Porch and Deck

May 19, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

In honour of the season – outdoor living spaces. for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Pick a Topic from a photo.

Serenity, Love, and Gratitude

May 12, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The moods conveyed by these images. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: moods

Industrial

May 7, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Industrial

Backlit?

May 5, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I learn so much by following Lens-Artists photo challenges. Not sure these all qualify as backlit.

April bids adieu…

May 1, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Bushboy’s Last on the Card – Sony and iPhone

Curly

April 30, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My newest granddaughter has a shock of curls on top of her head and it reminds me of me when I was a baby. Of course, I needed proof, so yesterday, while visiting my mom, I went through old photo albums, and found this photo of my dad feeding me.Apparently, history does repeat itself. Have […]

Mallards

April 28, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s springtime, and love is in the air, even for the mallards. This pair idled by, and while I tend not to photograph mallards, I bowed to their insistence. Don’t fall for his apparent devotion, as soon as she gives birth, he’ll be off and other males will impose themselves on her, at risk to […]

Still Life

April 24, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lens-Artists challenge this week is Still Life. Not something I photograph often, but I did manage to find a few.

Bald Eagle – Bird of the Week

April 16, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There’s a new bird of the week challenge! Thank you! This Bald Eagle was hanging out at Little Falls, St Marys, Ontario.

Muskrat

April 14, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Went to the river to clear my mind. It’s been a rough couple of weeks helping Ukrainians. Some, feeling they can’t make it in Canada, or missing family too much, have gone home. Worse than that, we uncovered human trafficking. One employment trafficking, and another procuring young women for the sex trade. I have felt […]

We Are Clay (tanka)

(Photo collage mine)

Ukraine

Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]