Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Mini

….thanks to GC for hosting this week’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/08/24/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-mini/

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Wall of mini paintings, Paris, France
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Mini carrousel in Tours, France
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Mini Tourists looking at the Miniature replicas of architecture in Tours, France
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Mini Burgers of Foie Gras, Tours, France
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Mini Museum at Curve Gardens, London, UK
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Mini Iris
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Mini ladybug
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Mini pine cones

Water, Water Everywhere – Georgian Bay

….thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/08/22/river-clyde-water-water-everywhere-140/

I’ve just returned from a five day stay at the cottage on Georgian Bay. As some of you may know my cottage is on an island and to get there you have to take a ferry. So I am literally surrounded by water when we go there. The cottage is on the north shore so it looks like we’re on the sea. This past week the lake was calm and great for swimming and paddle boarding.

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I’m a Fan of…..Bees

thanks to Jez for hosting I’m a Fan of…..https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/08/22/bees-fan-of-170/

Like Jez I’m also a fan of bees, especially photographing bees. I’m not a fan of wasps but was recently reminded that they are also pollinators and need to be protected as well. Having been stung by wasps and hornets in the past I have to admit that when they make entertaining or eating outside difficult I don’t rush to their aid when they get trapped inside any empty soda bottle. I’ve also had to destroy wasp nests that started to grow on the underside of our roof and on the inside of our cottage. Sorry if this offends anyone but I’m not taking the risk of having my family and guests stung by these aggressive little creatures. I am, however, open to any suggestions of how to keep wasps from building their nests on my property. Those paper nests that are suppose to keep wasps away don’t seem to work.

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Water, Water Everywhere – Streams and Waterfalls in Hamilton South

….thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/08/15/forth-estuary-water-water-everywhere-139/

On Monday, Andrea and I drove to Hamilton to drop off some equipment in a lovely residence in the southern part of Hamilton. It was suggested that we should check out Albion Falls. I was pretty sure I had been there before but it would have been in the winter. When we got there I recognized it immediately but this time we weren’t slipping on ice.

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Part of the Escarpment Trail
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Standing on the Arbour Bridge
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Albion Falls, ON