2019

Life’s a beach …

… our beach.

Wishing you peace and joy in 2019

Three A private moment in a public space:

one child is on the edge, slightly outside the special pair. A primary experience.

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2019 January

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Jan 1 New Year’s DayJan 2 Day after New Year’s Day (Quebec)

The CleanupMaking way for condos along the railway line, it’s out with the old

(contaminated) soil, in with new; and the Pioneer gas station vanishes.

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2019 February

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Feb 14 Valentine’s DayFeb 18 Islander Day (Prince Edward Island)Feb 18 Family Day (AB, BC, NB, ON, SK)Feb 18 Nova Scotia Heritage Day (Nova Scotia)Feb 18 Louis Riel Day (Manitoba)Feb 22 Yukon Heritage Day (Yukon)

Hello, Sweetheart!Helen Swim greeted us with these cheering words when we crossed

paths at Cherry Beach. “Live life to the fullest” she counsels

friends and family.

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2019 March

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Mar 10 Daylight Saving Time startsMar 11 Commonwealth DayMar 17 St. Patrick’s DayMar 18 St. Patrick’s Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)Mar 20 Spring equinox

The tower of the Barley KingThis grand Annex “statement”

home built in 1890 now serves as the Newman Centre. Richardsonian Romanesque stone and brick testify

to expansionism and egos and should by rights dismay me, but I love ‘em.

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2019 April

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Apr 3 Isra and Mi’rajApr 19 Good FridayApr 20 First day of PassoverApr 22 Easter Monday (BC, NB, PE, QC, YT)Apr 22 Easter Monday (Alberta)Apr 22 St. George’s Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)Apr 27 Last day of Passover

ComplementariesHot July afternoon and the

bumblebees were loving Sharon’s coneflowers on the laneway.

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2019 May

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May 6 Ramadan StartMay 12 Mother’s DayMay 20 Victoria Day (All except NS, NU, QC)May 20 National Patriots’ Day (Quebec)May 31 Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)

Watch where you’re going“Businessman on a horse”, by William

McElcheran. A guy on a horse has power, but this is no soldier; without

reins or saddle he wears not boots but small limp dress shoes. Good

thing the horse treads carefully.

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2019 June

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Jun 5 Eid ul FitrJun 16 Father’s DayJun 21 Summer SolsticeJun 21 National Indigenous Peoples DayJun 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day (Northwest Territories, Yukon)Jun 24 St. Jean Baptiste Day (Quebec)Jun 24 Discovery Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Neighboursenjoy a quiet chat under an immense

catalpa as traffic on Queen’s Park whizzes past.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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2019 July

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Jul 1 Canada DayJul 9 Nunavut Day (Nunavut)Jul 15 Orangemen’s Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)

FarmhouseRiverdale Farm.

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2019 August

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Aug 5 Heritage Day in Alberta, Civic/Provincial Day (NT, ON, PE, SK)Aug 5 Terry Fox Day (Manitoba), New Brunswick Day Aug 5 British Columbia Day, Natal Day (Nova Scotia)Aug 7 The Royal St John’s Regatta (Regatta Day) (Newfoundland and Labrador)Aug 12 Eid ul AdhaAug 16 Gold Cup Parade (Prince Edward Island)Aug 19 Discovery Day (Yukon)

Michael’s WingsCold day for June at St. Michael’s

College quad. The paths converge at “Michael”, made of folded sheet steel,

and used as a location in an episode of the series “Orphan Black”.

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2019 September

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Sep 1 Muharram/Islamic New YearSep 2 Labour Day Sep 23 Fall equinoxSep 30 Rosh Hashana

Cooling offAn exercise in using dull mixes

-- russet, citron and slate -- for the bleached out hot paddock, and intense colour only for the blue

vital water.

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2019 October

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Oct 9 Yom KippurOct 14 Thanksgiving Day (All except NB, NL, NS, PE)Oct 14 Thanksgiving Day (NB, NL, NS, PE)Oct 18 Healthcare Aide Day (British Columbia, Manitoba)Oct 20 Hoshana RabbahOct 31 Hallowe’en

Sentinel PineThe Group of Seven made icons of pines, so it is fitting their graves are

guarded by one. The granite markers on the grounds of

The McMichael Gallery memorialize Lawren Harris and AY Jackson.

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2019 November

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Nov 3 Daylight Saving Time endsNov 10 Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)Nov 11 Remembrance Day (All except NL, NS, ON, QC)Nov 11 Remembrance Day (Ontario)

Still Life with old friends“I know it when I see it,” says

Rebecca Winter in Anna Quindlen’s Still Life with Breadcrumbs,

explaining how she chooses what to photograph. I sat in my kitchen and “saw” this clutter on my side table.

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2019 December

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Dec 11 Anniversary of the Statute of WestminsterDec 21 Winter SolsticeDec 23 First Day of HanukkahDec 25 ChristmasDec 26 Boxing Day (Most regions)Dec 30 Last day of HanukkahDec 31 New Year’s Eve

Urban OasisOn Toronto Island, the colours in spring are gorgeous: deep crimson dogwood branches, golden willow twigs, emerald green mallards, tan rushes and the dark conifers not yet obscured by summer green.

on the cover:New Dawn RedwoodThe Dawn Redwood is ancient, dating from “The Age of Reptiles.” For years it was thought extinct, until a remnant of the forest was found in China and its seeds were gathered and disseminated in the 1940s.

Photos and calendar © dmhaggart and emzernask 2018 Paintings and sketches © dmhaggart 2018 www.dmhaggart.ca