Ravens roost for the night, January 11, 2026. Next to Winners store, Cornwall, Ontario

 

1947 Emerson model 553A

I learned a new word from this 1947 AC/DC 1947 Emerson model 553A portable radio - 'hanked' - coiling rope so it's neat.

It was portable, and could run on AC power as well as batteries. The batteries were  large 'A' and 'B' cells batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery

 

Jenny Woo Oi!

In order of appearance: Stagger Lee, Down Here from Hill, Duck Tape Band, Jenny Woo Oi! Project. Knights of Columbus Hall basement, Cornwall, Ontario 22 March 2026, 15  dollar all ages show

Woo and me, babe!

Yes, definitely an all ages show! Duck Tape gave them rubber ducks and they started squeaking for the rest of the show. Most of the kids were wearing ear protectors.

I wish the Knights of Columbus would change their name. Columbus was horrible. But it was a nice venue, $15 dollars, four bands, bartender was great and had worked with his dad as a child at La Maison, a more than 100 year old bar in Cornwall that has closed forever because the high rise apartment being built next to it accidently dug into its foundations and made it unsafe. There was a crucifix on the wall, but you can see the Duck Tape  bass player wore a Satanic Surfers T-Shirt and someone in the crowd was sporting a Bad Religion T with a cross with a circle-backslash symbol over it. 

Punk on a smoke break - roadkill skunk purse!

With skinny suspenders ('braces' in the UK)

Jenny Woo - songs from 45:

Athena, all women project with Woo. I thought it was a CD, and was about to put it into my car's player. It's a 45!

Oi! can be associated with white supremacist groups, but Woo herself is part Asian, and is a feminist who speaks out against racism.

 

Punk Rock crafters fair

 

Punk Rock Crafters Fair, 21 March 2026, Royal Canadian Legion, 415 Second St W, Cornwall, ON, sponsored by Diversity Cornwall. My theory on the Deadpool guy is he's Ryan Reynolds promoting his brand.

And then you get used to not using a single temperature bidet attachment like a caveman.

And then you get used to not using a single temperature bidet attachment like a caveman. (Box with 'The future always seems weird at first.' for a dual temperature bidet attachment.)

 

Snow geese and Canada geese, resting in St Lawrence

Canada and snow geese rest during migration, St Lawrence River, Glen Walter, Ontario. The Canada geese were mostly gone two hours later, but the snow geese were still there.

 

Snow coats trees, Ottawa

Late winter storms swept across North America - frost coats trees near Ottawa. March 17, 2025