Akwesasne Powwow 2023

 

Fish dance

Notable memory - vendor selling water asks man if he's with his father, he says yes, and he tells him to give his father a sip first. Mohawk custom is to feed elders, then women and children, then men.
 

Passion fruit

Looks ugly but tasty. Passion fruit from a plant that I didn't think would grow fruit.

 

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

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. 

Roxy and Bunk

Bunk holds his chihuahua Roxy on Brookdale Avenue, Cornwall

 

Liminal Space - walled off section of food court/game arcade

 

Closed off section of food court/Game Arcade, Seaway Travel Centre, near 401, Cornwall, ON, Stanley Cup replica, very large Cathode Ray TV set

Thrift store find. I saw this Kodak Disk 4100 with batteries still charged after nearly 40 years.

Thrift store find. I saw this Kodak Disk 4100 with a film cartridge still in it - although this is almost 40 years old in 2023, the motor still ran when I pressed the shutter button. The film was on a wheel of 15 shots that rotated. It had two 3v lithium batteries, which still held some charge even now. The batteries could be replaced by Kodak technicians, but the camera was discontinued in 1987, and Kodak officially stopped making the film at the end of 1999.  The batteries are CR123a, still readily available I used one like it in a waterproof case scuba diving. It didn't take good pictures due to the small size of the negative. Also film processors often didn't use the special equipment to make prints from it.