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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Holiday
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is a Canadian day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. It occurs every year on September 30. Wikipedia
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Event Length: 1 Day
Also called: Orange Shirt Day; T&R Day
Frequency: Annual
Related to: National Indigenous Peoples Day
Significance: National day to recognize the effect of the Canadian Indian residential school system
Started by: Phyllis Webstad
Every Child Matters is a slogan and message used to honour the innocent lives lost. It symbolizes that every child is important, including the ones who lose their lives and the adults who are still healing from their difficult time at residential schools.
CP's new 'Every Child Matter' locomotive leads train 101 over the Ottertail river as the conductor gives an enthusiastic wave.
Matter of light -
Stanford California,
June 2016,
Leica M3,
Summaron 35mm f/3.5
Fujicolor Film 200
Developed C-41 at 106F
emerging
out of obscurity
into light of day
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if you have time please view large.
Every Child Matters Locomotive
On September 30, 2021, Orange Shirt Day and Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CP proudly placed into service the “Every Child Matters” orange locomotive to commemorate the victims and honour the survivors of residential schools in Canada. The locomotive will raise awareness as it operates across CP’s network for all of us who see it to continue on the path of learning about Indigenous Peoples and their rich history and culture.
The special orange locomotive was proposed by 13-year-old Jacob Hoffer, an Indigenous youth, who in the summer 2021 wrote to CP asking it to consider painting one of CP’s locomotives orange. In September, Jacob and his mom, Darcy, were invited to CP headquarters in Calgary to participate in the unveiling of the locomotive he helped make a reality.
CP received guidance from the Orange Shirt Society (OSS) to develop the special livery for this locomotive, which proudly displays the OSS logo on the side of the locomotive’s nose. OSS is a non-profit organization that supports Indian Residential School Reconciliation and creates awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of Indian Residential Schools.
CP is proud to support the efforts of the OSS to create meaningful discussion about the effects of residential schools and the legacy they have left behind.
CP’s orange locomotive was commissioned onto the network on Orange Shirt Day and the first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.
The very nature and purpose of Orange Shirt Day, and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, are to create an opportunity for Canadians to learn about and reflect on a dark chapter in the country's history and to commemorate the victims and honour the survivors, their families and their communities, as called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous leaders.
The orange locomotive will serve as a constant reminder of the work ahead, but also draw on the inspiration that connected Jacob, CP and the Orange Shirt Society - “Every Child Matters”.
Canadian Pacific Railway
CP Train 148
CP 8757, DPU CP 8467
Watertown, WI.
April 21, 2022
#pandorafairphotocontest
Headpiece:
Cinphul - Salacia crown
Vein Accessoirie:
LuluB! - Persephone.
Both Items available at Pandora Fair
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Yowah
One day I suddenly started feelig sick
And I felt something strange grow inside me
A black spot spread on my cheek
It grew day by day
It didn't go away no matter what I did
Once a lump…
Then it was as big as my head
It looked like an animal
It wanted to take over my body
And contaminated my blood
What should I’ve done?
I only felt pain
It had to stop
So I slit my arm
And ripped my veins out
Suddenly the pain had stopped
And so did my heartbeat
'm not from here, but somehow, this place feels like it dreamed me up in Anastyle called Sonnen Stripes, an exclusive at Swank. It tells a story of a darker aesthetic—where mystery matters more than convention, and style pulses with substance. The Sonnen Stripes dress is made for LaraX, Erika, Kupra, Larax petite, legacy, bombshell, perky, maitreya, maitreya petite, reborn, and waifu. It als comes with stylish lace up boots made for GenX Classic/Curvy, Kupra, LegacyLarax, Nhumana, reborn, and starbody and a cute necklace.
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No matter how grouchy you're feeling,
You'll find the smile more or less healing.
It grows in a wreath
All around the front teeth -
Thus preserving the face from congealing.
~ Anthony Euwer
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60 X30 softbox camera left. Reflector camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
how much in advance you get yourself to the spot from which you are going to photograph fireworks, there will always be a Jan Koller who will arrive exactly one minute before the start of the show and will stand right in front of you.
Apart from death, taxes and Neil Robertson winning at least one snooker tournament per season, that is the only certainty we have got left in life.
'Cause I want you to hold me now
Nothing else matters
It's just the two of us
And if it all falls down
Nothing else matters
I know we're strong enough
I'm not giving up
~Sophie Ellis-Bextor video link
Makeup and styling by the talented Kelayla of www.transvista.co.uk/
DSC03971
11 Nov 16
I was driving out of Kananaskis country (lots of trees) when I noticed that cloud. As I left the forest, and entered the rolling hills, that cloud grew bigger and bigger. I snapped a few pictures and then embraced myself as I drove back home, hidden somewhere in that mess. Needless to say, this was amazing to witness and an honour to capture.
I've learned that it doesn't matter how big your house is, apparently, it is not big enough. ^_^
Thank you everyone for the appreciation, time and comments!!
Side note: Ignore the grass and it's a house on the ocean.
"My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished." ~ Mary Oliver
I can't tell you how much I LOVE this quote. Anyone who knows me would see me in that second verse ... lol, I'm no fashion plate ... just get me to the wildlife and outdoors!
Have a great day ... these baby elk charmed me so much as we saw many of them. These particular ones were in Yellowstone.
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Some concrete blocks outside Waterloo station. Taken with my iPhone and processed with CameraBag using the Lolo filter.
CP 8757, the Every Child Matters unit, leads a colorful consist East through Hammond, IN on a manifest.
An 'Every Child Matters' sticker graces the nose of CN 2964, at the head end of potash train CN B730, parked near Turcot Ouest.
Carrizo Plains
I thought the title rather clever, however, I would be interested if anyone out there found it disrespectful toward the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Paris / Rue de Rivoli
EN: An unexpected passer-by changing the sense of my photo
FR : Une petite photo intello et engagée ?
Surtout une photo inattendue, car j'étais en train de travailler la compo sur les passants de l'autre côté de la rue...
Le monsieur au premier plan est passé soudainement dans le champ, mais au bon moment pour faire une photo insolite...
Je ne saurai jamais ce qu'aurait été ma photo sans lui (ca semblait prometteur 😊) mais celle-ci est aussi intéressante...
Merci à lui !
Photo initialement verticale, juste recadrée en format carré sans rogner en largeur.
"Moving Matter" by Joseph Hillier Moving Matter, a 2007 sculpture by Joseph Hillier outside the Esk Building (Logistics Institute) at the University of Hull.
Shot with a Nikon D50 and Hoya R72 filter for near infra red. Two street lights removed in Photoshop.
1966 Chevrolet Biscayne Police car. Forced
perspective table top photo. Auto World 1:18 die-cast model car.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace, you
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go...
...And it really doesn't matter if
I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong...
(señores, me mudo, así que hasta
dentro de unos días!)
Artwork ©jackiecrossley
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