Category Archives: TOURING

Sir John A. Macdonald

Posted on January 13, 2016 by bilyreid

  In celebration of the birthday of Canada’s first Prime Minister, an image of the “Spirit of Sir John A.” , an old steam engine reposing in front of the old train station in Macdonald’s home town of Kingston, Ontario.

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Pearl Harbor

Posted on December 7, 2015 by bilyreid

Today is the 74th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL Memorial with the USS Missouri in the background.  GUN TURRET, USS ARIZONA The USS Arizona still spills gallons of diesel fuel per day into the … Continue reading →

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SUGAR SHACK

Posted on November 6, 2015 by bilyreid

End of an era. Maple sugar shack slips into the death grip of the rising waters of a beaver pond.

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TOBACCO ROAD

Posted on September 8, 2015 by bilyreid

 Harvest time in Southern Ontario, deep in tobacco country. TOBACCO ROAD  TEETERVILLE, ONTARIO TOBACCO DRYING SHED TEETERVILLE ROADSIDE STAND  

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GIVE JUSTICE TO THE WEAK AND THE ORPHAN;

Posted on June 23, 2015 by bilyreid

MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF THE LOWLY AND THE DESTITUTE.  PSALM 82.3 My  ISIS defying pilgrimage hike out to Runnymede last fall continues to pay dividends. The good folks at the University of York in Yorkshire have seen fit to use … Continue reading →

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NEPALESE HIKE

Posted on April 30, 2015 by bilyreid

 The masssive earthquake in Nepal brought back a flood of memories from a hike I did there back in the early seventies. The following images are some legacy photos I took using an old roll film camera. I had only … Continue reading →

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NIAGARA GREEN

Posted on March 22, 2015 by bilyreid

The following 30″ x 20″ tableau was a custom commission for a Niagara conservation officer that was rendered in high gloss metal for a stunning display. The central image of the Comfort Maple in resplendent fall colour, at 350 years … Continue reading →

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HOTEL SYMMES, AYLMER, QUEBEC

Posted on February 25, 2015 by bilyreid

 Took advantage of the recent snowstorm to capture a modern image of an old steel engraving that has hung in my living room for the past several decades.    HOTEL SYMMES, AYLMER, QUEBEC Engraving by W.H. Bartlett, British watercolourist. Images … Continue reading →

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A TALE OF TWO MISSISSIPPI’s

Posted on February 3, 2015 by bilyreid

 I had the chance recently to intimately explore the two Mississippi’s within the same week. The one in Eastern Ontario and the other, more famous one in the United States. STONE ARCH BRIDGE, PAKENHAM, ONTARIO Longest stone arch bridge in … Continue reading →

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THE LAST SPIKE

Posted on December 12, 2014 by bilyreid

LAST SPIKE MONUMENT, CRAIGELLACHIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA During my recent visit to BC, I had the chance to revisit the historic Last Spike Monument celebrating the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885. If you’re patient enough to wait for … Continue reading →

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