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Glebe Art Tour 2019 Wrap-Up

Posted on July 8, 2019 by bilyreid

Many thanks to the organizer’s of this year’s Glebe Art in Our Gardens Tour! We we’re blessed with a rain free weekend and I was rewarded with a turnout of well over a hundred appreciative visitors to my back yard. … Continue reading →

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GLEBE ART IN OUR GARDENS TOUR

Posted on June 12, 2019 by bilyreid

Once again, I will be participating in the 2019 version of the Glebe Art in Our Gardens Tour which will take place between 10am and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, July 6 & 7. Mark the date down in your … Continue reading →

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DAN AND IVANKA’S WEDDING

Posted on May 13, 2019 by bilyreid

Good friend Dan Richardsen married Ivanka Galadza last weekend. DAN & IVANKA ON THEIR BIG DAY Best wishes to the newly weds!!

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JULIAN ASSANGE

Posted on April 11, 2019 by bilyreid

Julian Assange was arrested this morning at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, just steps away from the world famous Harrod’s department store in Kensington. This ends a seven year standoff between the UK and Ecuadorian governments. ECUADORIAN EMBASSY, LONDON

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LAST DOOLITTLE RAIDER

Posted on April 9, 2019 by bilyreid

Lt. Col Richard Cole, the last Doolittle Raider, has died at age 103. The end of an era. AVE ATQUE VALE! B25 MITCHELL BOMBER The suicidal Doolittle Raid used modified Mitchell Bombers launched from an aircraft carrier with no hope of recovery … Continue reading →

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UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE

Posted on April 7, 2019 by bilyreid

Spent the morning watching the 175th edition of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat race in London. Congratulations to both the Cambridge women’s and men’s crews as the winners of this years event. Well done you!! CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB, RIVER … Continue reading →

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY

Posted on March 23, 2019 by bilyreid

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. SECOND CLASS WASH HOUSE, GROSSE ISLE, QUEBEC An image from a less happier time, the second class wash house served immigrants forcibly quarantined on Grosse Isle in the St. Lawrence. Thousands of Irish did not survive … Continue reading →

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