 they were taken from this magnificient place to prison and then the guillotine.
Winter
Wednesday
October 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale:All of a sudden we have moved from fall to winter. It's not just the snow but we have the real thing, below freezing temperatures, wind chill and ice, lots of it. On Sunday it was a typical dull light rain fall day today we have clear ice cold blue skies and sun with no heat.
Wandering around the centre of Paris
Wednesday
October 27, 2010
by: Michael Townsend

 
Paris, France:Without a doubt Paris is considered to be one of the grandest urban areas on the planet. Michael Townsend walking tour to take in the sights around the central part of the city show us the outstanding monuments and elegance that clearly shows the great pride the builders and planners of the French capital had in mind and were able to turn into a spacious and grand environment. This photo essay is the fourth in the series and includes fifty-six images.