Mark Bellis
Hi all, journalist photographer, Blogging since 1996. Written for Toronto Star, Cité Libre, Toronto and Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Indian Time (Mohawk/Kanien'kehá:ka) . email markbellis@spamcop.net, enjoy! All content copyright Mark Bellis, and other copyright holders unless where noted.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Tabagie Ti-Gilles Smoke Shop
There are/were two of these shops with the same name along Montreal Road in Cornwall. A Tabagie literally is a smoke shop in Canadian French (and a room for smoking in European French) but they usually sold magazines and books as well as other things - this place is a convenience store. 'Ti' is a particle that is short for 'petit', 'little', that is used in front of some people's names to make a nickname, here "Little Gilles".
Monday, August 3, 2026
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Mayfly swarm
Mayfly, maybe Giant Mayfly, Hexagenia limbata, large swarm in South Glengarry, Ontario near Lake St. Francis, August 2, 2026







