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aving fun and sharing your door discoveries over at dan s place in fact to make sure you don t forget you should probably go over there right now and click on the follow button that way thursday doors will continue to show up automatically in your feed after i sign off next weekend as for me i m not one for long goodbyes and since i do hope to pop in from time to time when i can this is more of an au revoir than an actual goodbye anyway thanks to all for your support and friendship over the past 6 years until next thursday norm posted in opinions thursday doors tagged canada montreal personal update québec signing off thursday doors comments off on au revoir but not goodbye thursday doors november 19 2020 posted on november 19 2020 by norm 3 0 this gallery contains 15 photos thursday doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own thursday doors post each week continue reading more galleries tagged canada doors doorscursion green lane ways montreal plateau mont royal québec ruelles vertes thursday doors 64 comments wordless wednesday come sail away posted on november 18 2020 by norm 3 0 thanks for looking posted in photography travel wordless wednesday tagged autumn leaves canada fall colors montreal plateau mont royal québec ruelles vertes wordless wednesday 21 comments thursday doors november 12 2020 posted on november 12 2020 by norm 3 0 this gallery contains 23 photos thursday doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own thursday doors post each week continue reading more galleries tagged canada doors doorscursion green lane ways montreal plateau mont royal québec ruelles vertes thursday doors 72 comments lest we forget why we wear the poppy posted on november 11 2020 by norm 3 0 long time followers will recognize this for you newer followers this post is a variation on a subject i speak about on this day every year the armistice that ended battlefield hostilities during world war i started at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 here in canada as well as in other commonwealth countries wearing a red poppy on the left lapel the one closest to the heart is a tradition we use to mark this event though now over a century after the end of the great war government and financial institutions are the only ones to actually take the day off november 11th is still a national holiday here called remembrance day in the united states november 11th is also observed as veteran s day now you can talk to me about the pointlessness of war how violence is not the answer or how it is wrong for well off well fed middle aged mostly white men to send our youth off to fight their battles for them and on 364 days of the year i ll probably agree with a fair amount of what you have to say but just not today alright today november 11th we pay our respects to those who served in all wars and especially to those who were lost at home and abroad speaking to younger people it saddens me to find that so few know how this tradition started it s a fascinating story that stems from one of the most iconic pieces of canadian literature ever written i m referring of course to the poem in flanders fields by lieutenant colonel john mccrae which was taught to every child of my generation and recited each year in grade school in fact this poem is such an ingrained part of canadian heritage that until 2013 when we switched from paper to polymer money an excerpt from the poem was included on the back of our ten dollar bill mccrae who was born in guelph ontario was a 41 year old doctor serving with the canadian artillary during the second battle of ypres in the flanders region of belgium on may 2nd 1915 during a particularly brutal offensive by the germans mccrae witnessed the death of alexis helmer a 22 year old friend and former student of his from his teaching days at mcgill university in montreal legend has it that during a short break in the hellish battle mccrae and helmer were smoking a cigarette away from the trenches helmer was exuberantly telling mccrae about his plans for after the war and how he hoped to marry his sweetheart when he got back home a few minutes later as they tossed aside their cigarette butts and went their separate ways back to their posts mccrae heard that unmistakable whistling sound of an incoming mortar shell the nearby explosion rocked him and he turned to see if helmer was alright only to discover that the young man had sustained a direct hit his body was blown to pieces the following day after presiding over his friend s funeral and burying what remains could be collected mccrae took a solitary stroll to a remote corner of their makeshift cemetery alone with his thoughts as he looked out over a field of poppies that swayed in the breeze he was seen scribbling intently in his notepad this is what he wrote apparently mccrae wasn t happy with the poem or perhaps it was just the sense of overwhelming futility of it all whatever the reason he tore the page from his notebook crumpled it up and discarded it it was picked up by someone who had been watching him and forwarded on to a military journal where it was published it gradually gained in popularity and became one of the most famous war poems of all time though john mccrae didn t make it home from the war either his words live on through his poem poppies became a symbol that is still used to this day as a way to remember and pay tribute to those who served and sacrificed in that and all subsequent wars here in canada the yearly poppy campaign is organized by the royal canadian legion in a normal year by late october veterans don their uniforms and fan out across the country in shopping malls and other places where people go in large numbers they stand quietly with their boxes of poppies and tin can to collect donations the money raised is used to help provide anything not covered by government funded veteran s services and to offer additional assistance to the families of those who have fallen there is no specific price for each poppy you take you can give as much or as little as you can afford this year with lockdowns physical distancing and other public safety regulations in place due to the pandemic the legion s fundraising activities have been severely hampered the legion has adjusted as best they can and thanks to the help of a number of major retailers poppies will still be available this year just in significantly fewer locations than usual with this in mind fellow canadians here s a link to the legion s online fundraising portal for the poppy fund if you re budget allows for it please consider making a donation and give a little back to those who have given us so much and if you re curious here s a link to the list of ways donations are used to help our veterans if your budget doesn t allow for a donation then please if you do cross paths with a veteran this week take a moment out of your busy day to offer them a respectful and heartfelt thank you for your service thank you to all who serve posted in opinions tagged belgium canada in flanders fields john mccrae military service montreal patriotism poppies remembrance day sacrifice veterans day war world war i ypres 29 comments thursday doors november 5 2020 posted on november 5 2020 by norm 3 0 this gallery contains 8 photos thursday doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own thursday doors post each week continue reading more galleries tagged canada doors doorscursion green lane ways montreal plateau mont royal québec ruelles vertes thursday doors 71 comments silent sunday pause and ponder posted 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