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MURAL first I found in Toronto 1989/1990. Scanned photo

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MINIATURE 

MARCH

Tucson AZ protest march.

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M&Ms

MUSKOKA chair 

An Adirondack chair is two inches higher and wider than a Muskoka chair, making it roomier. It also has a flat yoke, which is the back of the chair, whereas the Muskoka chair has a yoke that curves inward. Finally, the Adirondack chair is steeper than the Muskoka chair.

MANY

Jelly Beans!

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MAD MEXICAN

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MURAL 

MAYORS MARTINI

With 83 percent of the vote, Carolyn G. Goodman won her third term as mayor of the city of Las Vegas on April 2, 2019. She was first elected on July 6, 2011, and her husband of 50 years and 12-year, term-limited mayor, Oscar B. Goodman, administered the oath of office.

MILD

MILD weather this week.

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MOOSE Whitehorse Yukon

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MUDDY in Tuktoyaktuk Northwest Territories

MINI

MINI MODEL condo development

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MEN MEAT MARKET MAZATLAN MEXICO

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Maximillian's in Berlin, man, mannequin, mug, moustache

MULTIPLES

MYRTLE Beach - only a MOTHER could love!

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MOOSE in Alma NB

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MUSIC MURAL 

The Village musical acadien is an Acadian cultural center located in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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The ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland.

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California 

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MENU Queen St. West Toronto

METAL

Speyer Germany 2012

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A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!

Belfast Northern Ireland

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Main-à-Dieu Nova Scotia

Main-à-Dieu (population 240) is a community located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It is the most easterly community in Nova Scotia.

Its name in French means "Hand of God". Main-à-Dieu's name was likely the transcription of a Mi'kmaq word having to do with evil spirits, a reference, perhaps, to the large number of ship-wrecks in the area.
Another potential source of the area's name: "mennadou," a Gaelic-like word meaning "resolutions, intentions, and projects."
It is a fishing village, the homeport for a large lobster fishing fleet, and each spring at the start of lobster fishing season, the local parish priest holds a blessing of the fleet service dockside to pray for the safety of fishermen.

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MAGNETIC MAGIC MOUNTAIN  

MAGNETIC Hill MONCTON New Brunswick

The Magnetic Hill is an example of a gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain.

In the 19th century, a cart path was built from the city in the south onto the ridge. The path was subsequently expanded during the early 20th century and during the age of the automobile, ca. 1931, it was noticed that at one point near the base of the ridge when driving south, motorists were required to accelerate in order to prevent rolling backward (i.e., what appears to be uphill). The novelty became known as "Magnetic Hill" and was more-or-less an amusing local attraction for residents and visitors to try.

Nowadays, for a fee, you can try the road. No, we didn't bother.

MULTI-CULTURAL

Toronto ON

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Yarmouth Nova Scotia

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MOOSOMIN MOTEL in Saskatchewan.

With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882, Moosomin was established as the first Saskatchewan community on "steel". Originally known as "siding No. 4" and the "Moosomin Station", businesses began to establish and by 1884 the community had grown to include five general stores, five hotels, two livery stables, two blacksmiths, a doctor, a lawyer, butcher, and one printer, among other businesses. Moosomin was incorporated as a town in November 1887. R. D. McNaughton was the first merchant to arrive in Moosomin.

The town was named after Chief Moosomin, who became well known for leading his band into treaty status. He signed Treaty 6 at Battleford in 1880.

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MADONNA Inn San Luis Obispo CA

The Madonna Inn is a motel in San Luis Obispo, California. Opened for business in 1958, it quickly became a landmark on the Central Coast of California. It was created by Alex Madonna, a successful construction magnate and entrepreneur (d. April 2004), and his wife Phyllis.

MANY

MANY places to satisfy our thirst and find a bed in Kenmare Ireland

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MOAB MENU Utah

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MAZATLAN MURAL - Mazatlan Mexico

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MORNING coffee - Barcelona Spain

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A MIXED MENU - Toronto ON

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Mother's Brewery Little Rock, Arkansas 2014.

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MURAL with beer MUGS in MOBILE Alabama

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I was saving this but decided it was time to pull it out for MINI, a mini pub in St. John 

LAST CALL

Murphy's beer and pub with a mural in Dingle Ireland.

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Max the Moose Dryden ON

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Moosomin is a town in southern Saskatchewan founded in 1882. It is twenty kilometres west of the provincial boundary between Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The town was named after Chief Moosomin, who became well known for leading his band into treaty status. 

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Market Mazatlan Mexico

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For the letter of the week for this round I am going to go with all things TTC, Toronto Transit Corporation.

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Probably my favourite, and considered one of the most beautiful stations is Museum.

The station structure was created in the middle of the road using cut and cover, while immediately south of the station the line goes into a bored tunnel to run under Queen’s Park, passing east of the Ontario Legislative Building to reach Queen's Park station. The concourse is located under the roadway, one level above the north end of a centre platform, with entrances from either side of the road. There are two stairways on the west side adjacent to the southern end of the Royal Ontario Museum and two on the east, just south of Charles Street. Pedestrians are encouraged to use the station as a pedestrian underpass to cross Queen's Park, a wide and busy thoroughfare without a centre median.

Renovations to the station's platform level were completed in April 2008 to evoke exhibits in the Royal Ontario Museum.

They incorporated painted 1/4" fire-rated Lexan into the panels composing the large "MUSEUM" lettering on the walls with a historical hieroglyphic inscription from the ROM.

The station sign incorporates beautifully another inscription, which is visible within the outline of the station’s name. It is an excerpt from an Old Kingdom (2,543-2,120 BC) relief from the tomb of the official Met-jet-jy from Saqqara. The ROM purchased this piece in the 1950s and it is now on display in the museum. 

Supporting columns have been remade to resemble the ancient Egyptian deity Osiris.

In temples dedicated to deceased kings, rulers were often featured as columns in the form of Osiris, the god of the dead and eternity. The upper half of the pilaster, featuring the royal headdress, the crook, and the flail, identifies a king. The wrapped lower half identifies the god Osiris, who is typically depicted as a mummy in Egyptian mythology. The hieroglyphic inscription on the back of the pillar is copied from a relief found in the Egyptian gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum.

This column is a replica of one of four warrior columns located atop a temple in the ancient Toltec capital of Tula, central Mexico. The Toltecs dominated this area from around 900 to 1150 AD, influencing the cultures of the Maya and Aztecs. The figure on the column is believed to represent the warrior-god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in the guise of the evening star, Venus, which is often associated with warfare in Mesoamerican cultures.

This column is modelled after a house post from the Wuikinuxv Nation at Rivers Inlet in British Columbia. The original post supported one end of a home’s massive roof beam. The post was carved from a single cedar log, and the bear is a traditional family crest figure that identified the home’s family and their status. Acquired by the ROM after the house had been abandoned and dismantled, the original artifact can be found in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture.

From the time of its inception in ancient Greece to present day, the Doric column has remained an important structural and decorative architectural component. The fluted white double columns are derived from the columns used in ancient Greek temples. Doric columns are characterized by gradually tapered shafts that stand directly on the floor or foundation of the temple. The shaft is made from a series of stone drums placed one on top of the other.

These columns are based on the columns surrounding the Hall of Perfect Harmony in the Forbidden City, the palace of the Chinese emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Like most Chinese imperial palace and temple buildings, the columns are painted red, a colour that traditionally represents happiness and good fortune to the Chinese. The ROM houses a full-scale reconstruction of a corner of a large palace hall in imperial style of the Qing dynasty.

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The name “Merchant Lane” relates to the hardware merchant, The Cochrane Dunlop Hardware Limited, who occupied the site at 1379 Bloor Street West starting back in 1944.

MANY

I had another idea for MANY this week, but the Elton John concert, Farewell Yellow Brick Road, topped that.

The Scotiabank Arena (formerly ACC) holds 19,800 people, and we were two of many.