we spent the canadian thanksgiving by lake huron, on the maitland river. it was summer all over again. 30-32 degrees celcius all weekend. shorts and a t-shirt at 11pm. we couldn't have asked for nicer weather

our very own archeopterex named "cheap"
flying through the motorhome

young tom sawyer comin back from fishin

what little boys should do in the summer

panaramic of the maitland river, ontario, canada

notice the "husband" is no where to be seen? he was dinner last night!

our newest friend, a very old snapping turtle

the wisdom of 80 (?) year old eyes

give a kid a light stick and its gonna happen

"bling bling"

"cheap cheap" should have been called "bling bling', shes been anything but cheap! for a starling I hadn't expected much, but now I'm amazed. smart, playful, sings like a cardinal

gem

gem, the sexy lady in my life' sitting in a window box, looking out at the pacific

mexican birds

sneaking up on these guys was easy

wisdom in an old pelican

motor boat, motor boat, goes sooo fast

its a play on birds

all the markings of a jay, with a crown

looked like our starlings, only larger

more mexican birds, hundreds of them, maybe more

slogans

its been a while! theses are photos I've taken and applied "slogans" that I thought fit the pic. enjoy

london roofscapes

more roof-scapes from londons east core. next week i'll go down to street level

london roofscapes 2

formerly grand buildings still stand in londons east core. now the peaks of some are still beautiful, but age and decay are showing down below. at street level, neglect, age, and lifestyle are all having an effect.

i find them amazing, they're absolutely huge! they're magnificient when you come into an area dotted by a widfarm. this one is about 30 minutes from home and has about 40 turbines. you don't get a feeling of how large they are until the kids stood at the bottom.

"sunrise". a plastic toy cup one of my kids owns. in the bottom are 3 led lights. cropped but untouched.

the "little big man" picture. gem took this picture of me, messed it up, said i was just a big kid. we found a caterpillar on a tree stump that day, brought it home to a terrarium. Caterpillar to cocoon to moth in about a month. the kids thought it was fantastic.

one of the first pictures i took that i really liked. 3.1mp Kodak DC4800, circa 2001.

stargazer lily

stargazer lily backlit with a "natural" fluorescent light. a beautiful, long lasting flower that fills a room with scent. canon rebel, tamron 18-250DiII. photoshop elements 2

birds

gem took this photo of two vultures who acted like a couple, almost kissing

lots and lots of vultures. all of them fat!