Municipal elections

Voted in municipal elections today! ! I covered the one in Ottawa in 2000, with Bob Chiarelli vs. Claudette Cain for mayor - I went to CJOH's old studio on Merivale road for the on air debate - it seemed odd for me to be there at all as it was pretty much the same as on TV but I got a bit in on Cain before going live joking about being able to take their show on the road because of all the exposure they'd gotten. Max Keeping looked at me in some surprise but with a smile to see a reporter sitting there. The studio had big displays up commemorating the shows that had been filmed there, like The Amazing Kreskin, The Galloping Gourmet and You Can't Do That On Television featuring a pint-size Alanis Morissette. Less nice was covering election night itself at Chiarelli's campaign HQ- really nasty woman was shouting at me for using my phone to file last minute results.

Bichon frisé at a Café

Bichon frisé at a Café, somewhere in North America, early 1990s

 

Saddleback Harvestman (Mitopus morio) with mites, icelandic moss

Saddleback Harvestman (Mitopus morio), in Icelandic moss, Iceland 1992.The red dots on them are parasitic mites. When I saw the moss full of these spiderlike arachnids, I wondered how they got to Iceland - did they just come over with European settlers or survive a trip on driftwood earlier? 

 

Morning glory, 1988

Morning glory, Elora, 1988

This was one of the first pictures I developed and printed myself.

 

Crossing New Delancey

New York, 1991

 

Alberta Referendum

They're really that dumb. Only Canadian citizens could vote in the Alberta referendum (permanent residents couldn't).
 

Kastner's closing

Kastner's is closing. It has been in business for 100 years and had been at this location since 1953. My mom got me a credit account there when I was 13 or 14 but I think I only used it once.