BALACLAVA Ontario

Nov 2007
Balaclava Ontario


A so-called ghost town, Balaclava is a village of only a few buildings. Two are inhabited, but the rest have been abandoned. A saw mill, blacksmith shop and a few houses all sit vacant, empty. Although first started in the 1850's, about 100 years later the mill was all but finished.

A fellow explorer told me of the site, and we knew we had to check it out. The prospect of exploring a real ghost town created feelings of excitement and curiosity, but the fact that the town still has residents, a busy but small highway, and many "No Trespassing" signs took away from the feelings of our 'discovery'.

However, seeing the buildings still standing over 50 years after they were used is a good site. I hate to see old things torn down, and it gives a certain creepy charm to what would normally be just another hamlet on the way to somewhere else.

Parliament on Fire

MAY 2008
Ottawa

Driving by and seeing the sky and the sunset at work.

National Remembrance Day

November 11th, 2008

Ottawa, On

A Sacred Day ~ Lest We Forget

Veterans on the march led by the feather




More veterans - they sacrificed so much

And the band played on


Protecting the crowd


Masses rush to the monument

Thank You Vets

The Goblin Thinker

What thoughts be yours under your tree?
Be it good or it evil be?

All Hallows Eve

See the pumpkin fat and round

Lying on the cold wet ground.

Now look up in the moonlit sky

And you will see the bats that fly.

Look oh so careful- ghosts can be seen

Because this night is Halloween!

*Author Unknown

THE LIVING NECROPOLIS ~ In the Beginning

liv·ing [liv-ing]
1] Having life; being alive; not dead

ne·crop·o·lis [nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne-]
1] A cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
2] A historic or prehistoric burial ground.




What is The Living Necropolis?

A living city of the dead? A contradiction in terms? Crazy nonsense?

Perhaps. But for our purposes, The Living Necropolis is the documentation of my journeys through our towns and cities, country sides and tombs.

It is looking at a world that most have forgotten. People, buildings and life overlooked.

And it is right in our backyards, our streets, and even our homes.

I want to show you the world that I see. Abandoned buildings, cemeteries and anything else that changes our perspective.

Because our past isn't dead, it's just sometimes forgotten.

THE DEAD COME ALIVE
YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK