Outer Cove (1982)

Today I am returning to images from scanned slides that were taken in 1982. Outer Cove is located on Marine Drive, just outside of the city limits of St. John's. People living there should see a difference in the town after 29 years. I know this community has grown tremendously since these photos were taken and there are probably houses where the fields in the foreground were then. I have included a winter scene of the same area. I liked the 4 dories pulled up on the wooden slipway. Maybe someone from Outer Cove can let me know if the slipway is still there.

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Winter Birds

I am attaching a few of the several comments I received regarding yesterday's post on the Bohemian Waxwings.

There was a flock of about 15 in my backyard yesterday (Newtown Road, St. John's). Didn't get a picture but they did have the reddish feathers on their heads and also noticed the yellow at the end of their tails. They were trying to feed off a red berry that grows on a plant in the garden. No other birds have ever attempted to eat those berries. Threw out some bird seed but they ignored that. What a beautiful looking bird!

Thank you for these Bruce. I saw them on the same day you did. I looked out the window and there were 'about' 5 or 6 in a tree... I had no idea what they were, but thought the same thing as you... 'they may be some type of grosbeak I hadn't seen before.".. They were so different, with that soft grey and I could see what I thought was a little 'red'... this is definitely the bird I saw. Poor little guys, it was around then we've had the coldest day/night yet...

Oh thank you for taking those photos! That bird is gorgeous! I have feeders here and we see about 20 species of birds, but I have never seen that one! Wow!

We've seen them here in our backyard in Milton, MA, USA ... and at the Landing in Antigonish, Nova Scotia when we were visiting during the summer many years ago. They've come to our yard in flocks ... stay for a bit and then take off .. not to be seen for a few more years.

I have seen them at my son's feeder in Ottawa....

I saw a bunch of these around here on Thursday, when I was shoveling. I couldn't see them real close, but I noticed the yellow on the tail and the tuft on the head. They were looking hungry, so I put out some seed. Some birds ate the seeds, but I don't know it was them or not. I put out seeds again yesterday, that were not eaten.

This morning I am sharing photos of other species that I photographed on Thursday, one of the coldest we've had this winter. That explains why the birds have "fluffed" their feathers to help keep them warm. The photos shows gray jays, a black-capped chickadee and a junco (the most abundant bird around here in recent years) which are daily visitors during all seasons. However, because I have two cats and my son also has two cats, I don't feed them once the weather warms up and the cats are out more.

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Bohemian Waxwing

Today I am taking a break from scanned slides to share photos of a bird I photographed on Thursday. However, I wanted to share a couple of responses sent by members of this list regarding my comments about Time in yesterday's post.

I am ninety so you at sixty-one are just a youngster to me. Perhaps you would like to use my line --- " I'm retired and I'm on a tight schedule "

I often ask myself where the time goes. I'll be 78 next week, but I certainly don't feel that old.

On Thursday we had the second snow storm of this winter and when I was cleaning up a bit of snow in my driveway I noticed a small flock of birds in the nearby trees. At first I thought they were evening grosbeaks but when I noticed a tuft of feathers on their heads I knew they were a new species for me. I couldn't get near enough to observe them more closely and didn't have my camera or binoculars with me so I had no idea what type of birds they were.

Later in the afternoon I was outside with my camera when one of them perched on a tree very close to me. Luckily I had my 70-300 mm lens attached to my camera and took a few shots before it flew away again. When I downloaded the photos I was able to identify the bird as a bohemian waxwing, a fairly rare species here in Newfoundland and Labrador. I wonder if the recent storms all across North America were a factor ....

This was the first time I had ever seen one of these colourful birds. If you have ever seen this species of bird, feel free to let me know and don't forget to tell me where you saw it..

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Ploughshares Peace March (1982) - 4

This is the last in the Peace March series for now. If I come across other slides, I may share them at a later date.

As I walked along with the marchers, I remember thinking that many of the onlookers were "older" and I took advantage of the situation to make candid photographs of them. At the time I was working on a slide show of seniors entitled "Now I'm 64" and thought I might be able to use the images in that show.

It is interesting that I am now 61 and am probably older than some of the "older" people I photographed at that time. When I was 33, the thought of being in my 60s never entered my mind. Even if it had, I wouldn't be able to understand it. My father-in-law died when he was 61 (I was 25 at the time) and I thought he was an "old man". Now, 60 is young to me but I am sure that people in their 20s and 30s see me as an "old man". Since I started this series several of you have asked, "Where does the time go?". All I can say is "Time flies!"

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Ploughshares Peace March (1982) - 3

Today's photos were taken near St. John's City Hall, where the Peace March began and continued to the War Memorial on Duckworth/Water Street.

Beni Malone attended the Peace March in 1982 along with a young girl dressed as a clown. I spoke with him a few years ago and he told me that it was probably his daughter who was then training with Cirque de Soleil. Beni now owns Wunderbolt Circus and tours the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and I think his daughter may also be part of the circus. I think they also run circus camps in the St. John's area.

As I look back at these photos, taken nearly 30 years ago, they bring back memories of the event. However, most of the memories are related to the images. I guess that looking at the slides over the years brought those images to mind and kept them fresh.

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Ploughshares Peace March (1982) - 2

I neglected to mention that the Peace March took place in downtown St. John's and judging from the clothing most people are wearing, it probably took place in the fall. rather than summer.

The first photo shows a lady looking at the protestors through the window of a city bus. I liked the expression on her face as she watched the people march by. The other images show some of the people who attended. You can see that there were people of all ages there.

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Ploughshares Peace March - 1982

Ploughshares Peace March - 1982

In the late summer or early fall of 1982 I photographed a Peace March organized by the local Ploughshares group. It was well attended and I marched along making photos of both the marchers and onlookers. Over the next few days, I will share more of the photos I took on that march.

The first photo shows a group of young people walking along with a banner that reads, "End the Arms Race". Since the photos were taken 29 years ago, I estimate that most of those people are in their forties by now. The lady in the second photo looked pretty serious and thoughtful as she walked by. I always liked the image of the man with his son sitting in the crowd. He looked so pensive as he listened to speeches about peace and getting rid of nuclear weapons.

When I made these images, I didn`t realize that 30 years later I would be sharing them with so many people. The only way to share images in those days was to be published in newspapers or magazines. Of course, since it took 2-3 weeks to get my slides back, they were old news by then and this is the first time that these images have been seen by anyone but me.

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