Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None
Wayne Gretzky isn’t all Brantford is famous for!!! The Bell Homestead is a Historic site located on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario. It was here that Alexander Graham Bell first created the Telephone which would go on to cement Brantford as The Telephone City, here is a selection of photos… Read more“The Bell Homestead Historic Site (Brantford, Ontario)”
Every Thursday night, classic car enthusiasts from all over Chatham-Kent descend upon our local A&W Parking lot to showcase their beauties that they have pretty much dedicated their lives to, the following is a selection of photos I took on that magical night.
It was Sunday, at the tail end of a somewhat hot day and I was taking the day’s canful out to the Composter and I saw this opportunity for a photo that was quite a sight to behold after this I headed back into the house and sure enough a… Read more“A Storm Is A Brewin’ (May 23, 2021)”
Today, Exactly a month from Christmas… A beautiful looking Hawk paid me a visit on this fair yet cool day according to my Dad he has been hanging around here quite a bit lately.
The Lambton Generating Station was a coal-fuelled power plant located on the St. Clair River near Corunna, Ontario, delivering up to 950 MW of power to the grid. It is owned by Ontario Power Generation. The plant previously had a total generating capacity of 1,976 MW, prior to the permanent shutdown of generating units 1 and 2 (of four) in October 2010. The remaining… Read more“Lambton Generating Station”
Comet NEOWISE, a massive burning “icy snowball,” will be closest to the Earth Wednesday night, before its orbit begins to take it out into the solar system. It will be another 6,000 years before it passes this way again. The comet — officially named C/2020 F3 NEOWISE using a formula… Read more“A Chance In A Lifetime: The Neowise Comet”
The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM for short) is an annual event held in cities and towns across Canada. This year I was fortunate enough that it was hosted in my neck of the woods. Only two times before 2018 has the match been held in Chatham-Kent, once… Read more“International Plowing Match & Rural Expo (2018)”
It was on a Tuesday this past summer that I was out for a walk in my neighborhood, I happened to pass by the old schoolhouse and noticed that a tree had snapped and landed in front of it just a few inches away from the doorstep. As I was… Read more“A Fuss At The Schoolhouse”
In the glory days of Baseball, Rotary Park was considered one of the premier destinations for baseball in Southwestern Ontario. It’s spacious grandstand and amazingly crafted infield was the home diamond to numerous Ontario Baseball Association winning teams during an era when Chatham was considered a dynasty of the highest… Read more“Chatham’s Field Of Dreams”
This is the old home of the Detroit Tigers since their founding in 1912. I snapped this beauty in 2014 on a trip across the border to The Motor City. Located in the Corktown district of Downtown Detroit, it was Previously Known as Briggs Stadium, The Detroit Tigers played their… Read more“Tiger Stadium”