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cvh

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It's Autumn in the cemetery.
#kitchener #waterloo #photography #cemetery #autumn

This is a shot of the cemetery in Autumn. Lots of yellow leaves still on the trees, and also covering the ground. The headstones are in shadow. The sky is bright blue.

November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM

cvh

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Happy All Souls Day.
#photography #allsouls #cemetery

Bright blue sky behind a statue in the cemetery. It's a tall gravestone with a child-like angel on top. Autumn leaves in the background.

November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM

cvh

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Here's a sunrise for ya
#photography #sunrise #waterloo #ontario

This is a shot of this morning's sunrise in Waterloo, Ontario. The clouds are on fire with reds and oranges. The trees are black and bleak against the fire in the sky.

October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM

cvh

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Very nice gift from an old friend.
Got any recipes for me?
#absinthe #cocktails #black&white #photography #madness

Black and white shot of a pretty old bottle of Absinthe (Absente) which was a very nice gift from an old friend.

October 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM

cvh

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Close the door, pull down the shade, read a book.
#photography @woolpunk.bsky.social

This is a shot of my old office window at my library. I had gigantic letters spelling out "fiction" adhered to the glass wall of the office. The shade is pulled halfway down. Should I walk in? Or is she busy? Everyone always walked in. It was OK.

October 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM

cvh

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Congratulations to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature. William T. Vollmann, denied again!! Crying face emoji
#uptownwaterloo @therecord.com @vidman.bsky.social #nightphotography #streetphotography

Uptown Waterloo, ON, quiet evening. The city lights are shining.

October 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM

cvh

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Eyeroll from Pooky. #Caturday #photography #black&white

Black and white of our cat Pooky, half asleep and giving me the eyeroll.

October 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM

cvh

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Seen in a community garden at Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph, ON.
#bloomscrolling #dahlia #photography

Close up of giant fuchsia colored dahlia, seen at a community garden at Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph, ON.

October 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM

cvh

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One thing I love about Pooky, she doesn't care if I blast Southside Johnny at 11 (this one goes to 11!) She just doesn't care. Album: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Live in Cleveland, 1977. @kgriley.bsky.social
#photography #cats #southsidejohnny #jukes #black&white

This is a black & white shot of my cat, Pooky, taking a nap even though I am blasting Southside Johnny at 11. She just doesn't care.

September 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM

cvh

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"The door had shut, and there among the dust of fallen plaster and the litter of birds' nests how distant the view had looked, and the sounds came thin and chill..."
#mrsdalloway #woolf #bloomscrolling #photography

White Easter Lily, open, yellow pollen on the stamen. Green background.

September 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM

cvh

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Cafe in a very old church in London, UK.
#photography #black&white #churches #london

Black and white shot of a cafe inside a very large, old, stone church in London, UK. Huge pillars and a curved ceiling. There were people buried in the floor. The floor was gravestones.

September 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM

cvh

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I know this day is not top of mind for everyone anymore, but I lived really close to the World Trade Center when it happened. So it's always going to be pretty fresh, for me. Praying for the first responders who now have cancer, just because they were trying to help.
#photography #wtc #jerseycity

World Trade Center towers in black and white, at night, with a ferry going by. And a second shot, the WTC site after the towers were gone, with the light beams they set up each year. Both photos by cvh.

September 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM

cvh

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missing the jersey shore sunrises
#photography #oceangrove #nj

sunrise over the Atlantic, Ocean Grove, NJ

September 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM

cvh

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Y'all, the news makes me so sad it's harder and harder to post anything at all. Here's a ghostly picture from the woods of Southwest Ontario
#photography #black&white

just a filmy b&w photo of some weeds on a walk in Waterloo, Ontario

September 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM

cvh

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just enjoying every minute of the dying summer because you know...winter is coming
#summer #canada #photography

This is a shot of my backyard, where we have giant trees and a lot of shade and many low key bbqs. Summer is short in Ontario so we have to enjoy it as we can.

August 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM

cvh

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#Bloomscrolling !!

#sunflowers #photography

A red sunflower from my garden, a couple years ago.

August 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM

cvh

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I don't know man I started to read the headlines y'all have posted today and I just couldn't take it. So depressing. This is all I can offer today:

(Source: Mr. Boston's Bartending Guide)

#tequila #resist #fucktrump

This is a picture of the instructions for doing a shot of tequila, from the Mr. Boston bartending guide.

August 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM

cvh

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St. Boniface Catholic Church, Maryhill, Ontario
#churches #maryhill #ontario #photography

Beautiful, stoic St. Boniface Catholic Church, in Maryhill Ontario. Built in 1877. Has a lovely cemetery next door.

August 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM

cvh

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Hay field near Maryhill, Ontario
#maryhill #ontario #photography #black&white

Black and white shot of a beautiful field with bales of hay rolled up and waiting to be collected. Three trees on the horizon. Empty, vast, lovely...

August 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM

cvh

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Indulging our quest to visit tiny Ontario towns, I give you:
Maryhill! Excellent little market, great place to stop for ice cream.

#maryhill #ontario #photography #black&white

This is a black and white shot of the super cute Maryhill Market, Maryhill, Ontario. Sells everything you need: ice cream, cheese curds, wine....

August 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM

cvh

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Apparently it's International Cat Day??!!
Sure, I'll celebrate that! One of the all-time greats,
Frankie:

@catsofyore.bsky.social #blueskycats #cats #photography

My black cat Frankie, who lived to be 16. He was a fabulous cat: smart, thoughtful, and of course handsome. I still miss him! Here is is loungnig in the sun, calmly licking a paw.

August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM

cvh

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When you are silent you will hear
The sound of creation,
like the song of birds,
or wind in the trees,
or rain upon your roof
The cry of the world and the sound of compassion's gasp.
--Richard Carter, from The City Is My Monastery

#photography #waterloo
lily pads in waterloo park