Category Archives: HISTORICAL

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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QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Posted on September 9, 2015 by bilyreid

Today the Queen becomes the longest serving monarch in British history. OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE LONDON CITY AIRPORT, 5 NOVEMBER, 1987 Or how the Queen came to celebrate my birthday!! The official ceremony of the opening of the new London … Continue reading →

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Flora MacDonald

Posted on July 29, 2015 by bilyreid

 Canada’s former minister of External Affairs, Flora MacDonald, has died at the age of 89. Certainly one of the best Prime Ministers we never had.  FLORA IN ACTION AT THE UNITED NATIONS I snapped the above photo a couple of years … Continue reading →

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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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800 Years Today!!

Posted on June 15, 2015 by bilyreid

Today, Monday, June 15 is the year’s most  important anniversary.Eight centuries ago, King John I  found himself in the  muddy field of Runnymede on a bend of the River Thames near Windsor Castle with the great foundational document of modern … Continue reading →

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DOOLITTLE RAIDERS

Posted on April 16, 2015 by bilyreid

Today the last two survivors of the original eighty participants in the famous Doolittle Raid, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole (100 years young!!)  and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in a special ceremony at Emancipation Hall … 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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RETURN OF THE SNOWIES

Posted on December 14, 2014 by bilyreid

Looks like another bumper year for a Snowy Owl irruption is underway. SNOWY OWL, STRIX NYCTEA, JOHN JAMES  AUDUBON Page from the world’s most expensive book, “Birds of  America”, by John James Audubon, 1840. I took this picture freehand from … 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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