Bark'n About Miss Kodee and Miz Becky
Kodee ~ December 3, 2006
Becky ~ June 6, 2009
Participated at: Camera CrittersThese fab sisters live to; cuddle Mom, hunt down enemy squirrels, spy squawking birds, corral leaves, and perfect soulful eye begging. Don't let their innocent, wide eyed-stares fool you.
Miss Kodee is the ring leader and Miz Becky is her side kick but together they are... trouble, err I mean challenging. OK truth be told, they are just PERFECT! Wouldn't change a thing.
Natures Mirror
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. ~ Jacques Cousteau
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.~ George Bernard Shaw
Participated at: Weekend Reflections
It Happened One Night..
Participated at: Sepia ScenesThe man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.~ Ayn Rand
Autumn Bird Watching
Downy Woodpecker: The smallest woodpecker in North America. Has a white back, black nape and black wings with white spotting. Underparts are white. Face is white with black stripes. Hindcrown patch is red. Tail is black with black-spotted or barred white outer tail feathers. Bill is black and short.
Participated at: Mellow Yellow Monday
James Bond - Camp X - WWII Spy Training
Is there anyone cooler than Bond ...that's James Bond? Take the 401 Hwy east from Toronto for 30 minutes to Whitby, and you can find street signs relating to the James Bond character, such as Ian Fleming Cres. During WWII there was a secret agent training camp here called 'Camp X'. It was located right on the shore of Lake Ontario where it could be reached discreetly at night by water from the USA. One of the spy trainees was Bond author Ian Fleming, who went on to create the famous James Bond '007' character using knowledge he aquired here.
Participated at: Outdoor Wednesday
Colours of Fall
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil paintingand autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz
Participated at: Scenic Sunday, Sunday in the City,Vipond Pond, Brooklin Ontario
Powdering My Nose
Participated at Wordless Wednesday, Camera Critters
Taken at the Toronto Zoo 2010: Edited to add this story on the plight of the zoo elephants
Swirls of Sunshine
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.~ James A. Michener
Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. ~ Drew BarrymoreParticipated at Macro Monday
Foster Memorial
Take this my body for it is done and I have gained a new life, glorious and eternal.~ Gold letter inscription around the inside of the domed roof
Listed as one of the "Top 100 Unusual Things to See in Ontario", is the Foster Memorial. Inspired by the Taj Mahal and built in 1935 by Thomas Foster. The octagonal temple is constructed from Indiana limestone, Italian marble, leaded glass windows by artist Yvonne Williams, bronze doors and windows. Foster was the also the Mayor of Toronto from 1925 to 1927 but gained his wealth through real estate. He constructed the temple as the final resting place for his daughter Ruby who passed away at the age of 10 in 1904 and his wife Elizabeth who died in 1920. Thomas was buried there when he passed away in 1945 at the age of 95.
Looking In
Participated at Window Views and Doors Too and Blogger's Community Photo ChallengeI write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.~ Joan Didion
Reflection
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
~ Frederick Douglass
Participated at Weekend Reflection Camera Critters
Springtime
Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.
~Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You
Spring Magic
Participated at Today's FlowersIf you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.~Terri Guillemets
Washing Out Winter
We're leaving our low winter-demand period and entering the spring and summer driving season.
~ Trilby Lundberg
Mirrored Lilies
Location: Parkwood Estate, Oshawa Ontario Research: WaterliliesA sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.
~ Elizabeth Fishel
Poppy & the Wasp
Location: Parkwood Estate, Oshawa, Ontario Resource: Oriental Poppy
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
~ Walter Savage Landor
Nervous
I was nervous and confident at the same time, nervous about going out there in front of all of those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.
~ Althea Gibson
Who Goes There?
It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
~ Al Pacino
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