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Waterside Plants, After Monet

Posted by Ellie
Water Plants after Monet - Botanical Gardens
Water Plants after Monet – Botanical Gardens

I visited wonderful botanical gardens in Maine a couple of years ago, but for some reason never had the time to edit the photographs. This is one that I particularly liked as the tones and colours and softness reminded me of a painting. It brings back memories of balmy, sunny, long summer days, with bees and butterflies flitting among the beautiful flowers.

The year of weekly projects is drawing to a close and I have to say it was not one that worked well for me. I have missed several themes – perhaps because I do not want to be given themes, but prefer to come up with them myself.

It Was a Perfect Day for a Snowshoe Walk

Posted by Ellie
Steven on a snowshoe walk – 2013

It was sunny, not too cold at about -4 C or so, and the sun was low in the sky as it was soon to set. We put on our snowshoes and started off through the woods on the nature trail that leads behind our house and follows the path of the tiny stream at the bottom of the field. I wanted a photo of Steven in his ‘anniversary’ snowshoes, so here he is. (I might as well just rename this album “Steven” as it seems my ‘portraits’ are all pictures of him!
I only fell over once. It was entirely my own fault as I almost forgot I was not just in boots and tripped over the snowshoes.

Joni and Steven on a winter ‘walk’ or ‘run’ (for Joni).

Joni loves winter walks in the snow (she turns them into winter runs). If we have our snowshoes on it’s so great to be able to go across the fields without worrying about crop damage.