Art Pieces

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We just added our new banner and logo to our site and we want to know what you think of it. It’s the work of  web designer and graphic artist Tom Collins of Guimaras. Thanks for the great job Tom!

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There will be a couple more such adjustments made in the next month or so, so keep an eye out for more…

Confederation Square is at the centre of the downtown area of Ottawa. It is with 5 minutes walk to many of the major sights in the City – Parliament, The National Arts Centre, the Byward Market and others.

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The Square itself is dominated by the National War Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It is surrounded by 14 full sized bronze statues and busts of  Canadian heroes known for their exploits in War. It is well worth spending sometime exploring this superb square. They are the work of Canadian artist Marlene Hilton Moore.

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We’ve modified the pictures section of the site by adding new pictures and a new system for viewing them. Check it out, we think you’ll enjoy it. And the best thing is, if you see a picture you like in either of the two presentations you can stop the show and download that photo to your desktop for your future enjoyment.

There are still two presentations:

1. for the churches we have visited, and

2. for general photos with calendar picture potential.

We work hard everyday to be better than the day before.

In our effort to ensure that our site is a leader in its field we are constantly exploring different things we can do to make your visit with us as enjoyable as possible.

Symphonic Recital, Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario

Symphonic Recital, Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario

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With that in mind, we have now added background music to each church page. Elevator music it most assuredly is not! We have installed some very nice classical music pieces. We try to have a different piece for each church and we think they will please you.

In fact, we’ve done away with the testing and we’ve installed music on all the church pages and more. Pick any of our churches in any of the volumes and have a listen. The music is set for you to chose to play it or not. All you have to do is press the small “play arrow” and stop it whenever you wish. But most of all enjoy! Remember that we have not touched the Slideshows.

If you like what you hear please let us know your thoughts!

Here’s a  sample for you: 

Play: Bach’s: Ouverture n.4, BWV1069 in D

Our music is provided by:

1Classical.com

Download Free Classical Music MP3

My youngest son Noël, who is an accomplished and excellent commercial chef, has now gone back to his first love, painting. He has an interesting collection and has had showings, primarily, in Vancouver. I’m very proud of the work he does and I hope you like it too. He now lives and works in Brockville, Ontario just south of Ottawa, Canada’s National Capital.

Here is one of his recent works.

To view more pieces from his recent collection, press on this link.