In response to The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Tour Guide
Welcome to a small town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. These are only two of our distinct and unique seasons.
Strong winds + bitter temperatures + river = masterpiece.
Sunset over lake + para-sail + sense of adventure = summer solitude.
Nature’s details dance
To the music of the wind
Fancy fields of gold
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Check out all the details for this week’s photo challenge at The Daily Post.
Curves are the inspiration for the Weekly Photo Challenge. I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use this photo. You can find many more interpretations at The Daily Post.
What do you get when The Daily Post gives you a fabulous theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge and then you stumble upon a friend’s photos of jellyfish?
Nature’s masterpieces!
All photos by: Lisa Oleniuk
This week’s challenge brought me back to memories of Vegas and a show called “Recycled Percussion”. Four talented musicians take junk rock to the next level.
Audience participation
Boundless energy
Clever and creative
The ABC’s of good entertainment.
time does not freeze frame
wings not wasted meet the sun
dreams happen in flight
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I am sitting in the dining car of a train…or am I floating on the lake?
Either way it was magical.
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Miniature ice bergs stubbornly hold on to winter as Lake Huron welcomes Spring. The Great Lakes are a massive stage for seasonal transitions.
This photo was my contribution for The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge.
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Sun dances on snow Lines cross beyond boundaries Nature always rules ~ https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/shadowed/
This lovely beast had no qualms about sticking his neck out for a treat. Photo taken at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Enjoy some more treats at The Daily Post.
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This week’s photo challenge is (extra)ordinary, seeing something very common in a whole new light. Although I must have a thousand photos of trees and leaves in Autumn, I think this one has a magical feel to it.
Check out many more interpretations at…
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Sometimes we sit on the edge
Waiting, wishing, wondering
Pensive, planning, pondering
We cannot fall if we have wings
Here is one last entry for “monochromatic”.
I know, I know…time to move on.
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A contrast to my first submission, the endless white of snow reaches for the horizon on one of the Great Lakes. This will soon be the scene at the beach as we bid farewell to the warm blue waters of summer. Just thinking about it makes me very grateful for autumn.
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An open field in rural Ontario Embracing November Mother and son This was a good day ~ https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/today-was-a-good-day/
These handsome little puffers were part of a display of blowfish at a museum in southwestern Ontario. With all their grins and googly eyes, I just couldn’t resist sharing.
As we traveled along a highway in Michigan, these clouds seemed to be eyeballing us all the way. They definitely added a creepy vibe to the morning sky. Check out more creepy photos over at The Daily Post.
Click to enlarge…if you dare.
This week’s photo challenge gave way to so many possibilities. I have been a bit of a macro maniac lately but I decided to take a fresh one after yesterday’s rain. I like the random shapes of the water droplets and the flower’s imperfections.
Beauty is never perfect.
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Through these doors, one can only imagine the interior of Van Patten Mountain Camp, a historical resort built in 1897. It was worth the hike to see these ruins nestled in the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Trees are my muse. I am overwhelmed by their beauty, individualism and stature. Their history intrigues me. As Mother Nature sculpts and paints them with her elements, I have the easy part. Be amazed. Point and shoot.
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Southwestern skies create a soothing back drop for miles along desert roads of New Mexico. This photo was taken on the way back from exploring the Badlands.
Driving south on Highway 125 towards Las Cruces, Nogal Canyon is a slight little dip along the way.
There’s one in every major desert? Hard Rock Cafe makes it’s presence known against blue skies and cacti on the way to Albuquerque.
Autumn adds colour to the drab of the desert. A blurry but beautiful western scene accompanies us on the way to Socorro, NM.
Chair with missing parts
Eclectic garden planter
Open space for grace
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A familiar scene on the Great Lakes as a large freighter pushes on despite being enveloped by the morning fog. The view is surreal from the shoreline though not as calming for the ship’s captain. Mother Nature provides many challenges for those who navigate these waterways, the largest freshwater lakes in the world.
Goslings on the pond
Droplets roll off golden fuzz
Buoyancy meets gravity
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webs in morning mist
the elegance of nature
dressing up for dawn
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At a nearby conservation area in Southwestern Ontario, hundreds of geese take up residence and this time of year, it can be quite a spectacle. These two honkers couldn’t seem to move fast enough as they chased others across the pond. Click to enlarge.
Be sure to check out more of life in motion at The Daily Post.
Agawa Canyon Tour Train in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario offers an amazing sightseeing tour beginning in the early morning. I took this photo of the flat screen monitor inside the train. Digital cameras mounted on this locomotive give you the engineer’s view. Eerie and beautiful.
Mist rises from a northern lake as we make our way towards the canyon.
Reflections from the morning sun only intensify the beauty framed by passenger windows. Some things are worth getting up early for.
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Sunlight on whiskers
Afloat in California
A sea lion’s throne
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One of the wonderful perks of living in Ontario is the ability to welcome and bid farewell to four distinct seasons. It encourages you to live in the moment and appreciate the obvious and not so obvious metamorphosis that takes place. Winter? It’s all a blur to me now. Check out more of it at […]
Dreamy day for ducks
Beauty of clouds repeated
Webbed foot masterpiece
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Claret cup hedgehog
Blushing red against grey spines
Spring in the desert
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Corran Ruins-McNeills Mansion is located outside of Wiarton, Ontario in Spirit Rock Conservation Area.
The walls of the mansion remain stoic in the sunlight despite obvious destruction.
Multicoloured brick is like artwork chiseled by the wind.
Nature is framed by open windows.
Time has blessed this place.
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This colour is full of energy. Whether it’s all jazzed up in neon or painted in healing hues across the sky, orange is the new happy. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/orange/
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A slightly late submission for the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. On a very memorable day with my step daughter and grand-daughter, this photo was one of a hundred others that I took at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls, Ontario. These little beauties showcase symmetry with their striking design, while maintaining their individualism. It’s a beautiful thing!
http://www.niagaraparks.com/niagara-falls-attractions/butterfly-conservatory.html
They call it “The Joe”
Home of the Detroit Red Wings
Diamond in the rough
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Here is another interpretation of depth for The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. Again, I was drawn to some photos taken in Lion’s Head, Ontario.
This has to be one of the most interesting hikes I have ever taken. Lion’s Head, Ontario is named for it’s lion shaped rock formation carved into the landscape. The winding trail to the top of the escarpment is a bit challenging but worth every step. You can take your time along the way, admiring a fairytale forest full of mossy rocks, twisted cedars and ancient birch trees. It is surreal. The story ends with this view over Georgian Bay. The varying depths of the water play with the palette of blue.
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http://www.explorethebruce.com/lions-head.php
Setting golden tones
First class seat for evening show
Dazzling in silence
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Related posts: Serenity
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Winter can warm you
With it’s undisturbed beauty
White blankets of bliss
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Related posts: Serenity
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Layers of lovely
Peace of mind painted earth tones
Colorado dreams
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Related post: Serenity
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This week’s Photo Challenge should be two weeks long! It will be a challenge to narrow it down…so I won’t.
As I sift through photos, it has become obvious to me that I am very attracted to peaceful, serene settings. I believe “serenity” is really what we all strive for…even if we are unaware of it. With that said, please excuse my over enthusiasm vain attempts in wooing you. Here is my first submission.
Sit back, enjoy and don’t forget to click for the full effect of the “awwww” factor.
Gently wrapped in hues
Contemplating nothing more
Than sand underfoot
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https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/serenity/
River frozen in pieces
Sun painting on snow canvass
As we justify winter
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https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/shadowed/
Here are a few photos in response to last week’s photo challenge at The Daily Post.
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Trusting the life line
Releasing dreams to the sky
Happy face icon
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Courageous reptile
Algae for an audience
Still out on a limb
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Simple subjects can make a strong statement. This week’s challenge at the Daily Post inspired us to take a minimalist approach behind the camera.
Oh..and please pay this little turtle some respect. Click to enlarge!
Some will stand alone
Like a lily in the sun
Bold can be graceful
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I had to respond again to the Weekly Photo Challenge!
These photos have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to present themselves.
Introducing…some odd, some quirky, some downright smirky…SIGNS!!
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No shortage of signs in Memphis… coaxing you from one hot spot to the next. Check out this week’s photo challenge at The Daily Post
Looking up at the “Eiffel Tower”, Paris Las Vegas Hotel
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What a nut!
Precariously poised, this chubby little stinker is reaping the benefits of his autumn stash. He seems oblivious to the elements.
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Perhaps a little too literal, but I honestly didn’t even consider it when I took these for the Weekly Photo Challenge.
The theme was dialogue between two photos.
Hello??
uh..hello??
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Dreams drawn in ink
Patiently waiting to
Come to life
Just a short time after taking this photo from the shore of Lake Huron, the cable on this boat was my lifeline as I para sailed for the first time.
Exploring nature’s playgrounds of white wispy clouds, chiseled mountains, ancient rock, soft sands and intricate cacti is at the top of my favourite things to do.
This week’s photo challenge brought me back to the desert.
These international bridges link two different countries, Canada and the U.S.A., sharing the same waterway and sunset skies.
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Bring your worries here
Misery dies in deep canyons
Dissipating like dust
Into panoramic perspective
You are but a speck
Compared to this masterpiece
That stretches your mind
To the clouds
Your arms to the sky
Your heart to forever
Until all you feel is the wind
There is room here
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