In the dog days of August, one hopes for a reprieve from the noon-day heat in the shade of trees. This reprieve doesn't come easily on suburban walks along the older main roads... while searching for some shade, I noticed how these cedar hedges were trimmed so aggressively on the road side. I had stop … Continue reading In the thick off it – A thicket: A Photo Safari in 2022
Under the Greyness – A Photo Safari in 2022
Get in really close and see what has been happening to the trunk of this old tree... bug burrowing and pursued by clever woodpeckers... racoons and squirrels ripping off the back to get something beneath... moss, mold, and fungi slowly decomposing the tree and adding their creative ouches of colour to the composition... 've been … Continue reading Under the Greyness – A Photo Safari in 2022
Early Summer Sun-showers – A Photo Safari in 2022
Late June has brought the rains we normally get in April. I'm not complaining; it allowed us to set up the deck furniture and enjoin early Spring with he geese and ducks driving shortly after an early. ice-break on Riviere-des-Prairies. The rain. made me. sleepy and I found myself staring unconsciously at the drops on … Continue reading Early Summer Sun-showers – A Photo Safari in 2022
Jolene – A Photo Safari in 2022
On a cold, windy, and cloudy day, one sometimes only sees grey. The question is how to capture that feeling without being too obvious. I happily snapped various vistas and hoped for the best. This one revealed itself in a far corner of another shot... perhaps it was Tom Waits' voicing melancholic moods, and/or the … Continue reading Jolene – A Photo Safari in 2022
Hints of Color and Light – A Photo Safari in 2022
My wife and I had been talking about taking a walk in the waterfront park on Ile-Bizard (Parc-nature du Bois-de-L'Ile-Bizard) for many. years now and we just couldn't find the time to get there when it was open. On this particularly humid, cloudy (damp, really), and buggy July afternoon, we ventured out to see what … Continue reading Hints of Color and Light – A Photo Safari in 2022
The New Renaissance Mindset 