BRICKWORK-A TIMELESS SKILL

Old Brickwork on any building can be interesting. With visits to small towns or centers in larger cities in Canada, there are always opportunities to find interesting contrasts.

These photos are from the Distillary District in Toronto.

Ontario has clay soil that is very conducive to making brick, thus the abundance of brick homes. The old cobblestone roads were a form of brickwork.

For older buildings and Wonders of the World, try seeing The Colosseum in Rome or the Pyramids in Egypt- yep, brickwork!

Do you have favourite structures with brickwork?

THE OLD TRUCK

Everyone likes new cars. They smell so good and give the hope of lots of good times to come. Eventually everything becomes old. When you look at this old truck in the Distillary District in Toronto, what stories do you think it brings? It is parked beside one of the buildings and seemed like an interesting picture. My cousin Roy photographed a similar picture to this one on a farm in Manitoba outside Winnipeg. What is it about old vehicles that twigs our interest? Was it moved there or did someone park and not bother to come back?

What do you think?