One more from the road

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Play Time

It's not like I didn't have have things to do, no I am totally engulfed in projects! With a few government gigs to finish before their year end on the 31st, I should have been doing OT this weekend...but...

 I just felt like trying out some ideas that I have been toying with for some time, here are some of the results:

The interior of an abandoned garage a few miles from here, always intrigues me.  Still full of old paraphenalia, tools and odds and ends.  Unclaimed by the owner, but clearly taken back by time, soon to be relenquished to where it all came.

Click to see the larger version, use you back button when you're done:

During my foggy drive to the Border, and remembering this old farmyard just off the highway, I made a short detour to fund it again.  Much luck - the old barn had slumped quite a bit since I saw it last, but it was drizzling pretty badly on this day, so I shot from the  car.  A few layers, and tricks and this was the result. I have to say it looks way better really large, and up close, but such is the way of the web.

So, till next time, keep clicking and you never know what you might see!

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Hmmm...Monday Mornings

Happy monday - hope you have a smooth week. More soon! I have a couple of critcal tasks this morning.

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Mist the Fog

After a record 14 days, the fog finally lifted, revealing that in that short time all the snow had melted.  On the last day of the fog, I drove down to the border, following the fog as it got thicker and thicker.

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What to do?

The Professional Photographers of Canada National Convention is coming up. I will be entering some images again as usual.  But the question I'd like your advice on is:

Should I submit images and try for Photographer of the Year again? Or just sumbit, and "rest on my laurels?"  I  have about 2 weeks to get the photos together, I have one done, and 2 half done.  I need to find a fourth. POY requrires 4 images in different categories, which for me is always a struggle because so much of my work is in the same subject areas. But I'd value your opinion...

Have a happy weekend!

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Delicate Spring

I awoke to mist and fog, so dense you could see it moving, like an alien beast, huffing and puffing and snaking its way through the neighborhood. Inbetween puffs,  I could see the landscape was shrouded in hoar frost, that delicate powdering of ice and frozen alien breath.

A good day to get outside.

Even though I rushed to get going, by the time I hit the road, the sun was up and the blue sky had defeated the interloping mist. But the frost was still breathtaking.

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Just because...

Last Thursday I paid a visit to my friend Dawn at Willow Lane Flowers in Oakbank. We had a great chat and when I left she gave me 24 stunning white roses that looked like a soft silk globe!

They've been delighting my dining room table for over a week and they still look phenomenal. Here's some "before" shots.

Monday I will have some "afters" for you.  The won't look anything remotely like this  

So as Dawn likes to say, why give someone flowers? "Just becasue..."    So this bud's for you!

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