March CDP Theme Day: Where I belong

March is upon us. Where does VDP belong? Well apart from the fact that her screen name acually gives it away, she belongs in a book shop. Not an ebook shop mind you. A shop like this second-hand one located rue de la Paroisse... Happy March everyone! Don't forget to have a look at all this month's contributions by clicking here!

Nous voilà en mars et le thème du premier du mois dans la communauté des blogueurs City Daily Photo, c'est quel est votre sentiment d'appartenance. Bon, si on met de côté le pseudo de VDP qui en dit long, VDP se sent bien dans des librairies, comme celle-ci rue de la Paroisse. VDP vous souhaite un excellent mois de mars et n'oubliez pas de jeter un œil à toutes les contributions de la communauté de par le monde en cliquant ici !

Theme Day - Where do you Belong?

Where do I belong? Right here, in Sydney Cove, the birthplace of my country as a member of the international community of nations. Though there had been indigenous peoples here for millenia, working the land, living, sharing, restoring the land; that was truly THEIR land. Their land is different from my land, although both lands are identical. A conundrum we need to work harder to explain to each other. This central part of my city, nestled around this cove, gives me peace, and immense solitude, even amongst all the hustle and bustle. It is where I feel at home.

Today is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo group of bloggers. See where other photo-bloggers feel at home.

Art in the City

In front of the Gherkin is a sculpture of bicycle wheels. simply titled "Stainless Steel" by artist Ai Weiwei.  A comment on how the thousands of bicycles was seen on the streets of Beijing are steadily being replaced by cars.  

I couldn't help but think about the towering glass and steel buildings that surround the work and the number of cyclists who have been killed in the city go London.

The Monster That Ate My Front Yard

The local electric company has been doing some ominous work in the street in front of our house. It's a condominium (although it doesn't look like one) so no requirement to contact us individually. Mrs. C called me at work Friday afternoon - we have no water service! This complicated bit of machinery cut through the water main that serves our house and some of our neighbors. (Chez nous is at the left of the top picture).

The crew found a way to bypass the problem by early evening, cheerfully telling us "you're off your water meter. Use as much as you want!" They also tore up most of the roots of the tree in the top picture so that will have to be pulled out. And, um, they didn't cover that hole very securely.

Worse things can happen around here. We get violent thunderstorms, ice and heavy wet snow that topple large trees,  bashing in people's roofs and crushing cars. Always look on the bright side of life.                 

 

Détails architecturaux

Details of yesterday's chapel...

Détails architecturaux de la chapelle du Lycée Hoche...