Project 366

A project I undertook in 2012 to share one photograph I took each day of that leap year. The subjects are diverse and show the development of my own photographic skills as I learned how to use my camera and compose photographs as I wanted them to be seen and enjoyed.

Feist was Fabulous in Her Solo Concert – 90/365

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Last Monday night we attended the opening concert of Feist's 2014 tour. She played solo, but honestly, she was so excellent that she practically was the band. Her performance started off with quiet acoustic, then simply went from strength to strength. I didn't want it to end and obviously no one in the sold out audience wanted it to either as she had two or three encores. Believe it or not, each was better than the last. My one regret was that she did not sing one of my favourites of hers, which is a song by another of my favourite singer songwriters, Ron Sexsmith. You can see it here: Feist – Secret Heart (Paris)
Thinking of my friend and another musician, +Lynn David Newton who might not have met one of our favourite Canadian singer songwriters.
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I didn't take this photograph on the night of the concert, but instead took it on Thursday night, using my special app that turns it into a submission for #SketchguruSaturday – the fun curators +paula contreras  +Christina Lihani and +Amanda Wyckoff 
#welovemusic   #Feist   #Lesliefeist  

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton

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Spring Muskrat – 89/365

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Again at the wetlands, the one creature who seemed quite content was this, which I presume to be a muskrat. You can just see one beady eye. We saw him as we were walking along the path and heard a noise in the water. It's amazing how well camouflaged he was, even against the blue water. If I hadn't been wearing my contact lenses I would not have been able to see him to focus the camera on him. So my perseverance in getting used to them has paid off already. You can see that the ice is still in the middle of the water and it's only at the edges where there is open water. It had frozen very hard this winter and looked like a big open snow covered field. It's lovely to see it begin to look like a wetland habitat again.

I'm not far off being caught up in my project, but will stop for today with apologies for flooding everyone with posting for the past couple of days. Hopefully I will have time to reply to all of the lovely comments that have been made.

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton

HQSP Natural Other  curated by  +Anja Wessels +Jean-Noel Nicolas +Valesa Diamontes +Daniel Taylor #hqspnaturalother +HQSP Natural Other


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Still Chaos, But Getting There Slowly – 88/365

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My friend Heiko asked how the renovations were getting on and if it was less chaotic. As you can see, it is still pretty chaotic. I am still able to cook meals and bake my bread (as long as I am cleared out of the kitchen along with all evidence of cooking) when the workmen arrive) but it is a bit of a struggle at times. At this stage it felt as if we were living in a cabin in the woods, with bare wood walls and no insulation, no lighting and pretty much a shell. The really trying part will be when I don't have a sink for a period of time lasting, I hope, not much more than a week. 

Here you see the electrician, Dan unravelling yet more wire to poke through holes in preparation for connecting up lighting. Soon after this, when the workmen left, Steven cleared up all the mess and vacuumed the floor. Blue ball games started and supper was soon on the stove. By now (this was taken on Tuesday, 3 days ago) there is insulation in the walls you see (as of yesterday) and gyprock over the top of that.

+Heiko Mahr – there's the answer to your question, my friend! On days when I was not able to take photographs anywhere else, I have been documenting all of the work to be able to look back on it… and laugh?

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton

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Heading North – 87/365

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There was a time when the flocks of geese flying North in the spring, or South in the fall would blacken the skies. Now we have geese that hang around all year and they fly in much smaller flocks. They fly around and it looks as though they are leaving but they settle down on the tidal areas of the dykelands and manage somehow to eke out an existence through the winter months. Cold doesn't bother them. They breed in much colder climes than these I believe. But in the spring and in the fall they are much noisier and the sound of even quite small flocks winging their way overhead is enough to make you run out to watch as they arrow across the sky above. 

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton

HQSP Birds  curated by  +Anja Wessels +Philippe Avenel +Suzi Harr +Mark Rayner +Andy Brown #hqspbirds +HQSP Birds


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