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  • stayin’ cool with CSA veggies

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    Our reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist recently uploaded?ásome beautiful images to our Facebook Page, along the theme of Stayin’ Cool in August. Laurie (like many of us) is a member of a CSA Farm. We wrote one of our first articles on Fleurbain about our own little CSA farm;?áthey hold a dear place in our hearts!…

  • stayin’ cool with delicious style

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    Photographer Julie Webb offered up this pic of how she’s Stayin’ Cool in August: She mentions: “I’m stayin’ cool in August with this frozen banana, blueberry, nectarine, scoop of PB, drizzle of maple syrup, almond milk smoothie. Yum!” Yum indeed!!! Oh, my stars! Thanks, Julie! If you’d like to share how you’re stayin’ cool in…

  • staying cool with Arnold Palmer

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    Photograph by reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist. According to Laurie, the “Arnold Palmer” is half lemonade, half iced tea, and is what she uses to stay cool in August! Upload your pics along?áour photo theme for August: Stayin’ Cool to our Facebook Page, and?áit will be featured on this website! Or email us at fleurbain@gmail.com. Either…

  • photo theme for August: stayin’ cool

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    Stayin’ Cool. Ice cream? Shade? What do you do to stay cool in August? Do you spend your weekends in the heat, volunteering for your favorite cause (that’s cool!) or do you sit poolside with drink in hand? Mojitos, anyone? Air conditioners, fans, umbrellas, water… greenscapes… let your photography and?áimagination run wild on the theme…

  • almost spring…

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    photo by Natasha Henderson, Montreal Our?áphoto theme for April is The Contrasts of Urban Nature. If you are a fan on our Facebook page, you can upload a photo to our wall. Or, if you prefer, email us at fleurbain@gmail.com with your photo that reflects this theme, your name, and a short description of?áthe pic.

  • Photo theme for April: The Contrasts of Urban Nature

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    It’s April, and vibrant life is appearing all around us again. Spring has?ácertainly?ásprung (at least across North America!) Everywhere there is an urban setting, there is nature too. That little weed pushing its way through the sidewalk crack, the gull resting on top of a lamp-post, sunlight reflecting off buildings… animals, plant-life, and the Elements…

  • craving green

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    March! ?áIt is nearing the end of winter, and we are like animals in the forest; all we want to see, taste and smell… is a little green. Beyond all the St.Paddy’s Day kitsch, green is plant-life, green is a beautiful colour, green means there is life. Let’s see?ásome green?áhere, in your photo submissions! If…

  • Featured Artist: share your art

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    Fleurbain is proud to announce that we will feature a different artist in our online space every month.?áOur first artist is?áone of the women behind Fleurbain, Natasha Henderson. Artists who are interested in being featured are welcome to email: -?áthree to five jpegs of their work (no larger than 1200 pixels on their longest side,…

  • DIY idea: developing real photos!

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    A couple weeks ago, an acquaintance pulled out a glossy long landscape photo of exquisite mushrooms. ?áWhile looking at these giant puffballs, I realized that these photos are now a very rare thing. ?áThe world has gone digital; we are able to see images on screens more often than images on paper. ?áSometimes I wonder…

  • Art Review: Eric Cardinal and Jocelyn Philibert at Galerie [sas]

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    Until March 5, 2011 Eric Cardinal presents Histoires?áimprobables and Jocelyn Philibert shows Dans la nuit at Galerie?á[sas]?áin the Belgo Building, at 372 St Catherine Street in Montreal. I was initially lured into this exhibition by a pencil on paper drawing that bore an?áorganic title and appearance. Fungus no. 2, upon further examination, proved to be…

  • Photographing Home

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    A few years ago I needed to sell my little cute home. I took some photographs of it in renovated-state, just to remember how great it was. Unfortunately, my Real Estate Agent hadn’t taken such good shots. The only photo they?áhad taken?áwas a distant, exterior shot that just made my place look small and didn’t…

  • Greg Howes – Finale

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    ?áGreg Howes continues his story of artistic evolution, the third in a three-part series. The first installment is here, and the second is here. The next stage in my artistic evolution came when I started to arrange objects in advance of a shot, and then rearrange them for each separate shot. I used various arrangements,…