William (Bill) Armstrong's photos with the keyword: May 2017

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The most distinctive and most-photographed hood in the Avonlea Badlands. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

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Exploring the badlands. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

A large sandstone cap, close-up. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

A sandstone cap that has been washed away from its original location. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

Sandstone caps formed when this area was part of an inland sea protect the underlying clay from erosion, for a while.. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

Hiking the badlands, which are about an hour drive south of Regina. Do not use this image on blogs, websites or other media without permission. © 2017 William Armstrong. All rights reserved.

An elegant re-creation of a country school, where many Saskatchewan kids learned their reading, writing and arithmetic.

An upscale library with three compartments. The stickers and toy objects attached to the blue section denote that this box is for kids books. The white bungalow on top is for older kids...

This year I noticed that these leave-a-book, take-a-book libraries were popping up all over Regina. There is a website where people can register their Little Free Library, and in the true spirit of capitalism, you can order ready-made, standard designs, if you like. Much of the charm of these libraries, however, is that builders can make their own, often with leftover materials. This one has a sliding latch above the handle, which seems beside the point, unless it's to keep the door from swinging open in the wind.