Sweltering on the boardwalk

August 12, 2016 by Created by RCW

This summer has been unbearably hot and humid in Toronto, but I was going stir-crazy without my weekly walk. So, throwing caution to the (complete lack of) wind, I grabbed my camera and hit the boardwalk and some nearby wooded areas.

: A cooling dip interrupted

: Too impatient to wait for the blooms to open

: The cormorant takes wing (well, two)

: Damselfly dares unseen frogs to make a move

: Dragons flew in profusion

: Light danced on the compound eyes

: Viceroy (or is it a Monarch) samples the flowers

: The pollinator slowly climbs the stem

: Mallard mucks for a meal

: My camera prefers to focus on wings, not faces

: Red dragons were easy to pick out against the greenery

: Squirrel watches me while chowing down

: A bed of botanical nails

: A sparrow prepares for flight

Falling into autumn

November 16, 2015 by Created by RCW

Last week, I took my camera out to catch a glimpse of nearby Toronto’s Kew Gardens and the fading remnants of our Remembrance Day commemorations.

: Flowers slowly drown in a water-filled commemorative font

: A crimson reminder of the fallen

: On a bright autumn day, any path is a good one

: Colourful blooms refuse the onslaught of autumn’s cold and darkness

Twirling spiders and battling butterflies

September 19, 2015 by Created by RCW

So as I checked the mail earlier today, I noticed that our entire front porch has been taken over by a huge spider web…perfectly timed for Hallowe’en, it would seem. Even better, the spider was still in the web, wrapping up it’s lunch.

Honestly, I only planned to take one photo…and an hour or so later, I had several one-photos.

: Bad photo but had never seen this behaviour before

Colourful interludes

August 27, 2015 by Created by RCW

After completing my day at The Ex (see Back to visit the Ex), I still had to get home and because the weather was so cool, if grey, I decided to wander along Toronto’s waterfront.

Macro micro world

August 4, 2015 by Created by RCW

So I have owned my macro lens for just over 3 years, but have never had the nerve to take it out on my walk-abouts. I don’t know that I could explain my hang-up other than to simply say it intimidated me.

Yesterday, that changed as I wandered the parks near home. It’s still a work in progress but I am generally happy with the first batch of images. Hope you like them, too.

: The face only a mother bumble could love

: Fought the sunshine off the flowers a bit

: Japanese beetle

: Surprisingly hairy little fellow

: Petals just keep coming

: Always look like a monarch’s down-market cousin

: So accustomed to yellow stripes

PS Happily surprised that the bees of various forms have been so good about my photographic intrusions.

Sidewalking

August 2, 2015 by Created by RCW

Of to visit with a friend at a local baconery (not bakery, but baconery…a restaurant called Rashers dedicated solely to bacon) and decided to take my camera with me, catching some of the gardens and a surprise guest along the way.