Ducklings, Bluffers Park, Toronto, c. 1991

 

About 15 ducklings, one mallard hen. This was taken at the shoreline of Canada's largest city. Bluffers Park, Scarborough (now part of Toronto), c. 1991, Anas platyrhynchos, Canard malard

Robert Charlebois, another bad concert photo

I don't know where or when I took this photo - maybe 1985 and in either Quebec or Ontario. I know for sure that I saw him in Three Rivers in 1984, but I didn't have a camera with me then. He always put on a good show.

 

Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital

 I wondered for years what this was - it's a water tower for the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, built in 1859, with the tower going up in 1895. Taken from Interstate 94, on my way back to Canada, Fall 1993

 

Coronado Historic Site

Bernalillo, New Mexico, 1993. This is the site of the Tiwa Pueblo of Kuaua, settled about 1325

Craftsmen selling carvings

I remember stopping by the road to talk to a biker named John and a linesperson named Pedro. John was smoking a pipe on his Harley and said sometimes the border brings out the worst in both cultures.

 

Cleo Laine at Elora Quarry, 1997, not a good picture

Great concert - she was on a raft in the middle of the Elora Quarry where the 2017 movie adaption of Stephen King's It filmed the diving scene. Unfortunately darkness was falling and I was using a telephoto without a flash.

 

Giant puffball at Guelph Lake

 

Giant puffball, Guelph Lake Conservation Area. Someone had left this by the dam. 1990s. Calvatia gigantea, Vesse-de-loup géante. These are edible but don't keep for very long so the best way to keep it is to slice it and fry it and freeze it. 

Church and rainbows

The original St. Elias Church. 10193 Heritage Road Brampton, Ontario, probably 1998. The church was destroyed in a fire in April 5, 2014, but has been rebuilt (uncropped view)

Teasels were introduced to Canada to raise the nape on woolen goods with their spikey heads. They are now a common weed.