blue flag

Blue Flag, wild iris or fleur-de-lis. Resist the urge to eat the roots - they're poisonous.

Killarney Provincial Park.

looking

Ivy & Aurora at Cafe Aquarius.

Guelph

Great Horned Owl

An injured great horned owl being cared for at the vet school.

The University of Guelph.

River Bride

From River Bride - a dance/story by Adwoa Badoe at War Memorial Hall.
Other photos I made that evening are here.

The University of Guelph.

worn

Worn by the rain, wind and sun.
Sand hill at the Synder's Flats Conservation Area.

For Photo Friday

Bloomingdale, near Waterloo, Ontario

View from Mount Nemo

Looking north towards Crawford Lake with Rattlesnake Point on the right.
Mount Nemo's crevice caves are popular with explorers.
I'm reading an excellent book by Michael Gordon called Rock Watching Adventures Above and Below Ontario. A blend of geology/nature/history and hiking/caving guidebook.

Mount Nemo Conservation Area

Guelph Water Tower

Guelph

Silvercreek Birch

Silvercreek Park.

Guelph

red veined maple

Liverpool Street, Guelph

Mount Nemo

Fall at Mount Nemo Conservation Area.

Field near Mount Nemo

milkweed

Milkweed is flying about now.

Liverpool Street, Guelph

the dreams of bees

the summer sounds of the laughing breeze
are locked inside the dreams of bees

Liverpool Street, Guelph.

Mill at Walter's Falls

As a young teenager I accompanied my uncles on their rounds of getting grain milled. I also got to visit sawmills and can remember the cutting smell of damp sawdust and the sweet dusty smell of dry milled grain. I wrote a song which mentions visiting this mill.

Walter's Falls

Sherman Falls

Sherman Falls

ducks mooning photographer

Yes, they see me coming then pretend there's something interesting like under the water. Or maybe they're just tired and it takes less energy to sit like that.

Speed River, Guelph

warmth

The warmth of day begins when the sun spills over the hill.

For Photo Friday

Puslinch

mmm good, I think

Aurora deciding.

Guelph.

Tall Yellow Maples

At the Arboretum, the University of Guelph.

Guelph

Connie Fur

A dwarf conifer at the Arboretum.

The University of Guelph.

The Lind Pumpkin

My neighbour, Gareth's, carving feat.

Liverpool Street, Guelph

time changes everything

The colours of summer fade as we ride a vintage streetcar through the fall woods at the Halton Streetcar Museum.

delicate

"What did the wife of the soldier get
From Brussels, the Belgian town?
From Brussels she got the delicate lace
Oh! the charm and the grace of the delicate lace
That she got from the Belgian town"
-Brecht

Halloween Fairy Dress, Guelph

for Photo Friday

the trees have eyes

it's getting on Halloween.
things are upside down.
now the woods look at you.

Royal Recreational Trail, Guelph

the white thicket fence

Mount Nemo Conservation Area

More Blue for Sue

Dance performances in a public space - Old Quebec Street.

Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival

Georgian Bay Blue

Bayfield Inlet

retro

Early 50's vintage Cadillac.

Downtown Guelph

eight ducks in a line

Goderich

When I itches I scratches

College Royal - open house.

The University of Guelph

The Eternal Maiden

"The Guelph Radial Trail runs northeast from Guelph along an abandoned electric railway route to meet the Bruce Trail at Limehouse. The Speed River Trail follows the river southwest to Cambridge: this trail becomes very wet after heavy rain. Many glacial features, including eskers, drumlins, and moraines, add interest to these pleasant and easy trails."

Guelph Radial Trail

arms control

Adwoa Badoe rehearsing Riverbride in the Art Jam space.

Waterloo Street, Guelph

mates for life

Canada goose (Branta canadensis).

Rockwood Conservation Area

Down at the Mill

I shot this earlier in the year as well.

Rockwood Conservation Area

reflection

Fall leaves reflecting in the creek.

Scotsdale Farm.

Eugenia Falls

The falls itself is rather meagre since most of the water has been diverted to to a hydroelectric plant which has been generating electricity since around 1895. A popular and pretty area in the Beaver Valley.

Eugenia Falls Conservation Area

music in the manse

London, Ontario

conspicuous

It's best to make yourself conspicuous if you want to attract bees.

Belfountain Conservation Area

Near Epping Lookout

This is the week for fall colours in the Beaver Valley. Check out Epping Lookout Conservation Area on brow of the Niagara Escarpment with a great view of the Beaver Valley. The Bruce Trail runs through here and there is a historical plaque dedicated to the naturalist John Muir who spent two years in this area before heading off to the US where he founded the Sierra Club and became the father of the conservation movement.

Epping Lookout Conservation Area

Riverbride

From an African dance/musical/story by Adwoa and Fule Badoe at War Memorial Hall. Several other photos are up on their website.

Guelph

Near Bognor

Just up the hill from Bognor the Bruce Trail crosses the crest.

Reminds me of a song.

Latitude 44.52832
Longitude -80.765175

Grey County

Inglis Falls

A beautiful cascade at the Inglis Falls Conservation Area. Very accessible. You can venture down into the gorge for more exciting views.

Owen Sound

it's time for pumpkin pie

Pumpkins are a fruit which originated in Central America. Some people eat the flowers. Some recommended them for removing freckles and curing snake bites. Some love them in pie. Like me.


Guelph

grass & reflection

30,000 Islands, Bayfield Inlet

green among the gold

A side trail off the Bruce Trail will take you through this heritage site and some beautiful forests and meadows.

Scotsdale Farm

butterfly or moth?

A great place to go with kids, especially on those cold winter days. The buterflies will land on you if you're still enough.


Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory

blaze of glory

Liverpool Street, Guelph.

terrorism

I was reading a book about the roots of terrorism.

Smoky Hollow Falls

One of the most accessible waterfalls along the Bruce Trail - there's a parking lot about 20 metres from it. Smoky Hollow Falls, also known as Grindstone Falls and Great Falls - the Grindstone Creek falls about 7 or 8 metres into a beautiful rocky creek bed.

Waterdown.

walking on the green

Rockwood Conservation Area.

every leaf's a flower

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf's a flower.
--Albert Camus


My neighbour, Sue Richards' front yard, Guelph.