Halloween

No. 5495 - 30 Oct 2010 - 20:07:46

Exhibit

No. 0094 - 08 Oct 2011 - 15:05:23

Heart of the City

This neo-Gothic church building set in a neo-Dickensian downtown neighbourhood is St. James' Anglican* - frequent photographic muse, home to my beloved High Mass Choir (alto) and on Saturday, October 29, from 12 noon to 4 pm, host of an Open House for the Heart of the City festival.
It comes with a guided tour (12:30 pm), John Donne sermon in costume (1:30 pm), St. James' Music Academy performance (3 pm), photo exhibit (12:00 - 4 pm) and all for free!

* 303 East Cordova at Gore

Nonchalance

No. 4543 - 27 Oct 2011 - 14:46:58

Geraniums On The Pavement

No. 9957 - 06 Oct 2011 - 12:24:19

Untitled XIV

Red-Shafted Flicker

No. 9040 - 14 Sept 2011 - 16:59:10

No. 9751 - 29 Sept 2011 - 10:15:50

Mt. Pleasant

Out a bedroom window I rented for September there was a small, shambolic garden which was a dead zone for birds outside of the occasional crow or house sparrow. I was more likely to hear than see anything in the tall laurels and when an unusual call caught my attention I took a picture of a mysterious silhouette on top of a neighbouring cedar. Once the image was up on my computer screen and with my BIRDS of North America* on my lap, I set about identifying the visitor to my ninth level of hell. The shape of the beak and a couple of spots on the chest led me to the page of large woodpeckers known as Northern Flickers, specifically, a Red-shafted Flicker (the western form named for its red wing feather shafts) - a medium-sized land bird.

Over the next two weeks the bird returned and confirmed the identification I made with the help of my digital camera with telephoto lens. Thanks to iPhoto I can synthesize the experience for my own gratification. Birding maintains my urban connection to nature - a rare and wonderful relationship.

* by Kenn Kaufman

Web Design

No. 9348 - 24 Sept 2011 - 08:21:39

No. 9412 - 24 Sept 2011 - 09:09:54*No. 9422 -24 Sept 2011 - 09:11:32

A spider sets up shop near an errant nest of wasps.
Bon appetit!

Latino Lunch

No. 9942 - 06 Oct 2011 - 11:38:52 * No. 9984 - 06 Oct 2011 - 12:55:33

Ingrid Méndez de Cruz and her team prepare and serve lunch every Thursday in the crypt at St. James' Anglican especially for hispanic residents of the downtown.