Eggnog à la belge

 

Eggnog made with buttermilk and crème fraîche. I read that Marguerite Yourcenar drank it every day so I looked for Belgian recipes and got this from RTBF. Sweet and sour.

Toronto Star building to be demolished

1 Yonge Toronto Star Building 2017, By Arild Vågen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63354645

1 Yonge was the first address on Toronto's main street. The Toronto Star was published from there until it moved in 2022. It marked how important newspapers used to be. I'd rush in with film, past the pictures of front pages, one with bank robber Eddie Boyd's conviction in the 50s with a bible verse, "The way of the transgressors is hard." beside it, and a plaque dedicated to a reporter who died flying into a hurricane, and ride a slow elevator up to the editorial floor. It was supposed made slow by the publisher's wife's request. The building will be demolished and replaced with a 105 storey tower.

 

 

Indian Time

 Sad to hear Indian Time is ceasing publication, It was a newspaper published since 1983 on the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve that sits between upstate New York and Canada. I wrote one article for it in the early 90s. Newspapers are dying everywhere! 

Lawn Tractor Parade of Lights - Morewood

Lawn Tractor Parade of Lights - Morewood Recreation Association - Lawn tractors and similar vehicles made into Christmas Parade float for the benefit of  Naomi's House, a woman's shelter and family resources centre in Winchester, Ontario. Began and ended at Morewood Community Centre, Morewood, Ontario.

Donations collected

Krystal on Memory Tree

I put Krystal's picture(by arrow) in the decoration for the Memory Tree of Bereaved Families of Ontario at the Benson Centre.

 

It's Here!! Cybertruck even more hideous in real life!

I remember the Edsel. I was behind the Iron Curtain and saw the lumpy glory of the Soviet Lada and the East German Trabant. Nothing like that prepared me for seeing my first Cybertruck. It's so much more hideous in real life. It's only been available this year in Canada and the photos I saw of it did not do it justice. And to  make it look even more like it was in a 90s video game, it was parked outside of the new No Name Grocery Store in Brockville. It's the winter so there are salt stains on the stainless.

Santa Claus Parade, Lancaster, Ontario, December 7, 2024

 

Dany Laj and the Looks, November 29, 2024

 at  Cornwall Stamp Co. - Rock & Roll Print Shop, with Stacey Case 

Dany saw me wearing a hoodie with lyrics from Ron Hawkin's 'Bleed a Little While Tonight" and took the photo to send to Ron whose 60th birthday was that day. 

photo by someone in the crowd

Rainbow over Cotton Mill Street and McConnell

Rainbow over Cotton Mill Street and McConnell Ave, Cornwall, Ontario

 

The Odd Stop Antique Store, Chesterville, Ontario

Fun antique and curio shop in Winchester, Ontario 

Yashica 24 twin lens on shelf! It take 220 film, no longer made, but it can be adapted to 120.

613-986-2589 

theoddstopl@gmail.com 

The Odd Stop

501 St. Lawrence Street,

Winchester, ON.

KOC 2K0

Mr and Mrs Claus, Winchester, Ontario, November 16, 2024

 Mr and Mrs Claus, Winchester, Ontario, November 16, 2024

Snow Geese Migrating near Chesterville, Ontario

Snow geese migrating near Winchester, Ontario, Gravel quarry near intersection Ball Road and Highway 43, 45.096202, -75.280129, November 16, 2024, Anser caerulescens, Oie des neiges,

Geese summer in Northern North America and migrate south to Southern USA in Fall.

 

Sunset behind Boston Pizza

The transformers behind Boston Pizza. Often has spectacular sunsets.