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> <channel><title>Watawa life &#187; Those wacky Dominicans</title> <atom:link href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/category/those-wacky-dominicans/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.robink.ca/blog</link> <description>A photo blog set in Ottawa</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:15:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Those wacky Dominicans</title><link>http://www.robink.ca/blog/those-wacky-dominicans/</link> <comments>http://www.robink.ca/blog/those-wacky-dominicans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Kelsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[All topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Those wacky Dominicans]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.robink.ca/blog/those-wacky-dominicans/</guid> <description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard about the miserable vacant lot on Empress Ave that the Dominicans want to sell. Here&#8217;s the big sign that went up a couple of days ago. Heck, it&#8217;s only 2.2 million bucks! I posted a picture of its gloomy padlocked gate a while ago, in a post called Chinese Ditda, part 2. [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard about the miserable vacant lot on Empress Ave that the Dominicans want to sell. Here&#8217;s the big sign that went up a couple of days ago.</p><p><img
id="image3716" alt=20080821_dsc_02121.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080821_dsc_02121.jpg" /></p><p>Heck, it&#8217;s only 2.2 million bucks! I posted a picture of its gloomy padlocked gate a while ago, in a post called <a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/what-a-blog-chinese-ditda-part-2/"><strong>Chinese Ditda, part 2.</strong></a> Here&#8217;s a reprint.</p><p><img
id="image3717" alt=garrison-b1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/garrison-b1.jpg" /></p><p>It looks like the kind of place where you&#8217;d keep your crazy wife. (Literary reference. Jane Eyre.)</p><p>The Dominicans are also the ones who have that thing trapped in the window, if nobody set it free yet. This is from a post called <a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/trapped/"><strong>Trapped</strong></a>.</p><p><img
id="image3718" alt=trapped-b1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/trapped-b1.jpg" /></p><p>Then there&#8217;s the creepy statue of the virgin Mary. This is in a forbidden French parking lot.</p><p><img
id="image3719" alt=20080821_dsc_0059-21.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080821_dsc_0059-21.jpg" /></p><p>Mary</p><p><img
id="image3722" alt=20080821_dsc_0052-21.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080821_dsc_0052-21.jpg" /></p><p>Mary&#8217;s foot. Notice the chubby little toes.</p><p><img
id="image3720" alt=20080821_dsc_0050.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080821_dsc_0050.jpg" /></p><p>Some biblical dude. Could be Joseph, or St. Vincent, or maybe Jesus himself. Very creepy!!!</p><p><img
id="image3721" alt=20080821_dsc_0016.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080821_dsc_0016.jpg" /></p><p>The weirdest thing I saw down among the Dominicans was this. I think it&#8217;s a shrine to the coyote god.</p><p><img
id="image3729" alt=img_1291.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_1291.jpg" /></p><p>And here&#8217;s a Dominican monk out for a stroll. This is a reprint from a post called <a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/the-monk/"><strong>The Monk</strong></a>.</p><p><img
id="image3731" alt=monk1-b.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/monk1-b.jpg" /></p><p>What? What&#8217;s that you say?</p><p>Oh, I&#8217;m sure the Dominicans can take a little teasing. Thanks for the great republic, Dominicans! And for this gloomy pile of rocks, the Dominican university. This is a reprint from a post called <a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/my-bodyguard/"><strong>My Bodyguard</strong></a>.</p><p><img
id="image3732" alt=noentry-b.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/noentry-b.jpg" /></p><p>Imagine the hijinks that go on in there! I bet it&#8217;s a regular Dominican animal house.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.robink.ca/blog/those-wacky-dominicans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
