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decorata design musing November 10, 2011 1 Comment

Cenotaph, Ottawa Ontario

all photos Sue Womersley

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Cenotaph Ottawa, Remembrance Day

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lynne @ gardenmad says:

November 11, 2011 at 9:35 pm

Beautiful photos. I watched the Remembrance Day proceedings from Ottawa today, and saw where you’d taken your pictures. The Parliament Buildings made an amazing backdrop for a moving ceremony.

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