Wildflowers

Trilliums, Summerstown Forest, 6150 County Rd 27, Williamstown, ON K0C 2J0

maybe cherries?

Brigitte Mballa

 

Brigitte Mballa, author of “À ceux qui brise les chaînes,” (To Those Who Break the Chains), SD&G Library, Alexandria, Ontario, 16 May 2026

The book is about multi-generational trauma. I was impressed that she led her talk with a mention of the residential schools impact on the First Nations. I've found that new Canadians are more aware of the First Nations than people who were born here.

Barber Shop

 "We're going to Rome, Barcelona. We're not going to the States, not until he's gone." - Man next to me in the barber shop yesterday, in Canada.

Barber Lounge Smoke Shop ghost sign, c. 1990, Pitt Street, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Racoon in storm sewer

 Racoon in storm sewer, 1990s, Guelph, Ontario

Crash kills 2

Waterloo Crash kills two - Twisted sign marks spot where two girls died and one critically injured in high speed crash Friday morning - January 1997.

I looked down after I took the photos and saw I was standing in blood and broken glass.

 

Inappropriate product placement

 

From 1997 -  I'm not sure where  I took this - somewhere in Ontario. Although the ham is an Equality brand product, they could have been sold in smaller grocery stores that were not part of the Food Basics chain. Obviously the kosher products and the ham should have not been beside each other.

Teenage Bubblegums, Lola's, Cornwall, May 13, 2026

From Italy – TEENAGE BUBBLEGUMS