Category: -Photography


Fiver

Old five


Another old five, a good one, shows up at the Coldwater Hotel in Merritt .They post that they are not taking old bills so go to the bank with them.

Today in History, June 10th 1940: Canada declares war on Italy

Als

Van for tour

    Als ride across Canada ” Going the distance for Dad”, the driver said that her daughter was cycling across Canada for awareness . The event, the driver of the van says, was inspired by loss of the lady’s father some 7 years ago. The plates are from Nova Scotia and we presume that its closing in on its end but that was not confirmed ,the web site says its Vancouver to the east and have raised about six thousand dollars of a 25 thousand dollar goal. So don’t presume that it s finishing by the vans plates. Merritt becoming a frequent stop for bicycles rideing on cross Canada tours.
    The web site is:
    http://www.als.ca/events/mysite.aspx?fid=3365

    Today in History, June 9th 1973:

    Race horse secretariat wins Triple Crown.

ball


Ball fields full last night, weather better…
Today in history, June 8 1783
Icelandic volcano kills , 9000 people and starts a 7 year famine.

Flop eard dog by 1/2


This dog is half Shepard, half something else got one of each parents ears something to think about when you decide your mate…..

Today in history, May 31 1911
RMS Titanic launched.

Herbicides

spray for broad leaf
They are applying herbicides here for broadleaf weeds (dandelion) some people concerned both ways.

By the by there was a film shown here, admission by donation on Tuesday evening: awakening the Skeena. the river is a major BC river touting First Nations sacred status The website had a propaganda warning on it and it followed by a conference; Fraser River Conservation something, a source says that the group had secured 10 million dollars from the Federal Government some years ago to do some conservation work on rivers. That funding gone, the group was looking for more, the Royal Dutch Shell Company coal bed methane permits that came under a four-year moratorium, seems to overtly been credited to them. No word on whether they were successful in securing more. One thing certain the gal that swam the Skeena River to bring awareness got more than wet . Propaganda a side its ironic that the broadleaf spray happened in the same context as the film and conference.

Today in History. May 28 1977:
Supper club fire kills 165 people in Kentucky

Murder, alleged


This file photo is from a murder in the park of a young man some time ago. Another murder reported on the radio today. Occurring Friday the 21 of May a woman charged with the stabbing death of her husband. This is sad and tells a tale of misdirected lives.
Dead man named two feathers..

Today in history, May 25 1982…..
HMS Coventry sunk in the Falklands War.

camers high tech, low tech

low tech,
This file picture from last year shows a low tech fingerprint collection. The collection is going on within 50 feet of new red light cameras installed with new street lights. The crooks had pushed the safe out of the building and abandoned it in the middle of the night. And sidewalk. Low tech criminals involved? They may have tought that with all the debit and credit card transactions their heavy labour may not have been worth the effort or risk.
The low tech policing in front of the new cameras seems exaggerated. To any that care. Since the Province had begun a pilot project in 5 communities to see if cameras in downtown cores relived the crime rate, and here was not one of them.
No one caught as yet ,that we are aware of; one might wonder how much time the police are spending.
The new coalition government in England has recently promised to oust camera surveillance to some degree there. A good balance to the artificial creation of life in the papers, reported by the Vancouver Sun. Life from DNA recipes activated from recipes stored in researchers computers.
The curse of” may you live in interesting times” seems is getting more and more credibility.
Today in History, May 22 1990:
Microsoft releases windows 3.0 version.

Google Map

Fish

    gold fish


    Fish ponds are becoming popular here and with plants and other rock work attractive. No word on whether it adds to the resale value of homes. Its common for swimming pools to take away from the resale value of homes. However a cooling fish pond, with mosquito larve eating gold-fish/koi make for a pleasant yard. If you build one you can place a pump with a waterfall that muffels traffic noise especially if you plan it to a back bedroom window , some say the sound of running water is soothing .

    Today in History, May 14 1973
    Sky Lab US Space Station launched.

Literacy


The cat in the hat stopped by to help with literacy concerns in Merritt.
Today in History, May 11 2005:
170 nations unconditionally extend nuclear non proliferation treaty.

Weather


This picture from last year shows the pleasant summer time downtown we seem to be getting this 2 days a week now.

Today in history May 7 2008:
Dimitry Medvedev sworn in as Russian Federation President.

Press




    The Victoria Day, before WW 1 must have been something !

    Today in History, May 6th 1816
    The American Bible Society founded. New York

Mothers day tea, NVHS ,Baillie House


The tea sold out both sittings, however chicks and hens in shoes and boots available in the booth.
Today in History, May 5 1961:
Alan Shepard first American in space , 15 minutes.