al fresco books/pastry/coffee extravaganza

I was supposed to get out of the way so the sepia-toned, slanting-sun wonder of Sunday in Trinity Bellwoods could be properly captured. Didn't hunch fast enough. The guy with the ukelele was excellent.

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 Thanks to Clafouti, Toronto Parks and Recreation, and White Squirrel Coffee.

Banff morning trail run (in September, not this morning)

Cleaning off the iPhone, came across this series of photos of my run from the Banff Centre up the Tunnel Mountain Trail and back. I was spending some time with the excellent Book Publishers of Alberta at their fall AGM. So beautiful up there, and lots of action on the trail at 7am -- wiry, silver-haired hikers, walkers with dogs, elk. Being able to run up a mountain is a nice payoff for the last 6 months of focus on fitness.

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