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Author shares memories of growing up
John Hardy will debut his new book,
Harvest Dust, on Oct 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Reuben R. Sallows Gallery. Hardy, well-
known for his railway books, Canadian
Rail Travel and Rusty Rails, has pulled
together a rich book of photographs and
short stories documenting tales of grow-
ing up in Colborne Township on his fam-
ily's farm. He will also be at the Gallery
on October 24 at 2 p.m. to give a reading
from his book, answer questions and sign
copies of his work.
Hardy's grandfather, Ed Hardy, was
photographed by Reuben Sallows in the
early 1900s on the same farm John Hardy
grew up on. Images of Ed Hardy and the
Hardy farm have been featured in many
agriculturally -themed exhibits put on by
the Sallows Gallery and in posters and
pamphlets put out by the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and the Canadian Depart-
ment of Immigration, who commissioned
Sallows to take agriculturally themed pho-
tographs in the early 1900s.
Just as his railway books captured the
last era of steam and iron in Canada, Har -
John Hardy's Harvest Dust is a collection
of stories that reminisce about the author's
family farm in Colborne Township. It will
be released later this month.
vest Dust explores through photographs
and Hardy's ''ort stories, life on a rural
farm between 1913 and 1976. He tells not
only the stories of his life on the farm, but
also the exploits of his grandparents.
These stories capture in word and image
the rhythm of a small family farm, which
at that time was capable of supplying most
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of a family's needs. These small, mixed
farms raised livestock, produce and grains
for themselves and the local markets with
the excess sold in the local mills, which
then transported it by rail or boat across
the country.
Hardy captures that independent spirit
in his stories. The one in which his grand-
mother uses a few dropped oat kernels to
grow fields of quality oats speaks volumes
about the thriftiness and ingenuity of the
Hardy family.
The stories on their own are wonderful
gems but illustrated with family photos,
taken by John with his first camera or his
parents with their first Kodak make this a
treasured volume of history, unique and
revealing.
It is written in the old-fashioned style of
memoir that is neither too icky-personal
or too saccharin -sweet. It reminds one of
the newspaper articles and small booklets
written by the pioneers of this area in the
early 1900s.
It describes a world familiar in landscape
yet foreign in social habits, tools and prac-
WALLIS
Jason and Cheryl are thrilled to announce the
safe arrival of their son, Owen Charles Wallis.
Owen was born on October 5, 2009 weighing 7
lbs 2 oz at Stratford General Hospital. Proud
first time grandparents are Doug and
Sandra Wallis of Bayfield and Owen is the 4th
grandchild for Roger and Sharon Cuillerier of
Holyrood. Spoiling privileges also go to Uncle
Jon of Bayfield and Uncle Donnie, Auntie Chelta
and cousins Becky, Jacob and Lewis of Lucknow.
in Colborne
tices. Kids today would Never recognize
the use of a stick and stones to overcome
a baseball batting problem with hand/eye
coordination. John Hardy's book, Harvest
Dust, ensures that a vivid, almost magical,
memory of yesterday's rural life will live
on in the eyes and minds of his readers.
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