Pop-Up in Kitchener
Since blog partner Eric Gagnon has been posting a panoply of “pop up” posts, perhaps I could do one of my own. Popping up in Kitchener, Ontario!
Since blog partner Eric Gagnon has been posting a panoply of “pop up” posts, perhaps I could do one of my own. Popping up in Kitchener, Ontario!
It was time to grab my camera and tripod and hit the road. The aurora was calling… and I had to answer.
In the summer of 2013, we drove from Winnipeg to Banff to spend a week in the Rockies. We stopped in the Regina area going west and going east, and I took the opportunity to go see some trains while we were there.
I haven’t been very inspired to photograph trains, so I try to jump on any inspiration I do have. On June 26, 2024 I noticed that the eastbound Canadian was coming, I saw it was a lovely evening, and I decided to make some pictures.
More and more, I’m finding that I just like to “be”. Rushing from location to location is fun and exciting, but there’s something to be said for taking the time to experience a place.
One of my first memories of Sarah McLachlan is listening to an interview while lying on a bed in my hotel room in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was promoting her second album, Solace. She made a minor splash with her first album, Touch, with the catchy “Vox”. Her second album, my favourite, Solace, had three … Read more
I’ve been struggling lately, mentally.
The signs have been pretty obvious to me. I’ve been irritable. Tired. Feeling overwhelmed. A lot of that was work related… but not all.
CN Synoptical History, 1960 – PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY – an element of “Canadian Government Railways” owned by Canada and entrusted to “Canadian National Railway Company” from January 20, 1923.
Following on Ontario’s successful school rail car project, Newfoundland started a “School on Wheels” program where a mobile school traveled in a rail car and spent time in Newfoundland’s remote communities throughout the school year. “The School Car” by Randy P. Noseworthy tells the story.