Halifax Art Gallery
Halifax, March 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
The Tree of Life
Stubborn Ounces (To One Who Doubts the Worth of Doing Anything If You Can’t Do Everything)
You say the Little efforts that I make
will do no good: they never will prevail
to tip the hovering scale
where Justice hangs in balance.
I don’t think I ever thought they would.
But I am prejudiced beyond debate
in favor of my right to choose which side
shall feel the stubborn ounces of my weight.
By Bonaro W. Overstreet
RiverView Haven Cemetery, Nova Scotia, March 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Alexander James Farquhar, 1926 - 2008
FARQUHAR, Alexander James - Native of Brooklyn, Hants Co., son of the late Judge Hiram Smith Farquhar and Eva Mary Dimock, died at home in Halifax on Sunday, March 9, 2008, in his 82nd year. Married for 57 years, he leaves his beloved wife, Glennis; brother, Hugh (Claudette Derdaele); children, Alec (Kathleen McDonnell), James (Liliane Sayegh), Sarah (Randy Sutherland), Megan (David Graves), Donald (Kathryn Myers), Anaya (Donald Carrier), and Katherine (Robert Lalonde); 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; many cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws and friends.
After first pursuing postgraduate study in physical education at Springfield College, Massachusetts, Alex felt and responded to a call to the ministry, enrolling at Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax. While serving on a student mission field in rural Saskatchewan, he met Glennis Lamb, of Wawota, Sask., and they were subsequently married in 1950. After ordination in the United Church of Canada in 1951, Alex was called to a succession of pastorates in Nova Scotia (Lockeport, Baddeck, Sydney River, and St. Matthew's, Halifax), Ontario (First-St. Andrew's, London) and Quebec (St. Andrew's-Dominion Douglas, Westmount), before bringing his ministry to a close at Zion United Church, Liverpool, in 1991.
As a pastor, Alex was deeply devoted to his parishioners, serving them faithfully and with a profound sense of privilege. These words held a special significance for him: "The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage" (Psalm 16:6). Alex represented the United Church in international events pertaining to the Reformed Wing of the World Church, including the 1961 Kirchentag in Berlin, the 1962 Japan Evangelism Project of the US National Council of Churches, and the 1970 dedication of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. As a member of the United Church Committee on Christian Faith, in 1968 Alex helped to craft the United Church Creed, and as a member of the Committee on Church Union in the 1970's, he participated in conversations then being held between the United Church and the Church of England. During the 1980s, Alex served as president of the Montreal Interfaith Task Force on the Liberation of Soviet Jewry.
Throughout his life, Alex was passionate about sports and during his early years, he was an outstanding varsity athlete who excelled at track, basketball and football. He was named captain of Dalhousie University's football team in 1945. His summers in youth were occupied with baseball, as he played with the Halifax St. Mary's softball and baseball teams (provincial runner-ups) and later with teams in Pictou, Lockeport, Shelburne, and Lampman, Sask. Alex coached the Lockeport High School girls' basketball team to two Nova Scotia championships in the early 1950s, and concluded his own athletic career in 1958 as a member of the Cape Breton All Stars Maritime Basketball Champions.
A funeral service will be held in Edgewood-Oxford United Church, 3055 Connaught Ave., Halifax, on Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m., followed by a reception in Atlantic Funeral Home. A brief committal service will be held in Newport United Church, Brooklyn, Hants Co., the same afternoon at 3 p.m., prior to interment in Riverview Haven Cemetery. The visitation will be held in Atlantic Funeral Home, 6552 Bayers Rd., Halifax, on Friday, March 14, from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the church or charity of your choice, or to Dalhousie University (the Hiram and Eva Farquhar Bursary for students in the School of Social Work, or the Dr. James W. Reid Lectureship in Medical Humanities). Alex's family extends a heartfelt thanks to all who participated in his care, especially Dr. Gus Grant, Marie-Claire Chartrand, Barbara Stewart and the palliative care team. On-line condolences may be made at: www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com
Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, March 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
common merganser
Perhaps these diving ducks are common somewhere but I'd never seen them in Guelph before.
Guelph, March 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
yoga
relaxing & rejuvenating hatha yoga - with certified instructor anwen
contact: humblehomestudio@yahoo.ca
519.780.2434
photo by Karolina Kuras
Highly Recommended ;)
Guelph, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The Road
I enjoyed reading Cormac McCarthy's earlier work All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing so was looking forward to the Coen brother's film No Country for Old Men - a tense film right on the edge of my comfort level.
I'd thought of reading the book then decided to read his latest - the Pulitzer Prize winning The Road - a story more personal, bleak and hopeful. Truly powerful universal message. Highly recommended.
Guelph, October 2003
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Sunday, March 02, 2008
freezer meats
Is this why people go to Florida in the winter? So they won't have to see this?
Guelph, February 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
cliff cedar
Amazing how these trees survive growing on the cliff face - with roots implanted into small cracks.
There is a recently discovered old growth forest consisting of ancient cedars (some 1300 years old) growing along the cliff faces of the Niagara Escarpment. This fascinating story is recounted in a recently published book called The Last Stand by Guelphites Larson and Kelly. Highly Recommended.
Rockwood C.A., February 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
celtic cross
Celtic cross atop the heritage building St. Agnes School on Catholic Hill.
Guelph, February 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
burl
Big funky burl at Mount Nemo - home to some of the oldest trees in Canada.
Mount Nemo, November 2004
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Economy Falls
After a somewhat harrowing half hour drive in a rental car (that's good and bad) up a track we were sure couldn't actually be the right way we arrived at the parking lot ( i.e. the end of the road) then a short hike over to the 186 step stairway down to the bottom of the canyon to view Economy Falls. Worth it. S went swimming. I swear I saw some floes in the tannin coloured water.
Economy Falls, NS, August 2007
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Old Villa by the Speed Trail
The Old Villa by the Speed Trail at Ignatius crossing a small creek on a very cold morning - we met a few snowshoers and skiers. You can park along Cross Creek - there's a public access point into the river forest.
Guelph, January 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Chardin Trail
A cold cold morning needs a spirited jaunt to lively up the escape from the shivery woods.
Ignatius, Guelph, January 2008
Friday, February 08, 2008
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Liscomb River
The lack of minerals makes for very soft water which foams easily trapping insects - makes for good fishing. Nice trail. Hint: don't try driving up the short cut.
Liscomb River, Nova Scotia, August 2007
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
St. James United Church
A plaque commemorating poet Elizabeth Bishop adorns the entrance to this church.
"Effectively orphaned, Bishop lived with her Canadian Bulmer grandparents in Great Village, Nova Scotia, a period she remembered fondly and would later idealize in her writing."
Great Village, Nova Scotia, August 2007
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
