….things are starting green up
Macro Monday – March 29, 2021
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Category Archives: Nature Shots
Silent Sunday – March 28, 202
Bird Weekly Photo Challenge – Reflections
…..thanks to Lisa Coleman for hosting Bird Weekly Photo Challenge –https://oureyesopen.blog/2021/03/26/bird-weekly-photo-challenge-reflections-of-birds/
For week 41 Lisa has asked us to look for bird photos with their reflections.
Writer’s Quotes Wednesday – Leisure Time
…thanks to Marsha for hosting WQWWC https://tchistorygal.net/2021/03/24/wqwwc-17-leisure/?wref=tp
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. During COVID so many of us have had more time on our hands because commuting was no longer necessary to get to and from work because we were able to work from home but how many of you made use of that extra hour or two to do something for yourself. I’m painfully aware of this after I spend too much of my day binge watching TV.
One of the best things that my husband and I have done since January is to put aside one day a week, in the middle of the week, get into the car and drive somewhere where we can be in nature and go for long hikes and not worry about crowds of people. We’ve had a wonderful time and each week we become a little more organized. This week we even packed a picnic lunch and some weeks we had dinner cooking in the slow cooker so that when we got home dinner was ready.
Here are some of the wonderful places we have visited since January. These are our ‘brightest gems’ in our lives this year.
Ball’s Falls
Lime House
Webster’s Falls and Tews Falls
Tiffany Falls
Niagara Falls and Dufferin Islands
Crooks Hollow
Halton Hills and Hilton Falls
If you’d like participate in this challenge go to Marsha’s site for the list of upcoming challenges and some tips on how to participate.https://tchistorygal.net/writers-quotes-wednesday-writers-challenge/
A Variety for my Thursday Trios
…thanks for checking out Thursday Trios #13
This week there is no theme for me and I never expect a theme from my followers but the photos should be of people, animals or things grouped in threes.
If you’d like to share your trios, copy the link from this post and paste it into your post. I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can.
Texture Tuesday – March 23, 2021
…playing with my Lumix Panasonic camera with the zoom lens on the weekend
Macro Monday – March 22, 2021
….tried using my big camera to get some macro shots but only one turned out
I’m having more luck with my Lumix Panasonic camera but when it comes to macro shots it’s been hit or miss. Now I have to admit I was using my zoom lens because I wanted to get some close-up shots of the birds in the park. Next time I’ll try with my macro lens. The other shots were taken with my iPhone.
New Flower (March 19, 2021) – Yellow Wild Flowers
….the first flowers that I’ve seen this season rising up from the hard winter ground
I know these look like dandelions but they are actually yellow coltsfoot.
New Flower (March 18, 2021) – Bulrushes
Water, Water Everywhere – Tiffany Falls
….thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/03/01/reflections-in-a-puddle-water-water-everywhere-67/
For this week’s #67 challenge I have photos of Tiffany Falls to share with you. Earlier this week my husband and I had quite the adventure getting to this beautiful waterfall in Ancaster, ON.
Ancaster is just south of Hamilton and Tiffany Falls is just one of over 100 waterfalls in the area. Two weeks ago this waterfall was completely frozen. You could actually walk behind the frozen wall of ice. Since then a lot of the snow has melted but in the wooded areas the snow melted and froze again so the trails were very icy. Before we started out my husband lent me his ice cleats but that meant he didn’t have anything on the bottom of his shoes.
There were parts of the path, especially when it went uphill that were so slippery I didn’t even trust the cleats. At one point a nice gentleman who also had cleats on his shoes helped me over a rise on the path. Unfortunately it was at this point that my husband stopped and didn’t try to get closer to the falls. Luckily he was able to see it from where he stopped and his camera allowed him to zoom in and get a closer look. I walked all the way to the lookout. In some of the photos you’ll notice that there is a family that went right to the base of the falls.
When we got home I immediately ordered a second pair of ice cleats.
Mama Cormier 