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Library Cataloging and Technical Services Instructor she/her Just throwing random things into the void to see what comes back to me. Also fixated on vampire fiction, pretty flowers, and general shiny things.

Nasca bowl from 100 BCE to 600 CE, showing two crayfish that look like they have giant grinning faces.
Woven Baskett with shooting star flowers. Unknown Coast Salish artist, circa ,1930.
Table set with fancy china, sandwiches, cookies, tarts scones and fresh fruit are being served.
Pink gladeous in a full flower.
Red and yellow flowers.
A leucistic Canada Goose. It's the same thing just paler.
A leucistic Canada Goose. All of it is paler than normal, but especially the white tail.
Heading to New Westminster on the new stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge. Cars drive by but the pedestrian walk is wide and clear. You can see the remains of the old bridge in the distance.
Mommy duck and all her babies. The wee ones are so small they can walk over the lily pads while mom watches.
Pink water lilies among the green lily pads.
Small embroidery with a purple crystal and green leaves.
Red and white Columbines with yellow centers.
A large bunch of red roses growing on a single branch.
Bridal Veil waterfall. A big waterfall surrounded by green trees.
A frilly pink peony.
White cala lily against green leaves.
Italy as seen soon after take off.
Narrow street in Trastevere with purple flowers.
Inside of the Pantheon. A huge dome towers above a crowd of tourists and a shaft of light from the whole in the top illuminates all below.
Bust of Juno. Circa 380 BC
Egyptian statue of a falcon.
Ceiling of a long hallway covered in decorative paintings.
Street at Rome at sunset. Unfortunately the birds are so high up you can't see them in the photo, but they are loud.
Ceramic figure of a woman sleeping on her side on a low couch or bed. She is curvy with a pretty skirt on. Found at Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, now at the National Archaeological Museum in Valetta.
View of an alley with multiple sets of stairs down to the sea.
Sunset at Sanap Cliff on Gozo.
Close up of one of the rooms in the temple. You can see different types of marble were used for the walls and the niche inside the room.
Doorway to a megalithic temple at Ta Hagrat in Malta. The stone steps and doorway are made of huge limestone blocks. The ruins stand out against a bright blue sky.
Sea arch with an island in the distance. The sky is bright blue the sea a shade darker.
Fragment of a fresco from Pompeii showing a siren with the lower body and wings of a bird with the upper body of a woman, against a black background.
Black and white mosaic floor with an ocean theme.
Random monument at the park, just down the trail from the playground.
A last famous bit of the Villa of the Mysteries. A woman gets her hair fixed while a cherub holds up a mirror.
Memorial to a man with a photo, flowers and a metal gate.
An angel visits the Virgin Mary, in a fresco painted on the wall of a monk's cell. Not sure who is lurking behind the angel.
Stained glass image of a saint in one of the chapels.
Two tone purple iris.
Close up of part of Coronation of the Virgin by Lippi.
Fresco with trees and birds with a lovely blue sky. The pomegranates look ready to eat.
Headless carving with yellow roses.
Almost life-size stone carvings of a family of bears in an airport hallway
View out the front of a train on a raised platform. There are buildings in the distance and another train heads towards it.
Beach with blue sky.
Image is all shades of gray. Dark gray sky, Dark silhouettes of trees, white caps of waves and gray beach sand.
View of a rocky coastline with trees. Waves crash against the rocks. The sky is gray.
A raven welcomed us to the beach.
Round ball of pink rhododendron flowers against green leaves.
Orange metalwork of the old Pattullo Bridge, with a green sign showing how to get to Columbia St and Royal Ave.
Bright purple crocuses with orange centers.
Lit up Maple leaf in front of a lake surrounded by festive lights, reflected in the water. In the background is a skyline of buildings against a dark sky.
Pale pink hellebore with a bee in it, in the sunshine.
View from a balcony of fog. The sun is a bright dot in the grey. You can see the outlines of a couple trees but not the river which is just past them.
A variety of types of ducks bob peaceful in the shallow water of Burnaby Lake.
Glowing lights reflected in a small lake.
Multicolored scrap granny square crochet blanket. Each square has black edging and there is a black border.
View of trees and a river with a band of white fog then sun and some blue sky above.
A collection of granny squares, some sewed together into a blanket.
A clump of snowdrops flowering. A brown fall leaf is on the ground.