September flowers
At the Saskatoon Farm
Before "winter" arrived
Memories of colour
The final stage of an Artichoke
Cute little thing
Little angel
Milk Thistle, I believe
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Pink (African?) Daisies
Artichoke in bloom
Helmeted Guineafowl
Faces
Welcome colour
Farmyard friends
Blossom on red
Farm dog
Colour for an overcast day
Old and rusty tractor
A great use for old teapots
The far side of the river valley
Bright and beautiful
The first day of fall
The last one remaining
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Domesticated Helmeted Guineafowl / "Numida meleagr…
The sunflower droop
End of the season
A touch of Halloween
Remembering summer colour
Artichoke flower with different bee species
Kangaroo Apple flowers / Solanum aviculare (?)
Sunflower and visitors
Old red tractor at the Saskatoon Farm
Colours
Rooster, Saskatoon Farm
Looper Moth sp.
Lasting beauty
Busy little bee
Helmeted Guineafowl
Bees, bees and more bees
Time for a cat nap
The Saskatoon Farm
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
Typically Western
Colour from Ornamental Cabbages
Unidentified fruit
A bunch of Christmas owls
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
Pretty Mama cat
Ornamental Cabbage or Ornamental Kale?
That sinking feeling
Purple Petunias
Sunflower going to seed
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
The colours of fall
Across the river
A use for old shoes
Tea, anyone?
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
From days gone by
Datura flower?
Just a splash of colour
Beware those icy fingers
Ice is nice
Long-billed ice bird
Christmas is a fun time for a kitten
Tea, anyone?
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
All decked out
A fancy chicken
Orange for Halloween
Posing sweetly
Keep your distance
House Sparrow in the fall
The last bit of colour before winter
A view from The Saskatoon Farm
Teapots and fall reflections
Blue on blue
For a complete change of colour
So perfect
Always love a cow skull
Pink and perfect
I love Dandelions
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Goodbye fall, hello winter!
I don't know if everyone is getting so many small things going wrong with Flickr at the moment. It seems as if everything I try to do goes wrong or takes too long to work. Stats are a mess.
Last night and this morning, 2 November 2017, we had our first major fall of snow in the city (at least in my part of the city). Still snowing this afternoon, and I'm just so thankful I don't have to go anywhere today. Temperature is -10C (windchill -18C) at around 1:30 pm. Stay warm, everyone, and drive safely!
Again, all three photos posted this morning were taken three days ago, on 30 October 2017. They show what a varied day I had. I spent the day driving mostly roads that I had been along before (a round trip of 230 km). I still find a few roads so confusing! My destination was partly to check on two old barns that I had only seen and photographed once before. Having been there with my daughter in January 2015, I knew that there were several other old barns and homesteads en route. This day was definitely a barn day, not a bird or wildlife day.
The large barn in a photo I posted the day before yesterday was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the first time, which I finally did in January 2015, with my daughter. I would love to have been able to get photos from both sides of it, but it was in a farmer's field that was, of course, private property.
The second old barn that I saw in this area is in far worse condition, but I love it. It was funny, because I was standing in the road and had already taken a handful of photos of this crumbling, weathered structure, when I noticed someone walking towards me in the distance. Talk about deja vu! I started walking towards her and it turned out that she lived at the farm just down the road, but had previously lived in the house next to this decaying barn and it was her property. She told me to wander wherever I wished, take as many photos as I wanted. I laughed and said that in January 2015, when my daughter and I had been standing right there in the road, a lady came by on her horse and told us the very same story - it must have been the same person! Felt so good!
Another place I stopped at was a farmyard full of old barns, sheds and vehicles. I pulled over and got out to take a quick shot of an old, blue truck from across the road. A person happened to just appear, walking across his farmyard, so I called out to him and we had a delightful chat. I think he was very amused at my passion for old things and told me to walk around and take whatever photos I wanted. Which I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! The blue truck in a photo posted two days ago was just one of several old vehicles, mainly cars. I told him what an amazing place he had, full of interesting things. I got the impression that he saw things very differently - lots of old things that needed fixing or tidying up : ) I told him to just leave everything as it is - a photographer's dream : )
On the way home, I called in at the Saskatoon Farm to see if the restaurant was still open, but it had just closed (3:30 pm). I realized I had been enjoying myself so much that I had totally forgotten to eat anything all day. Managed to get a much-needed cup of coffee, though, and I did buy a box of frozen, uncooked Saskatoon Berry and White Chocolate scones. I bought some of these last time I was there and they are so good, piping hot, straight out of the oven. Noticed this lonely autumn leaf on one of the shrubs - added a touch of filter to the image in post-processing.
Last night and this morning, 2 November 2017, we had our first major fall of snow in the city (at least in my part of the city). Still snowing this afternoon, and I'm just so thankful I don't have to go anywhere today. Temperature is -10C (windchill -18C) at around 1:30 pm. Stay warm, everyone, and drive safely!
Again, all three photos posted this morning were taken three days ago, on 30 October 2017. They show what a varied day I had. I spent the day driving mostly roads that I had been along before (a round trip of 230 km). I still find a few roads so confusing! My destination was partly to check on two old barns that I had only seen and photographed once before. Having been there with my daughter in January 2015, I knew that there were several other old barns and homesteads en route. This day was definitely a barn day, not a bird or wildlife day.
The large barn in a photo I posted the day before yesterday was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the first time, which I finally did in January 2015, with my daughter. I would love to have been able to get photos from both sides of it, but it was in a farmer's field that was, of course, private property.
The second old barn that I saw in this area is in far worse condition, but I love it. It was funny, because I was standing in the road and had already taken a handful of photos of this crumbling, weathered structure, when I noticed someone walking towards me in the distance. Talk about deja vu! I started walking towards her and it turned out that she lived at the farm just down the road, but had previously lived in the house next to this decaying barn and it was her property. She told me to wander wherever I wished, take as many photos as I wanted. I laughed and said that in January 2015, when my daughter and I had been standing right there in the road, a lady came by on her horse and told us the very same story - it must have been the same person! Felt so good!
Another place I stopped at was a farmyard full of old barns, sheds and vehicles. I pulled over and got out to take a quick shot of an old, blue truck from across the road. A person happened to just appear, walking across his farmyard, so I called out to him and we had a delightful chat. I think he was very amused at my passion for old things and told me to walk around and take whatever photos I wanted. Which I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! The blue truck in a photo posted two days ago was just one of several old vehicles, mainly cars. I told him what an amazing place he had, full of interesting things. I got the impression that he saw things very differently - lots of old things that needed fixing or tidying up : ) I told him to just leave everything as it is - a photographer's dream : )
On the way home, I called in at the Saskatoon Farm to see if the restaurant was still open, but it had just closed (3:30 pm). I realized I had been enjoying myself so much that I had totally forgotten to eat anything all day. Managed to get a much-needed cup of coffee, though, and I did buy a box of frozen, uncooked Saskatoon Berry and White Chocolate scones. I bought some of these last time I was there and they are so good, piping hot, straight out of the oven. Noticed this lonely autumn leaf on one of the shrubs - added a touch of filter to the image in post-processing.
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