Barbaric Yawp

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Happy Easter!

And Happy 4/20!

No Frills

One of my goals for my time house sitting was to clean up and organize my files. This image from 2007 was a nice find - one I had forgotten about.

Guelph At Night

I don’t get a chance to shoot the big(ger) city lights very often so I thought I better take advantage of the opportunity.

Cat-Sitting

Spending a week on my own cat/house sitting for some friends.  Went for a big walk around the downtown to get my bearings this morning.  Anyone recognize where I am?

Tamarindo Beach Sunset

Posting this photo taken during our family trip to Costa Rica in January with the hopes that it will inspire the sun to show itself a little more around here soon.  I’m feeling a little ghost-like.

Beginning Again!

“Prepare for Take Off” (click on photo for larger version) My first official post of my beginning again is this black and white image I took outside Pearson airport in Toronto almost exactly a year ago. “I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world!” Thank Buddha I…

Sundays Community Thursday - Harbour Nights Concert Series

One of my favourite things about Owen Sound and area is its very healthy music scene. We have lots of opportunities to hear fabulous musicians at some great venues. But I also really like that the community hosts free musical events.   One such series is the Harbour Nights Concert Series…

Northern Lights

Another favourite from Friday night. This one was taken from Ainslie Wood looking across Georgian Bay towards Cobble Beach. The object in the water is the intake for the old Leith water system. I think there’s a bird sitting on it.

Media Monday - Truth and Falsity in Images

Something I learned while teaching my Media Literacy course is that our minds have a much more difficult time dealing with images than the written word as there is no truth or falsity in an image. Which is why much of our modern advertising (and now memes) are image-based rather…

Thoughts on a Sunday Morning

Some people tell me I talk about death too much. But how can we appreciate life if we don’t acknowledge that we are all going to die? I was reminded of the precariousness of our lives a couple times this week. I lost a relative who lived a good, long…

Sunday’s Community Thursday - The Chi-Cheemaun

Today, the M.S. Chi-Cheemaun left Owen Sound for her summer home in Tobermory.  I decided to try to get some shots from Leith this year and I love the first photo I took as it shows how big the boat is while also showing how it’s dominated by the landscape.…

Sunday’s Community Thursday - Earth Day 2024

This past Saturday, April 20th, the Owen Sound and area community came together to celebrate our Earth.  Above are my photos from the parade featuring the Sauntering Band from Durham and a few presentations before and after.  You can also see the photos while hearing some of the parade in…

Thoughts On A Sunday Morning - A Community of Trees

You know how once you become aware of something, you see it everywhere?  Like when we bought our new to us car not so long ago, I started seeing the same model of car everywhere.  Well, community was like that for me this week.  It’s been on my mind a…

Sunday’s Community Thursday

Sunday’s Community Thursday! Owen Sound and area has been very good to me. Because of this, much of what I do is an attempt to share my love for this community. And because of my photography and writing I’ve come to an even better understanding of how important community is…

Backyard Signs of Spring

Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it. - Mary Oliver

The Eclipse

Okay. Here is my favourite eclipse photo that I took - you’re going to have to click on it to see the eclipses as it is very tall. I originally wasn’t going to share it because it’s a little too computer generated for me. It’s actually 2 photos, each one…

The Cheech

A welder does some minor repairs on the Chi-Cheemaun today. I love the improvised rain shield. I wrote a piece for Escarpment Magazine on the Chi-Cheemaun . I haven’t got my hands on a hard copy yet, but the digital version is here. The first photo, that extends across two…

Spring

My favourite thing about spring hikes is being reminded how quickly nature returns.

2016 Ice Storm

Goodbye, Trees

Yesterday was a tough day around our place. For over 20 years, we were lucky to have the run of the acreage next to us. Last year it was sold and yesterday the new owners started the building process by clearing the forest. We understand why they have to do…

Chi-Cheemaun

I couldn’t resist pulling over and getting this shot as I headed for Cobble beach early yesterday morning.

Wednesday Wisdom

I’m going to start adding some of my writing to my posts occasionally, as it’s really all good noise. And it’s what I do. Below is my first.Wednesday Wisdom If you feel down about the state of the world or depressed because life isn’t fair, rather than following the same…

Sunshine On Leith!

Hello, Sun! So nice to see the long shadows of Leith, Ontario again.

Snowsquall Drive

Went to town this morning.  Drive in was fine, but started getting progressively worse the more south I got.  Probably explains why all the highways south of us are closed.