Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
filemot maple leaves
filemot (FIL-mot) noun, adjective
The color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
[From the corruption of the French term feuillemorte, from feuille (leaf)+ morte (dead). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or bloom) that gave us flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade.]
"The walls were panelled; each panel was comparted like a modern office desk, and each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with age and use."
Lewis Wallace; Ben-Hur; Harper & Brothers; 1880.
Liverpool Street, Guelph.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
five hearts joined
Cinquefoil - the name comes from the French for 'five leaves'. Used in the past for protection from evil, as a love potion, to bring good luck, money and properity, to wash away hexes, to help you be more eloquent in court, to... in fact it did anything depending on which superstition you believed.
Eden Mills.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Saturday, September 24, 2005
woolen mill ruins
In 1867 Richard Harris opened a woolen mill in Rockwood which operated until 1919. This stone structure was built in 1884 and was destoyed by fire in 1965. It is now part of the Rockwood Conservation Area.
Rockwood Conservation Area.
Friday, September 23, 2005
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Friday, September 09, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Monday, September 05, 2005
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
Paris train bridge
Named after the local beds of plaster of paris (gypsum) this beautiful town was the site of the first long distance telephone call from Alexander Graham Bell in nearby Brantford.
Paris, Ontario.