This week I have spent a lot of time is other people's gardens taking pictures of their creations... I have been driving around town all summer admiring all the work that other people have done with their flowers and never really took the time to see if I could take some photos of them... until this week... I found out that people love to know that someone else is admiring the work they have done to make their yards look so beautiful... I also have walked through a few fields of wild flowers as well.... discovering a few things about my camera since I really have not taken the time to do that since I got it almost a year ago....

August 14, 2009

I am not really a pink person and I have actually picked flowers for my garden that are not pink for that reason but these just caught my eye and took quite a few photos of them... thanks Cathy for letting me lay around snapping photos ....

August 15, 2009

While I was in yet another yard I noticed the squash flowers in their patch and how beautiful they are... so I took several photos of these as well....

August 16, 2009

Though I had several photos I decided I wanted for this day... when I drove in my year and seen the two jets in the sky I knew that this would be the one that would end up being posted... I remember going to the beach with the boys when they were younger with no camera and seeing the hundreds of jets that flew over head... today when I get a chance I snap them....

August 17, 2009

Last week I got out a few times but today I decided that it had to be a field of flowers... actually I was looking for cat tails and grass that looked like wheat... and as I drove around my old neighborhood before heading home... I found what I was looking for... but once again it was given up for this little daisy that seem to be saying take me I am so pretty...

Fall is soon going to be upon us and there will be no more flowers to take... but the leaves will be changing which is yet another favorite thing of mine... I seem to go by hay season without time or a camera to snap them making their hay... but then I don't like being too close to all of that since I have allergies to the stuff... I also need a trip to my sister's place to take some photos of her wonderful flower beds and of course her grapes....

Well that is it for now... have a great one all... I am going to sit back and enjoy the air condition for another day... he he Joanne

August 6 to 13

I know it has been a while but I was busy with many things... going out with my niece Jill and her new camera... love her new camera don't like her at all... but she knows I I do just a little jealous... well okay a lot jealous... I want one too... and painting my TV room which took a lot longer then I thought it would but then Carl was suppose to be away for two weeks I had all the time in the world... but I am here with some more photos for you to see... enjoy

August 6, 2009
Clouds are one of my favorite things I like to take photos of... there is never one the same so each one is different in its own way...

August 7, 2009
Of course if I see a flower I also have to take a photo of it... this one was in my parent's back yard... I am sure if I took the time to look it up I could tell you what it is... but they were so tall this year I had to take a few photos of them...

August 08, 2009
This was a photo I didn't even think it came out because the ducks were so far away....

August 09, 2009
When out into my garden to see what it was looking like since I really have not worked all that much on it.. but some flowers were really doing good ... thanks to mother nature this time... I had nothing to do with it....

August 10, 2009
Jill and I were along the river... we didn't drive all that far when I stopped the car for a photo of this that and the other thing... these got my curiosity up from afar we were not sure what they were.. but they are cones that the tree sap dropped on to... I thought it was very cool...

August 11, 2009
Bumble bees and camera ... the first camera I had and discovered that I could a distance away from them and take a picture I think that summer I had hundreds of bumble butts... and as you can see I am still taking them after 12 years....

August 12, 2009
Ok I am not really a bug person .... I don't like them flying around me and sure as heck not on me.. but I was making tea and went to get water and found this on my sink... of course I had to take a photo of it only hoping that it wouldn't take off on me before I did... and yes it disappeared after the photo shoot... not saying where some people wouldn't be happy with me at all... but I really don't like bugs especially in my house....

August 13, 2009

A movie, Jr. mints, purse and of course my sin... on the front seat of my car... and why did I take this one.. I was in the yard at the end of the day and as I was getting out I realized I didn't take a photo for the day.... and snapped it...

Have a great one all... I will be back sooner or later... hopefully sooner he he... Joanne

August 1 to August 5

Another month already.... Time seems to be moving really fast these days...

August 1, 2009

You know who

Being a you know what...

August 2, 2009

This thing sat in my yard all weekend...

only for Carl to be wishing he could use it

to make the pond in the back

he has been wanting to make for the last 5 or so years...

August 3, 2009

My youngest was home for a visit this weekend

and had to take a trip up tot he falls

even though he has been there a hundred times before

It seems it is a place to go when everybody comes home.

August 4, 2009
Some more wild flowers...

August 5, 2009

You know when you are doing something

and you come up with this great idea and

then you do it and it turns out really bad...

well this is one of them for me...

there was no second try on it either...

I just painted the wall aqua and left it at that...

Thinking that a photo and frame would have

been easier which was my real first thought...

now to find a photo I want to put on it...

Well that is it for now... time for painting and gardening... have a great one Joanne

July 24 to July 31

It has been 8 days since I sat down and actually took a look at the photos that were suppose to posted on this blog... I can't believe that it has been that long...but it is summer and there is always something to do or somebody to see...

July 24, 2009
This morning while I was typing away on the computer I happened to look out my window and spotted these roses that seem to have appeared out of no where... the color was just outstanding... actually for a far they look almost unreal... but they are and though there is only a few of them this year so far which I blame on all the rain we have had still showed up...

July 25, 2009
This is one of the nieces that were home this week visiting.. Lisa as cute as a button and is missed so very much since she has returned home .... and as you can see.. enjoying herself...

July 26, 2009

I had quite a few pictures to pick from on this day... as we were all gathered to celebrate my parent's 63 wedding anniversary.... when I seen this picture after I downloaded them I thought awe a grandfather's love for his grandchild... seen in my brother's closed eyes...

July 27, 2009
As I wander around my little town things catch my eye and many times it is wild flowers...of course they are one of my favorite to take photos of...

July 28, 2009
I was showing off this day all the things I have been making for my soon to be grandchild.. well not all that soon our bean is only due in January of next year... it is not when I am taking the photos that comments come to me but after I download them and look at them... and Danie is almost saying in my mind... "Awe gee thanks Jo but I really don't think these would fix me." he he

January 29, 2009
I live in a small place and the traffic at any time of the day is not all that heavy that I am or any one else for that matter is stuck in traffic for any length of time except for the summer... not because there is that many visitors but because of all the work that is being done on the roads around here... though most times it doesn't really make much of an improvement to our driving... just more lumps and bumps in the roads...

So on this day as I was trying to get across town and they had us stopped because they were re paving the bridge I got bored waiting so I took some photos...

July 30, 2009

On April 7th I snapped a picture of a boat on its side from the top of the hill leading into the drive way of Tim Horton's... I decided to get a close up of only to see that the bigger boat was actually leaning on a smaller one...

July 31, 2009
The last day of the month... and I had these two gentlemen outside of my house all day long as they cleaned out the ditches along the way... actually the ditch now on the front part of my lawn is close to 6 feet high... not a very happy woman at all...

Well that is it for now... hopefully I will be back a little sooner then the last time.. Have a wonderful long weekend for those here in Canada... it is New Brunswick weekend this weekend.. and lots of company... Joanne

July 17 to July 23

Another week already has gone by... I don't have a clue where the time is going but boy it is not slowing down for anyone especially not me....

July 17, 2009

It seems that being on the ground looking for food was not enough for this fellow he had to go higher to spot the fries being tossed out the window... yes ladies and gentlemen this is a MacDonald's Seagull....

July 18, 2009
I have always had squirrels in my backyard and often wondered why I have never had any chipmunks ... I now know why... it is living at my mother's giving mom a wonderful time watching it as they feed it several times a day...

July 19, 2009
Just some nice puffy clouds I spotted as I was driving home....

July 20, 2009

Flo found this wooden basket that she was hanging on this dog, filling it with seeds and nuts.... then about 1/2 way through its snack time she moved it to a little hanger... but the chipmunk didn't know that and went looking for all the goodies that he had been enjoying.. it looks like it is hanging from the dog's chin...

July 21, 2009

A big visitor came to the house.. my oldest niece Lisette is home this week visiting... and she dropped in when I was there... the good looking one in the picture is my dad... her grandfather...

July 22, 2009
I thought I would show that I actually do work some times around the house... I was putting on the second coat of paint on the clothes line stand... one of my favorite things to do....

July 23, 2009
Mr. Kodak making sure that I wouldn't leave him behind this time... I can't move an inch on my chair without hitting into him....

Let's hope that time doesn't fly by too fast this coming week.... Have a great weekend... it is a busy one for me and my family.... Joanne

July 10 to July 16, 2009

July 10, 2009

Carl had been gone for almost 2 weeks Kodak reacts to his leaving more then Maggie...he will lay on the mat for days after he leaves with his nose to the door... but on the day of his return he also knows that it is time for his come back... because of the things that I do around the house... but it is when Carl drives in the yard it is just too funny to see and listen to ... the howls that come out of them it is unreal... you think they were both got their tails stuck in the door or something...

July 11, 2009
This is something very rare for miss Maggie... sitting long enough for me to snap a photo of her

but look at her mouth she looks like she has a smirk on her lips... too funny

July 12, 2009
Morning Dove sunning itself in the morning sun... I love these birds...

July 13, 2009

The last time I took the time to knit something this small was 20 years ago... so that is why I am showing it off... it is big enough to fit a cabbage patch doll but it is the first of a few sweaters I am making for Our Bean... it took a whole night to get the bans and collar on I actually thought I was going to have to go see my sister-in-law for help... Note to Amanda and Robin you asked for knitted things for the baby well make room there is going to be a lot of it coming your way... she started knitting as well.. he he

July 14, 2009
It is the starting of hay season around here... cough, cough, sniff... I wanted to get a photo of the hay that was cut down the road from us a certain way but there was no way I was staying to try and get it right .... I went out to the field that night and within 2 minutes I was covered with mosquitoes .....

July 15, 2009
A photo taken on my walk...

July 16, 2009

This is a where is this one photo... anyone....

With all the rain that we have in the last month I have a hard time to get out to take photos... I hate bugs...and I have this rule that I have been living by since I started to garden... three bites and I am out of there... and with so many of them it doesn't take long for me to get back in the car and drive off.... I am hoping that the weather continues to as it is sunny and warm so that they will all disappear and I can get out more with the camera...

Have a great weekend... Joanne

July 4 to 9

These five days have been interesting for me... next to the fact that we actually have sunshine around here instead of rain... which means I have been out and about more then the last three weeks .... and as long as the rain holds out I will be around looking for different things to put on this post...

July 4, 2009

There are times when I take most of the day to figure out what I am going to take a photo of for the day... and this one was no different... though I do take a lot of photos of flowers I like something different some times... and today was the day... the car was dirty and I had been saying I am going to get it washed... and finally I did... and that is what this is.. .me going through the car wash...

July 5, 2009

I had to take a picture of this little fellow.. he landed and as if he was saying take me take me... now give me some food... I took the picture but didn't have food for him or the other 30 seagulls that were around the car....

July 6, 2009

This is the North Shore Regiment Memorial in our city park... there are many around the city and in time I will get to all of them to post... one the list on the left of this picture is my uncle Aurele Aubie is named... I am sure those of the family realize that he is Nanny Odille's brother who died during the WWII in France...

July 7, 2009

The one thing I have had a very hard time with is taking pictures of the moon and night time but I was on my way to bed Tuesday night and the moon was just coming up over the trees in the back of the house and I thought why not give it another try... and I have no idea what I did but I got it right this time because there it is the moon and it actually looks like one...

July 8, 2009
The city has been working on this little village in the city center... and this summer they are adding a look out tower which I am actually quite excited about it and can't wait to get up there ... I have been always looking for hills and high places to take different kinds of photos... this will give me a different out look of the city... I think it is cool that they put it up....

July 9, 2009

Of course there can't be a posting without at least one kind of flower on it... buttercups... next to daisies are my favorite wild flower.. and there has been lots of them growing around my father's garden hose this year...

Well that is it for now... I am off to see what else different can be seen through the lens of my camera to share... have a wonderful day... I hope that it is sunny where you are and if not... keep the sun shining in your heart... Joanne

June 29 to July 3

With the starting of another month I was hoping to have some photos of something with sun... but the weather here has been terrible going on 3 weeks... if it is not raining, it is foggy and cloudy... I don't remember the last time the sun has been out... though it almost showed itself yesterday...but that is the closest it has come to shining... despite the weather I still am travelling around the area for photos... in some way going to places where normally are crowded with people because of the sun with the weather as it is I have the place to myself or close to it... like the beach... people just don't like going to these places without the sun... it doesn't matter to me as long as it is not a down pour...

June 29, 2009

Next to flowers wild or grown I think taking photos of what comes up on the sand at the beach is a favorite place for me to be... and I have travelled down a few times this week just looking for things I would like to photography....

June 30, 2009

Summer time without at least one picture of a daisy wouldn't be complete... with all the rain they are almost becoming transparent...

July 1, 2009
This is what our little city has been looking like for the last several weeks... imagines through the fog... I took this one mid afternoon on a trip up to west...

July 2,2009

My irises are finally starting to bloom... they are being very slow this year... I wonder why ...lol

July 3, 2009

The tiger lilies have been out at mom's for a few days and I finally snapped a few shots of them... even though I only put canvas sneakers on that day and ended up with very wet feet... but the shots were with it....

Happy snapping everyone... Joanne