…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week Challenge
It seems like we haven’t seen too much sunshine as of late but between blizzards last Wednesday the sun did come out for a brief spell.
A Photo a Week Challenge – Sunshine
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Monthly Archives: April 2019
New Flower (April 7, 2019) – Coral Tulips
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Celebrating Women Who Are 80 and Older
…..at the Women’s Art Association of Canada
As of yesterday WAAC is hosting a series of parties called BASH. Each party has a slightly different theme but they all celebrate the wonderful work of its members who are octogenarians or older. Last night’s theme was a Mai-Tai party.
The evening featured a pianist and the Ukulele Ladies (who were about to turn 80 or already there). The silent auction was revealed and of course the featured drink was the Mai Tai (lovingly made by one of the co-chairs of WAAC, Dale B.) The art on display in the main gallery was created by the members who were 80 years old and older. The work was beautiful and one of the members in attendance last night sold her piece. She was delighted.
There are four more parties. Not sure I will make them all but the money raised will go to building a much needed ramp to make the building accessible to all.
New Flower (April 5, 2019) – Blue Hydrangea
New Flower (April 2, 2019) – White Hyacinth
….you can tell that Easter is just around the corner when you see these in the markets
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Stairs or Steps
…thanks Cee for hosting Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Stairs and steps. We see them everyday and usually take them for granted unless we have to climb up to get where we’re going.
Proud Mama
….yesterday my oldest daughter ran a 30k race in Hamilton
The Around the Bay Race in Hamilton celebrated its 125th anniversary. It is one of the oldest long distance races in North America, even older than the Boston Marathon. We woke up to snow yesterday but that didn’t stop thousands of runner from participating in this historic run.
I was looking forward to using my telephoto lens so I could capture Andrea coming around the bend towards the finish line. I practised on some random runners.
Seeing this was the first time Andrea has run 30k she was aiming for a 2:35 finish. The runners in the photos above were all in the 2:15 to 2:20 time range. I knew that at 2:35 the runners would be more bunched together and my fear was that my 5’1″ daughter would get lost in a pack of runners. My fear came true and the camera completely missed her. It’s not like she was going to stop and pose for me. I was pretty upset. Anyway after the race I managed to get a couple of nice shots with her medal. Luckily my daughter-in-law positioned herself at the 27k mark and managed to get a couple of good shots as she passed her.
Mama Cormier 