BAYFIELD, ONTARIO: Though I’ve been told by some that I have a good eye for a picture, I’ve got to credit my wife who saw this shot immediately. We were visiting an art store and I usually keep the camera bagged as it is downright unethical to be shooting pictures of other’s artwork. I did make an exception in this case as the subject was not the artwork per se but the way it factored into the overall scene.
Tag: Canada
THE VIEW FROM BENEATH….
BAYFIELD, ONTARIO: Outside of one of the stores in this Lake Huron town were a number of these ornate umbrellas. The real picture though was to be had underneath the canopies as the sun lit up the colorful design and hues of this large pink parasol.
JUST ADD TEA….
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO: Whenever we visit this town on Lake Ontario, we always like to make a point of stopping by the bakery shops. As you can see from the picture here, there is a wide variety of cookies (AKA in Canada as biscuits), tea cakes, buns, breads and other baked goods. Along with this are often items that we in the states usually only find in the freezer section of the grocery store and then only in limited varieties; meat pies.
We usually end up getting my favorite of these shops; Scones (peaches and cream to be specific) Pictured here is a sampling of the wares of one of the shops.
FRESH AS A, WELL, UHH, YOU KNOW….
STRATFORD, ONTARIO: Canadians have a real appreciation for the growing season. It gets colder there sooner and stays that way longer. But when the time has come, the color is there in droves. I caught this bloom just after the watering truck had come by.
NEAT BUT CLUNKY….
STRATFORD, ONTARIO: The tale of the Ugly Duckling is one that most of us have heard in one variation or another. The young ones outgrow their “ugly” way pretty quickly (a post with a pic of a young cygnet appears at http://royboysphotogblog,wordpress.com) and they grow in to beautiful adults that fly and swim with grace. Preening on the shoreline is something altogether different. They look better for having cared for their feathers but they do look at bit clunky on land. Oh well. When you gotta preen, you GOTTA preen.
CAT YOGA….
BAYFIELD, ONTARIO: Cats are a staple around world. When I was in Israel back in 1981, I came across several friendly felines roaming in the ruins of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. When I was sick and laying on the floor of airport in Cairo, cats were there as well and they wondered what this guy was doing on their floor. wherever you go, cats are there and (usually) in charge.
I found this guy sitting on the porch of a store in Bayfield, a small town located on the shore of Lake Huron. He seemed to be grooming but it looked a lot like he was doing yoga to me.
CABOT TRAIL SCENE…
CABOT TRAIL, NOVA SCOTIA: There are few “quintessential” shots along the Cabot Trail that get so overused that one would think that no one else can get out their camera at any other location. (To see the landscape picture that is primarily used by Cabot Trailer go to http://www.cabottrail.travel/ and watch for the shot depicting the sloping landscape that goes down to the sea) There are numerous other sights along the trail that are just as picturesque but rarely seen.
The picture above is one of those locations where the clouds drift along below you.
GODERICH LIGHT AT DUSK…
GODERICH, ONTARIO: The ore freighters and other ships that do business on the Great Lakes have many ports of call there and each has a lighthouse associated with it. The light at Goderich is perched above the harbor and is easily visible by vessels moving past the town.
The picture here was shot as the light came on and as dusk was settling in. It was heavily “photoshopped” as even though lighthouses are themselves picturesque, their surroundings often are not.
WELL SPOKE'IN 