firewoman in the santa claus parade
Guelph, November 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
flames on suffolk street
This morning as I stepped out on the front porch I smelled what I thought was the neighbours' wood stoves then noticed it seemed rather foggy then realized a siren was approaching.
I followed the smoke to a house around the corner and watched as it burnt up frighteningly quickly.
As far we know no one was injured.
Time to check those smoke alarms.
Guelph, November 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
remembering
My father - Colin Gordon Sutherland and his mother Ethel Mae Atkinson - in May 1943.
A portion of a letter he sent home from RCAF Overseas in July 1944.
"Everything will certainly be changed a lot when I get back - if I get back. and all that."
Grey County, May 1943
Monday, November 10, 2008
remembrance day
remembrance day
this is remembrance day
the rain's falling down
wearing november grey
we uncover lost ground
the wind it is getting cold
there's a knife in the heir
and when it all turns to snow
a new world's lying there
they say the older that you get
the better you used to be
nothing improves the past like time
i'm looking forward to a memory
i just get better
i hear the sound of no hands clappin'
i remember things
before they even happen
it's so glorious oh, so glorious
after remembrance day
the future is noo
put your hands in the cold cold clay
and make something true
they say ...
i remember things
before they even happen
it's so glorious oh, so glorious
they say...
the snow is a wedding dress
mother earth father sun
time will take it off again
and make a new one
they say the older that you get
the better you used to be
nothing improves the past like time
i'm looking forward to a memory
my eyes just keep improving
i can see over life's wall
even though it's true
i can't get focused straight at all
it's so glorious oh, so glorious
near Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, March 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
every girl should have a pink coat
funny how those farmers market donuts dilate your pupils.
Guelph, November 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Sunday, November 02, 2008
full body hula hoop
Anwen demonstrates hula hooping from toes to tips with her homemade hula hoops.
Guelph, November 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
grumpy and spooky
Gareth Lind's grumpy and spooky pumpkin. Certainly grumpier than the 2005 cat - but maybe not as spooky as the George Bush pumpkin...
Guelph, October 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
oldest recording finally heard
"A recording of a woman singing "Au Clair de la Lune", recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice...created by etching soot-covered paper, has now been played by US scientists using a "virtual stylus" ...The fact is it's recorded in smoke."
more here
Toronto, 1974
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Q: What good are the arts?
A: Take a good look at the next twenty dollar bill you see.
Guelph, October 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
the flag of love
words can be the flag of love
so keep your breath unfurled
though the angels have forsaken us
it's not the end of the world
Guelph, October
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Dreams of Bees
A fall song:
Dreams of Bees
Oh the sun is angled low
and the trees are changing clothes
and the grass stopped whispering
it's laying mute now - till the spring
memories of lilac time
so faded now - don't feel like mine
the summer sounds of the laughing breeze
are drifting through the dreams of bees
weaving fields of Queen Anne's lace
are sceptres brown now - with a turned down face
and the wind and the stars
so cold and clear - heaven's voice and chandelier
pretty bird has flown away
now that summer time is over
leaving you and me to stay
counting on a no leaf clover
memories of lilac time
so faded now - don't feel like mine
summer sounds of the laughing breeze
are drifting through the dreams of bees
Guelph
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Adwoa Badoe
Author, story teller, educator and African dance instructor Adwoa Badoe performing Griot's Journey.
Guelph Youth Music Centre, April 2006
Monday, October 20, 2008
nice hat
Painted in 1955 by unknown 'Hugo Sutherland' this portrait of Elizabeth II was rescued from the trash and now hangs horizontally looking down on Pearl Van Geest's studio. There is more on the story behind it here.
What do you say
when you meet The Queen of England
- and you want to have a little chat
What do you say
when you meet The Queen of England
- "nice hat".
Guelph, October 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
un-godly hour
Greg Denton kindly asked me if I'd like to join him to help spin some music on his radio show This Un-Godly Hour (7am CFRU) so this morning we exhumed ourselves long enough to listen to an hour's worth of music about Death. You can download the show here
and listen to vintage decompositions by Steve Sellors, The Fugs, Gillian Welch, and others (including a few of my own).
Univeristy Centre, Guelph, October 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
fun(ky) hats
Funky custom crocheted hats, scarves, creatures, mittens/handwarmers, kids stuff, some necklaces, etc... by Anwen, contact: humblehomestudio@yahoo.ca
Guelph, October 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
rock pool
"CitizenShift is the National Film Board of Canada’s participatory Web platform exploring today’s crucial issues through films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts. This social media network is a space to share media, voice opinions and explore unique content from active citizens, independent filmmakers and multimedia artists."
They kindly asked to use one of my photos of Joggins fossils here.
Joggins, Nova Scotia, August 2007
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
magic hour on Brier Island
I saw magic bloom at the dimming of the day.
Brier Island, Nova Scotia, August 2006
Friday, October 03, 2008
September 2008 composite
I've heard speed reading enthusiasts extoll its virtues and wondered if perhaps other arts could benefit from the approach so quickly finished my meal, ran through a gallery, doubled the speed of my music player and combined all my posted photos from September into one composite.
Guelph, October 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
The Magic
Geordie Gordon singing in The Magic at kazoofest 2008 in downtown Guelph.
Guelph, September 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
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