Canada Day 158

It is Canada Day, marking the 158th anniversary of the founding of our nation, and I have the appropriate t-shirt. 

Sue festoons our little front garden with many mini flags. This ↓ setting is right by the sidewalk.

Here's another garden flag, but I assure you that there are more placed about the garden.

The flags come out to celebrate Canada Day, but we don't keep them up for very long.

Meanwhile, there are many flags downtown, or I should say that there are banners bearing the flag's likeness. There are three actual flags on town hall ↓ one at the very top. There is one banner in the foreground. I experimented with a different way of using selective colour, so only the flags and flowers remain in colour. I don't think it is as good of a method that I have used in the past, but I wanted to try it.

We then walked south down our main (right from the photo ↑ ), which is called Bridge Street, and came back north along the other side of the street. From there we caught the two flags from in front of town hall and many banner flags in the northern distance.

Here is one more photo zooming in to the other side of the street. It's a good display, don't you think?

We returned in the evening to take pictures of the bridge lit with the red and white colours of the flag. I took a number of photos using the tripod two years ago, so I just handheld the camera on this occasion. A tripod ties down, but last night I just wandered about and grabbed a few shots as the spirit moved me. Getting this couple in the frame was unique in this situation. I know they are tough to see at Blogger resolution, but they are fairly noticeable when editing large on my screen. 

This is a more distant photo than what I usually take.

I am dithering about photographing the fireworks tonight. Will I go back to the usual spot and do the usual thing? Other viewpoints are difficult to find. Perhaps I won't bother at all. I don't know.