Six Months Later…
When I wrote my last post in early January I made the assumption that no major world or personal event was going to derail any of my best laid “redirection of life” plans. Actually, no conscious assumption of any kind Read More …
Category: Wildlife
Mountsberg Conservation Area – November 2015
This past weekend was a mixed bag of weather and activities, starting with a visit to Humber Nurseries Saturday morning with my friend, Rosanne, where we attended a seminar on how to prepare our gardens for winter. Armed with enthusiasm, Read More …
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
In the early 50’s the McMichael’s built a pioneer-style home on several acres of what was then wilderness in the village of Kleinburg, about 45 minutes north of Toronto. They were art collectors and supported local, Canadian artists, mostly the Read More …
Birchbark
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (on the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe), a young family – mommy, daddy, daughter – spent every weekend for 3 seasons and every summer vacation, 6 years in a row, Read More …
2014 Haliburton: The Artist (and Cheater) in Me – Part 2 of 2
WARNING: As this week is Travel & Leisure Photography week, be forewarned that you are about to be bombarded… (oh, and the cheating continues this week as I’m already pretty proficient with a DSLR camera) Monday – July 7th: Read More …
2014 Haliburton: The Artist (and Cheater) in Me – Part 1 of 2
Monday – June 30th: Flash! Rumble! Crash! Repeat… Day 3 in Haliburton, day 1 at art camp – done – and what a storm! Somehow we managed to get out of the college locations (Steve’s in one, I’m in another), Read More …
Art Camp – Haliburton: July 6-7/13
Sunday: we’ve been lucky with weather all week. It’s either been hot and sunny or hot and overcast, but we’ve dodged the threat of rain every day – until today. So, we had another lazy morning, hanging around until about Read More …