and the sun sets on another year

SkyWatchFriday

painter finishes what the builder left undone

WindowViews

icewine grapes in Niagara

Before

and

After

MyWorldTuesday

Foxbar

reflecting far fewer trees in its windows from when it was built in 1849

the chimneys below are also from this house

WeekendReflections

The chimney is clean, the sky is clear,

the hearth awaits with a bottle of cheer

SkyWatchFriday

The Olympic Torch has been running a relay through the country and on the weekend, it blew though my city. Quickly, quickly, it has a long way to go to get to Vancouver in time!

MyWorldTuesday

and... at 4:17 today, as I was posting this, I had my 4,000th visitor! WELCOME one and all and thank you for visiting and for all your encouraging comments! (especially as this particular shot is not one of my best, but he was running!)

CAUTION

There are times when silence has the loudest voice.

-Leroy Brownlow- WeekendReflections

When the daylight fades and the shadows fall
Let the light from the lighthouse shine on me...

SkyWatchFriday

Festive homestyle dining with cheerful waitresses
WindowViews

This swinging Bears Blues Band is a favourite among the annual Festival of Lights animations at our park by the lake.

My World

Festival of Lights

under a grey December sky

Koi, brightly coloured

come greeting

WeekendReflections

"In order for the light to shine so brightly,

the darkness must be present."~ Francis Bacon

SkyWatchFriday

Doorways to the Holidays at

the Royal Botanical Gardens

Keep your Christmas-heart open

all the year round.

WindowViews

It is that time of year...

choosing poinsettias at a greenhouse in Niagara

My World Tuesday

Burlington Skyway Bridge

with Canada Geese coming in for a loud landing

WeekendReflections

trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky -Kahlil Gibran

SkyWatchFriday

I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.

~Grandma Moses

WindowViews

In Ontario, if you want to buy liquor, you must make your way to a government run Liquor Control Board Of Ontario, or LCBO, store. You can buy wines at individual wineries, but if you want wines and spirits of the world, this is where you shop. This local LCBO in downtown Burlington is housed in what has variously been used as a fire hall, a post office and a jail.

The pigeons find it a particularly delectable spot.

MyWorldTuesday

windows onto an alley

WeekendReflections

and the clouds swish around the CN Tower

SkyWatchFriday

Shuttered Windows in Bath

WindowViews

a turtle on a trike

at the Royal Botanical Gardens

It was a rainy drive home

in the city last night,

the streets glistened.

WeekendReflections

into every life a little rain must fall

SkyWatchFriday

Art is the window to one's soul

St Luke's Church

WindowViews

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ~ Okakura Kakuzo

St Peter and St Paul from the Greek Catholic Church above

Saint Nicholas from the Eastern Orthodox Church below

These two churches are situated across the street from one another.

It is St Nicholas who is reflected in the door of the post below.

Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church
reflected in the door of

Slovak Greek Catholic Church

Weekend Reflections

Take the time to come home to yourself every day.
SkyWatchFriday

A window onto Ottawa Street

WindowViews

Lake Ontario shore on a

particularly clear day!

old yellow

new yellow

jostling for attention

on a city corner

Weekend Reflections

one blustery day

same sky, two views from the western shores of Lake Ontario

towards Burlington

towards Hamilton

SkyWatchFriday