Category Archives: PEOPLE

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2024

The weather today in Ottawa is cold, wet and overcast. Typical of Remembrance days past.

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ADRIATIC CRUISE

You are invited to peruse one my latest photobooks, Adriatic Cruise. This was a cruise I did in the early summer of 2023 with a three day stint in Venice prior to boarding. I had never seen the stunning Dalmatian … Continue reading

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PASSAGES TO INDIA

You are invited to peruse my latest photobook, PASSAGES TO INDIA. This book is a compilation of images taken over three decades between the 1970-90s on three separate trips to India. All were shot using primitive (by today’s standards) film … Continue reading

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PASSAGES TO INDIA

I have finally committed images to print in my new photobook, “Passages to India” which reveals photos of my three trips to India. My first was in December of 1970 and my last was on assignment with Canada’s Department of … Continue reading

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The Great Glebe Art in the Garden Tour

Last July 6-7 was the current edition of the Glebe Art in the Garden Tour. The Glebe is the central residential district in Ottawa. I was fortunate to welcome over a hundred plus visitors to my backyard which is in … Continue reading

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JULIAN ASSANGE

Saipan is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific. Saipan was liberated by the US Marines after the Battle of Saipan in July 1945, thus exposing Japan to … Continue reading

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WALTER GLADEN QUARVE

Today is Memorial Day in the US. A day for remembering America’s war dead. After watching the restored version of the “Memphis Belle” I couldn’t help thinking of an old neigbour of my family in Lake City, Minnesota with whom … Continue reading

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TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM

“When it’s Spring again, I’ll bring again, Tulips from Amsterdam” TULIP FESTIVAL, PARLIAMENT HILL, OTTAWA Once again a flood of Dutch tulips graces the environs of Ottawa and brings forth a wave of personal memories on this the 79th anniversary … Continue reading

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SAINT GEORGE’S DAY 2024

In celebration of England’s patron saint, Saint George. THE MALL, CENTRAL LONDON

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IRANIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL

Last night Iran launched a sustained drone missile attack on Israel. At this hour, reliable information is scarce but it would seem that most of the drones have been neutralised by the Israeli Air Force with the help of RAF … Continue reading

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