A very big “RAT-TAT-TAT….” because this is what I posted for big in the photo scavenger hunt. It’s one of two woodpeckers on a metal “tree trunk” – a sculpture near the CNtower and the Skydome in Toronto. We were down there buying a “Blue Jay’s” (baseball) related gift for our daughter and I just couldn’t resist
This is what I posted for “family” in the photo scavenger hunt. They are in the little Estonian deli near where I work. We haven’t had a substantial snowfall yet so no “real” snowmen. But these are pretty cute. It always amazes me how different cultures interpret similar things. These are presumably a northern European
This is what I posted for Lights in the photo challenge. It’s the cedar tree in front of our house, that we decorate every year with blue lights. Actually, the tree is one of those “things” that just happened. We once had a spreading cedar bush there and had to move it – taking up too much space – didn’t
….would still bloom in December….maybe. These were still blooming outside the Second Cup on Mt. Pleasant today – Dec 7, 2011. I am in awe, obviously, that we still have these precious flowers when we really should be burying their shrubs under a foot or two of snow. Maybe I should change my name to
This is the time of year when we try to make everything “shine.” We put frosting on ornaments and lights in trees. We put up beautiful glass decorations to enhance and reflect light. Perhaps it’s because the days are short, that we need to get as much light as we can, from wherever we can.
Well here they are. I picked them about 5:30pm on Dec 2, 2011. This is absolutely that latest that I have had roses blooming in the garden. Our last date prior to this one was Nov 27 a few years ago. I am also in another photo challenge – hope you can stand it. I
I hope that you can stand another scavenger hunt, because I’m in one again for December. This what I posted for “green.” It is very “ungreen” though, in an ecological sense, because it was taken on December 1, 2011 about 6 blocks south of the 44th parallel of latitude North. These are Hollyhocks blooming in
For those of you who were following the photo scavenger hunt that I was in, in November, here are the last three pictures that I posted. First for “smile” It’s a large Gingerbread cookie that was in a shop window. The bakery is called “The Flakey Tart” on Mt. Pleasant and I thought that it’s
