Detail from Celtic Cross headstone – Mt Pleasant Cemetery There is something about a grey day that forces us inward. The sun isn’t there to lift the spirits and so we look inside for something of interest. Today is a grey day here in Toronto. I generally try to take an hour’s walk, when I […]
Rain on my window It took me a long time to try and get close ups of droplets of water – I know get a life!! Well I’ve had my Canon DSLR for a few years now and I think that I have just scratched the surface as far as using its abilities as a
These are not Dog Biscuits!! Another day- another photograph in my photo a day challenge. I just couldn’t resist these cookies at The Second Cup. I took the picture without a flash, through glass, into a mirror…and the cookies are wrapped in cellophane – there’s magic in them thar lenses!!! Maybe the retail lesson here
Cake from Half Baked Ideas on Mt. Pleasant Day 6 in the photo a day challenge is another shop window shot, only this time I stepped out of the way to remove my reflection. The cafe is called “Half Baked Ideas” – I personally think that it should have more of a positive name, because
Sometimes I feel like a motherless piece of Playmobile. I was scouting out some interesting picture possibilities and I almost missed this little guy. Someone had left him on the windowsill of one of the shops on Mt Pleasant. Perhaps a child had been looking in the window and left him or he had been
Black-Eyed Susans This is day 5 in my photo a day challenge and I just happened to have picked this jug of Black-Eyed Susans. There was something about the jug that reminded me of the sunflower pictures of Van Gogh. Van Gogh “Sunflowers” The picture is actually a cross between a Van Gogh and a
Here is another photo in the photo a day challenge. I took this photo while waiting to pick up my daughter from the bus. Let there be Light!! I have entitled it “Let there be Light”, as though turning on a light were something as easy to execute, as snapping one’s fingers – OK, yes
Here is another photo for the photo-a-day challenge. It was taken outside of the Wild Bird Seed store on Mt. Pleasant. The words “Wild Bird” are barely visible on the window of the store. Wild Bird I love looking at “things” in different mediums. Here is a metal bird – what if it could fly?
Sometimes I take a look at the work of other artists to get a little boost. I really like the work of Georgia O’Keefe – especially her flower portraits. Here is a picture I took yesterday – Lily from a garden on Mt Pleasant Rd. and here is a photo of one of Georgia O’Keefe’s
I have just completed Capricorn in my Zodiac shawl series. Aquarius is being test knit and Scorpio has been released!!! I just have 2 more to knit – Cancer and Aries. So I am looking for inspiration. Cricket Walker, whom I follow on Facebook, is always good at posting new challenges to get people up
