Naked Lady

Amaryllis

Native to South Africa

Sold in the winter months in North America

for their ability to bloom indoors.

Other common names are Belladonna lily, Jersey lily,

Naked Lady or, in South Africa, March Lily.

Whitewash Fragmented

Whitewash

Lush, soft brush,

Slashed even and smooth

over bumps and stains

And we try to forget

The people we upset

The things we did

Out of weakness and pain

Whitewash,

With a thick, harsh brush

Sloshed wishfully

O'er blots and marks

See nice, fresh wall

In bedroom and hall.

But don't forget

Under white - its dark.

~ Yael Unterman

Frosted

some close shots at the bottum of

The Muskoka Falls at 30 below

40 Below

Most Canadians when they hear "Its 40 Below"

will launch into a tune "and I don't give a F**K

got a heater in my truck, and I'm of to the Rodeo!"

Well this is 30 below at the falls of the Muskoka river

right here in Bracebridge...the mist coming off the falls makes for some interesting frozen images

These shots are from the upper falls.

The lower falls to follow.

see ya soon!

Canadian eh !

Hey

I'm not a lumber jack

or a fur trader

And I don't live in an igloo

or eat blubber

or own a dog sled

I don't know Jimmy or Suzie from Canada

although I'm sure their really nice

I have a Prime Minister not a President

I speak English and French not american

And I pronounce it "about" not "a-boot"

I can  proudly sew my flag on my backpack

I believe in peace keeping not policing

diversity not assimilation

And that the Beaver is a truly proud and noble animal

A toque is a hat and a chesterfield is a couch

and its pronounced "Zed" not "Zee:

Canada is the 2nd largest land mass

The 1st nation of hockey

And the best part of North America

My name is T-bone and I AM CANADIAN !!!

Fire & Ice

Some would say the world will end in fire

Some say in ice.

From what Iv'e tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

is also great

And would suffice.

~Robert Frost

Pterodactyl ?

"I am not an animal!"

actually  a young Common Grackle.

soon to have a jet black coat with iridescent

purple..rather striking! 

Spirit of the Dead Mouse

Once I had a body

which I used to feed.

But now the ants have taken me,

and fed me to their queen.

Curse my old, stubby snout

which led me astray

Delicious morsels it would out,

and lead me on my raids.

Lady, forgiveness please

which I don't deserve.

I took your chocolate disease, 

and I'm dead forever

~Samuel James Moore

A Dragons Briefs

For Those Canadians out there

this would be a Dragon Fly with my favorite

pair of Stanfeilds undies on the washing line.

Hence the name "Dragons Briefs"

A Thousand Pictures

If a picture is worth a thousand words...

Night Fire

Never a bad shot...

This image started out as an oops! shot...overexposed

and many would dispose

But not me.

Through the magic of the digital darkroom

I repaired it to a nice natural image

and the took it further

now to a watercolour fantasy.

Avian Watercolours

Broke out the digital paint brush today!

Alice

Also known as Cleopatra ...

Just look at that makeup.

She was named after a Tom Waits tune.

"for I fell through the ice with Alice"

Frosted Flora

All taken in my folks back 40

on boxing day 2012

Cold Christmas night!

We were all toasted with thoughts of sugar plums...Har!

Touch The Sky

This photographers dream...

to simply be able to touch the Sky.

Neon Starling

Last Year

Last Years Leaf

spent, used and  an earth bound misfit

Once so green and then so full of colour

now she lies upon a new years palette... 

~JE Ted Gardner

Avian New Year

Cold, crisp and sunny..

A perfect day 1 in the new year

Full feeders a birdie delight !

welcome 2013