Monday 30 January 2012

resting

with room for more
The four sides of this free standing columbarium have etched designs depicting sights from Hamilton. This side shows Gore Park fountain. The Vargyas can still visit their final resting place.
for Taphophile Tragics

Saturday 28 January 2012

Friday 27 January 2012

Thursday 26 January 2012

bas relief

Board of Education Building
at 100 Main Street
tryptic #1 

Monday 23 January 2012

celtic cross

and knots

Knotwork's meaning defies literal translation and the symbolism is obscure. The repeated crossings of the physical and the spiritual are expressed in the interlace of the knots. It could be the never ending path of the strand represents the permanence and the continuum of life, love and faith. (source)


Sunday 22 January 2012

recycled

xmas trees
at Grindstone Creek
helping restore the wetlands

Wednesday 18 January 2012

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Monday 16 January 2012

Sunday 15 January 2012

Thursday 12 January 2012

Monday 9 January 2012

decorated

gravesite
for Christmas
after some careful moving of the wreath,
the solitary name Dandie could be seen

Sunday 8 January 2012

Friday 6 January 2012

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Monday 2 January 2012

USCT

A United States Colored Troop Civil War vet
Nelson Stevens 1832-1890
Originally in an unmarked grave, Nelson Stevens was born in Virginia as a slave but was already in Hamilton at the time of the Civil War. He must have arrived in Canada by underground railway to escape slavery and crossed back to the US, to Buffalo, in 1865 to sign up to fight for the North. The Washington Veteran's Dept arranged for a stone to be made and was sent to the Hamilton Cemetery.
Photo includes members of US Veterans and Civil War re-enactors.
for Taphophiles Tragics

Sunday 1 January 2012

gaslight

in the basement kitchen
at Dundurn Castle
for Theme Day of favourite shot of 2011, this is one I am most pleased to have accomplished
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