waterfront trail

Beyond this entrance lies Bayfront Park and the Waterfront Trail. Formerly a vacant lot, it has been transformed over the last 18 years into a 40 acre park with trails and beaches. There is fishing and sailing on water, cycling and walking on trails, or playing and picnicking on the grass.

Our World Tuesday

403 + 407

I may have posted a shot of these bridges before, though they may have been at a  slightly different angle and not processed in faded b&w and infrared and cinemascope. This was taken in the spring, when everything was far too 

vibrantly green and shows where hwy 407 ends at hwy 403.

I like that there is still this bit of natural wasteland in the city.

SundayBridges

reaching the sky

the tree grew, and it was strong

and its height reached to the sky

and its sight to the end of the earth

~ Daniel 4:11

SkywatchFriday

O is for one

in Owen Sound

This photomosaic of the (old) one dollar bill was created in 2007 for Owen Sound's 150th anniversary. Made up of 363 photos it is meant to celebrate the industrial accomplishments and the many people who call Owen Sound home.

ABC Wednesday

playing with light

a kaleidoscope effect

an old light shade with an incandescent bulb

and what it might look like with a compact fluorescent bulb

which glow do you prefer?

Mellow Yellow Monday

reverie

In his dim chapel day by day
The organist was wont to play,
And please himself with fluted reveries;
And all the spirit's joy and strife,
The longing of a tender life,
Took sound and form upon the ivory keys;
And though he seldom spoke a word,
The simple hearts that loved him heard
His glowing soul in these.

~Archibald Lampman

ShadowShotSunday

influences

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air,

drink the drink, taste the fruit 

and resign yourself to the influence of each

~ David Thoreau

SkyWatchFriday

to all buses

These pigeons seem happy to welcome you to this GO Station in downtown Hamilton. The TH&B Ry Co stands for Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company (which merged with Canadian Pacific in the late 1980s). It is the only art deco railway station known in Canada. Today it doubles as a GO train and bus station which also includes other regional buses (Greyhound  and Canada Coach) as well as the local HSR buses.

signs, signs

N is for numbers

ABC Wednesday

Hamilton is Football

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton


A Hamilton Ti-Cats fan





















Our World Tuesday
signs, signs

early fall

 up the Niagara Escarpment in Dundas

taken before the leaves were blown off in the wind.

SundayBridges

heron

patience...

camera-critters

Fairy Lake

Southampton in August. 

It is hard to tell, but there is a white swan to the left 

and a white heron to the right of the fountain.

the view from the other side of this tiny lake with

the Southampton water tower and the blue bandshell where 

Friday night concerts are held all summer long.

Weekend Reflections

sunset

Lord, I have loved your sky,

be it said against or for me,

have loved it clear and high,

or low and stormy

~ Robert Frost

SkyWatchFriday

M is for muskie

 This Leaping Muskie statue celebrates the area on the St Lawrence River as a top muskellunge (muskie) area.

Muskies will eat anything that fits into their mouth - mostly other fish, but also frogs, ducklings, snakes, muskrats, mice and other small mammals and small birds.

They are known for their strength and their tendency to leap from the water in stunning acrobatic displays.

this awards log goes up to 2000, but the last entry is for 1997. not sure what happened. maybe there is another one inside the building.

ABC Wednesday                                                         signs, signs

ten of sixty sails

Sixty Sails is an outdoor art exhibit in Orillia with sculptures of eight-foot sail panels, made of lexan and supported on a hull of scrolled iron and a concrete pedestal.  I managed to see most of them on their last weekend at Thanksgiving.

Our World Tuesday

more pictures on my other blog at VioletSky

autumn

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. 

Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. 

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu

Mellow Yellow Monday

looking both ways

waiting for...? or watching for...? 

while quietly treading water.

Photo Hunt-waiting

camera-critters

fresh showers

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,

from the seas and streams;

I bear light shade for the leaves when laid

in their noonday dreams.

PB Shelley
 - from The Cloud


SkyWatch Friday

Jerseyville

Some signs from the TH&B

at Jerseyville Railway Station.

 Built in 1896 it was the first building to be moved to Westfield Historical Village

and was used in both the movie Anne of Green Gables and the tv series Road to Avonlea 

where it stood in for Bright River

signs, signs

L is for lightbulb

original (top left) 

and with a bit of playing around with HSL (hue, saturation and light) filters and     HDR (high dynamic range imaging)

ABC Wednesday