Tag: photos

  • The Making of a Sunset

    Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. For me, that place was out on the ice of the Ottawa River last week, and the time was approaching evening, when Giant Dog and I were able to witness the making of a sunset… …though I suspect Giant…

  • A Study in Ice: Pictures after an ice storm

    So Giant Dog and I have been doing a lot of walking along the river again since the advent of winter. I love that we have the trails pretty much to ourselves…seems very few people enjoy walking when it’s cold enough to freeze your nostrils together. Go figure. 😉 Anyway, following last weekend’s ice storm,…

  • State of the Garden: January

    Years ago, I read an article in a gardening magazine about how beautiful a garden can be even in the dead of winter under a blanket of snow. The writer talked about leaving many of her perennials untouched in the autumn rather than cutting them back. She pointed out that the seed heads provided food for…

  • The Last Rose of Summer

    I posted this pic to my Facebook page this morning, but then I decided it needed a more enduring place to reside…in part because any rose growing in Ottawa in November is worthy of such honour, but mostly so I can return to it in the midst of our frozen January and remind myself that summer…

  • Funky Fungi: Photos of the Forest’s Underbelly

    Last year, a friend on Facebook posted a bunch of photos she’d taken of amazing mushrooms growing in a nearby forest. As I walk the same trails as she does (we run into each other periodically, to the great delight of our dogs), I was both delighted (yay, there are mushrooms in those woods!) and…

  • Celebrating Love: 27th-Anniversary Style

    This past weekend, I took a rare (very rare, especially given that it’s canning season!) weekend off, because…well, twenty-seven years of marriage just seemed worth celebrating. My husband and I even managed a little getaway, heading to Kingston, Ontario, about a two-hour drive from Ottawa. Our first overnight to Kingston was for our 21st anniversary, and…

  • Pictures From a Roadtrip: Westport, Ontario

    With my husband just three years from retirement  and the kids mostly out of the house (we have just one remaining), we’ve recently begun giving some thought to where we might like to spend the next 20-30 years (or more…I’m an optimist 😉 ). I’m holding out for the country — or at least smaller…

  • Wordless Wednesday

    From this morning’s (early) walk along the river.  🙂

  • A Few of My Favourite Things…and An Ear-Worm

      So I’m out walking the dog along the river yesterday, and as I’m taking photos of all the lovely signs of spring, I’m trying to come up with taglines for them in case I decide to post them to Facebook. And because I’m a writer, I get carried away with the whole waxing poetic thing.…

  • Fan Expo 2013 Highlights

    So…Fan Expo Canada? Totally. Awesome. Seriously, I had such a good time that the only question running through my head all weekend was how did I not start going to these years ago?!? The people, the costumes, the displays…the sheer energy was simply astounding. People of all ages, shapes, sizes, colours, and religions, in costume and out, brought…