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Thursday, September 21, 2023
Quebec City roofs, late 80s
Wasaga Beach, off season, 1991
Friday, September 15, 2023
Peter Gabriel
I went to see him on Sept 13 at the Bell Centre. Honestly, I didn't like it and left early - the seat was way up in the nose bleeds and on the edge so I was looking down from way up and the sound, although better than the old Forum which had a lot of exposed steel beams that made a cacophony of echoes, was still not that good, and I realized watching it on TV would be a lot better. Gabriel just looked like he wasn't that into what he was doing. I walked back to where I was parked along Dorchester (I don't want to honour evil) passing skyscrapers with pretty young women going in at night, I guess working with offices in Asia. I thought back to 1985 and it just seemed the same. A beautiful blonde woman walking barefoot in the rain along Sherbrooke.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Akwesasne Powwow 2023
Friday, September 8, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Found him!
Santa Claus in summer mode. You can write him in Canada here:
Santa Claus
North Pole
H0H 0H0
Canada
He will write back
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Northwest Territories License
The coolest licenses plates in Canada are from the Northwest Territories. Saw this today - the capital, Yellowknife was evacuated last month due to wildfires.
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Liminal Space - walled off section of food court/game arcade
Friday, September 1, 2023
Thrift store find. I saw this Kodak Disk 4100 with batteries still charged after nearly 40 years.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
My earliest dateable memory
Sep 8, 1964 - Was again The Beatles, who had landed at Dorval Airport. My dad took me outside to hear the fans screaming. It was about a mile away from our house but I could still hear the girls voices. I can also remember my dad talking to a girl coming to the door on Hallowe'en that year wearing a Beatle wig.
Earliest dateable to the year memories
1964 - The earliest memory I can sort of date is The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. I don't know which of the four appearances it was.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Pinned
I can't seem to get rid of this clothespin - Les Foubrac were an acrobatic comedy duo. When I photographed them in 1990 someone clipped this on my vest without me knowing! Faites circuler is 'pass it around'.
Friday, August 18, 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Nespresso Capsule Return Envelope
There is no Nespresso pod recycling in my area, which is a shame as they are made out of easily recyclable aluminum, but if you ask at the https://www.nespresso.com/ca/en/irecycle website using their chat function they will send you recycling bags free of charge that you can use to mail them back to them. They have a reusable zip-loc style closure and a tape seal when it's full.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Poutine festival's French fried humour
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Monday, July 31, 2023
More naloxone tips.
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Which Kerr?
Photo: Stefan Brending, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/legalcode
Last month I wrote Happy Father's Day in Welsh, Sul y Tadau Hapus, on Cherisse Osei's page as she had a video with her father in Wales. Just now someone 'loved' it on Facebook. I wondered who it was...Jim Kerr... nah, it couldn't be the same Jim Kerr, lead singer for Simple Minds, the band she's a drummer for....it was! I was wondering how he knew Welsh when I saw he hearted everyone's comment. (I'm assuming it was an app)
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Monday, July 24, 2023
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Cherries on the bottom
Monday, July 17, 2023
Another yellowish red sun
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Dogwood, maybe
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Bird of Paradise
Friday, July 14, 2023
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Biker War 2023
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Little Girl
There was a little girl, about eight, sitting on a folding chair at the entrance to a small mall. She had a cardboard box that had stuffed toys in it - "What are you selling?" "Some toys" "Here's a donation" I said, giving her a five. "What are you trying to raise money for?" I asked, thinking it might be for a school project. "I don't know, maybe for my dad." and her voice wavered. "Here's another ten - take care of yourself!"
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Luminous Long Sault
Luminous Long Sault 2023, boats light up by LED lights in bay, Long Sault, Ontario, July 8
LED Drones light up sky, done by Anugrah Patel, Paul St. Onge, and Barsha Hardikr
Friday, July 7, 2023
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Birds not of a feather, flocking together
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Monday, June 26, 2023
Still smoky
Still very smoky outside - yesterday Montreal was on the news because it had the worst air quality for a city in the world!