I'm in one of the crowd scenes

' Cheese on Top' - can be seen on Bell Fibe - https://tv.bell.ca/watch/vodAsset-8GMQW 

Cliff, Texas, c. 1993

Cliff, Texas, c. 1993

 

Wellesley Restaurant, 464 Sherbourne St, Toronto, Ontario, c. 1995

It's probably a Sunday. The saying, maybe by Leacock, was that you could shoot a cannon down Yonge Street on Sunday without hurting anyone, since the Lord's Day Act and provincial laws kept most things closed then unless it was a designated tourist area like Chinatown. Although those laws had been overturned, it still was dead downtown even in the early 90s. The next photos are of my friend, artist and musician Cheryl Jonah, and myself - I'm not sure if they were taken in the Wellesley, but they were on the same roll of film and it looks like the type of restaurant the place was:

Yes kids, in my day you could smoke in restaurants!

I liked this one!

 

Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani), Texas, 1993

Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani), Texas, 1993. Named after Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, a German prince and naturalist who travelled in North America in the 19th Century and catalogued many plants, and recorded the lives of native peoples.

 

Happy Hair

Happy, Texas 1993. Happy Hair, now closed but was on 200 E Main, which is the same building the post office is in. I spoke with the mayor of this town of a few hundred people. Very friendly older woman, probably did everything for the town. Happy is shrinking - losing 10% population a year due to water shortages. Much of downtown is boarded up.

 

CN Tower and Tulip Tree

Street with tulip tree in bloom, CN tower, Toronto, Ontario, 1997

 

Viking Polaris going downstream, 12.30 pm, July 7, 2026

 

Viking Polaris going downstream, 12.30 pm, July 7, 2026