Octagonal house

Octagonal House, somewhere in upstate NY, I think, c. 1990

 

Hurdy Gurdy

 

La Portneuvoise beer in a magnum bottle

La Portneuvoise was a brewery that operated on Hardy Street in St. Casimir, Quebec - from what I read on the web it was in an old Seven-Up bottling plant and was in business from 1987 to 1991. I think I took the photo in Quebec City. Even though the Nordiques were still going, the clerk was a Canadien fan. It was a nice pale ale, as I recall. Some time in the 1980s. I'd guess this is a double magnum bottle (3 litres).

Austin Branson

Austin Branson, comedian, Mo Events. Cornwall, Ontario July 31, 2026

He  had to deal with hecklers - one woman carried on a long conversation with her back turned to him and talking loud, and another picked a fight with him and started filming it. "I'm a content creator" she said. One big difference from stand up in the last century!

 

Me in 1991

Visiting my sister Mary's friends in Queens. We went by the house that had a very nice Christmas display (I can't remember which one - Google says there are at least two famous ones in Queens), and John Gotti's house, which just looked like any suburban home.

 

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.