view from the hill

A look at the elements and events that come into view from where I'm standing...
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... the stuff that matters in this life. Some flicker and are gone in a matter of hours
only to live in memory, others become life long travelling companions, never far from reach.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Spot the Maple Leaf

I thought the States were bad when it came to shameless flag-waving, Canada plasters its logo everywhere they can. Though here it feels less like triumphalist posing and more defining themselves from the Other – that giant super power to the south. It’s got to be hard living next to such a brash and unruly neighbor, so any chance they get (with every dotted i, apostrophe, and semicolon), the Canadians remind us that this isn’t America.

Here’s some of the countless examples, lest we forget where we are…

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Click here for more of the ubiquitous leaf.

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