365 - July 2015

Things to look forward to in July:

Working and celebrating Canada Day
Kingston Buskers
Playing fastball
Getting my car fixed - the rental is awesome
Taking in a movie in market square and the drive in
Spending time in the sun with family and friends
AND more . . .

July 1, 2015 - Sisters Peyton and Sadie Lowery, ages six and two, wear  matching shirts, headbands and tutus for the Canada Day celebrations at City Hall

*EXTRA* July 1, 2015 - Kingston's town crier Chris Whyman opens the city's Canada Day celebrations before a packed Ontario Street outside City Hall

*EXTRA* July 1, 2015 - Canada Day fireworks seen from Confederation Basin

July 2, 2015 - Kiara McDougall, left, Tyson Montgomery and Chantal Pilon fill jars with a few of the thousands of aluminum can tabs that the elementary students class collected and dropped off at Kingston Athletic Therapy Centre in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday July 2, 2015. McDougall and Pilon are representatives from the french immersion Grade 3 class at Sir John A. Macdonald Public School who have been collecting tabs since Christmas to donate to local athlete Brett Babcock's Tabs4chair fundraiser, with the goal of helping a young Canadian in need get a wheelchair.

July 3, 2015 - Angela McCann arrives for her leg of the Pan Am Torch Relay outside the CIBC at Bagot and Brock Streets, in Kingston, Ont. on Friday July 3, 2015. McCann's parents, sisters and daughters were on hand to cheer her on as she became one of the 3,000 participants in the relay had a two day stop in Kingston.

*EXTRA* July 3, 2015 - Estrella Madrigal-Gumboc arrives for her leg of the Pan Am Torch Relay outside the CIBC at Bagot and Brock Streets, in Kingston, Ont. on Friday July 3, 2015. McCann's husband and children were on hand to cheer her on as she became one of the 3,000 participants in the relay had a two day stop in Kingston.

July 04, 2015 - wave patterns in my swimsuit from Florida

July 05, 2015 - spent the weekend wearing my glasses

July 06, 2015 - the pretty rental car they gave me with my car in the shop

July 7, 2015 - Michael Suart, left, and Austin Patrick are the best of friends and like playing video games and talking with each other at the Extend-A-Family 25th Anniversary celebration held in Kingston, Ont

*EXTRA* July 7, 2015 - Erin Ball and Greg Moss, from Kingston Circus Arts Performance, kept the crowd in awe during their performance, which is part of the entertainment at the Extend-A-Family 25th Anniversary celebration

*EXTRA* July 7, 2015 - Officials pose for a groundbreaking photo at the new Augusta Glen Condominiums located on Augusta Drive in Kingston

July 8, 2015 - The Primary Classroom is just one of three courses available to elementary teachers as part of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Summer Academy held at Duncan McArthur Hall in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 8, 2015. The three-day courses offer teachers an opportunity to improve their digital, artistic and networking skills and gear them up for school when it starts back up in the fall.

*EXTRA* July 8, 2015 - Two-year old Sienna Karp Deblou hangs on to her hat as she runs around on the splash pad in City Park with her father

July 9, 2015 - Kingston ball players Ethan Hunt, left, and Matt Brash, seen here at Megaffin Park on Thursday July 9, 2015, have made the final cut and are now members of Team Ontario who will be completing at the 2015 Baseball Canada Cup Championships in Saskatoon, Sk in August.

July 10, 2015 - a peaceful break at the beach

*EXTRA* July 10, 2015 - A quick moving swallow finds a piece of shiny tinfoil on the beach

*EXTRA* July 10, 2015 - waves splash along a breakwall

July 11, 2015 - Stuart Logan uses a side kick to break a board during the 2015 Break-A-Thon fundraiser held at the Frontenac Mall in Kingston, Ont. on Saturday July 11, 2015. The Tallack Martial Arts students helped raise $2,700 towards attending the fifth World Martial Arts Festival in Kyoto, Japan April 2016

*EXTRA* July 11, 2015 - Master Instructor Hanshi Ken Tallack shows a student how to finish breaking six boards with his hand during the 2015 Break-A-Thon fundraiser held at the Frontenac Mall

July 12, 2015 - Late season ducklings

*EXTRA* July 12, 2015 - a turtle sunning itself on a branch

*EXTRA* July 12, 2015 - up close and personal

*EXTRA* July 12, 2015 - Momma and baby in the grass

July 13, 2015 - celebrating a day off

July 14, 2015 - raindrops on the windshield looks like a painting

July 15, 2015 - Mr. Spot Dog Camp participants listen to instruction from Canine Good Neighbour class instructor Deana Abbott during the afternoon session at the St. Lawrence College Kingston, Ont. residence

*EXTRA* July 15, 2015 - Mr Spot Dog Camp instructor Stephanie Hounsell shows off the dog sport disc with her dog Phasor during the afternoon session at the St. Lawrence College Kingston, Ont. residence

*EXTRA* July 15, 2015 - Mr. Spot Dog Camp participant, American bulldog Kusco and his owner, takes a run on the beginners agility course during the afternoon session

July 16, 2015 - the house before the roof gets redone

July 17, 2015 - Mariah Horner, founder and director with the Cellar Door Project and John Grenville, chair of the Lower Burial Ground Restoration Society, pose for a photo in the Lower Burial Ground at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Kingston, Ont. on Friday July 17, 2015.  As part of the Kick and Push Festival, the Cellar Door project will be a dramatically reanimating the Lower Burial Ground in the play, Tall Ghosts and Bad Weather which is opening Tuesday, July 21 at 9 p.m.

July 18, 2015 - I'm more of a cat person but no one turns down a kiss from Ki

*EXTRA* July 18, 2015 - Bella is not happy because 1 - the dogs are cooling off from the heat upstairs and 2 - she doesn't play nice

July 19, 2015 - It's been a long time since I've seen this warning on my TV screens

*EXTRA* July 19, 2015 - Rainbow after the storm

July 20, 2015 - Nancy Sears, a professor of nursing science at St. Lawrence College and seen here in Kingston, Ont. on Monday July 20, 2015, has been named as the next president of the College of Nurse of Ontario.

*EXTRA* July 20, 2015 - Kingston's own Sophia Fabiilli, seen here in along the Kingston, Ont. waterfront on Monday July 20, 2015, is starring in the Theatre Kingston's production of Shipwrecked, opening Wednesday, July 29 at The Grand Theatre.

*EXTRA* July 20, 2015 - this mini spider on my windshield looks as big as the sun

*EXTRA* July 20, 2015 - I helped rescue a large snapping turtle who was trying to cross Taylor Kidd Blvd (which has four lanes)

July 21, 2015 - Bella all curled up beside me

July 22, 2015 - The pipes could be heard throughout the downtown core as the Fort Henry Fife and Drums took over Springer Market Square in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 22, 2015. The 20 minute performance was part of Fort Henry's #FortFlash campaign to promote the Sunset Ceremonies, every Wednesday night throughout the summer.

*EXTRA* July 22, 2015 - Sitting in his bright yellow hammock that he strung below Time on Wednesday July 22, 2015, Shayne Battersby said that he's never seen anyone else do it before and is hoping to stay the only who is able to enjoy the unique resting spot along King Street

*EXTRA* July 22, 2015 - I felt like they were a gull gang walking towards me, with the "when you're a jet" theme in the background.

July 23, 2015 -Peter Gilmore, owner of Stone City, holds one of the new limestone souvenir paperweight he's selling in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday July 23, 2015. Gilmore is looking to give back to the community with part of the proceeds from the souvenir sale going to the Kingston Youth Shelter.

*EXTRA* July 23, 2015 - Brett Christopher, artistic producer for Theatre Kingston, poses for a photograph in the Theatre Kingston rehearsal studio at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

*EXTRA* July 23, 2015 - different angle of Breakwater Park

July 24, 2015 - For the very first time, Bella bit me and broke the skin

July 25, 2015 - Taco Saturday

July 26, 2015 - Afternoon canoe trip with my sister - such a great afternoon

*EXTRA* July 26, 2015 - Afternoon canoe trip with my sister - such a great afternoon

*EXTRA* July 26, 2015 - Afternoon canoe trip with my sister - such a great afternoon

*EXTRA* July 26, 2015 - Afternoon canoe trip with my sister - such a great afternoon

July 27, 2015 - Kids and parents alike find a great way to beat the heat, by enjoying spending time at the splash pad at the Tomlinson Aqua Park in Kingston

*EXTRA* July 27, 2015 -For the first time, eleven-month-old Ze Valiquette-Dumas, plays in the water instead of just watching from the sidelines, with the help of his moms, Adelina Valiquette, left, and Kathleen Dumas at the splash pad at the Tomlinson Aqua Park

July 28, 2015 - Flowers enjoying the sun with a breeze coming from the passing cars

*EXTRA* July 28, 2015 - a colourful path from the sidewalk up to a house

July 29, 2015 - Twelve-year-old Taylor Moore, seen here in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 29, 2015, is looking forward to the opportunities she could have if the new not-for-profit NSAA Performing Art Academy reaches it's goal and opens this fall.

*EXTRA* July 29, 2015 - Shannon Moore, left, is always looking for ways to engage her artistic daughters, nine-year old Tristan and 12-year-ol Taylor, seen here in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 29, 2015, so she is forward to the opportunities Taylor could have if the new not-for-profit NSAA Performing Art Academy reaches it's goal and opens this fall.

*EXTRA* July 29, 2015 - Katie Kyte uses her yoga skills to do a headstand on her board while taking a break from standup paddle boarding with a friend near Lake Ontario Park in Elevators Bay

July 30, 2015 - got a lovely postcard in the mail

*EXTRA* July 30, 2015 - looks familiar but then also not so much

July 31, 2015 - shot outside the office with my super-wide iPhone lens.

to be continued in 365 - August 2015

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