…..Wordpress’s weekly photo challenge features the word ‘relic’.
Wrought iron gate
Weekly Photo Challenge – Relic
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Circles-Curves
….at first I didn’t think I had any circle or curve photos to share
For more fun photos check out Cee’s site at http://ceenphotography.com/2014/07/08/cees-fun-foto-challenge-circles-and-curves/
Sunday Trees 138 – Two Days Late
…..went to my cottage this weekend where I have no electricity
The old oak tree that sits on the edge of my property at the cottage.
For more Sunday Trees check out Becca Givens blog at :Sunday Trees – 138
New Flower of the Day (July 8, 2014) – Wild Flowers
….I’m not sure what they’re called but they grow along the road by my cottage
A Word a Week Photograph Challenge – Kitsch
Sitting By The Dock of the Bay
….new road and empty beach
My first weekend up at the cottage greeted me with a couple of firsts.
The first new experience was the new road that was built sometime between last October and this June. To get to my cottage I have to take a car ferry across the bay to the island. The ferry makes this trip every 1 1/2 hours and it’s about a 20 minute trip. In the last few years the line-ups for the ferry have gotten very long and sometimes you have to wait for a second ferry to get on board.
The new road is wide and only one way and makes perfect sense. Now the cars exiting the ferry onto the mainland go up the hill that used to be where cars waited to get on the ferry. The new road allows for cars to form a double line and pretty much accommodates all the cars waiting for the ferry without impeding traffic flow.
The second biggest change is the state of the beach. It’s completely empty. No beach chairs, benches, toys, boats or people. Where is everyone?
Last fall new rules were implemented for the beach. Everything had to be removed before the season ended or it was removed for you. I get that. The new rule, however, requires you take everything with you at the end of each day and not leave anything behind when you go back to the cottage. This is a bit of a problem for people with boats and for elderly people or people with disabilities who would have a problem carrying beach chairs back and forth, especially up the dunes.
As for the people, I have to admit that it was a bit chilly on Saturday for people to be sunbathing but there weren’t even any folks out walking along the beach. Hmmm?
Share Your World – Week 27
….thanks Cee for more great questions this week for Share Your World
If you were the architect of one existing building, which building would you select?
What an impossible question! There are so many wonderful buildings out there in the world that I’m sure my choice will probably offend a variety of people for a variety of reasons. I’ve decided to limit my choice to buildings in the city I know best and that would be Toronto. I am a huge fan of the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario). It was recently renovated and the architect is Frank Gehry. I love that Gehry built the addition around the old building and preserved the best features of the original gallery. My favourite features of the new addition are the Galleria Italia and the Baroque Stairs.
http://www.ago.net/frank-gehry-redesigned-ago
What is one of your favorite quotes?
My favourite quote is ‘Live, love, laugh, learn’. There are many variations of these four words and I love them all.
What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?
I am most comfortable in reds and royal blues. The OA at our school says that I can wear all colours well but that is not true. I just know what colours suit me and I tend to stick to those colours.
What is something you learned in the last week?
In the last week I learned about the mystery plants that were gifted to me and how to play the chord Dm on the ukulele.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I’m grateful to the temporary caretaker who helped me with my dilemma in the library. He made a few phone calls and saved me a lot of work. Hopefully when I return at the end of the summer I’ll have a new floor in the library a new caretaker who’ll be as considerate as this one was.
In the coming week I’m looking forward to returning to the cottage and hopefully seeing Germany in the finals of the World Cup on Sunday.
Mystery Plant #3
….this is the last plant I need identified
Thanks to Maggie Wilson I now know the name of my mystery plant #2. It’s a Spiderwort or Tradescantia. http://home.howstuffworks.com/spiderwort.htm
Photo courtesy of : http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/_ccLib/image/plants/DETA-315.jpg
My last mystery plant has lovely burgundy leaves. I’ve seen this before but the name escapes me. Any ideas?
Ignore the green weeds around this plant.
Done – Time to Relax
… finally finished cleaning the library
If you walked into my library right now you’d think I was off my rocker making a statement like that. There are boxes of books everywhere.
Believe it or not that’s what I had to do. Over the summer a new carpet is being put down in the library and the books on the freestanding shelves had to be taken down so that the shelves can be moved.
I also had to clean my office so that the caretakers can get in there and clean the floor and the counter. I was really stressing about not being able to get in there and get things off the floor and the counters.
I spent two extra days at school this week to get the job done. While there I started to purge and threw away a lot of paper and old outdated documents. It was a slow process but worth it in the end. I can now enjoy the rest of my summer without worrying about the state of my office.
Now I hope when I return that the carpet will be down and that my office will still be uncluttered. I suspect that many of those boxes will end up in. It’s the one area that’s not being carpeted.
The big challenge is to keep my office like this all year.
New Flower of the Day (July 3, 2014) – Lobelia
….I’ve been a fan of this pretty little flower for many years
