Please click on images for a better view. Ottawa’s Notre Dame Basilica, built in the mid-19th century, underwent a number of design changes before it was completed. Constructed over a period of five years, it was blessed August 15, 1846. However, the steeples, of which there are two, were not completed until 1858; the apse in 1862, and the primary work on the interior was … Continue reading Church/Notre Dame, Ottawa
An ideal day for me is spent by the water. Weekly photo challenge: Ideal Day – what makes you happy The challenge is encouraging us to use MESH but I got as far as the information below and didn’t know if I wanted to give MESH management status … what does that mean? View user information data such as username, name, email, blog and Gravatar. … Continue reading A Good Day
When my husband first mentioned Frog Hollow I thought it was his own name for a local spot, but, no. It’s right there on the road sign: Frog Hollow. Since I moved here, Frog Hollow and I have become acquainted – it’s about 3 kms down the road. I have photographed it in winter and the floods of spring, with the butterflies of summer and the … Continue reading Frog Hollow
Weekly Photo Challenge is Off-Season. My interpretation: -20 degrees C in a kilt. Shot on a fiercely cold Remembrance Day. Continue reading Off-Season
My Odd couple series Badlands of Alberta The original for those that like to see my editing choices Continue reading Odd Couple 13: The Hikers
I wanted to see if I could make this into an image with a more artistic feel to it; to see what I could accomplish without using one of the one-click apps that convert photos to oils or watercolour.So I brought up the details and liked what was happening in the sky and the branches of the tree. I adjusted the colour in the sky I added … Continue reading Photo Editing: Artistically speaking
This beast transforms our 300 foot country drive from impassable to passable. Ailsa’s Travel theme: Transformation Continue reading Transformation
Few experiences are as serene as stepping outside after the storm has passed and the snow has settled to listen to the muffled silence of a snow-laden countryside. Please click on the photo for a better view.Weekly photo challenge: Serenity Continue reading After the storm
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Weather More of my black and white weather images here Continue reading Winter on Lake Superior
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. ” – Robert Louis Stevenson Ailsa’s travel theme: Bountiful Continue reading Bountiful
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Faraway in the Distance Continue reading In the Land of Far Far Away
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Christopher McCandless Ailsa’s travel theme is: Horizons Continue reading Visual Quotations 64: Horizon
Originally the residence of the first Bishop of Upper Canada, Rev Alexander Macdonell, it later became a school, and then an alcohol treatment centre called Mount Carmel House during the 1980’s and 1990’s. It now stands empty but there is hope it will somehow survive. Continue reading Bishop’s House Window
Glorious and free … Continue reading Happy Canada Day
Nothing says ‘room’ quite like the open prairie. Click to enlarge Alberta, Canada The Weekly Photo Challenge is: Room Continue reading Room
Please click to enlarge Level Crossing Take 2 is here Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move Continue reading Level Crossing
Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move Continue reading Rear Window
Living in the rural areas, a field ready for plowing or planting is a welcome sign of Spring. On the shores of the St. Lawrence River Weekly photo challenge is: Spring Continue reading Spring in the Country
I am out of season but other than the arrival of my daffodils, my immediate surroundings aren’t offering many photographic ‘must shoots’ right now. It is cold and wet and dreary, unlike these shots taken in the glorious days of fall in and around my own environs. At least I’m in sync with those down under 😉 Ailsa’s Travel Theme is: Glow Continue reading Autumn Glow
“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” – Sam Abell Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Pleasure Continue reading Visual Quotations 55: Pleasure
Beyond the Brush 