EG Countryside/ Sepia Scenes

South of the Village of Mount Albert

To view other Sepia Scenes visit MaryT, theTeach at http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com

Ice on Pefferlaw River/ Watery Wednesday

Pefferlaw River, south of Pefferlaw, Ontario

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Rusty Red/ Ruby Tuesday

I confess that I took this photo BEFORE most of our snow melted. We actually have less snow NOW than we had in November but I'm sure that will change very soon.

Happy Hew Year 2009, everyone!

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Share the Road/ My World

Even during winter in MY WORLD you sometimes get caught behind slow moving hay wagons. (This photo was taken through a dirty windshield so a bit blurry. Sorry.)

But yesterday (Sunday) I had no worries about having to move at a turtle's pace. I wasn't in a hurry. Warm temperatures, wind and rain had vanquished the old, dirty snow...most of it anyway. And for a couple of hours blue skies overhead were graced with puffy white clouds.

This farmer took the opportunity to pick up some hay bales off his fields and I, well, "coerced" my dear husband into taking me on a photo journey.

A common sign in these here parts

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Farm on the Hill/ Monochrome Maniacs

Looking Down Towards the Barn

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Blue Sky, White Snow/ SOOC

It was a crisp day with blue sky and a few clouds looking north. Thick clouds to the south let the sun through for a few minutes and click went my shutter.

To see more photos Straight Out Of the Camera (SOOC) visit Jan at http://www.murrieta365.com

Black Horse/ Camera Critters

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them;

there ought to be as many for love.
~ Margaret Atwood

To join in the Camera Critter fun, visit Misty Dawn's site at http://camera-critters.blogspot.com

Stump with Snow

I love the way snowflakes accumulate on stumps and weeds.

Merry Christmas!

Have a Wonderful Day

Icy Pond/ Watery Wednesday

West End of Small Backyard Pond in EG

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
~ John Ruskin

More Watery Wednesday posts can be found at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

Season's Greetings Gate/ Ruby Tuesday

A Gated Driveway off a Country Road

Ha! I'm sure I'm on someone's video tape because I stepped right in front of their camera to take the photo of these two festive wreaths.

Rudolph Crossing

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Country driveway/ Monochrome Maniacs

Driving Northerly out of Mount Albert (a village in the town of EG)

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Driving Easterly/SOOC

On a Rare Sunny Day

Typical for December, the skies have been gloomy over central Ontario. (Air crossing over the Great Lakes picks up moisture, forming clouds. If the air cools down enough, we get snow. ) But the clouds disappeared for a few hours, and the sun came out.

Today we're between snowstorms. Environment Canada is promising us two more before Christmas. Hmmm. I wonder if we'll have a white Christmas this year.



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Horses, Hay, green & Red Barn/ Camera Critters

Happy Holidays!

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Charle Brown Christmas Tree

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Growing in the York Regional Forest

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons.
It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.
What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
~ Dr Seuss


And now a very BIG thank you to Blogote at AronaEveryDay (http://aronaeveryday.blogspot.com/). Check his blog out -- it's wonderful. His world (northern Italy) is worth investigating!

Sunset through the Clouds/ Sky Watch

This photo was taken on a day that had been totally overcast until about 4:00pm. The clouds began to break in the west and the sun shown through as it went down. So I grabbed my camera and...

At about 4:15 this is what it looked like. A few minutes later the sun was again hidden by clouds but I'd got my shot!

To see tons of gorgeous skies visit the Sky Watch Website and click on Mr. Linky: http://skyley.blogspot.com

Old Farm in Fresh Snow/ Sepia Scenes

It snowed again and everything looks pristine once more. We could use some sunshine but today I'm grateful for the clean snow.

The process: Using PhotoShop Elements, I changed the photo into B&W and then applied "Old Paper."

To view other Sepia Scenes visit MaryT, theTeach at http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com/

A Goodwood Christmas/ Ruby Tuesday

The front yard of a home in Goodwood, a village southeast of EG

Please note: MyWorld is the post below.

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Christmas in the Forest/ My World

Every year in November, someone decorates this tree at the intersection of two paths in the York Regional Forest, which as you can see is very pretty once it snows. Sometime in January the ornaments will be removed. So far, I've never caught whoever is doing this but I hope I do sometime so I can thank them.

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Tree & Shadow/ Monochrome Manicas

Maple in Winter Sun

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Sunset Over Snow Fence/ SOOC

FYI: Camera Critters is the post below.

We saw the sun for about 15 minutes this morning and then again this afternoon for about 30. Yes, it WAS cloudy all day. But look how we ended the day!

Environment Canada says tomorrow we'll have some sun with mostly clouds but Ha! I'm not holding my breath.

To see more photos Straight Out Of the Camera (SOOC) visit Jan at http://www.murrieta365.com

Hee Haw/ Camera Critters

Waiting patiently for the sun to come out!

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Do Not Cut

It seems obvious to me that if it's NOT you property then you shouldn't be cutting down any trees there. But I guess it's not THAT obvious or this sign wouldn't have been posted, eh?

Sunset over Paddock/ Sky Watch

As Seen On An EG Country Road at Sunset

To see tons of gorgeous skies visit the Sky Watch Website and click on Mr. Linky: http://skyley.blogspot.com

Four Deer/ Sepia Scenes

It was a snowy day, and my husband decided to take me and my camera down some country roads very near our home. We already knew the deer farm so headed in its direction.

The deer were as interested in watching me as I was in taking their photos. And I'm sure that if THEY'd had cameras they would now have some fun photos of a crazy lady dressed in a strange hat and many layers of clothes who crossed the field to get close up to their fenced-in area.

As some of you know, I posted a scene several days ago with two deer in the snow. Here they have multiplied to four and have gone sepia.

The process: In PhotoShop Elements 6.0, I changed the photo from colour into B&W and then added a layer of sepia.

To view other Sepia Scenes visit MaryT, theTeach at http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com/