Kayaker/ Outdoor Wednesday

Bobcageon River, Bobcageon, Ontario

This kayaker is enjoying early autumn even though the sky was mostly overcast.

It looks like a fairly easy paddle, the water is running slowly

To see more outdoor photos, visit Outdoor Wednesday

Yellow Bike/ Yard Art

Two-wheeled dried flower container

This was out in front of a century-old home in small-town, Ontario. Since then I've spotted another painted lime green but I have not taken a photo of it...YET.

To view more YARD ART, check out MaryT's blog HERE.

Blue/ Theme Thursday

Sailboat entering the harbour at Beaverton, Ontario

The Theme Thursday challenge this week is BLUE.  I hope no one is feeling blue on this holiday weekend.  In Canada, we are celebrating Canada Day (July 1) and in the U.S,. the Fourth of July.


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To find out more about Theme Thursday, click HERE.

Something Fishy/ Yard Art

Guarding the driveway to chainsaw sculptor's home

To see more of Mark's sculptures, click on Kreative Kindling.


To view more YARD ART, check out MaryT's blog HERE.

Bear Bench/ Yard Art

Little people can sit on this  bench and commune with the bears

My husband  and I took a road trip to Peterborough (Ontario) last weekend  and made  several stops along the way, the hubster to take in garage  sales and I  to take photos. Well, one garage sale host, Mark Andrews,  turned out to  be a chainsaw sculptor who graciously allowed me to take  photos of his  work.

I think this bench is wonderful! (The whirlygig on the left is NOT part of the bench, although I admit it sure does look like it.)

To see more of Mark's sculptures, click on Kreative Kindling.


To view more YARD ART, check out MaryT's blog HERE.

Yellow/ You Capture

 Yellow caboose, Highway 11 north of Orillia, Ontario

This week's You Capture theme is YELLOW.

Row, Row, Row.../Outdoor Wednesday

Ready!!

To see more outdoor photos, visit Outdoor Wednesday

Dressed Up/ MidWeek Blues

Tell me how handsome I am and how I look GREAT in blue

To see more photos featuring the colour BLUE, visit Rebecca at The Dusty Cellar for  Midweek Blues.

Horning's Mills

Reflections yesterday in pond at Horning's Mills, Ontario

We were out for a drive yesterday and happened upon a hamlet called Horning's MIlls in western Ontario. It was settled in 1830 and by the turn of the twentieth century the settlement had six or seven mills and 350 inhabitants. I'm not sure a census could scrape together that many people there now.

If you squint, you can see a little waterfall and I'm thinking this may have been the location of one of the mills. If it weren't for the cedar, everything in this photo would look brown and grey. Unfortunately, the sky was grey too. In spite of that, it was actually a very nice day.

Bench and Cedar/ Benches

A few bloggers have informally joined RuneE at Visual Norway in featuring benches on their blogs on Fridays. To find out who else is playing, click HERE.

A bit Rickety/ Benches

I didn't sit on this bench to check it out as I suspected it would have fallen apart. The bench has been there a while.

A few bloggers have informally joined RuneE at Visual Norway in featuring benches on their blogs on Fridays. To find out who else is playing,  click HERE.

At The Lake/ Benches

Tables and benches resting after a busy summer and autumn

A few bloggers have informally joined RuneE at Visual Norway in featuring benches on their blogs on Fridays. To find out who else is playing,  click HERE.

Golf, Anyone?/Bridges Between

To see all kinds of bridges around the world, visit RuneE at Visual Norway http://visualnorway.blogspot.com

Winter Ride/ Monochrome Maniacs

Bareback in the forest

To find other maniacs crazy about monochromes, visit Aileni at http://aileni-calonyddaear1.blogspot.com

Blue Bridge Over Creek/ Bridges Between

Bridge between parking lot and York Regional Headquarters in Newmarket

I like visiting this little walkway bridge to...

see the ducks that live below it all winter long. The creek under the bridge always seems to have some open water, which ducks need to survive. On the north side of the bridge, ice covers the creek. And duck footprints are all through the snow covering the ice.

But the female and two males in this photo are happy to swim even though the air is below minus 15°C (just above 0°F).

To see all kinds of bridges around the world, visit RuneE at Visual Norway http://visualnorway.blogspot.com

Old Field Rake/ Sepia Scenes

Old rake at the Uxbridge-Scott Museum

I took this photo yesterday -- through the museum fence -- because I liked the shadows on the snow. (YAY! The sun was out!) I was also attracted by the rake's metal wheels and the curved tines.

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

Care For a Little R &R?

Don't rub your eyes. You're not seeing things! Yep, it's a hammock and there's space for YOU. Quick! Grab a good book and climb in.

Dilapitaded Barn

There's something strangely intriguing about an old barn. I have no idea why I love them, but I do!

Happy Friday, everyone!

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!

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?