Posted on March 5, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Jessica for hosting Dogs of Blogs

This is Frances. She is a strange mix between a Dachshund and an Australian Shepard. We’ve had her for over 12 years and she has certainly slowed down over the years. Her favourite place in the world to be is at the cottage. She loves the water but now she spends more and more time sleeping in the shade.

Dogs of Blogs – Day 3

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….oops, I’m already a day behind

Meet Milo. My neighbour’s ‘bunny’ dog. Have you ever seen such lovely ears?

Thanks to Jessica for hosting Dogs of Blogs

Sunday Rabbit

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….it’s a rabbit. Hooray!

I’m guessing that our granddaughter is liking the cute things over the scary ones.

Dogs of Blogs – Day 2

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Jess for hosting this challenge

Today’s dog is Lucy. She is a Bassett hound and belongs to our daughter in Hamilton. She’s getting on in years and she howls when she forgets where she is.

Dogs of Blogs – Day 1

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Jess for hosting Dogs of Blogs

I’m not sure I’ll find photos to share every day for the month of March but I’ll try. My first dog photo is of Olive, my daughter and daughter-in-law’s sweet Frenchie.

Birds at the Toronto Zoo

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….cold, grey and windy outside but warm and calm indoors

On Sunday, despite the forecast of high winds and rain, the Turners and I ventured to the Toronto Zoo. We had a lovely day and the rain never materialized to more than a mist and the high winds held off until we left.

One of my favourite places at the zoo is the Rain Forest Pavilion. For one thing it’s very dry and quite warm in there. It houses some beautiful greenery and some very interesting birds. One of the most interesting for me was the Hamerkop. This is a medium sized bird that lives in the wetlands of Madagascar, Africa and Arabia. It is famous for the large nests it likes to build and the one at the Toronto Zoo is no exception.

Homer is free to fly around the pavilion and the staff leave nesting materials lying around for him to build his dome shaped nest. These nests can be as big as 2 metres deep and 2 metres wide. Not only has Homer used the building materials that are left for him but he’s clearly found other objects, like mittens and pieces of paper to add to his structure.

Most of the other birds were kept in more enclosed areas to protect them from flying into the cold outside. They seemed pretty content with their surroundings where there were numerous trees, perches and resting areas.

Some birds were very happy to share a space with the resident rhinoceros .

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge – Close-up

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Lens-Artist Photo Challenge for this week’s theme

Yesterday I went to the Toronto Zoo and took my Panasonic Lumix camera with the wide angle lens. I had a little bit of difficulty with the settings but I did manage to get some interesting close-ups of some of the animals.