Flowers Make Everything Right

So, I had well intended intentions in my last post, but sometimes life gets in the way. Spring has arrived and I took the opportunity to go to our local botanical gardens (The Muttart), where Spring and all is glamor was revealed. Flowers are Therapy for the Soul, so if your down and blue, here's the place to go.

Green with Envy - A Budding Experience

Cool Vibes Cool Rides

I'm Baaack! I have lately been practicing my panning techniques lately while attending events. This image is taken at the Ultimate Car Show (Reynolds Museum - Wetaskiwin, Alberta) as the cars were leaving the venue. It was an extremely hot day and couldn't handle Me walking around the show, so set up a lawn chair along the road way and captured this. Besides making the car stand out, the addition of the pan makes the car look like it is moving fast when in reality, it wasn't. I like it!

Canada Day 2025

Canada Day 2025

To Celebrate the end of something

To Celebrate the beginning of something

or just to Celebrate - Watching fireworks always brings a wonderment for all ages alike.

Seriously - Who doesn't  like fireworks?

Its been a long time since I have posted to here and today I thought, why not. The last few years have certainly had its challenges and thankfully I am still here to talk about them. Im going to leave the past in the past and move forward from here. Hopefully I shall be able to create something useful for myself.

Isolation

Its been quite a while since I have written in this blog...a blog that only I know about...
Our world right now in a crisis state....The Corona Virus ( named as Covid19) is sweeping the world very quickly and we are now trying to stave off its spread by distancing ourself from others...I have opted to stay away from everyone - My sons ,family friends, basically society as a whole....I will have to do this for a couple of months while the virus consumes our province and nation, eventually diminishing in its capacity.  It is my responsibility to stay safe and thus the isolation. I pray for my children and all those that I love. My only sanctuary is the ability to go outdoors ( at least for now, as in some cities people are now being confined to their residences) - - a Freedom that we all take for granted.  So today as I re-enter my blog - I have chosen photos that represent the isolation of my daily existence. Perhaps, this is what I need right now...a chance to express myself.

'Isolation'

                      I loved how the shadows fell against the knolls...There is still lots
                                                    of snow for this time of year.
                               

                                                      ' Natural frame'
                                            Mother Nature does have her way.

Week Challenge - Week 36 - Colorful

                         My portulacas were the perfect subject for this challenge

Light Painting with Kitty Kye

We had the privilege of having a model to work with tonight. I am still having difficulty with the focus portion.

                              An abstract using a skull alternating light stick

 

Experimenting on my own on Telford Lake pier using a light saber.

52 Week Challenge - Week - Food

                                      Sometimes a challenge requires a little sacrifice
                                          This one was a hard one to swallow

52 Week Challenge - Week 34 - Water

                                         Deer Lake, Newfoundland, Canada
           Sometimes when I am travelling these challenges can be a challenge in itself.
                                                 This one was easy.

52 Week Challenge - Week 33 - Flowers

Taken in a beautiful zinnia garden in Ottawa.

 

                                                        My selection

Rockin' the Rails

I attended an annual local event and caught these kids doing what they love most.

52 Week Challenge - Week 32 - Heritage

"The Old Milk Barn"

In days of past buildings were built with the materials at hand and rocks were a plenty as many a farmer can attest to. This barn has been restored and preserved by the local historical association.

 

52 Week Challenge - Week 31 - Red

Spirograph made using my light writer and universal connector

My First!

 

52 Week Challenge - Week 30 - Pareidolia

Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus, usually an image or a sound, by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists.

                                                   "I'm Watching You"

More Friday Night Fun

                                                  Steel wool spinning
                                             Sometimes less is more

 

Red light sabre

                                  Fooling around with a black optic brush.

52 Week Challenge - Week 29 - Old

I certainly lucked in on this theme as I happened to be visiting my brother and this little gem is in his yard.

52 Week Challenge - Week 12 - Symmetry

Sometimes ideas just float into place

 

52 Week Challenge - Week 27 - Patriotic

  Each and every year my Sister-in-Law goes the extra mile decorating for July 1
  Canada's Birthday - It was an easy choice when this weeks theme was Patriotic .
                                  
                                                Happy Birthday Canada!

Orb Practice

                                          Working on my Orbs tonight

My Date

                                                   A Humorous Moment

                                                    "Last Nights Date"

52 Week Challenge - Week 26 - Sky

With an incoming storm at hand, I seized the moment for this weeks

challenge - Sky

 

"Cloud Moods"