Friday, October 30, 2015

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- The Unexplained

This is one I've posted before, but still remains to be explained.  It's a shot I took on a ghost tour. The photo was taken without a flash.  All the others came back dark, dark and dark.  I had the camera pointed in one direction, as there were people beside me.  We were in an old church in Quebec City, where people from a cholera epidemic had died.  There were reports in the church of people seeing a woman.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- The Chateau

The Chateau Frontenac, like many hotels, is said to have a ghost.  So much so, it was made famous by a stamp last year.
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The rumour was that the deceased's heart was mailed to his beloved.  Finding that rather morbid, she returned it, and Mr Frontenac roams the halls to this day.
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Below are shots of the hotel, in all its fall glory.  It's a wonderful place to stay and the bar is a classy place to drink.
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This was taken just as the sun was coming out.  The old wooden boardwalk was empty and the place lit up.  The roof is made of copper and it shines in the light.  There are excavations under the boardwalk, as there was an older fortress.  When you go through it, there are exhibits of items being dug up.  You can peak down through those plexi-glass boxes that are visible in the photo.
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 The thing to the right, with the sign that reads "funiculaire," is an elevator-railway, that takes you down to the lower town.  It is very old and the building it ends up in at the bottom is  hundreds of years old.
 That wall is part of the fortifications of the city.


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- Small Town Sreet's Halloween

The street scene below might be familiar.  This is the park where a carousel was placed and used in the television series Mystic Pines.  The fruit stand is just down the street from it.
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Monday, October 26, 2015

One of the Most Disturbing Songs for Halloween



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I was on a web site once, and a question was posed about the most disturbing song.  I posted this one.  It was interesting, as a few other people did also, even though it's not well known.  What makes it even more so, I heard an interview once and it was stated that the lyrics are based on a true story.  Urban legend, one hopes.  I have this on vinyl---the original greatest hits release, but I can not listen to it.  It's selling for 49.99 new on vinyl and a few dollars less if it's used.  Mine is in perfect condition.  Put the lights on and don't listen to it if you're prone to being haunted by "what if" questions.  And trust me, I'm not easily effected.

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound HD ( Official Video )---Atmospheric Classic



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This is from one of my favourite albums.  It may be old, but she was well ahead of her time.

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- Halifax headed Halloween


 The above building was a circular shaped structure that was built in 1922.  It was a rink for skating and also used for events.  In 1928, it was destroyed by a fire which took the life of a young girl.

 The above shots were taken in Halifax, when the sun was just coming up.  The first shot is of an old graveyard.  The other is in the vicinity and was a wonderful old building.

The white church spires in both photos are observed from a train window.  A fast moving storm came in when I saw the first church.  The sky went black in an instant.  In the second, the trees around the church were showing full fall colours.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- Black Cats

What would Halloween be without a black cat?  This is one as appreciated by the Egyptians.
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The rest are mine.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

Scene / Seen (Thirty One Days of Halloween) --- The Moody Path





All the leaves are down, and the sky is grey.  I went for a walk, on an October day....
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Actually, distance is everything.  It was a nice day, but I stepped off the beaten path.  As soon as I got into the trees, it was very dark.