Glass reads: Last Gas Lamp 1847 - 1947  •  This is the lamp I referred to the other day. I passed it heading to Queens walking down King Street to do the seminar on section 7 Charter "liberty" and biometric surveillance. It is odd doing public talking when I am not being marked, looking for a …

Via train for Montreal waiting at Kingston last night.

It reads "GAS THE MODERN FUEL"  •  I noticed this near the foot of Queen Street by Ontario, seen from behind S&R. It is pretty faded but a really nice font. The municipality has run natural gas distribution since the 1800s. This is near the old gas works site. Here is some info on city gas works …

The Wolfe Island Ferry making its way around R.M.C.  •  I saw this coming out of work this afternoon. I play with the idea of living over on Wolfe Island, a 25 minute ferry trip each way two blocks from work. Before doing that I have promised I would go over and back walk-on passenger at 6:30 am …

More civic art. I noticed this week these two frames on the walls of the third floor. They are not side by side but they relate to the same man, Michael Flanagan, Esq. who was City clerk from 1846 to 1893 and after - and a junior clerk before that position was his. The painting is from 1846, the …

South End, Market Row, Kingston  •  Another detailed pictograph from MasterGraphics. This is the south end of Market Street, which contains three pubs and a hotel starting at the far end with the Prince George Hotel build originally as a private home in 1809 continuing up the street to the west …

Crazy Carpets matting down the rough  •  When Rupert the Bear or Oor Wullie slid down hills in the hardcover cartoon annuals sent from Scotland when I was a kid it was "sledging" not "sledding". Whatever it is called, for those of you worried that we sold the farm when we...sold the farm and moved …

Kingston Harbour 8:30 am  •  I snuck up to the top of the dome this morning and got this shot of the harbour. To the right is one of a set of Martello towers built to guard the opening of the Rideau Canal from the US navy. The headland across the water to the left is Royal Military College, a …

Four Portraits in Kingston City Hall. Click on image for larger scale, details on alt tag.  •  Not only is the building itself a work of art, but City Hall has a collection of around thirty or so portraits of past civic leaders of the City. The upper left of John Counter is interesting for a bunch …