Black/ Photo Hunter

Black cat

This week's Photo Hunter challenge: black

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Clouds Over Franklin/ Weekend Reflections

A sunny day over the pond at Frankin (East Gwillimbury), Ontario

It was a beautiful sunny day with a few clouds in the sky.

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Bucolic Spring/ Sky Watch

Has anyone seen Mary and her little lamb?

 Keep watching because I'm pretty sure Mary will be walking along this fence line any time now. And you know who will be following her.



  To see tons of gorgeous skies from around the world, visit the Sky Watch Website and click on the tumbnail photos: http://skyley.blogspot.com

High Style/ Window Views

House #1 with a tower

Hmmmm....

House #2 with tower

Notice anything similar about these two towers?  One is on a human house and...

one is for the birds.

I wish I could have taken a better photo of the human house but it's surrounded by a fence. The birdhouse - made to look like the house complete with two rooster weather vanes - is on a pole above the fence. (Squint your eyes and you can see one of the tiny weather vanes above the left-hand tower.) Lucky birds, don't you think?

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Nonquon Marsh/ Watery Wednesday

Two geese staying close to their mates and nests

This photo was taken last Thursday, a sunny but cool day at the Nonquon Marsh.

   You can find more photos celebrating Watery Wednesday at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com

 

Kitchikewana/ My World

A statue of the Oendat god Kitchikewana in Penetanguishene, Ontario

According to Oendat (Huron) legend,  Kitchikewana - in a fit of rage in reaction to being spurned by the woman he loved - created five of the bays on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, which he gouged out with his enormous fingers. The rocks and earth he scooped out he tossed into Georgian Bay, creating 30,000 islands.

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Soldier Beetle/ Macro Monday

Black and red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha)on unopened trout lily

  To see more macro shots visit Lisa's Chaos at http://lisaschaos.com

Glory of the Snow/ Today's Flowers

Glory if the Snow (Chionodoxa)

Chionodoxa is an early spring bulb that makes a lovely groundcover.

Naturalized in someone's lawn

If you love flowers -- and who doesn't - check out Today's Flowers at http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/

Cow in Front Yard/ SOOC

Not usually seen on city front lawns

But in the country it's not uncommon to be greeted by cattle as you drive up a driveway.



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

Wood duck/ Camera Critters

Wood duck swimming in the creek near a railway bridge

I tried to be very quiet so this wood duck would swim nearer for me to take a  close-up photo...

 but he turned and swam into the marshy areas alongside the creek.  Maybe next time!


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

Addiction/ Photo Hunter

 Dedicated to all who have an addiction to chocolate

This week's Photo Hunter challenge: addiction

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Lumber Cars/ Weekend Reflections

Empty lumber cars crossing over a railway bridge

This train looks like it's stopped, but it was moving northwesterly to North Bay, Ontario and then to points west. The lumber cars are returning to pick up a new load.

The Canadian National Railway passes through East Gwillimbury many times every day heading west to Prince Rupert, British Columbia on the Pacific Ocean...or east to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Atlantic Ocean...or to three U.S. ports (Mobile, Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gulfport, Mississippi) on the Gulf of Mexico.

You can see a map here.

To enjoy reflections from around the world, click HERE! 

Grapevine and Barbed Wire / Sky Watch

Sunset in early April

Looking over a farmer's fied as the sun went down.

  To see tons of gorgeous skies from around the world, visit the Sky Watch Website and click on the tumbnail photos: http://skyley.blogspot.com

Hotel Bedford/ Window Views

Hotel Bedford, Goderich, Ontario

The roundness of windows beneath the dome atop the hotel Bedford is repeated by wooden green discs at the left on the photo.

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Looking Ahead to Summer/ Watery Wednesday

Serenity prevails until the end of May

   You can find more photos celebrating Watery Wednesday at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com

 

Ready!/ My World

Waiting for summer fun

The weather has turned delightful and

canoes eagerly await their owners to paddle them up and down Ontario's many rivers and lakes,

And a few like this one have aleady been out!

Visit My World Tuesday  HERE to see tons of photos from around the world.

Osprey Nest/ Macro Monday

Closeup of an osprey nest on a light standard over a soccer field

Again this week, a closeup, not a macro. A pair of osprey returned to East Gwillimbury about two weeks ago. The two have been repairing last year's nest.

The front view of the light standard. It's a long way up.


  To see more macro shots visit Lisa's Chaos at http://lisaschaos.com

Sunny But Chilly

A sunny but chilly day on Lake Simcoe

Grecian Windflowers/ Today's Flowers

Grecian Windflower (botanical name: Anemone blanda)

This daisy-like flower is approximately 1 to 2 inches in diameter and comes in shades of lavender, pink, white or blue, although they are all lavender in my garden.

Here you see a bud just about ready to open...

and here you see one even closer to blooming. Most years Grecian windflowers bloom in my gardens for five or six weeks.

If you love flowers -- and who doesn't - check out Today's Flowers at http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/

Georgian Bay/ SOOC

Early Spring before any boats are on the bay

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