Three Unpainted Barns

On a country road, I forget where

Three  barns from my archives: all photos taken in Ontario under blue or mostly blue skies.

November 2015 in Innisfil (I think)

Another mystery location

I am joining the Barn Collective HERE

Porch Railing

Porch rails and shadows

I hope you like this as much as I do, the light and shadows on the left in contrast to the light and shadows on the right. And I also like the repeated shapes and angles.

I am linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2 HERE.

Chickadees

Black-capped Chickadee on branch

Have I told you lately how much I like chickadees?  This time of year they frequent my feeders. They may appear to be a little piggy...but wait! Did you think that was the same chickadee you saw a couple of  seconds ago. Probably not!

Chickadee on fence

This time of year, chickadees get together in smallish groups and, being quite unselfish, they tell the other members where the goodies are and scold ME if they think I ought to give them more space. LOL

I am linking to  Saturday Critters HERE.

Friday Finds/E

1a.  Insect-eaten sumac leaf: E

It looks like a cursive uppercase E to me!

 1b.  Shadowy E

 2. Fave of the week

I have no idea why these two female goldeneye ducks are swimming in cirlces but it's a neat way to see what they look like coming and going.

3. Sky

Most of the time in winter it seems like the sky is either totally overcast or totally blue so when there's a mix I can't resist taking a photo of it.

I'm linking to Teresa's Friday Finds HERE

Testing Peanuts

 Hmm. Which peanut is the heaviest?

AH! This one!

I am linking to Good Fences HERE

Harbour at Newcastle

 Now (actually last week)

What a difference the light makes. The day my husband and I visited this harbour  last week the light was harsh, not a cloud in the sky. These are Mute Swans that stay in the vicinity all winter and were a bit miffed that I hadn't brought any seed to feed them.

FYI: The swans I posted last week HERE are Trumpeter Swans, which I neglected to tell you.

Then (end of December 2015)

As you can see in the second photo, the sky was mostly overcast.

I am joining Wednesday Waters HERE.

C/ABC

Two cranberries ready for picking

 C is for Cranberries

Last October my husband visited  a cranberry farm in Bala, Ontario, a place I have been to before and will very likely visit at least one more time because we missed seeing the machines that harvest the berries. Well, I've seen it in past years but now I want to photograph the operation.

 A field of cranberries

The fields will probably be flooded and the cranberries picked by machine. But I learned this year that cranberries can also be dry harvested. I've never witnessed that.

 Cranberry sausage

Doesn't this sausage look yummy? It's topped with homemade cranberry relish.

Honey, cranberry jams and wine

2-letter Scrabble word

Bonus C word: I kid you not that Ch is valid in Scrabble...but nowhere else, it appears! I'm not making this up. (But the Scrabble Dictionary might be.) Look for it in the 5th edition of the Official Scrabble Dictionary and see for yourself.

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Midland Railway

 Engine 15

This is another wonderful mural on the walls of buildings in Midland, Ontario.

 The station

I like the way the artist has continued the mural as if we are looking through pillars at the train and station. Too bad about the parking meter and no parking sign though!

Rail cars

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Not Picnic Weather

 Newcastle, Ontario

Saturday the sun was shining but it was definitely not a good day for a picnic!

 Ice on the edge of Lake Ontario #1

 Ice on the edge of Lake Ontario #2

I am  linking to  NATURE NOTES.  

Farm Under Snow

Unpainted barns

After a snowfall, this farm looks quite attractive!

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Yellow Barn

Shadows of bare limbs on barn

Lovely blue sky, lots of sun and shadows!

I am linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2 HERE.

Innocent Squirrel

 ME??!!

This little scamp hurried up a nearby tree. It was guilty of stealing peanuts. Hmmm

A crumb on it's face

It has its "I'm a good little squirrel" look on its face, don't you think?

I am linking to  Saturday Critters HERE.

Friday Finds/D

 a#1.  D - part of an Uxbridge Public Library window

I hope you see the D!

 a#2. Handle on a wooden tray

I hope you can dee the D here too.

 2. Favourite photo of the week

Well, this has been a week of meetings and obligations... and although I have taken my camera to a few places, there really has NOT been much interesting to photograph. I NEED to get off the "beaten track." This may look like the "beaten track" to YOU but it's a road I travel often so to me not all that exciting. BUT the sky was a lovely blue so I did stop to take this photo. Actually the next photo is my my favourite photo of the week but it's also...

3. Beautiful

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Country Road

 Another country fence

AH! "Country roads,take me home to the place I belong..." (Anyone else remember that John Denver song?)

The road this fence runs beside

Well, I don't belong in West Virginia (I COULD, though!) but I sure do like country roads.

I am linking to Good Fences HERE

Three Swans-a-swimming

Swan Family

The one in the middle is a juvenile and I suspect the one in front is the mom and the one in back is the pop taking watch over the rest of his family.

Some birds stay in Canada for the winter!

I am joining Wednesday Waters HERE.

B/ABC

 Elgin Park, Uxbridge, Ontario

B is for bench. Probably not comfortable (I didn't try it) but it sure is pretty!

2-letter word starting with B

This is a real word found in the Official Scrabble Dictionary, 5th addition. I'm sure some of you think BO stands for box office or body odour...and I guess it does, but that is not the meaning given in the scrabble dictionary where it's slang for friend.  No, I have never seen or heard this slang word used in a sentence, bo. (AND spell check doesn't like it either!)

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Playfair Preston Company #2

 Mural under the sign seen HERE

This is the continuation of the mural I showed you last week.

Funiture

And as you can see, the Playfair Preston Company sold more than just clothing and dry goods.

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Two Green Barns

Green barn somewhere near Lindsay, Ontario

 I'm still on a quest for green barns. BUT believe it or not, these two were already in my photo files. The first was taken in November before snow fell. Some of the grass near the barn is green. Don't you just love the foundation made of rocks?  There's so much just-cut cow corn in the fields that I'm sure this is a barn for cattle.

Somewhere near Barrie, Ontario

The second photo was made in December.  The barn looks a lot newer than the one above. It's located near Barrie, probably Innisfil. It's in good condition but has a big green dumpster out front. Hm. At the left of the barn are bales of hay, probably for cows or horses.

I am joining the Barn Collective HERE

Scavenger Hunt

 1. Monochrome

Today I am again joining Ashley Sisk's scavenger hunt and this week the prompts are: Monochrome, Complementary, Draw, Mostly White, and Treasure

I pass this barn often even though it's on a back road. I like it's stone foundation and the chicken coop out front.

 2. Complementary

Red and green are complementary colours.

3. Draw #1

Hm. I can't draw well but I do like to see what happens when PhotoShop Elements draws.

Draw #2 

Draw #3

4. Mostly white

White table and chairs covered in ice a couple of years ago during a horrendous ice storm.

5. Treasure

Time is a treasure, don't you agree?

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
~ Mother Teresa

I am linking with Ashley Sisk's Sunday Scavenger Hunt HERE.
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