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Pictures taken in July – most by cell – some classic shots from the past

piano playing in the Kensington Market Park
A Hit Before Your Mother Was Born
do I eat the limited edition chicken mcnugget sauce or sell the two packs. Big interest in the BTS special McDonald’s menu. Mikey bought it for me in Windsor.
went to city hall Toronto to take picture of Windsor Churchill. Figure he will be next work of art to end up in Lake Ontario
Windsor, Walkerville. Neighbour’s antique car collection out on the street for a wash
Two head sculpture hunts for bugs. Kensington Market home’s side-yard. Mural on wall behind. Street Art. Cell phone photograph
Devil, Skelton. Artist Graffiti on the boarded up window of a Kensington Market building. street art. Toronto.
26 years later we retired our Carrier central air conditioner. New one installed. Model? A carrier.
first lunch with friends Bill and Barb in over a year. Patio on third floor of the Gardiner Museum, on Queens Park, across from ROM. Maria looks great. I look like shit, like death rushes in. waitress took picture. The Clay resto
walk in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Bird part of the headstone. A puzzler
Rose and Maria at our old house on Lake Clear near Eganville
Herman S sent me this picture he took of me at the King and Queen contest, 2015. All part of Caribana. Sold out show. King / Dufferin Lamport Stadium
WALKING CROCK. Statue in the Gardiner Museum street side cafe across from ROM. The Gardiner is Canada’s top ceramic museum.
Windsor mural on the side of of a Polish restaurant. I am seeing an homage to Tom Thomson, the Northern Lights and flowing Lava. Tecumseh Ave. Street art. Mural.
an Ipad photo of my Op-Ed about dad’s death in the Windsor Star.
Pierogi / Tom Thompson mural – full view. Windsor, Ontario. Street Art.
My father’s home for sale. Prescott. 300 feet from the St Lawrence River and the wreck of the Rothesay. Diver’s paradise. Check out the pool.
My father’s home for sale. Prescott. 300 feet from the St Lawrence River and the wreck of the Rothesay. Diver’s paradise. Check out the pool. 22 Sunnymeade Rd. / Highway 2 Just outside of town.
but will the food concept work. Suddenly the Green Papaya on Yonge St In Toronto has moved from just Thai food, to Vietnam and Brazilian Cuisine. Patio right on the street, doing well in the warm nights of July
Renfrew hippy days. 1969. Car wouldn’t make it to Woodstock. Me at left, Robin Burgess on guitar and the late Bruce Paton with the flower. Rob Agnell on the rough. Raglan Street. Renfrew, Ontario.
the wreck of the Rothesay. The sidewheel paddler sank at the end of my dad’s street in Prescott. Most popular shore dive site on the St Lawrence (and you can suit up in our garage and walk 300 feet to the water’s edge.
my first picture that I took for the Lakefield Leader. 1975. First day on the job as editor
my first picture that I took for the Lakefield Leader. 1975. First day on the job as editor
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historic pictures (as I clean out my files)

Artist Sculptor in house
lakefield leader photograph by sweir
Back when it was ok to paint your house pink. Andy’s house next to us. 1992. 111 Ontario Street (we were at 109) downtown Toronto

 

Picture for the Lakefield Leader. 1978 and 13 year old Bill Speed (Toronto hockey player) sells Maple Leaf coach a power play lottery ticket to raise money for the Ontario Hockey Association
Maple Leaf Coach Roger Neilson visits the Lakefield Lions Club to talk about hockey. Neilson is a Peterborough Country resident. Wasn’t allowed to use my flash – q’uelle domage
My Back Pages (cleaning out my files during the Pandemic). 45 years ago Joe Clark came to Peterborough to promote his leadership of the Conservative party to the local media. His wife Maureen McTeer was with him, but would not let me photograph her because she had just broken her arm and didn’t want to be pictured with a cast. As I remember she broke her arm in a wild Ferris Wheel ride at local fair. At the time I was the the editor/photographer for the Lakefield Leader
Joe Clark at the podium. 1974ish presser in Peterborough
One of a kind sweir business card
My Back Pages (cleaning out my attic files during the Pandemic). The day Dief the Chief came to town. Lakefield, Ontario. 45ish years ago. Believe it was a guest appearance by the former Prime Minister at the Lion’s Club luncheon. I remember I was fine $1 for not wearing a tie and swearing. Don’t know who he is talking to. I was the editor/photographer at the Lakefield Leader at the time.

 

My Back Pages (cleaning out my attic files during the Pandemic). The day Dief the Chief came to town. Lakefield, Ontario. 45ish years ago. Believe it was a guest appearance by the former Prime Minister at the Lion’s Club luncheon. I remember I was fine $1 for not wearing a tie and swearing. Don’t know who he is talking to. I was the editor/photographer at the Lakefield Leader at the time.
Bonaire.The early 80s
store typewriter 40 years later – picture by George Socka

Flea Campaign for CIBA
in 1994ish had a contract to help with promo of the antiflea drug thanks to Mary Manak
Dive in Hamilton Harbour 1994 with Environment Minist