Friendly Friday: Photo Walk

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere for hosting Friendly Friday

My photo walk takes place on Sunday. Friday and Saturday were exceptionally busy and I didn’t get out for my long walk. Today I made sure to get out before noon.

I left my house and walked toward the park that edges onto the lake.

I continued along Lakeshore Drive and turned onto 4th St. which ends in a dead end but the property on the east side is abandoned so I walked toward the lake again.

I noticed that a large flock of swans were swimming together at the foot of Prince of Wales Park so I continued east.

After taking a dozen or more photos I decided to continue on my walk along the shores of Lake Ontario before the swans decided they had enough of this intruder with her iPhone camera. You can see from one of the following photos that there’s still a little bit of ice hanging onto the shoreline.

As I left the park I continued through the neighbourhood until I reached a tiny parkette on Sand Beach Road.

I then turned north and walked towards the busy street of Lakeshore Blvd. and headed home.

Sunday Trees – 386

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees

Hopefully future posts will be greener and sunnier.

A Photo a Week Challenge – Sunshine

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…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.

New Flower (April 7, 2019) – Coral Tulips

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Celebrating Women Who Are 80 and Older

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…..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

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Mama Cormier

why do we need car insurance

New Flower (April 2, 2019) – White Hyacinth

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….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

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…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

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….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.