Putative Moment

On a trip through New York State, a stop at Letchworth State Park, to view the falls and marvel at the gorge, is a must. This is a Lumiere video.

New Bike

2010-10-28T21:18:00.005-04:00

New frame, new bottom bracket and new wheels. Voila...a new bike. Matthiew checks out his new ride.

Good Bye Old Paint

2010-09-29T19:40:00.004-04:00

After sitting at the end of the driveway, rotting, for three years, it was finally time to say goodbye to my old Saab 900. The Saab was a fun ride. I was sad to see it go. Good bye old paint, rusted doors, rotted headliner...

Music: Harry McClintock - Goodbye Old Paint

Self Portrait

2010-08-13T17:40:00.006-04:00

On a hot summer evening, sitting on the deck, enjoying an iso-alpha acid experience. This is a Lumiere video.

Video Procrastination

2010-06-14T21:22:00.005-04:00

In these video clips, shot to make this video, from the spring of 2009, Matthiew rakes the winter leaves off the flower beds. Over one year later the video is made. Procrastination at it's best.

Music: Gurdonark - Mellodark

Bottle Rocket Boy

2010-05-31T22:58:00.003-04:00

Give a boy fire, some explosives, and a day he can use both...just sit back and watch the fun.

Happy Birthday T.

May 24 Weekend

2010-05-30T00:27:00.002-04:00

May 24, Victoria Day, has always been firecracker day in Canada. Keeping the tradition alive...here's some fireworks we set off in the neighbourhood park.

Videoblogging week 2010 Day seven

2010-04-17T22:14:00.005-04:00

In the fast paced world we live in, time is a precious commodity.

Videoblogging week 2010 Day six

2010-04-16T23:11:00.008-04:00

Brompton Cemetery near Earls Court in London is a beautiful Victorian cemetery for walking and exploring.

Music: Chad VanGaalen - Rabid Bits Of Time

Videoblogging week 2010 Day five

2010-04-15T20:44:00.006-04:00

An albino squirrel has become a frequent visitor to the backyard this spring.

Videoblogging week 2010 Day four

2010-04-14T16:20:00.006-04:00

A Morning Dove perched in the backyard cherry tree, on a blustery spring evening. This is a Lumiere video.

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Videoblogging week 2010 Day three

2010-04-13T19:38:00.001-04:00

A quick trip for a coffee and then off to the nursery to buy bulbs. Come along for the ride with Andrea, Ike, Cindee and myself.

Videoblogging week 2010 Day two

2010-04-12T16:20:00.004-04:00

A walk through Andrea's backyard on a beautiful spring morning on Long Island.

Music: HC7 - Finally (just guitars)

Videoblogging week 2010 Day one

2010-04-11T16:20:00.006-04:00

Another early spring New York trip, to visit Cindee's father Ike, has come and gone. A reflective moment in my friend Andrea's back yard listening to Long Island sounds

Mesmerized

2010-03-21T20:24:00.003-04:00

A short stopover from Vancouver on route to Carnaval de Quebec, allows for a first meeting of the newest member to the clan, Mia Rose Piper. She captured my heart as quickly as In The Night Garden captured her attention.

Late Night Shakedown

2010-03-09T19:25:00.002-05:00

A late night shakedown by Toronto's finest. The suspect was later sent on his merry way. This is a Lumiere video.

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The Essentials

2010-02-14T23:39:00.004-05:00

A trip to Wal-Mart for the essentials of survival at nineteen.

Birthday Boy

2010-01-14T19:41:00.008-05:00

With a few friends dying over the past year, celebrating another birthday is a good thing. Happy Birthday to me...heh heh.

Music: The Residents - Birthday Boy

Windup Elephant

2009-12-17T18:46:00.005-05:00

Straight from the frequent flyer window of my favourite friend...the windup elephant. This is a Lumiere video.

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Slum Dog Daze

2009-11-25T20:29:00.004-05:00

Matthiew and Adam D enjoyed being top dog at the Gravenhurst skate park this summer. Big city talent comes to the small town park.

Music: The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Not If You Were The Last Dandy

Teacher Of The Year

2009-11-14T13:48:00.005-05:00

My partner Cindee was nominated for and subsequently won, OTIP's Teacher of the Year Award in the elementary category. The award is well deserved as Cindee puts her heart and soul into teaching. Watch Cindee in action courtesy of TVO.

Sylvan Water

2009-11-10T19:14:00.005-05:00

There is nothing better than sitting next to a lake in Northern Ontario on a hot, sunny, cloudless day in the summer. This is a Lumiere video.

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Stormy Weather

2009-10-06T17:55:00.002-04:00

The night sky lit up and the ground shook as many thunderstorms swept through Southern Ontario this summer. This is one such storm.

Music: Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather

Trumpet Flower

2009-09-29T19:42:00.006-04:00

A couple of Trumpet Flowers sprouted up in the yard and grew to enormous sizes. The blooms come to fruition within a day but seem to open before your eyes. I was intrigued and had to watch one open. The resulting video is a time lapse Lumiere.

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Hammers And Chisel

2009-09-23T22:26:00.001-04:00

From a piece of serpentine, an exquisite work of art is formed with hammer and chisel, in the hands of Singi Chihota.

Stone Works

2009-09-19T21:36:00.002-04:00

Biggie Chikodz i gives a sculpture at Zimart's Rice Lake Gallery, a waxing and touch-up before the 2009 exhibit. It is worth the trip to Bailieboro for the annual exhibit of Shona Sculptures from Zimbabwe.

Singi Chihota

2009-09-10T18:49:00.004-04:00

The outdoor display of Shona Sculpture at Zimart's Rice Lake Gallery is stunning. The artist in residence for 2009 is Singi Chihota. It's worth a visit if you are in Southern Ontario during the month of September. This is a Lumiere video of Singi carving.

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Rock No Roll

2009-09-08T19:16:00.003-04:00

After being left in it's place for the last twelve thousand years, this rock still refuses to roll. It's just another day on the barrens for all.

Skink Tales

2009-09-03T21:00:00.003-04:00

When your adolescent children request a trip into the woods to look for reptiles, it's hard to refuse. Remembering youth, searching for the Five-Lined Skink on the Torrance Barrens.

Slum Dog Gravenhurst

2009-08-25T23:00:00.007-04:00

Slum dog days at the Gravenhurst skate park.

Taylor Creek Dump

2009-07-30T20:12:00.003-04:00

With the Toronto City Workers strike now officially settled, the clean up begins. Piles of garbage all over the city must be cleaned up within twenty four hours. Let the games commence. This is a Lumiere video.

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Picket Line

2009-07-30T19:31:00.005-04:00

Behind the picket line at the Bermondsey Transfer Station. Torontonians bring their garbage to the picket line, where city workers take it from them, filling truck after truck after truck...
This is a Lumiere video.

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Garbage Truck

2009-07-30T18:39:00.005-04:00

Garbage trucks behind the picket lines of a transfer station during the city workers strike in Toronto. This is a Lumiere video.

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Toronto City Workers Strike

2009-07-29T18:46:00.006-04:00

Toronto is now at the end of a month long city worker strike that has seen temporary garbage dumps in many of the city parks and outdoor arenas. These garbage dumps sit on the top of city storm sewers and with the heavy rains the city has experienced over the last couple of weeks,
these piles are now leaching any number of horrible substances into the water system. The good citizens of Toronto and elsewhere are taking advantage and dumping everything they can to avoid dumping fees and the city garbage collection limits. What a mess!

High Waters

2009-06-24T19:11:00.008-04:00

In the spring, high water in Kashe Lake creates once a year waterfalls at the dam on the south end. Here are three Lumiere videos of high water at the dam. Each with their own shadow play.

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My Stiffee

2009-06-12T22:59:00.002-04:00

Finally have new shift levers for the Stiffee. Time to get them on and hit the trails.

Cove Bikes

Music: Queen - Bicycle Race

Gestalt Flash

2009-05-31T17:48:00.002-04:00

A short video, shot standing in a hall of mirrors in my friend Andrea's house on Long Island.

Music: Mike Hovancsek - Plastic Museum Fiasco

Beauty eh

2009-05-15T18:16:00.005-04:00

"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from raining. There's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was just... calling to me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. That's when I realized there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid ever.
Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it... and my heart is going to cave in."

We live in a world where we take everything for granted and don't see the beauty in the mundane. We need to open our eyes and see that everything is miraculously beautiful. Even a plastic bag hopelessly stuck in a tree.

I watched this bag stuck in a tree in my neighbourhood for two weeks, until rain and wind beat the crap out of it and the foliage of the tree consumed it. Every time that I looked, the music from the plastic bag scene in American Beauty ran through my head. Instead of a bag dancing freely in the wind, this bag struggles for freedom. I’m sure that’s a metaphor for something.

Music: Thomas Newman - Any Other Name

Spherical Reflections

2009-04-22T18:08:00.002-04:00

A moment of reflection in Andrea's backyard, at the end of a whirlwind road trip to Long Island. This is a Lumiere video.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day seven

2009-04-11T22:56:00.002-04:00

Bird of prey eats a meal in my backyard for videoblogging week 2009 day seven.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day six

2009-04-10T18:03:00.005-04:00

A bonding moment with Adam late one night in the backyard. This is videoblogging week 2009 day six

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day five

2009-04-09T11:30:00.003-04:00

Riding the step on the Powell Street cable car in San Francisco, for videoblogging week 2009, day five.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day four

2009-04-08T10:55:00.006-04:00

The Vancouver neighbourhood in which my brother lives, a house with an unusual backyard gives new meaning to Neighbourhood Watch.

Music: Klaatu - Calling Occupants

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day three

2009-04-07T20:01:00.004-04:00

This is a re-vlog of an early Lumiere video. New footage at the same tracks with a different angle and full sound. On track for day three of Videoblogging week 2009.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day two

2009-04-06T17:32:00.006-04:00

When in Vancouver, my brother and I will take late night walks in the neighbourhood to talk,dream and sometimes see the most unusual things. This is one of those things, for videoblogging week 2009, day two.

Music: Far - Mother Mary

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day one

2009-04-05T14:06:00.005-04:00

A quick telephone call from my brother, about money. Keeping it cool in Toronto for videoblogging week 2009 day one.

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On The Waterfront

2009-03-15T17:06:00.001-04:00

Looking west, from the lift bridge over the Keating Channel in the eastern Port Lands, at the Toronto skyline. The derelict Victory Soya Mills Silos in the foreground. This is a Lumiere video.

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The Iso-Alpha Acid Experience

2009-02-24T20:35:00.006-05:00

There ain't no cure for the wintertime blues, but I'm working on it. This is a Lumiere video.

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Green, Amber, Red...Green

2009-01-21T20:55:00.000-05:00

The city streets are filled with large piles of snow. This is a Lumiere video.

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Bedroom Eyes

2009-01-17T20:18:00.005-05:00

Looking out the bedroom window on a cold January evening, watching the sun set. This is a Lumiere video.

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It's Cold

2009-01-14T20:55:00.006-05:00

The temperature is somewhere in the region of -20 °C in Southern Ontario at the moment. With the wind chill it is much colder. Did I mention that I am not a winter person. If hibernation was an option right now, that is what I would be doing.

Oh Christmas Tree

2008-12-21T22:05:00.005-05:00

After not having a Christmas Tree for the last couple of years, it was decided, there should be a tree again. Oh great...I get to put the lights on.

Music: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Motor Away

2008-12-10T21:25:00.008-05:00

After viewing Michael Aivaliotis and Mike Moon's driving videos during Vlomo 08, I remembered some old footage I had driving my Saab 900. So listen to some copyrighted music and take a quick drive in the Saab. Lets motor away.

Music: Guided By Voices - Motor Away

Riverside

2008-12-04T18:14:00.010-05:00

Sitting at the edge of the Warsaw River watching the setting sun(s). This is a Lumiere video.

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Blue Jay

2008-11-22T17:04:00.004-05:00

If you live in Ontario and have a bird feeder in your yard, you are guaranteed to have a Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) frequently feeding on it's contents. This is a Lumiere video.

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Two Syllables

2008-11-13T17:39:00.001-05:00

A drive to the airport ends a very short trip to British Columbia. Already feeling the miss.

The French Connection

2008-11-08T23:53:00.005-05:00

La belle province is missing some of it's beauty. It has been found in British Columbia. Stephanie and Jesse live in perfect union. The clans french connection.

Big Ass Fire

2008-10-31T10:33:00.003-04:00

Setting the house on fire for Halloween night. This is a Lumiere video.

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Ghost Window

2008-10-31T09:40:00.004-04:00

Getting ready for Halloween night, cleaning the ghost window. Happy Haunting! This is a Lumiere video.

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Segwun (The Sequel)

2008-10-23T18:04:00.005-04:00

The Segwun enters it's berth at Gravenhurst Wharf. This is a Lumiere video.

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Segwun

2008-10-22T17:29:00.002-04:00

The Segwun steams towards the wharf in Gravenhurst. This is a Lumiere video.

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Undulating Moon

2008-10-20T18:06:00.003-04:00

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A warm summer night sitting by the water watching the moon and water play. This is a Lumiere video.

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Walking Zahra

2008-10-19T15:43:00.005-04:00

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A walk in the park with Zahra.

Walking The Right-Of-Way

2008-10-09T19:37:00.003-04:00

Walking the right-of-way on the Moon Farm. This is a Lumiere video.

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A Trip To The Moon (Farm)

2008-10-07T18:34:00.011-04:00

My summer trip to British Columbia was to visit with my ever growing west coast family and attend the wedding of my niece Megan and her partner Teo, on their farm in Birken BC.
An early morning start for the long trip from Vancouver up the Sea to Sky Highway, which is under construction for the oncoming 2010 Olympics, to the wedding location in Birken on the Moon Farm.

Belle

2008-09-23T17:44:00.006-04:00

Un moment de beauté intemporelle. C'est une vidéo de Lumiere.

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Tyson's Tale

2008-09-11T18:39:00.003-04:00

Jesse tells the story of his best friend Tyson's recent motorcycle accident.

There's Something About Jesse

2008-09-04T18:56:00.007-04:00

Great distances and busy lives can keep us apart from important people in our lives.The love and respect is always there but the physical interaction is sadly missed. Making the inevitable reunion...some kind of wonderful!
In a world that can be very black or white, there is always time for a Sunryz.

Quick Quick Slow

2008-09-02T23:30:00.006-04:00

Twenty minutes in a line of three people at Lordco Auto Parts in East Vancouver made our quick morning trip for head and tail light bulbs a true test of patience.

Postcard From San Francisco

2008-08-27T17:53:00.005-04:00

Ahhhhh San Francisco. The city of the Summer of Love, Cable Cars, BART, Rice A Roni and the home of The Residents. I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill, it calls to me.

Music: The Residents - I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Turntable

2008-08-21T22:28:00.005-04:00

Another view of the Mason Street Cable Car turntable. This is a Lumiere video.

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Mason Street Turntable

2008-08-20T18:03:00.002-04:00

There is something about a 135 year old technology that has not really changed and is still in use today, that you have to love. San Francisco Cable Cars are simple and beautiful

Alcatraz

2008-08-18T21:21:00.005-04:00

Music: TennesseeVic - Holiday On Alcatraz Island

Crossing San Francisco Bay to spend the afternoon on "The Rock".

Fog

2008-08-16T20:54:00.006-04:00

Every evening cool air from the Pacific Ocean rolls in, bringing with it the fog. This is a Lumiere video.

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Post-Lumiere

2008-08-11T19:55:00.000-04:00

It seems that teenagers become bored easily these days. They appear to crave attention and shun it at the same time.

Highway 116

2008-08-08T20:33:00.007-04:00

The twist and turns of California driving. This is a Lumiere video.

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Bill Fest 2008

2008-08-07T19:14:00.004-04:00

Every ten years my good friend Bill Cunningham throws a birthday party for his family and friends. This year it was a day of sun and fun in Monte Rio with food locally produced and served by Grapevine Catering Co.

Russian River Bank

2008-07-22T19:10:00.004-04:00

While in Monte Rio, Adam and I canoed on Russian River. This is a Lumiere video of something we saw.

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Another Roadside Attraction

2008-07-15T21:50:00.003-04:00

It's to big for a Hamster, to small for a Groundhog, but just right for a laugh.

San Francisco to Monte Rio

2008-07-14T18:31:00.001-04:00

Flew into San Francisco and drove to Monte Rio to attend Bill Fest 2008. A 50th birthday party for my dear friend Bill Cunningham. Many hours in an airplane and then driving up windy Highway #1, everyone needed to get out of the car!

Above The Tracks

2008-05-29T21:11:00.005-04:00

Standing on the overpass watching the trains go under. This is a Lumiere video.

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Cherry Blossoms

2008-04-29T20:06:00.007-04:00

Winter is finally over and Spring is here, with the cherry tree filled with blossoms. The beauty of Spring in a Lumiere video.

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Videoblogging week 2008 - Day 7

2008-04-26T22:18:00.009-04:00

A moment of reflection for day seven of videobloggingweek2008.

Music: The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Super Sonic

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Videoblogging week 2008 - Day 6

2008-04-25T23:05:00.009-04:00