Photo of the Week 2023-06-26

 

' paintbrush season '

Summer officially arrived a few days ago but I still have a few images of spring wildflowers to share.

 

This "Indian Paintbrush" was isolated, using shallow depth of focus, from a rather large patch of them along the road near our cottage. It seemed an exceptional season for this bright scarlet flower, at least in areas close to our cottage. A large number of plants showed up in places I had not seen many previously and larger "patched" in areas where I had.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2023-06-19

 

Five years ago today, my numbers came up and I retired. Technically, I was employed until then end of June but used accumulated vacation time to ensure that I didn't work a day after turning 60. It was the end of an instalment in my book of life and the beginning of a fun new one. That next instalment is currently under development and with continued good fortune it will be full.

I'm thankful for the career I had through the succession of corporate iterations, OAKS Precast / Standard Industries / Lafarge Canada / LafargeHolcim. The arrival of this anniversary, had me thinking back, running through memories acquired over a few decades. Perhaps predictably, it led to my photo archive where I came across these from a vacation stay in Montreal ...

 

' Corporate Office '

 

 

I never visited that office in all the years I worked for the company, and by the time I made this photo in 2009, the legal corporate entity was no longer Canada Cement. Corporate offices had relocated elsewhere, many changes had taken place and more were on the horizon. Some things change for the better, some don't. Much depends on our own perspective...

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2023-06-12

 

I've been waiting for wildflower season on 'the Bruce' and it's here. In the couple of weeks since my last visit, Yellow Lady's Slipper, Indian Paintbrush, Blue-Eyed Grass and Gay Wings have come into bloom and I'm on the lookout for any opportunity to make unique compositions.

Though I haven't found anything particularly different, I have found the Lady's Slippers somewhat more sparse and Indian Paintbrush more plentiful. At least that's the case in the locations I visit annually this time of year. I also noticed an abundance of Blue-Eyed Grass in a couple of surprise locations, one right out front just off the shoreline. These little beauties close up for the night and in overcast conditions, making them hard to see so I'll have to wait for the sun to come out again for a photo opportunity. In the meantime, there are Lady's Slippers ...

' a bunch of beauties '

DJE

Photo of the Week 2023-06-05

 

Have you ever felt like you're being watched ? 

I make time for a little whimsy in my photography now and then, and on a recent outing I captured these faces of our 'friends in the forest'.

 

Some of us see things like this all the time. Others struggle to understand what we try to describe as we point into the sky, the clouds, a rock formation. The experience is known as Pareidolia.

 

Me, I regularly identify faces and figures in the fabric of nature ... and sometimes I stop to photograph them.

 

DJE