Roma story

So, it's OK to take kids away from Roma families if they're blonde, and 'living in squalor' but you can leave the dark ones behind? Because that's where they belong. Roma are the one ethnic group that it's OK to presume to be criminals. I've seen police harassing them needlessly in Europe and Canada even put up billboards in Hungary warning them how rapidly they'd be expelled if they fail in their refugee requests.

Rusty kills a kangaroo

Rusty has found a kangaroo skin. He must think he's caught the world's biggest mouse.

Flood in Elora, paint cans on feet

Flood in Elora, 1990s. She'd put paint cans on her feet to get around in her shop!

Shagbark Hickory

Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, this one is by the St. Lawrence and probably was planted on purpose to provide food for travelers by someone from the First Nations.

 Shagbark hickory - strips of bark hang off, large compound leaves

 nut with husk

Old nuts from last year with husks off.

Trip west, 1999

Some photos of a trip from Ontario to Vancouver and west coast

 Missouri Breaks, Montana

 Pink Elephant with glasses at gas station

 Ground squirrel 

 Prairie dogs

McCormick Cafe, 2419 Montana Avenue, Billings, Montana, about August 12, 1999

Large Bison, National Bison Range, Montana

Grave Mystery

c. 1992

This monument, if it is one, was on an isolated road near Ithaca NY - there was nothing near it, no churches or house, no other graves and it didn't even look like there was a grave there. This is at least 100 years old. It was near an old railway, so perhaps there'd been an accident then? Or maybe it was just a marker for a house that burned down years ago.

Fall Colors 2013

 Hallowe'en Decoration - not really a little girl! Motion activated - will scream and move arms if you go near it!

Zuepfle bread for Thanksgiving (This weekend)

 Passion flowers still blooming!

 Higginson Tower, which was a windmill,  an observatory and a watch tower to watch for Fenian raiders! 

Photos of Odawa Powwow, early 90s and late 80s

These are some photos of the Odawa Festival and Pow wow, held annually near Ottawa

 I might have flipped the slide fragment here! It looks better anyway.