and the Summer Heat drags on

Kingston’s Christmas Seasons Starts off

// November 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // depression, photography

So off with a parade actually….

So Sean and I put aside the depression symptoms that keep us away from events most of the time yet again and watched and photographed Kingston’s night time Santa parade. We started at 3 pm by visiting Rosie and the Hog chapter at the old Nortel plant parking lot and met up with a few old friends from both the military and high school of all places for Sean.

Then off to downtown where we met up with another photographer Paul Walsh from Photosave/Kingston Recycling yard. Paul wasn’t there at the time we arrived so we had a beer and returned to the street. The parade didn’t arrive till near 540 and took a long time. Due to the amount of walking participants. Children from the age of 5 beared the 6 KM route and the bikers had to watch the overheating of their bikes as the parade slowly winded down Princess Street to City Hall for the lighting of the Town tree in Springer Market Square. Too many people there for us to handle.

Enjoy the pictures here.

Exercise the only natural drug

// November 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // depression

So when you suffer chronic depression and shit like that, your routine is a big part of life. I start in the gym almost everyday to keep it in check. Doesn’t work all the time and your friends don’t understand after a year or so. Today on the news a french girl suffering was cut off because she was enjoying so life and photos were posted on Facebook.

hard to belief that a Dr would diagnose someone without even seeing them and on a photo is unreal. On top of that she isn’t even smiling in any of them. WTF, I bet the Dr even got his 300 bux an hour for the consult as well. What a wonderful system we got. I hope for the best for her.

A week of great weather

// November 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // photography

and most of the boats are laid up for the winter. Life is just like that in a water bound community in Canada.

So I spent most of the day after the work out checking out the boats in their wintering berths and got some nice shots. Polly and Sam went to the Zoo and I was by myself for the day, 12c actually and no boats to take you out on the lake. Visiting POH there was a guy taking college girls and boys out for rides in his new to him boat. Then a sailor working on his boat started telling me he has never seen a Nov like this in the 30 years he has spent in Kingston.

So Sean and I went to the Panda Garden for dinner and checked out the boats at night.

Enjoy

Lots of boats shots here.

Sometimes you just loose control.

// November 18th, 2009 // No Comments » // Diving, photography

So on Monday morning a ship heading towards Montreal and lost power. 100 meters from the wreck of the Conestoga in Cardinal, Ontario. Divers were all hoping she would sink but she had already moved north and sank in 20 feet of water. Unfortunately theres still 50 feet sticking out of the water.

Sean and I headed out this morning to see and when we got there a couple of more ships made appearances. Talking to a local the funny thing about the ship is when it sailed in the 70′s it had the same problem in the same area. This old guy was out taking shots and telling me stories about the connie and wee hawk wrecks. He also thinks that there are at least 2 more in the deep channel on the us side as he always loses his fishing stuff there.

On the 11th day at the 11th hour

// November 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // photography

I made this collage to honour my friends and their friends serving past, present and future. A 15 minute parade for most communities is all one asks for thanking those that defended our rights to various freedoms. Unfortunately many places don’t observe this day and more people take to various medias to discredit or show dismay over military operations.

The same people will scream and cry when Ice storms ravage their homes, children get lost in the woods, snow eclipses cities, satellites crash to earth and ships sink. Not to mention security for G8, g20 and olympic games. But thats different don’t you know.

Take a minute other then the 11th of November to thank a vet, for your right to speech, freedom of religious beliefs and such. Because of what they did you can do what you want. Shouldn’t every day be a veterans day?

The Rathburn Marina

// November 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // Urban Exlporation, photography

Today I finally made it to the gym then Sean and I headed out to go exploring. Driving down the road leaving Deseronto we found this place. Apparently the Rathburn Marina complete with a few boats left on site. At one time the owner owned float planes and was a big player in the region. The gentlemen that was working on his boat and 24 beside the building stated that one day they packed up and left. Perhaps due to a death in the family, he wasn’t sure.

Complete photo shoot here.

Hopefully my new lens and my health improve so I can get back into the water, the new lens if it works will give me the ability to make mosaics of wrecks so I am looking forward to it.

More history of the desoronto area in pictures

Enjoy

What to do when a Shrink goes Postal

// November 7th, 2009 // No Comments » // depression

Being a suffer of depression and PTSD I can wholly understand a solider going over the edge after a deployment or in the process of doing so. Soldiers are pushed to the edge then brought back so often after a while the fine line gets blurry. Subject to all that goes against the grain and ones beliefs then asked to behave and be a model citizen when not doing the job. It gets to one after a while and if anything I have learned everyone reacts differently. Some immediately others years afterwards If in the later case most of the time the therapy and cure are too long and difficult to peruse in todays world of instantaneously being fixed.

When a shrink or other mental health care worker goes over the edge many start questioning the “rules” and treatment being obtained. The worse thing about this one is 13 others lost their lives and the gunman survived at least he had the decency of doing this in Texas where death is used constantly as a punishment.

RIP boys