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April 1 - End of the Season
April 01, 2024 - This ski season has come to a close for us. Though the resort remains open for another week, we are in the process of pa...
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March 18 - Spring Is Sprung
March 19, 2024 - For the last few days we've had unseasonably warm temperatures here in the Okanagan Valley.
Yesterday the thermometer r...
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March 5 - Westside Road, Central Okanagan
March 05, 2024 - This morning we took our friend, Maureen, to Kelowna airport to catch her flight back to Toronto. After a coffee stop in...
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February 26 - Travel Photos
February 26, 2024 - Going through some photos recently, I realized that I had not posted any images from our 2022 European trip.
On this...
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January 21 - Coldstream, BC
January 21, 2024 - One week ago, we left Livingston, Montana, driving west on I-90.
We turned northward just west of Bozeman.
While drivi...
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January 13 - Yellowstone National Park
January 13, 2024 - We passed these last two days in Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in Wyoming.
From our base in Gardiner, Mont...
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January 11 - Gardiner, Montana
January 11, 2024 - We woke up this morning to discover that it had snowed overnight, but only about 4 cm of light fluffy variety.
The ther...
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January 10 - Sheridan, Wyoming
January 10, 2024 - We've had very good driving conditions for most of these last two days.
Tuesday morning in Fairmont, Minnesota, we awok...
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January 8 - Fairmont, Minnesota
January 08, 2024 - This was the scene last Wednesday at Gallagher's home on the North Shore, Blind River.
A light dusting of snow in the e...
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January 2 - Happy New Year
January 03, 2024 - Happy New Year 2024.
But it looks more like November than January.
This is out the front of our house on December 30....
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October 3 - What to Photograph?
October 03, 2023 - Summer is my least favourite time of the year for photographing. Why is this so?
The sun usually shines brightly, makin...
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August 27 - Milwaukee Art Museum
August 26, 2023 - On a visit to the Milwaukee area this summer, we decided to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum.
This art gallery is situa...
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August 18 - New Gallery
August 20, 2023 - One subject many of us photographers are drawn to are old buildings, particularly those that are neglected, run down, ab...
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July 30 - Rocks
July 30, 2023 - You've likely heard the expression "bringing coals to Newcastle." The corollary to this would be "bringing rocks to Sudb...
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April 6 - 22 From 22
April 06, 2023 - What follows are 22 of my favourite photos from 2022. Though these may not always be among my best photos, I have chosen...
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March 30 - Springtime in the Okanagan
March 30, 2023 - Spring has arrived in the Okanagan Valley. But you would not recognize this if you were at Silver Star Mountain Resort....
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March 21 - Wineries in the Okanagan
March 21, 2023 - There are around 185 wineries in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
When we are not skiing, usually on weekends,...
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March 12 - Photographing Wildlife
March 12, 2023 - My most favourite subjects to photograph are animals, birds, and all species of wildlife.
I enjoy spending long times o...
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March 5 - Landscape Photography While Travelling
March 05, 2023 - Making landscape images is fraught with many challenges even in familiar areas. The photographer is always at the mercy...
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February 26 - Late October Photography
February 26, 2023 - We returned from our European holiday in Mid-October, well past the normal time for fall colours.
Still I was able to s...
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February 19 - Photographing Travel Companions
February 19, 2023 - While on vacation, we all like to take photos of our friends and family.
Too often these are static images, just record...
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October 23 - Week in Review
October 23, 2022 - This is a synopsis of the last week that we spent in Switzerland while on our recent holiday.
Fehraltorf is a village s...
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Day 34 - Adieu
October 14, 2022 - This morning we departed from Tasch for the long drive to Zurich.
We drove back to Sierre and then west along the Rhone...
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Day - 33 - The Matterhorn
October 12, 2022 - This morning we took the train from Tasch into Zermatt, about a 20-minute ride.
Once in Zermatt, we bought our tickets...
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Day 32 - The Rhone Valley
October 10, 2022 - Thanks to our host, Nicholas, we were in no rush to vacate our Airbnb in St. Saphorin.
So I decided to once more walk u...
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Day 31 - Finding Our Airbnb
October 08, 2022 - Not only having a rainy arrival, but also our GPS's failure, made finding our Airbnb, Chez Alix, a challenge.
In this m...
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Day 30 - Gruyere in Gruyeres
October 08, 2022 - We left our location in the small village of Habkerk this morning.
Here are a few last snippets from there.
We then dr...
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Day 29 - Eiger Express
October 06, 2022 - This morning we left our hotel in Habkern and drove down to Interlaken.
Even the local inhabitants bade us farewell and...
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Day 28 - Foggy Days Continue
October 01, 2022 - We left our Wirzweli airbnb this morning, a morning with thick fog, as the following photo shows.
After driving down th...
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Day 27 - Rain, Rain, Fog
September 28, 2022 - This was last night's dinner at our apartment.
This morning we had incessant rain, so we were confined to our apartment...
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Day 26 - Country to City
September 28, 2022 - This is Wirzweli, the high alpine village where we are currently staying.
This is the "road" we drive on as we leave th...
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Day 25 - Cows in Schwyz
September 28, 2022 - We left Kirchberg on a drizzly morning, our destination our next airbnb.
The fields are still a vibrant green, as in th...
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Day 24 - Meeting Hannah and Chris
September 27, 2022 - This morning we met up with Hannah and Chris at their airport hotel.
In the north of Switzerland, in Thurgau canton, we...
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Days 22 and 23 - Bye, Jane
September 24, 2022 - We were prepared to be picked up from our hotel in Erding by the local car agent. But as we were eating breakfast, we re...
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Days 20 and 21 - Through to Munich
September 22, 2022 - This is the restaurant in our bed and breakfast in Santa Maria, with Jane and Veda at breakfast.
They are so fortunate...
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Days 18 and 19 - In South Tyrol
September 21, 2022 - This post will cover our last day at Ortisei and our drive to the top of Passo Stelvio.
The internet connection the las...
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Day 17 - Alpe di Siusi
September 18, 2022 - This morning the weather had improved dramatically, so we chose to go up Seiser Alm.
In Italian, that is Alpe di Siusi.
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Day 16 - Rain in the Valley, Snow Higher
September 17, 2022 - It turned colder last night, with rain that continued into the morning. When that happens, there will be snow at higher...
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Day - 15 - Three Passes
September 16, 2022 - We left Cortina this morning, heading west.
The first of the mountain passes we drove was Passo Falzarego.
These spe...
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Day 14 - Around Cortina
September 15, 2022 - Today we went on a leisurely drive north from Cortina, in the direction of Dobbiaco (Toblach in German).
We were lookin...
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Day 13 - Hello From Cortina
September 14, 2022 - Greetings from Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The early morning was not promising, with a low cloud hanging over the valley.
So we...
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Day 12 - Into Northern Italy
September 13, 2022 - This morning we left Kransjka Gora, Slovenia.
This was the area just before we entered Italy.
Into Italy, we were unab...
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Day 11 - Into the Mountains and Over the Pass
September 12, 2022 - This was where we spent last night, in Grobisce. Our apartment was in the door at the left. This building is a new const...
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Day 10 - Going South in Slovenia
September 11, 2022 - Today we left the Lake Bled region, but not before I got one photo of Bled Castle.
We took the autobahn south toward...
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Day 9 - Unexpected Sunshine
September 10, 2022 - So again the weather predictions were wrong. But that was good.
We woke up this morning to a sunny day, with white puff...
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Day 8 - Rain, Rain, and More Rain
September 09, 2022 - Another day of rain, so at least we got our money's worth from the umbrellas.
We left our airbnb but it was still raini...
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Day 7 - Lakes Bled and Bohinj
September 08, 2022 - We were up very early this morning. I think most would classify 5:00 a.m. as early.
I was hoping for nice sunrise.
Thi...
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Day 6 - Into Slovenia
September 07, 2022 - Here is an additional photo of the amazing construction of the Austrian autobahn that I noted yesterday.
Today we did d...
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Day 5 - Driving South
September 06, 2022 - On this sunny morning, we left Bischofshofen, heading south to Slovenia.
After driving a few kilometres on the autobahn...
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Day 4 - Dachstein
September 05, 2022 - This morning we had a lot of fog where we are staying at our airb&b above the valley of Bischofshofen.
The views from h...
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Day 3 - Hallstatt
September 04, 2022 - Jane and Veda pose after our morning breakfast in the hills above Bischofshofen.
We set out to visit Hallstatt, reputed...
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Dat 2 - Into Austria
September 03, 2022 - This morning, after doing some organizing of our luggage, we left our guest house in Stierberg, Germany.
It was a great...
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August 22 - Uninspiring Time of the Year
August 22, 2022 - This time in the summer is a period that most photographers - me included - find uninspiring.
The days are hot, the col...
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August 8 - Parry Sound, Sudbury, Manitoulin
August 08, 2022 - Last week we had a nice visit and tour with Hannah, Chris, Peter, and Anthony. We had planned to meet in Parry Sound to...
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July 10 - More Wildlife Photography, or...
July 10, 2022 - It is summer, a time that does not inspire me photographically.
It's more of a season for barbecues and outdoor gatheri...
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June 15 - What Do I Like to Photograph?
June 15, 2022 - Summer is just around the proverbial corner. I apologize for not creating a blog for a long time, but I have excuses whi...
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April 25 - Kenora, Ontario
April 25, 2022 - Yesterday, in Moosomin, after the storm had passed and the sun had come out, we went into town to an Italian restaurant...
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April 24 - Moosomin
April 24, 2022 - "Where the heck is Moosomin?" you ask.
"Why are you staying in Moosomin?"
More on that later.
Friday was a warm morni...
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April 21 - Homeward Bound
April 21, 2022 - We left springtime in the Okanagan on Monday. We took the highway north to Sicamous where we connected with the Trans-Ca...
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April 16 - Oliver and Osoyoos
April 16, 2022 - No, the title is not the name of a restaurant.
Oliver and Osoyoos are the two most southerly towns in the Okanagan Vall...
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April 9 - End of the Season
April 09, 2022 - The ski season has come to an end. Spring has arrived in the Okanagan Valley.
We are now able to hike up in the park...
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March 17 - St. Patrick's Day and Before
March 17, 2022 - The Ides of March are come and gone, as is most of our ski season here in the Okanagan.
Silver Star Mountain still look...
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February 25 - Time Flies
February 25, 2022 - Here we are almost at the end of February. Time seems to have passed quickly. Skiing has been mediocre, with scant new s...
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February 11 - This Week in the Okanagan
February 11, 2022 - This last week in the north Okanagan has been mild, with either overcast gray skies or, less frequently, bland blue skie...
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February 4 - More Recent Images
February 04, 2022 - I have now finished processing all of my recent photos.
A selection of these I've added to my "Recent Work" gallery.
I...
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January 28 - Fog, Frost, Sun
January 28, 2022 - Fog, frost, and sun - that aptly describes our weather over the last two weeks.
The valley where we are living has been...
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January 21 - New Images
January 21, 2022 - I finally am up to date with my editing of photos from last autumn and early this winter.
I am also getting familiarize...
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January 15 - Drive to Salmon Arm
January 15, 2022 - This is our fifth day in Coldstream. We spent some time getting organized in the house and shopping, mostly for grocerie...
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January 11 - Coldstream, BC
January 12, 2022 - This was the final day of our drive west.
The temperature as we left Strathmore this morning was a measly -2°C.
How ma...
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January 10 - We Have Arrived
January 10, 2022 - After five days on the road, we arrived in Vernon today around 6:00 p.m.
Nine hours en route today and then quickly unp...
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January 9 - Strathmore, Alberta
January 09, 2022 - What a difference a day makes.
Even though it was -24C this morning, it was so much more bearable, with no wind.
This...
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January 8 - Regina, Saskatchewan
January 08, 2022 - This morning was somewhat milder - only -12C, in Headingley, but still very windy.
Today's driving was some of the most...
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January 7 - Headingley, Manitoba
January 07, 2022 - This morning's temperature in Thunder Bay registered -28C - not pleasant.
This is our loaded not-so-clean vehicle as we...
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September 30 - Photographing Fall Colour
September 30, 2021 - Spectacular colour with atmospheric conditions as in this photo of Crystal Lake in New Hampshire's White Mountains is th...
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September 14 - Photographing the Smaller Subjects
September 13, 2021 - As photographers, we often first are attracted by the larger landscape. Our next reaction is to look for the intimate la...
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August 31 - Intimate Landscapes
August 30, 2021 - All of us photographers are in awe of the epic landscape images, whether of grand light in the mountains...
... the ful...
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August 17 - Abandoned
August 17, 2021 - We photographers love making images of the old, the run-down, the decrepit, the dilapidated.
With this in mind, I'm con...
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August 3 - One Day, Two Events
August 03, 2021 - It's been a long time since we have ventured afar, or attended any events.
Thus Friday was a departure from our Covid-c...
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July 20 - Atmospheric Conditions Revisited
July 20, 2021 - In my previous post, I provided examples of fog creating atmospheric conditions that can elevate your photography.
A cl...
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July 6 - Atmosphere in Your Photos
July 06, 2021 - What is meant by the concept of atmosphere in photography?
Atmosphere, as defined by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, is...
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June 22 - Frame Within the Frame
June 21, 2021 - The concept of a frame within a frame comes when you use some element within your image to frame your main subject.
You...
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June 8 - Colour as a Subject, Revisited
June 08, 2021 - This is a followup to a previous blog on looking for colour.
Colour on its own does not always make for an interesting...
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May 25 - The Suffering Nature Photographer
May 25, 2021 - Most photographers consider the best time for landscape photography is either around sunrise or sunset. Of these, mornin...
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May 11 - Colour As the Subject
May 10, 2021 - I have a number of themes that I pursue in my photography. One of these is looking for bold and dominant colours in man-...
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August 27 - Scale for Size Relationship
April 27, 2021 - In many photos, without a reference point, it is difficult to judge the size of the various elements.
As an example, in...
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April 13 - The Lone Tree
April 13, 2021 - "And the boy loved the tree...very much. And the tree was happy." Shel Silverstein
Most of us nature photographers spen...
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March 30 - Photographing Close to Home Has Its Advantages
March 30, 2021 - Why do I return to certain iconic locations when I've already photographed them previously?
How many times can I photog...
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March 16 - Silhouettes
March 16, 2021 - If you have not made silhouette photos you may be missing some unique opportunities.
The dictionary defines silhouette...
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March 2 - Point of View, Part 2
March 02, 2021 - In my previous post, I talked about searching for higher perspectives for your photos, that is, higher than normal eye l...
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February 16 - Point of View
February 16, 2021 - How many of your photos have been taken from your eye level? The more pertinent question might be, "Are there very many...
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February 2 - Working With Slow Shutter Speeds
February 02, 2021 - High shutter speed to freeze motion is not the sole option. There are many creative uses of slow shutter speeds.
In thi...
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January 19 - Shutter Speed Selection
January 19, 2021 - Creative writers do not let their computer programs decide what to place on the page. Similarly creative photographers d...
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January 5 - 2020 Favourites
January 05, 2021 - 2020 was an unusual year, even for me for photography.
Our first two and a half months of the year were spent in the Ok...
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December 22 - Photographing Christmas
December 22, 2020 - 'Tis the Christmas season, the time of year when we see a myriad of lights glowing in most towns and cities, like on the...
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December 8 - Finding Whimsical Photographs
December 08, 2020 - When I venture out on a photography outing, I usually have a location in mind. But I try not to be looking for a specifi...
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November 28 - Name Change
November 28, 2020 - I recently received a news item from Sean O'Hagan about an Austrian village deciding to change its name.
This is the vi...
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November 24 - November Colours
November 24, 2020 - The various hues of brown are the predominant colours of November, at least until the snow falls.
For my photography, t...
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November 16 - Last of Fall Colour
November 16, 2020 - It's been much too long since my last blog post. I do apologize for this delay. But the unseasonably warm weather has pr...
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October 14 - Photographing Fall Colour
October 14, 2020 - Rather than showing more photos of trees (how can one resist photographing these with their brilliant colours),here are...
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September 27 - Photographing Autumn Trees
September 27, 2020 - It is that time of the year when the leaves are turning colour. Who does not revel in that beauty? Who does not pull out...
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September 7 - Photographing Wildlife
September 06, 2020 - Seeing, viewing, watching wildlife is an exciting, often heart-thumping experience.
Being able to capture photos of the...
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August 27 - Photo School, Backgrounds
August 27, 2020 - The background in your photograph can make or break your image. Here I discuss portraits, either candid or posed, and ho...
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August 6 - Keep It Simple - Photo Tip #1
August 06, 2020 - This is the first in a series of photo tips that I will be publishing, likely once every two weeks.
Feel free to pass t...
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July 24 - Photographing Giant Mural
July 24, 2020 - This project has been billed as Canada's largest mural, the painting on the old hospital building in Sudbury.
It has be...
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July 6 - 30 Plus
July 06, 2020 - We've experienced a week of days when the temperature has risen above 30°C.
Yesterday we had the edge of a thunderstorm...
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Happy Canada Day
June 30, 2020 - Happy Canada Day!
Stay safe, keep healthy, wear your mask.
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June 24 - Dreaming of Travelling
June 24, 2020 - With this world-wide lockdown because of Covid-19, we are anxious about when we will be able to hop on a plane and again...
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June 13 - Photo of the Day
June 13, 2020 - Today's photo is of the city of Sudbury from one of its hills, looking south.
This marks 77 consecutive days for my Pho...
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June 12 - Photo of the Day
June 12, 2020 - There are carpets of Canada Mayflower growing in our woods.
This one has a crab spider hiding, waiting to ambush its pr...
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June 11 - Photo of the Day
June 11, 2020 - On another blustery day, I made this photo between Chelmsford and Lively.
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June 10 - Photo of the Day
June 10, 2020 - Rain here this morning, and then windy and humid. Real bad for the bugs, and photography.
So I decided to experiment wi...
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June 9 - Photo of the Day
June 09, 2020 - Another Sudbury mural: have you seen this one?
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June 7 - Photo of the Day
June 07, 2020 - I created this abstract photo just behind our house.
This is my 71st consecutive photo blog.
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June 6 - Photo of the Day
June 06, 2020 - Today's photo is the first one that I'm posting that was taken with my new Canon EOS R.
This setting is in Whitefish.
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June 5 - Photo of the Day
June 05, 2020 - Rather than being attacked by the biting insects, I'm going into the city to practise my street photography.
That's so...
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June 4 - Photo of the Day
June 04, 2020 - I walked a little in the central part of Sudbury today. I photographed this mural by the Elm Street railroad tracks.
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June 3 - Photo of the Day
June 03, 2020 - It's as if we had two days in one today. The morning was misty and overcast, as in this photo.
The afternoon was sun an...
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June 2 - Photo of the Day
June 02, 2020 - Today I returned to again photograph Canada's largest mural, the old hospital building on Paris Street.
But I was looki...
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June 1 - Photo of the Day
June 01, 2020 - The Yellow Pond Lilies are about to bloom in this small pond near Creighton.
My new camera arrived today, a Canon EOS R...
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May 31 - Photo of the Day
May 31, 2020 - These Yellow Lady's Slippers I photographed in my yard.
I transplanted these flowers from Birch Island a few years ago.
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May 30 - Photo of the Day
May 30, 2020 - I took some creative liberties with today's image of dead birch trees.
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May 29 - Photo of the Day
May 29, 2020 - In an earlier post I expressed the view that landscape photographers were not fans of sunny days.
Today's photo is an e...
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May 28 - Photo of the Day
May 28, 2020 - This afternoon I had a photo subject in mind.
Happily, as I was crossing the Wanapitae River in Wanup I saw no border p...
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May 27 - Photo of the Day
May 27, 2020 - This marks my 60th consecutive post of a photo of the day.
This photo was taken behind Copper Cliff this morning. It is...
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May 25 - Photo of the Day
May 25, 2020 - Everybody loves a bright warm sunny day...except a nature photographer.
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May 24 - Photo of the Day
May 24, 2020 - We had quite a change in the weather, from a sunny 32°C yesterday to rain and 19° today.
But we did need the rain as it...
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May 23 - Photo of the Day
May 23, 2020 - What I like about this time of the year are the variety of hues of green in the forest.
To get a perspective on the for...
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May 22 - Photo of the Day
May 22, 2020 - Numerous times I have driven by this long-forgotten Finnish barn along Highway 17 at Beaver Lake.
This is in an area th...
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May 21 - Photo of the Day
May 21, 2020 - On Monday the trees were still void of leaves. In this short time since, they have burst into green.
This happened amaz...
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May 20 - Photo of the Day
May 20, 2020 - Suddenly the poplar trees have burst forth with the first green leaves. That is a harbinger of summer.
But so are the b...
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May 19 - Photo of the Day
May 19, 2020 - This marks 52 consecutive days that I have posted on my self-assignment.
Today's image is again of flowers, but of the...
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May 18 - Photo of the Day
May 18, 2020 - Today's photo is of Common Strawberry flowers, taken along my driveway.
These flowers, which become the sweet berry, ar...
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May 17 - Photo of the Day
May 18, 2020 - There's a time for work...
...and a time for play.
Wine and appetizers on the deck with Frank and Sally.
Yes, we are...
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May 16 - Photo of the Day
May 16, 2020 - Streaming today.
Pun intended.
Late this afternoon I was not sure what I might photograph for today's picture.
I deci...
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May 15 - Photo of the Day
May 15, 2020 - The lupines are showing signs of life, though the flowers are still a couple weeks away.
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May 14 - Photo of the Day
May 14, 2020 - Carrying on with my search for colour, but today in the natural world.
I found this flower just off the road below ou...
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May 13 - Photo of the Day
May 13, 2020 - One of the first signs of spring greening.
I photographed these mounds of dead grasses with frost earlier this spring....
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May 12 - Photo of the Day
May 12, 2020 - Three white-tailed deer have been seen in our area for the last month.
I was able to photograph one of them in pleasing...
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May 11 - Photo of the Day
May 11, 2020 - This is my 44th consecutive day posting my photo of the day.
OK, one more photo from my search for colour today.
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May 10 - Photo of the Day
May 10, 2020 - David duChemin posted this challenge in his latest post:
But when you say to yourself, "I'm just going to look for co...
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May 9 - Photo of the Day
May 09, 2020 - I do like to make abstract images.
I'll leave it to you to figure out these photos.
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May 8 - Photos of the Day
May 08, 2020 - This is what we woke up to this morning. This is the pine forest out our back door.
I rechecked my calendar to be sure...
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May 7 - Photo of the Day
May 07, 2020 - Yikes!
I don't remember ever having this weather on my Mother's birthday.
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May 6 - Photo of the Day
May 06, 2020 - Veda has started raking the forest, as they do in Finland, according to Trump.
Oh what an ass (Trump, that is)!
We are...
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May 5 - Photo of the Day
May 05, 2020 - "You will never make a photograph that everyone likes,so make sure that you like every one of your photographs."
- Oliv...
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May 4 - Photo of the Day
May 04, 2020 - Sunny today, but cold and windy - not May weather.
This is the first wild flower that we have seen blooming this spring...
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May 3 - Photo of the Day
May 03, 2020 - For today's photo I ventured further from my home turf.
This image I took of the Wanapitae River near Wanup. And yes, m...
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May 2 - Photo of the Day
May 02, 2020 - This marks the 35th consecutive day that I have posted my photo of the day.
All except two of these photos have been ta...
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May Day Photo of the Day
May 01, 2020 - Spring has officially arrived at our place - we heard the spring peepers today.
And summer will have arrived at our pla...
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April 30 - Photo of the Day
April 30, 2020 - Rainy day again, but it did stop in the afternoon, leaving a chance to go for a walk.
All the ice on Silver Lake has me...
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April 29 - Photo of the Day
April 29, 2020 - A rainy day here, all day long.
This photo was taken along my driveway.
This photo of the creek along Chief Lake Road...
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April 28 - Photo(s) of the Day
April 28, 2020 - For today I am not posting any epic landscape photo, no intimate landscape details, nor any wildlife images.
Why do I n...
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April 27 - Photo of the Day
April 27, 2020 - Many people look, but few people see.
As a long-time photographer I see the potential for images all the time, though o...
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April 26 - Photo of the Day
April 26, 2020 - Another bright sunny day today. For today's photo, I shot this road that leads to the old Long Lake Finnish cemetery.
B...
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April 25 - Photo of the Day
April 25, 2020 - We've had two bright sunny days - a photographer's worst weather. Even overcast days were better.
But this guy likes th...
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April 24 - Photo of the Day
April 24, 2020 - Some of the first signs of life springing forth.
Makes me question when life will be returning to some semblance of nor...
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April 23 - Photo of the Day
April 23, 2020 - I was out early this morning, to go grocery shopping. The temperature was -9°, so there was a decent frost.
This photo...
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April 22 - Photo of the Day
April 22, 2020 - For today's photo, I did not even leave the house.
This was our evening meal.
The Burdeniuks brought us one of Rick'...
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April 21 - Photo of the Day
April 21, 2020 - Can you convince anyone that we are a full month into spring?
This is so like spring time!
This is my 24th consecutive...
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April 20 - Photo of the Day
April 20, 2020 - It has been a very uninspiring day for photography - flat light and gusting winds.
I went for a walk behind the house a...
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April 19 - Photos of the Day
April 19, 2020 - Variable weather conditions today. This morning was clear and mild. And then this...
After this mid-day snowstorm, the...
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April 18 - Photo of the Day
April 18, 2020 - Impressions of a grove of poplars.
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April 17 - Photo of the Day
April 17, 2020 - This afternoon I wandered around the back of my property looking for details to photograph.
Because the light was flat...
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April 16 - Nostalgia Photos of the Day
April 16, 2020 - Ever since I can remember, this cedar-log sauna was a Saturday night ritual as I was growing up. My father would fire up...
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April 15 - Photos of the Day
April 15, 2020 - Today I went to the nearby creek which flows alongside the road to our house.
The high water of spring runoff provided...
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April 14 - Photo of the Day
April 14, 2020 - The photo illustrates how cold it was today.
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April 13 - Photo of the Day
April 13, 2020 - I've always preferred the art of the impressionists: Van Gogh, Mondrian, Monet, Pollock, etc.
At times I like to attemp...
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April 12 - Photo of the Day
April 12, 2020 - This evening, just across the road from our house, I saw, not the Easter Bunny, but......two deer grazing in the meadow.
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April 11 - Photo of the Day
April 11, 2020 - We had some frost this morning, so I drove down to the corner of Chief Lake Road.
Water in the creek is not very high...
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April 10 - Photo of the Day
April 10, 2020 - Good Friday: this marks my thirteenth consecutive photo of the day.
Today was at first most challenging because of the...
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April 9 - Photo of the Day
April 09, 2020 - This old hay rake is a reminder of the past, of the original Finnish immigrants who settled in our area a hundred years...
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April 8 - Photo of the Day
April 08, 2020 - When I looked out from my upstairs bedroom this morning, I saw these oak leaves scattered on the remaining snow bank. Th...
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April 7 - Photo of the Day
April 07, 2020 - This is my metaphorical image for the times.
As this tree, we are resilient and will return to normalcy. Tough situatio...
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April 6 - Photo of the Day
April 06, 2020 - We had a good frost this morning, because the temperature was -4°C.
This photo, again, was taken at my favourite wetlan...
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April 5 - Photo of the Day
April 05, 2020 - In these unprecedented times, social distancing has become the new norm, even on Chief Lake Road.
Even good friends wil...
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April 4 - Photo of the Day
April 04, 2020 - A couple days ago the first crocus blossomed at our driveway - a sure sign that spring is around the corner.
Here is my...
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April 3 - Photo of the Day
April 03, 2020 - I wasn't the only one up and about at sunrise this morning.
Again, taken at my favourite swamp down the road.
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April 2 - Photo of the Day
April 02, 2020 - The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines abstract art as follows:
achieving its effect by grouping shapes and colours in...
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April 1 - Breaking News
April 01, 2020 - Rumour has it that the city is finally going to repair our street (road).
They did the preliminary work yesterday.
S...
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March 31 - Photo of the Day
March 31, 2020 - The real signs of spring are the blooming of flowers.
Faux flowers! Faux spring!
We can look forward to the coming of...
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March 30 - Photo of the Day
March 30, 2020 - Here is my photo for day 3.
This photo, of conifers reflected in the water of the overflowing stream, was taken at a we...
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March 29 - Day 2 Photo
March 29, 2020 - This is actually day 3 of our self-isolation at home, but day 2 of my photo self-assignment.
On our way home we met Sco...
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March 28 - Home and Self-isolation
March 28, 2020 - We arrived home on Thursday, having spent six days on the trip from British Columbia.
The last day's drive was the only...
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March 24 - Thunder Bay
March 24, 2020 - Yesterday was a long drive, from Moose Jaw to Kenora, almost 900 km along the Trans-Canada Highway.
The day was overcas...
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March 22 - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
March 22, 2020 - We left Coldstream along with Mo and Dennis yesterday morning.
It turned out to be a great day for driving - sunny, war...
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March 20 - Extraordinary Times
March 20, 2020 - Hello from Coldstream, British Columbia.
If you are wondering where Coldstream is, it sits immediately on the southern...
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February 19 - Westside Road, North Okanagan
February 19, 2020 - On Monday we went for a drive along Westside Road, which runs down, as the name implies, the west side of Lake Okanagan...
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February 1 - Overlooked
February 01, 2020 - I recently was looking through my files to choose photos to be printed and sent to the lab.
As is often the case, when...
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January 21 - Coldstream, British Columbia
January 21, 2020 - We arrived here in the Okanagan Valley on January 9 after an excellent drive out. We had clear roads all the way.
But o...
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January 8 - Spokane, Washington
January 08, 2020 - We left Pewaukee on Saturday and rendezvoused with Maureen and Dennis near Madison. That day we drove as far as Worthing...
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January 3 - Pewaukee, Wisconsin
January 03, 2020 - Happy New Year. Hard to believe that it is already 2020.
We are on our journey to British Columbia. We left home on Tue...
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December 17 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico
December 17, 2019 - We are currently here at Hotel Xcaret in Playa del Carmen on a Bartz family vacation.
This is a photo of all of us on t...
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November 30 - Snow Storm
November 30, 2019 - We had a lot of snow on the ground when we returned home on November 12 from our trip to Portugal.
With the very cold w...
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November 10 - Portugal, Day 24
November 10, 2019 - The food experience here in Portugal does not receive high grades from us. On the other hand, our dinner on Friday night...
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November 9 - Portugal, Day 23
November 09, 2019 - This morning the day did not seem very promising. After breakfast, we returned to our room with low expectations for the...
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November 8 - Portugal, Day 22
November 08, 2019 - This is my impressionistic rendering of a Porto street scene.
Today we returned our rental car and moved to another hot...
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November 7 - Portugal, Day 21
November 07, 2019 - Today, our first day in Porto, was a slow day. I took only one roll of film (or the equivalent of).
The day varied with...
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November 6 - Portugal, Day 20
November 06, 2019 - Today was foggy with a constant light rain. Combine that with the fact that we also disliked our hotel room in Peso da R...
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November 5 - Portugal, Day 19
November 05, 2019 - Today we left the village of Tabuaco, where we had spent two nights in this guesthouse, Casa do Brasao,which was a 17th...
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November 4 - Portugal, Day 18
November 04, 2019 - It rained last night and into this morning, but had let up just before we left Tabuaco. On the way down the valley road...
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November 3 - Portugal, Day 17
November 03, 2019 - Today we were heading to the Douro River area. We first headed west along the motorway, retracing our route from two day...
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November 2 - Portugal, Day 16
November 02, 2019 - This is the view from the balcony of our hotel room in Vagos. It's much better than you might think.
It may be nostalgi...
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November 1 - Portugal, Day 15
November 02, 2019 - Before we left Viseu this morning, we went for a stroll in the old centre of the city. It was quite dark and not very at...
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October 31 - Portugal, Days 13 and 14
October 31, 2019 - This blog covers two days because yesterday's internet connection was very slow, probably because we were in such a remo...
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October 29 - Portugal, Day 12
October 30, 2019 - This morning was sunny but with fog swirling around us at lower elevations.
Following breakfast, we decided to visit th...
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October 28 - Portugal, Day 11
October 28, 2019 - This morning we left Casa Vinhao, where we've been for the last five nights. This photo shows the sitting area of the ho...
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October 27 - Portugal, Day 10
October 27, 2019 - This was a quiet day, by choice. When Veda checked the time on her FitBit she could not figure out why it was an hour be...
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October 26 - Portugal, Day 9
October 26, 2019 - Another sunny warm day, so we decided to visit Peniche, on a headland jutting out into the Atlantic.
En route, I stoppe...
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October 25 - Portugal, Day 8
October 25, 2019 - Today dawned bright and sunny. It was cool in the morning, but warmed up considerably later in the day.
Our first stop...
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October 24 - Portugal, Day 7
October 24, 2019 - We arrived at our current lodgings late yesterday afternoon - late because our GPS sent us off route. At an intersection...
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October 23 - Portugal, Days 5 and 6
October 23, 2019 - Yesterday was the day to check out of our Lisbon hotel and set out on the road. We picked up our rental car mid-day and...
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October 21 - Portugal, Day 4
October 22, 2019 - Today's agenda included a visit to Sintra. We boarded a train for the forty minute ride north west from Lisbon. But for...
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October 20 - Portugal, Day 3
October 20, 2019 - Today we decided to take a couple "hop on- hop off" bus tours. But we did not realize until we went to book these tours...
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October 19 - Portugal, Day 2
October 19, 2019 - Our hotel, Hotel Mundial, offered an excellent breakfast buffet, with numerous choices. A great start to the day.
Since...
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October 18 - Arrival in Portugal
October 18, 2019 - We drove to Toronto yesterday, and then Hannah drove us to the airport to catch our flight to Portugal.
The flight on A...
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October 14 - Photographing with Mike
October 14, 2019 - I recently spent a day photographing around Sudbury with my friend Mike Grandmaison, who was in town on an assignment to...
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October 5 - Visiting Killarney
October 05, 2019 - Earlier this week, we spent two nights at Killarney Mountain Lodge with the Wilkinsons and Sunstrums.
We arrived on Mon...
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September 19 - Visitors from Sweden
September 19, 2019 - Last weekend we received a visit from Swedish friends, Kicki and Thomas Helin, and Kerstin and Bertil Ernberg, along wit...
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September 3 - Canada's Largest Mural
September 03, 2019 - The former Sudbury St. Joseph's Hospital has sat vacant for a few years now as its developer has stopped working on its...
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August 17 - Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
August 17, 2019 - Last weekend we travelled to Goderich to attend the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival. This was our third time attending th...
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July 25 - Quick Trip to Wisconsin
July 25, 2019 - We just returned from a short trip to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to visit my cousin Susan and her husband John. Hot muggy days...
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July 8 - Seeing the Possibilities
July 08, 2019 - Here I am in the heat of mid-summer, not particularly inspiring times for photography. The other day as I was sitting on...
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June 24 - Walt's Party
June 24, 2019 - Last Wednesday we drove to Orillia for Walt's party for the Silver Star Ski Buddies. We gathered at Walt's home for a pi...
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June 14 - Rainy June
June 14, 2019 - The weather outside has been....to paraphrase the carol, it has not been very summer-like. This situation has afforded m...
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June 5 - Spring colours around Sudbury
June 05, 2019 - I must apologize for the long period between blog posts. Spring was slow in coming here, with late snow melt and a lot o...
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May 1 - We Are Home
May 01, 2019 - We arrived home last Thursday. Since then it has been as series of chores: unpacking the vehicle, putting away and stori...
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April 16 - Packing Up, But First...
April 16, 2019 - Before our departure for home, we wanted to tour in the Okanagan. Seeing that the balsamroot were blooming around Vernon...
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April 10 - End of the Ski Season
April 11, 2019 - Sunday was the last day that Silver Star Mountain was open for skiing. On that day Silver Star hosted an outdoor barbecu...
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March 31 - Springtime in the Okanagan
March 31, 2019 - The snow has quickly disappeared here in the North Okanagan Valley. The warm weather and sunny skies make winter seem a...
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March 18 - Two Drives
March 18, 2019 - The weather has warmed up the last few days. This is nice to have here in town, but not great for skiing. There is still...
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March 11 - The Okanagan
March 11, 2019 - Most of the last two months here in the North Okanagan have been colder than normal. I have concentrated more on skiing...
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February 11 - Ontario Day at Silver Star
February 11, 2019 - Today the Ski Buddies celebrated Ontario Day at Silver Star Mountain Resort. Even though the day was very cold (-19C), m...
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February 3 - Vernon Winter Carnival
February 03, 2019 - Yesterday was parade day for the 59th annual Vernon Winter Carnival. This year's parade was on a pirate theme. Here are...
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January 28 - No-Luck Photography
January 28, 2019 - Last weekend I thought I would have an opportunity to get a few photographs for this blog.
So, on Saturday, while down...
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January 22 - Vernon
January 22, 2019 - We left our lodgings in Canmore on Saturday morning, but not before stopping next door to the inn at a new French pastry...
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January 18 - Back in Canada
January 18, 2019 - We delayed our departure from Helena for about an hour because it had snowed during the night. We thought that this woul...
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January 17 - From Helena, Montana
January 17, 2019 - We left Gillette, Wyoming, on a sunny mild morning. Gillette does not meet my standards of an inviting place. Besides ha...
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January 16 - Day 5 on the Road
January 16, 2019 - Yes, this is the fifth day since we left home, but in reality we've had three full days of driving. After spending two n...
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January 14 - On the Road Again
January 14, 2019 - I've unashamedly borrowed this title from Willie Nelson. No apologies though.
We left home on Saturday and drove two ho...
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January 6 - Kloten Airport
January 06, 2019 - This is our last night in Switzerland. We can't afford to stay any longer! Early this morning Veronica came with me to r...
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January 5 - Snowy Day
January 05, 2019 - Today has been the snowiest day of our trip. It has snowed steadily all day long. So instead of going out with the car,...
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January 4 - Around Fehraltorf
January 05, 2019 - Veronica was going on a hike with her group of ladies today, so Veda decided to tag along. Guess what? I did not accompa...
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January 3 - Habkern to Fehraltorf
January 04, 2019 - We left our mountain village of Habkern early this morning. Driving via Interlaken, Lucerne, Zug, and Rapperswil, we arr...
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January 2 - Habkern and Interlaken
January 03, 2019 - When we woke up this morning, it was snowing. This was the first snowfall we had on this trip. Habkern was quite beautif...
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January 1 - On the Schilthorn
January 02, 2019 - For today we had a forecast of fine weather, which proved to be accurate. Great, because yesterday we had purchased tick...
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December 31 - New Year's Eve in Switzerland
December 31, 2018 - This morning we drove down the mountain road to Interlaken to get information for our ride up to the Schilthorn. We boug...
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December 30 - Day in Habkern
December 30, 2018 - Today was another cloudy overcast day in Switzerland. We decided to take the post bus down to Interlaken to pick up some...
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December 29 - Arrival in Habkern
December 29, 2018 - We left this hotel in Rothenburg on a foggy morning for the short drive to Lucerne.
Lucerne's most famous tourist attra...
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December 28 - Back in Switzerland
December 28, 2018 - Thursday morning we left Hotel Schmiedboden. Annie will miss her new friends, Sjoukje and Onno, who worked at the hotel.
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December 26 - A Sunny Day in Tirol
December 26, 2018 - This morning was our first sunny day of this trip. As was also colder, we had a heavy frost in shaded areas.
These cu...
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December 24 - Christmas Eve in Austria
December 25, 2018 - Christmas Eve started as a rainy day. As we were eating breakfast, the rain turned into soft wet flakes of snow.
We dec...
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December 25 - Christmas in Tirol
December 25, 2018 - Christmas here was a quiet affair since we had celebrated ten days ago in Toronto. After a leisurely breakfast, we notic...
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December 23 - Oberndorf in Tirol
December 23, 2018 - We left Innsbruck this morning under cloudy conditions. At times we could see some clearing on the mountain slopes. Most...
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December 22 - Innsbruck Christmas Markets
December 23, 2018 - Today we took the tram into old Innsbruck and enjoyed the day at the Christmas market along Maria-Theresien Strasse.
He...
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December 21 - Driving to Innsbruck
December 21, 2018 - We left today for Innsbruck. Though it was a dreary overcast day, the trip was good. We passed through Liechtenstein and...
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December 20 - Zurich Downtown
December 20, 2018 - Today was overcast, but reasonably warm. So we walked to the Fehraltorf train station and took the train to the Bahnhof...
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December 19 - Christmas Lights in Zurich
December 20, 2018 - We arrived at Zurich airport at 6:45 a.m. local time (12:45 a.m. Eastern time).
Veronica met us at the airport with our...
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December 18 - To the Airport
December 18, 2018 - Yesterday I went downtown to the Eaton Centre to do some Christmas photography. The highlight is the large lighted Chris...
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November 30 - Fall Photos
December 01, 2018 - I've finally finished editing my fall photographs. I apologize for the long period between blogs, but kitchen renovation...
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September 15 - My Three Excuses
September 15, 2018 - I have not found time to write a blog post for more than a month, let alone edit the images from my trip west in June. B...
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August 7 - Summer Festivals in Sudbury
August 07, 2018 - On these last two weekends I took in a couple of events that were held here in Sudbury.
The first one that I paid a sho...
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July 15 - Reading Jay Maisel
July 15, 2018 - These are the dog days of summer, those days of 30 degree temperatures. For me the most comfortable place to be is insid...
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July 2 - Editing Images
July 02, 2018 - I've begun the task of editing and optimizing images from my recent trip west. Sitting at the computer is not always muc...
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June 17 - Back Home
June 17, 2018 - When we left the Soo this morning it was raining. Sometimes the rain let up, so we were able to make some images along t...
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June 16 - Sault Ste. Marie
June 16, 2018 - Cloudy and overcast and cool this morning. So we left our digs (probably the worst room we've stayed in, courtesy of War...
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June 15 - Nipigon
June 15, 2018 - We had thunder and rain during the night. This morning was cloudy, so our first stop was for coffee (or for Ward it was...
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June 14 - Vermilion Bay, Ontario
June 14, 2018 - We left Brandon this morning under cloudy conditions - nothing conducive to photography weatherwise or in the landscape.
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June 13 - Brandon, Manitoba
June 13, 2018 - Today's drive took us across Saskatchewan, and then into Manitoba. We've stopped for the night in Brandon. That means ti...
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June 12 - Medicine Hat, Alberta
June 12, 2018 - I'm glad that I drank the remainder of my bottle of Willamette Valley Pinot noir, along with some cheese, foie gras, and...
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June 11 - St. Mary, Montana
June 11, 2018 - We are in St. Mary tonight, at the eastern entrance to Glacier National Park. And the wind is howling out our room. We'v...
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June 9 - Rainy Day in Palouse
June 09, 2018 - We had thunder showers last night. When we awoke in the morning, there was a heavy cloud cover. Shortly after breakfast...
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June 8 - Discovering Palouse
June 08, 2018 - I'm sitting here in my hotel room late in the evening editing my images from today. This is made all the easier with my...
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June 7 - In Palouse Country
June 07, 2018 - Today was our first full day photographing in the Palouse region of Washington. We were up early (ridiculously early at...
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June 6 - Pullman, Washington
June 06, 2018 - Today we left Belgrade, Montana, driving west on I-90 to Coeur d"Alene, Idaho, and then south, arriving here in Pullman...
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June 5 - Goodbye Yellowstone
June 05, 2018 - We left Yellowstone late this afternoon. We had two long, but productive days photographing in the park. Getting up at d...
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June 4 - Billings to Yellowstone
June 04, 2018 - This post is covering our Sunday travel. I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. I won't bore you with my excuses,...
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June 2 - Badlands National Park to Billings
June 02, 2018 - We were out very early this morning in Badlands National Park. Today was still windy, though the winds were not as fierc...
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June 1 - Wall, South Dakota
June 01, 2018 - We drove south this morning through Minnesota. The day was bright and sunny, but we did stop for the occasional photo op...
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May 31 - Day 2 of Westward Journey
May 31, 2018 - This morning in Marquette, Michigan, was cloudy with threats of rain. These conditions were the norm through the Upper P...
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May 30 - First Day on the Road
May 30, 2018 - This is a photo of the photoers as we are leaving my house this morning, with the SUV packed for the road.
Ward flew in...
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May 28 - Almost into Summer
May 28, 2018 - Spring was slow to come this year. When it did finally start to green, everything erupted quickly. First a few fresh gre...
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May 22 - Spring Has Sprung, at Last
May 22, 2018 - Spring has arrived here in Sudbury, though it is somewhat late. The warming weather has allowed the leaves to burst out...
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May 4 - Last Vestiges of a Late Winter
May 04, 2018 - Spring is finally attempting to emerge. Most of the snow has melted and ice is beginning to break up on the lakes.
Here...
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April 25 - Re-editing Photos
April 25, 2018 - This is a quiet period for photography outdoors. So I decided to purchase software (Silverfast) so that I could reconnec...
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April 16 - Back Home
April 16, 2018 - We finished our skiing at the end of March. After house cleaning and packing the car, we began our drive home on April 3...
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March 18 - Last Days of Winter
March 18, 2018 - 2018 has been a fantastic winter for skiing at Silver Star Mountain. At the beginning of this month the snow base was me...
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Ontario Day 2018
February 26, 2018 - Friday was our annual Ontario Day at Silver Star Mountain Resort. On a cold day, as it began snowing (a good omen at a s...
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February 20 - Armstrong
February 20, 2018 - We've had some very cold days lately - too cold for enjoyable skiing.
So today we took the opportunity to do some explo...
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February 7 - Okanagan Valley
February 07, 2018 - It has been more than three weeks ago that we arrived in Vernon, in the North Okanagan Valley.
This has been a winter w...
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January 18 - The Road to Vernon
January 18, 2018 - We left Sudbury on January 5, on our annual drive to Vernon, British Columbia. We arrived last Sunday, the 14th.
We sto...
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January 1 - Happy New Year 2018
January 01, 2018 - Can you believe it? How time flies. Is it really 2018?
We have been in a deep freeze for more than a week. But I can st...
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December 24 - White Christmas
December 24, 2017 - It is going to be a white Christmas, at least in Sudbury. Where we will be in Goderich, who knows.
A recent episode of...
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December 18 - Ontario Calendar
December 18, 2017 - The 2018 "Wild and Scenic Ontario" calendar, by BrownTrout Publishers, features two of my photos.
This photo that I mad...
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December 5 - Abstract Photos (Part 2)
December 05, 2017 - Another genre of abstract photography centres on man-made objects. I will sometimes focus in on everyday things, often t...
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November 27 - Christmas Market
November 27, 2017 - For quite a while we have been talking of how great it would be to visit some of the fantastic Christmas markets in Swit...
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November 19 - Signs of Winter
November 19, 2017 - Mild days and cold days alternating has been our November. But recently the colder weather has arrived. At this time of...
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November 12 - Abstract Photos (Part 1)
November 12, 2017 - What constitutes an abstract photograph?
There is no standard universally accepted definition of an abstract photo. Let...
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November 5 - November Blues - Well, Browns Really!
November 05, 2017 - The November photo blahs are upon us. It is difficult, at least for me, finding interesting subject matter, except when...
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October 28 - Bare and Brown
October 28, 2017 - Most of the leaves have fallen. Brown is now the dominant colour as you can see that in the following images.
This afte...
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October 22 - A Strange Autumn
October 22, 2017 - This has been a most unusual autumn. The warm weather in September and thus far in October has played havoc with our usu...
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95th Birthday Party
August 18, 2017 - We were in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, last Saturday (August 12) to celebrate my Aunt Aili's 95th birthday.
My mother's younge...
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August 7 - Revisiting Wildlife Fujichromes
August 07, 2017 - It's been a slow summer, at least for photography. So recently I've been optimizing scans of some of my wildlife images,...
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July 7 - Where Is Summer?
July 07, 2017 - We've had a lot of rain recently, and not many sunny days. The upside to this is that the wildflowers have been abundant...
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June 11 - Beat the Heat and Compose a Blog
June 11, 2017 - This was our hottest day of the year, with the temperature here reaching 32.7 C. So I thought that it was time to show a...
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May 17 - South-Western Ontario
May 17, 2017 - We just returned from another road trip out of town, this time to the south west of Ontario. We drove with Marilyn and B...
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May 10 - Recent Photos
May 10, 2017 - As I was relaxing by the living room window, enjoying the sunshine with Heidi, I realized that it was time for a new blo...
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April 11 - Homeward Journey
April 11, 2017 - After three months in the Okanagan, we left for home on April 3. This photo shows us departing after breakfast at Helmut...
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April 2 - Time to Head Home
April 02, 2017 - Our ski season here in the Okanagan has come to a close. Skiing at Silver Star was very good, though we did have a spate...
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February 24, 2017 - Ontario Day at Silver Star
February 24, 2017 - This was Ontario Day at Silver Star Mountain Resort, here in Vernon.
All the participants gathered at the top of the Co...
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February 8 - Memories of Kayla
February 08, 2017 - On Monday, our hosts Marian and Garth flew home from Southern California to attend to their dog, Kayla. Unfortunately th...
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January 2017 - Sudbury to Vernon
January 22, 2017 - It was time for our drive to the Okanagan Valley, to ski at Silver Star.
We left home on January 5, but drove only to B...
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December 20 - "Tis the Season
December 20, 2016 - It is the festive season. We were in Toronto recently. The festive activities were evident everywhere, especially in the...
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November 19 - Kivi Park
November 19, 2016 - This summer Mrs. Lil Fielding donated a large parcel of land near the east end of Long Lake to the City of Sudbury, crea...
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October 24 - Fall Colour
October 24, 2016 - The leaves are only now beginning to be blown off the trees here. This has been an unusually late fall colour season. No...
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October 8 Wedding Celebration
October 14, 2016 - On October 8 we attended the wedding of our niece, Grace Bartz, and Gaelen Merritt at Lake of Bays in Muskoka.
Here are...
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September 29 - The Mountain Parks
September 29, 2016 - We left Vernon on Sunday. Our first stop was in Mount Revelstoke National Park. Here we took the 25-km drive to the moun...
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September 21 - The Last Days of Summer
September 21, 2016 - On Thursday we returned from our trip to the Palouse. I saw this sign at a filling station in Orovile, Washington.
We...
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September 16 - Visit to Palouse
September 16, 2016 - We returned to Vernon yesterday from a four-day visit to the Palouse region of south-eastern Washington. The Palouse is...
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September 11 - Osoyoos, British Columbia
September 11, 2016 - This is the view yesterday morning of the Okanagan Landing area of Vernon.
We (Veda and I, with our friends Lauren and...
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September 9 - Vernon to Salmon Arm
September 09, 2016 - This photo illustrates the terrain in the North Okanagan when we go up above the valley into the arid ranch lands.
Kala...
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September 7 - North Okanagan
September 07, 2016 - The weather here in the North Okanagan has been abnormally cloudy and rainy since we arrived a week ago. But we have bee...
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September 3 - Vernon and Armstrong
September 03, 2016 - Yesterday was a rain day. But that was good as it let us rest up and get organized here at the Berry house.
I arose ver...
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September 1 - Arrived in Vernon
September 01, 2016 - Today we travelled the Crowsnest Route westward, then turned north on Hwy 33 to Kelowna, and then north on Hwy 97. We ar...
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August 31 - Cranbrook, British Columbia
August 31, 2016 - On Tuesday we drove north-west in Montana toward Alberta. The landscape was again typical Montana prairie. En route we s...
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August 29 - Grand Falls, Montana
August 29, 2016 - Another sunny hot day on the prairies. We turned off the I-94 at Forsyth and drove in a north-westerly direction in Mont...
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August 28 - Glendive, Montana
August 28, 2016 - It's a long road across North Dakota. Today was a sunny and hot drive - as high as 34C in mid-afternoon. Neither is it a...
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August 27 - Grand Forks, North Dakota
August 27, 2016 - Today we crossed northern Wisconsin, along Lake Superior, and Minnesota, all along Highway 2. We had intermittent sun an...
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August 26 - On the Road Again
August 26, 2016 - The heading of this blog is (I admit) stolen from Willie Nelson. But here I am tonight in Ironwood, Michigan, en route t...
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August 18 - Being Prepared
August 18, 2016 - Last Sunday I was in Whitefish Falls helping to build a deck. On our way out to the main highway, we came upon a deer wi...
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August 8 - Morning Photos Close to Home
August 08, 2016 - It was good to finally get out to do some shooting a couple days ago. The hot weather with its warm nights has not produ...
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July 26 - Here I am..."
July 26, 2016 - When I've found time, I've been processing photos from our trip to Switzerland and Italy. As I get further into this, I...
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June 23 - Cinque Terre Revisited
June 23, 2016 - We visited four of the five villages of Italy's Cinque Terre at the beginning of June. Because of poor internet connecti...
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June 18 - Italy to France to Switzerland to France
June 18, 2016 - The last seven planned days of our holiday began with our leaving Piedmont. We drove through the Aosta valley with Maure...
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May 30 - Across Italy
June 03, 2016 - We left Venice and meandered westward across Italy to Rapallo, where we met up with the Hunkins.
On most of this route...
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May 26 - Three Days in Venice
May 26, 2016 - On Monday we drove from Trento to Mestre, just out of Venice, on a rainy day. Near Verona it poured so hard that we pull...
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May 22 - Three Days in the Italian Mountains
May 22, 2016 - Friday was a nice sunny day. We left Zernez (Switzerland) and drove over the Ofen Pass into Val Mustair. These photos sh...
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May 19 - Zernez, Switzerland
May 19, 2016 - I'm writing this post from an up-scale hotel in Zernez in the Engadine, Switzerland. We had planned to drive into Italy...
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May 16 - More Switzerland
May 17, 2016 - Monday was a holiday here, so most places were closed.
Through our friend in Sudbury, Ted Djaferis, we were put in cont...
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May 15 - Still in Zurich
May 15, 2016 - Yesterday we got a brief respite from the rain. So I photographed some of the local colour here in Fehraltorf.
We then...
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May 13 - Switzerland on a Rainy Day
May 13, 2016 - Today was the second consecutive rainy day. But we did not want to sit around (except in a konditorei), so we took a ran...
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May 12 - Fehraltorf, Switzerland
May 12, 2016 - We arrived in Geneva yesterday morning, and then picked up our car in France, near to the airport.
We then began our dr...
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April 18 - On the Road Again
April 18, 2016 - We drove to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to visit my aunt and cousin, a drive of close to 900 kilometers. The day was sunny and...
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April 12 - Home Along the Trans-Canada Highway
April 12, 2016 - We arrived home last weekend, after a week en route.
We stopped for the first two nights in Canmore, Alberta. I was loo...
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March 31 - Time to Head Home
March 31, 2016 - It has been a great skiing season at Silver Star Mountain in the North Okanagan. The reported accumulated snowfall is 77...
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February 26 - Ontario Day at Silver Star
February 26, 2016 - Today Ontario Day was celebrated at Silver Star Mountain, in Vernon.
It began with a ski-down from the top of the Comet...
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February 25 - Photographing in Havana
February 25, 2016 - Late last fall, I travelled to Havana, Cuba, on a photography tour with long-time photography colleagues Ward Isnor and...
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February 13 - Veda and Her New Friend
February 13, 2016 - For the last month I've been spending my time skiing at Silver Star Mountain Resort, near Vernon, British Columbia. Beca...
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February 6 - Trees of Silver Star
February 06, 2016 - At this time of the winter, the trees on Silver Star Mountain are often encrusted with snow. These are referred to as sn...
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Januuary 30 - The Cars of Havana
January 30, 2016 - One of my motives for travelling to Cuba was to photograph the cars in the country. Havana had an abundance of old North...
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January 19 - Winter Drive to British Columbia
January 19, 2016 - As we have done for the past nine winters, we have again arrived in Vernon to spend the next three months skiing at Silv...
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December 24 - Moose Jam
December 24, 2015 - In this post, I am looking at past photos. Again I am returning to the recent theme of serendipity, or good luck.
Don J...
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December 17 - Photographing Strangers
December 17, 2015 - My main photography interests have been nature and wildlife. These pursuits involve no interaction with people as subjec...
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December 10 - Being There
December 10, 2015 - One September I was in Algonquin Provincial Park to photograph fall colours.
The previous day I had chosen my morning l...
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December 3 - Serendipity
December 03, 2015 - As this post is being published, I am in Havana with two of my long-time photography mates. I will post some images from...
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November 26 - Book Cover
November 26, 2015 - Congratulations to my good friend Benoit Cazabon on the upcoming publication of his new novel, "Tout depend de vous."
U...
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November 19 - Anatomy of a Photograph
November 19, 2015 - What I will be posting on my blog over the coming weeks will be comments on photographs that I have made over the many y...
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November 7 - Sudbury and Toronto
November 07, 2015 - Fall colours have come and gone. Unfortunately I missed most of the best of the season because we were on the road so mu...
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At Last - Fall Colour
October 07, 2015 - The colours of autumn that we usually see have been late in coming this year, apparently because the weather has been so...
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September 5 - Glorious End of Summer
September 05, 2015 - It's been a month since my last blog post. Thanks you for your patience awaiting this next one. I will try to post more...
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August 4 - Enjoying the Summer
August 05, 2015 - Please excuse the paucity of blog posts this summer. After all, as the summer season is so short, we must take advantage...
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July 14 - Gatchell
July 14, 2015 - Today was another in which I worked at photographing Sudbury, practice for my travel photography in urban areas.
I prow...
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June 30 - Dog Days of Summer
June 30, 2015 - Ask most nature photographers what is their favourite season, they would rank them in this order: autumn, winter, spring...
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June 9 - Photographing at the Edges of the Day
June 09, 2015 - The best times to be making the most unique photographs are at the beginning and end of the days. At this time of the ye...
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May 24 - Practice Advice
May 24, 2015 - In my photography my focus is mostly on nature and landscape images. But I also do a lot of travel photography, usually...
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May 17 - Manitoulin in the Spring
May 17, 2015 - Last week I made two visits to Manitoulin Island. I was going because this was peak time for blooming Marsh Marigolds an...
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May 6 - Photo of the Day
May 06, 2015 - Spring seems to be coming here in Sudbury. A few days of warm weather and the poplars are beginning to bud, and maple ca...
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May 4 - Signs of Spring
May 04, 2015 - We spent a few days in Toronto last week. What is there to photograph in early spring in Toronto?
Mo and Dennis alerted...
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April 27 - Photo of the Day
April 27, 2015 - Spring has not sprung here yet. The recent days have been cool, so the vegetation is still brown. But that is good for t...
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April 20 - Back Home
April 21, 2015 - Our drive home from Vernon was uneventful. The first day was overcast, but after that, the days were bright and sunny. T...
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April 14 - Day 2 Homeward Bound
April 14, 2015 - Monday morning we went with our hosts Ann and Michael and a group of their friends for a walk in the beautiful ranchland...
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April 11 - Vancouver Island Trip
April 11, 2015 - We have returned from our trip to Vancouver Island and are on our way to Vernon to pick up our belongings. On Monday we...
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April 2 - Vancouver
April 02, 2015 - Ski season has come to an end.
So this morning, we left Vernon on a beautiful but cool spring morning. We drove south p...
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March 22 - Visit to Goat Cheese Farm
March 23, 2015 - The early onset of spring continues here in the Okanagan. Warm days and an absence of snowfall continue to create havoc...
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March 11 - Unseasonably Warm
March 11, 2015 - The unseasonably warm weather continues in the Okanagan. The last two weeks have been sunny and warm, with some cool nig...
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Ontario Day at Silver Star
March 01, 2015 - The last two weeks have been mild and snowless, making for less than wonderful skiing. The most exciting incident for me...
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February 15 - Day at the Races
February 15, 2015 - Today Tony Mandle and I went up to Silver Star to photograph the annual "Over the Hill" downhill races. This proved to b...
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Happy Valentine's Day
February 14, 2015 - Happy Valentine's Day.
Here in Vernon it is sunny and +12C. Not long ago all the hills around town were snow covered. N...
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February 7 - Vernon Winter Carnival
February 07, 2015 - Skiing this week was very good. Thursday was exceptional as we had a substantial fall of fresh snow. That was perfect fo...
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February 3 - Photo of the Day
February 03, 2015 - We've had two days of much improved skiing conditions at Silver Star, with the fresh snow and good temperatures (just be...
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January 31 - Report from Vernon
January 31, 2015 - After last weekend's rain and mild weather, the ski slopes were not in very good condition. We are spoiled after all of...
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January 26 - Photo of the Day
January 26, 2015 - This weekend brought some very mild weather to the Okanagan. Saturday it was +5C in town. In the afternoon it rained her...
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January 20 - Photo of the Day
January 20, 2015 - Skiing conditions at Silver Star have been very good since our arrival. Today was no exception. The sun shone brightly w...
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January 13 - Arrived in Vernon
January 13, 2015 - We left Helena, Montana, on Sunday morning.The drive north on I-15 to Great Falls was slower than usual because the high...
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January 10 - Gillette to Helena, Montana
January 10, 2015 - Today was a great driving day. The temperatures hovered around the freezing mark all day. The sun shone most of the day,...
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January 9 - Oacoma to Gillette, Wyoming
January 09, 2015 - In contrast to yesterday, the driving conditions today were excellent. The day was bright and clear with light winds and...
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January 8 - Sioux Falls to Oacoma, SD
January 08, 2015 - So here we sit in our motel room in this town on the Missouri River, but not because of its scenic location or other ame...
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January 7 - Pewaukee to Sioux Falls, SD
January 07, 2015 - Left Pewaukee on a bright sunny morning. Temperature was -19C, and that same temperature held constant the whole day. It...
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January 6 - On the Road
January 06, 2015 - Pewaukee, Wisconsin:
We arrived here yesterday evening after an uneventful drive from Blind River. We left Gallagher's...
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Who Gives a Hoot?
January 02, 2015 - We'd received reports of sightings of Snowy Owls on Manitoulin Island. So today Don Johnston and I drove there with the...
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December 28 - Photo of the Day
December 28, 2014 - This year we had a green Christmas in many parts of Ontario, certainly where we spent this holiday period in Goderich an...
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Merry Christmas
December 24, 2014 - Happy holidays to all. Thanks for reading my blogs.
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December 22 - Photo of the Day
December 22, 2014 - We've been in Toronto for the weekend, visiting friends, shopping, and going to the ROM to see the BBC Wildlife Photogra...
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December 17 - Christmas Lights
December 17, 2014 - 'Tis the season...
Today's photo is of the Festival of Lights at Science North, the 24th year of this tradition.
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December 6 - Photo of the Day
December 06, 2014 - Today was a nice sunny day, with mild temperatures. It was a good day to put up some more Christmas lights.
Near the en...
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December 2 - Driving Home
December 02, 2014 - We travelled home from Wisconsin yesterday on a crisp sunny day, a pleasant day for the drive.
I made a quick stop alon...
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November 27 - Snowfall in Two Countries
November 27, 2014 - We are in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, where it is also cold and snow-covered.
We left Sudbury on Tuesday and drove through a w...
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November 23 - Photo of the Day
November 23, 2014 - Our early winter wonderland has given way to milder temperatures and a dreary rainy day - not conducive to photography....
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November 17 - Photo of the Day
November 17, 2014 - The drab days of November have been with us for a while. For this reason, I have not had much incentive to go out photog...
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October 26 - Photo of the Day
October 26, 2014 - This was a drab overcast day, a good day on which to do yard cleanup. It certainly was not a day that inspired me to go...
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October 24 - Photo of the Day
October 24, 2014 - We've finally had three days of pleasant fall weather, three sunny warm days. These usually are not ideal conditions for...
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October 18 - Photo of the Day
October 18, 2014 - The majority of the leaves are down, though there still are some pockets of golden poplars.
The rain has been falling o...
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October Fall Colours
October 15, 2014 - The brilliant reds of September have been replaced by the glowing yellows of the birches and poplars.
October has broug...
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September 30 - Early Mornings
September 30, 2014 - A week of early rising - up at 6:00 a.m. and then out the door - has been tiring. I'm not normally an early riser. So it...
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September 26 - Onaping Falls
September 26, 2014 - Yesterday afternoon we were invited for a drive to Onaping Falls with our friends Marilyn and Bob. It was a beautiful su...
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September 25 - Photo of the Day
September 25, 2014 - The fall colours are glowing. Well, they are glowing when you can see them.
It looked like it would be a nice morning w...
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September 23 - Photo of the Day
September 23, 2014 - The first day of autumn - and the weather is warming up. Today was overcast, but I went for a drive this morning searchi...
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September 22 - Last Day of Summer
September 22, 2014 - Our summer here has ended with a lot of cool and rainy weather. Fall colours are beginning to appear, especially in the...
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September 5 - Photo of the Day
September 05, 2014 - On Wednesday, Veda and I left for Milwaukee to stay with my aunt while her daughter and husband take a short vacation to...
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August 30 - McGregor Bay
August 30, 2014 - Veda and I just returned from a two-day visit with our friends, Judy and Stan, at their camp on Iroquois Bay, which is t...
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August 27 - Photo of the Day
August 27, 2014 - I was out at daybreak on Monday morning and made this photo in the fields at the east end of Long Lake.
Later this morn...
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August 24 - Photo of the Day
August 24, 2014 - I visited Elliot Lake last Thursday. It was a nice day - sunny intervals with the occasional rain.
I made a few images...
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August 20 - Photo of the Day
August 20, 2014 - We've had rain off and on today. During one lull, I took my camera and made some images in the front flower garden. This...
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August 19 - Photo of the Day
August 19, 2014 - Veda and I, along with our friend Carol from Florida, took a drive to Blind River to visit our friends, Claudette and Bo...
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August 13 - Photo of the Day
August 13, 2014 - We recently returned from a week in Southern Ontario - Toronto, St. Catharines, Goderich (Celtic Festival). I did not ha...
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August 4 - Photo of the Day
August 04, 2014 - Civic Holiday Monday today, so we decided to take a drive to Killarney for the famous fish and chips. Herbert Fisheries...
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July 31 - Photo of the Day
July 31, 2014 - The well-respected Austrian photographer, Ernst Haas, proclaimed that all light was the best light. Around here lately,...
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July 14 - Photo of the Day
July 14, 2014 - I have often been intrigued by the photo potential of the rows of vegetables planted in Holland Marsh. Today while retur...
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July 6 - Photo of the Day
July 06, 2014 - I have a correction to make. In my previous blog (July 3) I identified the family of ducks as mergansers. They are actua...
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July 3 - Photo of the Day
July 03, 2014 - This afternoon we were at our friends' Marilyn and Bob's place on McFarlane Lake. While there we saw this merganser with...
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July 2 - Photo of the Day
July 02, 2014 - I haven't been out photographing since our return from Ireland. So this evening when I saw the dark storm clouds at suns...
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Happy Canada Day
July 02, 2014 - Yesterday, Canada Day, we joined the throngs for a walk along the Boardwalk at Sudbury's Bell Park and Science North.
W...
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June 16 - Dublin, Ireland
June 16, 2014 - This morning we left County Wicklow, driving through Wicklow Gap. This higher elevation area has had a lot of logging of...
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June 15 - County Wicklow, Ireland
June 15, 2014 - We awoke this morning to sunny skies in Enniscorthy in the southeast county of Wexford. This is an important agricultura...
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June 14 - County Wexford, Ireland
June 14, 2014 - Yesterday we had a drizzly morning in County Clare. This photo shows part of the village of Doolin where we spent the ni...
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June 12 - County Clare, Ireland
June 12, 2014 - Today we drove around Galway Bay from County Galway to County Clare on the southern side. We had a beautiful sunny day i...
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June 11 - Connemara, Ireland
June 11, 2014 - This will be a short update. Too many late nights at pubs listening to traditional Irish musicians has resulted in good...
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June 4 - Northern Ireland
June 04, 2014 - Today we drove to the northern coast of Ireland. The forecast had been for a day of rain, but we lucked out and had an o...
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June 3 - Northern Ireland
June 03, 2014 - We are in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and the internet connection is great. I don't know if this is just coincidence or if...
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June 1 - Ireland
June 02, 2014 - This will be my first post since last Sunday from Dublin. Why such a long time between posts? I have not had internet ac...
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May 24 - Dublin, Ireland
May 24, 2014 - Yesterday was a travel day for us. We left Cyprus in the morning, when it was sunny and in the mid-twenties. We landed t...
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May 22 - Cyprus
May 22, 2014 - Today we made our third visit to the Turkish occupied territory, also known to the Turks as Northern Cyprus. The area we...
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May 21 - Cyprus
May 21, 2014 - Today we went on a long drive into the mountains in the west and the wine-growing area of Cyprus.
This was a very pictu...
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May 20 - Cyprus
May 20, 2014 - This morning we returned our rental car because Daphne had also rented one. We had no need for two cars. By luck when we...
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May 19 - Cyprus
May 19, 2014 - Yesterday Ted's cousin, Daphne, arrived from Athens. This morning the four of us got up very early and went for a walk o...
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May 18 - Cyprus
May 19, 2014 - Today Veda and I struck out on our own. After dropping Ted and his mother off at church, we headed west and drove past L...
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May 17 - Nicosia, Cypress
May 17, 2014 - Today Ted took us on a tour of his home town, Nicosia (called Lefkosia by the Greek Cypriots), the capital of Cyprus.
T...
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May 15 Evening Post
May 15, 2014 - Today was a relaxing day, time to get adjusted to the seven-hour difference.
This afternoon we walked around Larnaca se...
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May 15 - Cyprus
May 15, 2014 - This is my first blog from this trip as I was unable to get internet connections at Pearson or Heathrow Airports.
We'...
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May 7 Photo of the Day
May 07, 2014 - Today I drove to Manitoulin Island to deliver some framed prints to Perivale Gallery.
To my surprise there still was a...
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May 1 Photo of the Day
May 01, 2014 - Spring is coming, slowly. We still have a few small patches of snow, and the ice on the lakes is finally starting to bre...
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April 26 Photo of the Day
April 26, 2014 - We spent this last week in south western Ontario.
Spring is slowly coming on, though there are still few signs of green...
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April 20 Photo of the Day
April 20, 2014 - I've made three trips in the last two days down to the Lake Huron shoreline at Goderich. I was hoping to see large piles...
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April 17 Photo of the Day
April 17, 2014 - Spring has not yet really arrived in Sudbury.
A rainy day earlier this week caused creeks in the area to flood. A coupl...
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April 4 Photo of the Day
April 04, 2014 - We are currently en route from Vernon to Sudbury, via Milwaukee.
We've had very good driving conditions, with wet roads...
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March 28 Photo of the Day
March 28, 2014 - Today was our last ski day of the season at Silver Star Mountain. Even though there is plenty of snow, the resort will c...
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March 23 Photo of the Day
March 23, 2014 - This morning we welcomed spring with a few centimeters of fresh snow. Beautiful, but it was all gone here in town by mid...
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March 19 Photo of the Day
March 19, 2014 - Today, for the first time this winter, Veda visited the two black labs, Jasper and Blackie, who lived next door to us th...
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March 10 Photo of the Day
March 10, 2014 - This photo of a white-tail deer was created near Lumby, British Columbia, just east of Vernon.
I made the photo from in...
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Supporting Ukraine
March 09, 2014 - Yesterday I noticed a group in front of the Vernon Courthouse demonstrating in support of Ukrainian independence.
Since...
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February 20 Photo of the Day
February 20, 2014 - Today's photo depicts the Foothills area of Vernon. This development is on the road to Silver Star mountain on a hillsid...
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February 19 Photo of the Day
February 19, 2014 - We just returned from a three-day trip to Sun Peaks, near Kamloops, with Marilyn and Bob Wilkinson.
On Monday we met an...
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February 12 Photo of the Day
February 12, 2014 - Today's blog post differs from my regular "Photo of the Day" posts in that this photo was not made today. Or at least th...
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February 9 Photo of the Day
February 09, 2014 - Today's photo is another image that I made at Okanagan Lake in Vernon. This part of the lake seldom freezes, so this ind...
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February 7 Photo of the Day
February 07, 2014 - The cold snap continues here in the Okanagan.
Today's photo was made this evening at the opening of the Vernon Winter C...
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February 5 Photo of the Day
February 05, 2014 - The deep freeze continues in the Okanagan. This is forecast to last into the weekend.
I will try the skiing tomorrow, t...
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February 3 Photo of the Day
February 03, 2014 - Today was another cold one. I skied very little because of the weather, had a coffee, and came "home."
Today's photo wa...
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February 1 Photo of the Day
February 01, 2014 - The last two days have been very good for skiing. Yesterday was cold and sunny, but without the usual humidity. Thus in...
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January 27 Photo of the Day
January 27, 2014 - The fog continues to hover over the Okanagan Valley, though now it is at a higher altitude, often enveloping the ski hil...
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January 25 Photo of the Day
January 25, 2014 - The fog is still settled in the Okanagan, but the fog bank is at a higher altitude.
Today's photo was made in the fog,...
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January 24 Photo of the Day
January 24, 2014 - As I drove up the mountain road this morning, I emerged above the valley fog to see the sun rising over the Monashees....
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January 21 Photo of the Day
January 21, 2014 - It's been another sunny day up on the mountain, with fog in the valley.
After skiing, I walked around and made a few ph...
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January 20 Photo of the Day
January 20, 2014 - The fog continues to envelope the Okanagan Valley. It seems to rise and fall, meaning that sometimes when I drive up the...
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January 18 Photo of the Day
January 18, 2014 - The Okanagan Valley here in Vernon continues being enveloped in fog. But this does have some positives; specifically, th...
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January 16 Photo of the Day
January 16, 2014 - In my self-assignment of a photo per day that I began on October 25, I posted a photo each day for 81 consecutive days,...
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January 13 Photo of the Day
January 13, 2014 - Keeping with the road theme, today's image is of the road to Silver Star Mountain Resort, above Vernon, BC.
Snow is goo...
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January 12 Photo of the Day
January 13, 2014 - Today we drove westward from Missoula, Montana, along I-90. We encountered a fair amount of snow going through Lookout P...
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January 11 Photo of the Day
January 11, 2014 - Today started off nice and sunny, as you can see in this photo I made at Sheridan, Wyoming.
Shortly after we left, we...
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January 10 Photo of the Day
January 10, 2014 - We had another good driving day. We are now in Sheridan, Wyoming. We had beer and wings at this funky pub on the town's...
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January 9 Photo of the Day
January 09, 2014 - Marinette, Wisconsin, this morning was at minus 28C - rather nippy.
We drove over 900 km today and are now in Sioux Fal...
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January 8 Photo of the Day
January 08, 2014 - Left this morning for British Columbia. It has been clear driving all day. We are now in Marinette, Wisconsin.
This pho...
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January 7 Photo of the Day
January 07, 2014 - Very cold weather sometimes creates intricate frost patterns on windows.
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January 6 Photo of the Day
January 06, 2014 - The snow keeps falling, and needs to be removed.
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January 5 Photo of the Day
January 05, 2014 - There are times like today when the lighting conditions dictate looking for closeups.
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January 4 Photo of the Day
January 04, 2014 - With the good comes the bad.
The good today was the temperature - a balmy minus 2C with snow, more than 30 degrees warm...
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January 3 Photo of the Day
January 03, 2014 - We've set record low temperatures for the last two days. This morning's reading at Long Lake level was a crisp -40C. Add...
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January 2 Photo of the Day
January 02, 2014 - All is quiet. Everyone has left.
New Year's festivities were a great time for us. We had 11 family members (that includ...
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January 1 Photo of the Day
January 01, 2014 - Welcome to 2014.
Today's photo, made on the Wanapitae River, gives an indication of how bitterly cold it was here today...
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December 31 Photo of the Day
January 01, 2014 - I haven't had much time for photography the last couple days because we have been preparing for our New Year's Eve festi...
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December 30 Photo of the Day
January 01, 2014 - We are in another deep freeze. It was -28C this morning.
Here you can see Monte enjoying breathing the crisp air!
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December 29 Photo of the Day
December 29, 2013 - The day started off reasonably mild, but again no sunshine. The forecast calls for us to experience a deep-freeze the re...
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December 28 Photo of the Day
December 28, 2013 - Woke up this morning to a very dull day. The temperature was just above freezing, so all the trees had lost their ice an...
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December 27 Photo of the Day
December 27, 2013 - The snow and ice continue to hang on the trees in the Goderich area.
Today's photo was made near Vanastra, just east of...
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December 26 Photo of the Day
December 27, 2013 - Snow and ice covered trees, Goderich.
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December 25 Photo of the Day
December 25, 2013 - Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day.
Here is a photo from a snowy Christmas day in Goderich.
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December 24 Photo of the Day
December 24, 2013 - Spectacular morning here in the Goderich area. We had a fall of light snow last night, which covered the ice-coated tree...
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December 23 Photo of the Day
December 23, 2013 - Today's image shows there is beauty in the freezing rain storm in the southern part of Ontario.
The photo was made sout...
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December 22 Photo of the Day
December 22, 2013 - A snowy day today, so I was looking for some colour in the white landscape.
This bench I spotted near Minnow Lake.
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December 21 Photo of the Day
December 21, 2013 - Apartment for rent. Just don't step out on the balcony.
There is something about derelict buildings that attracts photo...
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December 20 Photo of the Day
December 20, 2013 - Today's photo continues with the Christmas theme.
We have always put up a real tree. Yes, it is more work, but we prefe...
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December 19 Photo of the Day
December 19, 2013 - Christmas must be coming. Today while driving along Howey Drive, I saw this guy in a red suit. So I pulled over and aske...
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December 18 Photo of the Day
December 18, 2013 - One week until Christmas!
Time to get into the festive spirit, so today's photo is of Christmas lights at Science North...
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December 17 Photo of the Day
December 17, 2013 - Today's photo was made at Junction Creek in Lively. Photographing today was much more pleasant as the temperature rose t...
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December 16 Photo of the Day
December 16, 2013 - The deep freeze continues!
This photo shows the moon rising behind the Sudbury Yacht Club on Ramsey Lake.
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December 15 Photo of the Day
December 15, 2013 - Today I returned to the same location along the Wanapitae River where I made yesterday's photo. These illustrate the dif...
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December 14 Photo of the Day
December 14, 2013 - Today has been very cold and overcast. These conditions produce a monochromatic image, almost as if this were a black an...
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December 13 Photo of the Day
December 13, 2013 - This morning was crisp - minus 23C. This is much below normal for this time of the year.
But we went out for an 8 a.m....
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December 12 Photo of the Day
December 12, 2013 - Ice fishing is another popular pastime in the winters of Northern Ontario. But why put up with the bitterly cold tempera...
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December 11 Photo of the Day
December 11, 2013 - Today's photo is of a Ruffed Grouse feeding from seeds on the ground below my bird feeder.
Today's photo was day 48 o...
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December 10 Photo of the Day
December 10, 2013 - Today's photo is of an old log sauna at the end of Chief Lake Road.
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December 9 Photo of the Day
December 09, 2013 - We had a welcome fresh snowfall during the night and today. Then the wind came up in the afternoon, but the temperatures...
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December 8 Photo of the Day
December 08, 2013 - A day like today is difficult for a nature photographer, a day of flat gray light, a partial uninteresting snow covering...
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December 7 Photo of the Day
December 07, 2013 - A day like today tested my resolve to continue with this self-assignment. It seemed so cold today, though the temperatur...
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December 6 Photo of the Day
December 06, 2013 - Today's photo shows a typical Sudbury scene at this time of the year - a wetland along Jarvi Road on a cold and windy bu...
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December 5 Photo of the Day
December 05, 2013 - Today's photo was made near Stayner, on our way home from Goderich.
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December 4 Photo of the Day
December 04, 2013 - Weather forecasts along the route to Sudbury have kept us in Goderich another day.
Today's photo was made in Huron Coun...
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Decmber 3 Photo of the Day
December 03, 2013 - It has been a colourless overcast December day here in Goderich. And to make the day drearier, the good butter tart bake...
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December 2 Photo of the Day
December 02, 2013 - Today we left Pewaukee and drove through Chicago, Gary, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Flint, and Sarnia to Goderich.
Fittingly, a...
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December 1 Photo of the Day
December 01, 2013 - Welcome to December in Pewaukee.
Today's photo shows some of the Christmas lights John has put up.
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November 30 Photo of the Day
November 30, 2013 - I'm attracted, as many photographers are, to old buildings as photo subjects. Weathered structures, be they homes, barns...
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November 29 Photo of the Day
November 29, 2013 - Black Friday in the U.S. Shop 'til you drop!
Today's photo was made just down the street from here. Pewaukee is a town...
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November 28 Photo of the Day
November 28, 2013 - Happy U.S. Thanksgiving Day.
We had a great meal with lots of good wine, courtesy of Marie and Steve, friends of my cou...
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November 27 Photo of the Day
November 27, 2013 - Today in Pewaukee was sunny and cold. I made today's photo (a multiple exposure) of a large willow tree in the back yard...
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November 26 Photo of the Day
November 26, 2013 - I made today's photo at Simmon's Woods Park in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on an overcast day.
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November 25 Photo of the Day
November 25, 2013 - We spent the night at Gallagher's in Blind River.
This morning was mild, but very windy when I made this photo at Galla...
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November 24 Photo of the Day
November 24, 2013 - Today has been bright and sunny - not a photographer's favourite light. Add to that the cold temperature and wind - not...
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November 23 Photo of the Day
November 23, 2013 - This was a day that tested my resolve to carry on with this project. It was our coldest day yet - minus 10C with gusty w...
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November 22 Photo of the Day
November 22, 2013 - It was raining this morning when I made my first photos of the day.
The temperature then dropped and the rain turned in...
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November 21 Photo of the Day
November 21, 2013 - I found this subject matter on a beaver pond along Highway 144 near Creighton. The small ponds have only a thin covering...
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November 20 Photo of the Day
November 20, 2013 - I made this photo early this morning along a creek just down the road. The night temperature was just below freezing. Th...
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November 19 Photo of the Day
November 19, 2013 - It was a cold and sunny day today.
As the sun was setting, I drove to my favourite close-to-home location again. I made...
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November 18 Photo of the Day
November 18, 2013 - We experienced gusting winds last night and today.
So what was I to photograph on a day like today? Something that does...
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November 17 Photo of the Day
November 17, 2013 - Chris is a city guy who had never driven an ATV.
So here he is driving my ATV on a trail behind my house.
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November 16 Photo of the Day
November 16, 2013 - Today was very mild, but overcast and windy.
This photo of a stand of birch trees was made a short drive from my home,...
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November 15 Photo of the Day
November 15, 2013 - I again went to my favourite close-to-home location. With the mild temperatures we've been experiencing, much of the ice...
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November 14 Photo of the Day
November 14, 2013 - Today's photo, as with the majority of photos I've posted in the last three weeks, was made right on my property.
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November 13 Photo of the Day
November 13, 2013 - Late this afternoon I walked behind my house. There I spent a long time photographing the patterns made by newly formed...
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November 12 Photo of the Day
November 12, 2013 - The sun finally shone this afternoon, though the temperature was below freezing.
I went to my familiar location close t...
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November 11 Photo of the Day
November 11, 2013 - It's becoming difficult, especially at this time of the year, to find interesting and different subject matter. This mor...
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November 10 Photo of the Day
November 10, 2013 - Birch trees are ubiquitous in the Sudbury area. These birches that I found along Jarvi Road I thought resembled ghostly...
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November 9 Photo of the Day
November 09, 2013 - I woke up to our first winter wonderland scenario this morning, with snow falling and a significant accumulation on the...
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November 8 Photo of the Day
November 08, 2013 - This afternoon I decided to go to Bell Park (on Ramsey Lake in Sudbury) to see what photo ops I might find.
As soon as...
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November 7 Photo of the Day
November 07, 2013 - I drove south of the city along the old highway (now called Estaire Road) to a location near Wanup where I remembered ha...
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November 6 Photo of the Day
November 06, 2013 - I think that this photo of a red oak tree in my front yard illustrates what today's weather was like here in Sudbury - a...
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November 5 Photo of the Day
November 05, 2013 - It was mild today, though most of the day was overcast. I made a few photos very close to home, but I was not satisfied...
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November 4 Photo of the Day
November 04, 2013 - It was late in the day before I had time to search for today's photo.
Behind my house there is a rock hill which drops...
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November 3 Photo of the Day
November 03, 2013 - The temperature was a bit below freezing last night, so we had some localized frost this morning.
I made this photo of...
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November 2 Photo of the Day
November 02, 2013 - I woke up this morning to find a light dusting of snow around the house. But that snow was not much in evidence as I dro...
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November 1 Photo of the Day
November 01, 2013 - A long rainy night and morning raised the water levels in creeks and wetlands around our home. Fortunately we are not af...
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October 31 Photo of the Day
October 31, 2013 - A rainy day makes for good light to photograph in the forest.
This image of red pines is of an area that my father plan...
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October 30 Photo of the Day
October 30, 2013 - Days like this make it difficult to find photographs.
Later in the afternoon, I went for a walk around my property with...
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October 29 Photo of the Day
October 29, 2013 - Another bland colourless October day for my drive home from Toronto. The trees are all without leaves. The only colour i...
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October 28 Photo of the Day
October 28, 2013 - A day in downtown Toronto forces me to look outside my comfort zone of nature photography.
I found this outdoor sculptu...
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October 27 Photo of the Day
October 27, 2013 - When the light is flat, when the conditions for making photos are poor, think outside the box.
So for this photo of a b...
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October 26 Photo of the Day
October 25, 2013 - Today was a rainy cold day, typical in this area for this time of the year. As my wife, Veda, and I were driving to Elli...
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Inspiration from Jim Brandenburg
October 24, 2013 - Former National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg created a self-assignment - shoot one photo and only one photo a...
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Familiar Location, Close to Home
August 08, 2013 - Most of the time, my best photos are made close to home. Why is that?
First of all, I am familiar with the location. Se...
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Photos at Reg Wilkinson's
July 13, 2013 - When you are in downtown Sudbury, drop into Reg Wilkinson's Mens Wear on Durham Street to see some of my photos.
I am o...
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The Rough Guide to Iceland
July 08, 2013 - I was fortunate to have one of my photos chosen for the cover of the new edition of The Rough Guide to Iceland.
The pho...
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In-camera HDR
June 26, 2013 - HDR, or high dynamic range imagery, has until now been available only through Photoshop or a number of plugins.
Now a n...
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Norman Felix Gallery
June 10, 2013 - I'm pleased to announce that my fine art prints soon will be available at Norman Felix Gallery.
Norman Felix Gallery is...
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Calendars
April 25, 2013 - My photos will occasionally appear in calendars. The following sales were made through the stock agency, Alamy, one of m...
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Ontario Day at Silver Star Mountain
February 28, 2013 - The Aussies have their Australia Day at Silver Star Mountain Resort, so last winter some of the Ontario ski buddies thou...
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Snow Ghosts of Silver Star
January 20, 2013 - Lots of snow and an absence of winds resulted in a build-up of snow on the trees near the summit of the skiing runs at S...
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Travelling West - Photo Ops
January 19, 2013 - Driving west in early January can be difficult, especially when it comes to finding photo opportunities. Winter weather...
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Holiday Greetings
December 13, 2012 - Season's greetings to all, from our house to yours.
All the best for 2013.
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Metal Prints
November 30, 2012 - Metal prints have to be seen to be appreciated.
These are printed by infusing dyes directly into specially coated alumi...
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November Blahs
November 01, 2012 - Here it is November. Just a month ago I was out photographing the brilliant colours of autumn in the Sudbury region. Now...
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Fall Colour in the Sudbury Area
October 12, 2012 - After my arrival home from our Greek travels, I was anxious to check out the fall colours. Getting up early was no probl...
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Greek Trip - Day 24
September 27, 2012 - The last two days have been well into the 30s. So today we went up to the Acropolis (free admission, I don't know why) e...
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Greek Trip - Day 23
September 26, 2012 - Today was the day of the general strike, and even though you may have seen news clips, we were not aware of any demonstr...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 22
September 25, 2012 - We arrived in Athens last night after a 6 1/2 hour ferry ride from Santorini. Today we are in the midst of a general str...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 21
September 24, 2012 - This was our last full day in the Greek Islands. Veda and Grace went on a volcano and hot springs excursion, which took...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 20
September 23, 2012 - We are now in Fira, the capital of Santorini. This town is also perched on the edge of the caldera, as the attached phot...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 19
September 22, 2012 - Today was a bit cooler, but yet it was sunny and clear. We paid a morning vist to Oia town, then went to Fira (the next...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 18
September 21, 2012 - This morning began at dawn in Oia. Afterwards, we stopped in Fira, the next town along the edge of the caldera, where th...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 17
September 20, 2012 - Hello from fantastic Santorini,
We spent the day in Oia (the Greeks spell it "Ia") this morning and this evening, enjoy...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 16
September 19, 2012 - Today we relaxed in the morning before boarding the ferry to Santorini, with a short stop at Ios. The approach to Santor...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 15
September 18, 2012 - After today's beach session, we drove into Naxos town. We had dinner below the Kastro (castle) on a nice terrace overloo...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 14
September 17, 2012 - Hello from Naxos,
I'm sending this from a beachfront restaurant on Tuesday because I've had problems with Internet acce...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 13
September 16, 2012 - Hello again from the balcony of our guest house in Prokopios, Naxos. Ted and I are here doing this missive and occasiona...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 12
September 15, 2012 - Greetings from Naxos. I'm sending this message while sitting outdoors on a porch next to a road on a windy night. Why, m...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 11
September 14, 2012 - Hello from Mykonos:
Another day enjoying the sights of this town (Hora, which is the name of the main town and port). O...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 10
September 13, 2012 - This was our first full day here, though it seems like we've been here much longer. We spent the day wandering the narro...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 9
September 12, 2012 - Dateline Hora, Mykonos:
We left Syros just before noon today and rode the ferry to Mykonos (about 75 minutes, with one...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 8
September 11, 2012 - Dateline Finikas, Syros:
It was another clear sunny and hot day in the Greek Islands.
We were up and at what we though...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 7
September 10, 2012 - Dateline Finikas, Syros:
Well, we made it through the night voyage, but not without having to endure Greek organization...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 6
September 09, 2012 - Symi, our ferry's first port of call.
Dateline Patmos:
We left Rhodes this morning at 8:30 on the catamaran (a hig...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 5
September 08, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
Today was another day like yesterday - sunny, clear, and hot. It was 32C at 9:30 this morning.
We lef...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 4
September 07, 2012 - Hello from Grace and Veda (...and Carl and Ted of course!),
Despite our slow start to the day we were able to see qui...
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Greek Islands Trip - Day 3
September 06, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
Today was our first full day in the Greek Islands. Seems like we've been here much longer.
We took a...
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Greek Islands Trip - Arrival
September 05, 2012 - Dateline Rhodes:
After a long flight, we landed in Athens this morning, 10:50 local time and 3:20 EDT.
We were met at...
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Travels to Greece - Departure
September 04, 2012 - Hello from Pearson Airport,
We are at the airport awaiting our plane departure to Athens.
Veda and I are here with Gra...
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Trip to Greece - Picture of the Day
September 03, 2012 - This September, my wife, Veda, and I are travelling to the Greek Islands. We are accompanied by our niece, Grace, and go...
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Photographing in the City
April 11, 2012 - When the weather was not conducive for landscape image making, I decided to search the downtown areas of Vernon for imag...
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Photographing Skiers
March 22, 2012 - To photograph or to ski, that is the question.
To solve that dilemma, I thought, "Why not do both?"
So with my skiing...
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My Dilemma
March 21, 2012 - Veda and I have been in Vernon, British Columbia, since early January. We spend a good part of the winter season here be...
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New Blog Coming Soon
March 03, 2012 - I will soon be adding a blog to my website. Stay tuned for the first of these irregular posts.
Please be patient while...
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