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litguru
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A story teller at the gates of dawn
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2018-05-09 19:59
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Feathered Friends
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Feathered Wanderings
Canada doesn’t have the exotic birds that I see from other countries, but the ones that we have are cool and charismatic in an understated way. They can also be shy, like this little bird that I was trying
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Discovery-it
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In the Spirit of the Great Trail
Soon after I started walking this trail, I realized it would not be a peaceful stroll through the woods. It passes through many suburbanized and industrial areas. It also passes through the traditional
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Visual Shots
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The Wonders of the Trail
I recently posted this snap about a beautiful humongous cluster of flowers I encountered while doing some photographic urban exploring. I later realized that I had actually gone under the flowers at some
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ai-images
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Quick Fusion
There aren't enough hours in the day to experiment with all the amazing technology that is out there. I just began with Google Nano Banana 2-Editing (via PeakD), which allows you to fuse images in clever
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Discovery-it
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Springing in the Rain
With rising temperatures, plants and trees grow and blossom. Birds become more vocal regaling the world with their sonorous and amorous songs. After long dormant nights, life returns. The wheel of the
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Feathered Friends
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All Chirpy On the Western Coast
As its name suggests, Olympic Village is a neighbourhood that was initially built to house athletes for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympics games. Afterwards, the units were repurposed for
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Worldbuilding
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The Bargain in the Woods
“Hey brother, this is where you and I part ways,” said Lana as she stared in awe at the stone dragons carved upon the side of the mountain, eyes keen and full of malice. “You said you knew the way,” Kalar
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Picture A Day
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Spaceship Earth
Taking inspiration from R. Buckminster Fuller, McKinley Underwood designed this "triodetic dome" that is currently home of the Bloedel Conservatory. Inside the plexiglass and aluminum dome, there
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Visual Shots
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I Like Big Domes, and I Cannot Lie
BC Place Stadium is one of the most prominent architectural landmarks that delineates the cityscape. It cannot be missed, especially at night when it glows in all sorts of colours, and its beams rise like
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Hive Book Club
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The Renaissance Entrepreneur
My most illustrious Lord, I have sufficiently seen and examined the inventions of those who count themselves makers and masters of instruments of war, and I have found that in design and operation their
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Discovery-it
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Welcome to the Land of Light
This is the enigmatic name of a public art installation by artist Henry Tsang in the False Creek inlet downtown. The artist placed aluminum lettering along the seawall handrail with phrases in the Chinook
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Visual Shots
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In Bloom
All across the city, blossoms from the cherry trees are exploding in soft shades of pink transforming the city for a couple of weeks into a fluffy wonderland that sends the inhabitants into a frenzy of
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Picture A Day
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Blossom Celebrations
The city is currently sporting the bright colours of cherry tree blossoms, and a number of decorations have sprung in celebration of this spectacle. It could just be me, but I get the impression that the
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Threespeak
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Feathery Motions
I noticed there was a new AI video model called Prunaai P-Video available via PeakD, so to test it, I opened up my archives and fished out some old photographs to animate, including a serious Canada goose
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Picture A Day
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Gateway to Ancient Wisdom
Created by artist Wade Stephen Baker, the Gateway to Ancient Wisdom depicts the sun and two thunderbirds, which have a variety of symbolism in Coast Salish people's culture of the Canadian Pacific Northwest.
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Feathered Friends
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Still in Random Motion
Birds can be unpredictable (from the human standpoint) and may suddenly appear out of nowhere then remain visible for only a few seconds before flying off without so much as saying hello. While the right
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Blockchain Poets
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Pelican Mind
Warm sun on skin Solar beams on optical sensors. The call in the breeze Whispering dreams The yellow, the blue, and the green. In coral reefs of aquatic pleasures Free-floating in leisure Sand and surf
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Visual Shots
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The Light of Spring
Spring is bursting throughout the city in all its vibrant colours. It was snowing petals in the middle of downtown the other day. As the breeze flowed through the flowers, it dislodged petals, which floated
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Picture A Day
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Lucky Shot
I wrote about a museum in Santo Domingo, where they exhibited different items from the colonial era, including a bell from 1690 belonging to an old convent in the area. I was perusing my photographs when
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Discovery-it
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In a Royal House
After arriving in the Americas, the Spanish crown proceeded to conquer, colonize, Christianize, and expand their new dominions, starting in the island of Hispaniola, present day Dominican Republic (and
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