Photos from my past, memories never to be forgotten
Photos from my past, memories never to be forgotten
These photos were taken with my Canon F1 professional 35mm SLR, the film processed by me and the enlargements and tinting done in my darkroom. The sailboat was printed on a special silver photo paper. My work was mostly in B&W in those days except for colour slides which were store-processed. All my colour slides are back in Canada, but if I remember, transfer to colour paper leaves something to be desired.
The barns were taken at a primitive farm I used to stay at near Killaloe, Ontario, when I wanted to be alone and close to nature.
The wooded trail was a logging road (as you can see there are no older trees) near the Killaloe farm. Perhaps this is why the locals call it "bush" rather than "forest" or "woods".
The hillsides with the stone house was taken in Wales.
The train tracks were at a spot behind Dundern Castle in Hamilton, Ontario, the city where I was born and grew up. As a little kid I was fascinated by sitting on the hillside watching the trains and the photo was taken when I revisted much later in life.
The sailboat was in the river behind the Canada Parliament buildings in Ottawa.
The photo of a farm with a small lake beside it is a property near Killaloe I could have bought back in those days for CDN$15,000. It was a 300 acre farm (only partly used for a personal vegetable garden) with a wholly enclosed private spring-fed 35 acre lake and 200 acres of woods. The tight little farmhouse, well back from the gravel road, had indoor facilities (very unusual there) and used a drilled well for drinking water and a cistern for other uses. It also had a vacant newer brick one-room schoolhouse at the road entrance that could easily have been converted into a residence and workshop/studio with living space. I still regret not buying it, because I could have afforded it, but my life would have been quite different had I done so.
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Permalink Reply by Buzz of the Orient on Delete OKAY!!!! I got it to work. Sorry for having wasted everybody's time. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Permalink Reply by A. Macarthur on Buzz,
They're all here and just outstanding!
Permalink Reply by Feronia on Great pics, Buzz. I love the train tracks. And Wales. All of them, actually!
Permalink Reply by Larry Hampton on Love your pictures Buzz---great Job!
I really like that first one. Did you keep up with whatever happened to that property?
Permalink Reply by Buzz of the Orient on Delete Larry.The farm with the barns where I used to stay had been owned by a couple of musician friends of mine that hardly used it, so I was on my own when I was there. Unfortunately the house burned down so one of the musicians turned one of the barns into a house. I've not heard about the place, or the one with the lake I should have bought, for about 30 years.
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I was feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I thought I would look back at some of the articles I posted on Newstalkers at least a couple of years ago, most of which were written by me and all have many photographs, and thought that perhaps some new members who have not delved back into the archives might enjoy seeing. Ive chosen one each from different groups where I have been posting over the years: Classic Car Collectors Corner; Anishinaabe - the First People; Discovery Group, Creative Arts; and Canada, the True North Strong and Free. In the comments, sometimes it will look as if Im talking to myself, but that is because the other persons who posted must have deleted their NT accounts and that will automatically delete their comments.Anyway, here is one of the articles.
Buzz
What beautiful pictures.
The rail yard could have been from my childhood in southeast Ohio
Beautiful series of photos Buzz. I love the one of the trains.
Forgot to add, that I love them all, but the train is my favorite.
I OVE all of these, but, I must say, the first one is my favorite...such a soft , muted look to it.
Truly wonderful pictures! You have a good eye, Buzz, and know, instantly, what looks "poetic". Thanks for reviving this article!
Each one is a special memory for me.
Canada IS a beautiful country.