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The Sun Breaking Through – 9/365

Posted by Ellie

This scene of snowy winter fields, glazed from the recent rain and subsequent sudden drop in temperature was suddenly brought to life this morning when the light began to break through the clouds in rays. This made the icy fields beside the river suddenly gleam and light up behind the ragged corn stubble above. Zooming in will show you the little winding river, completely frozen over, which is the same one featured on day 7 of the project, where you see the much wider river mouth as it empties into the tidal dykes. You probably wouldn't have as much fun skating on this little meandering section.

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

#10000photographersaroundtheworld +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS   by +Robert SKREINER
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar
#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan
+Best Top Photographer Group  +Rinus Bakker  +BTP Editor's Choice (Best Top Photographer's page) by +Janet Clark and +BTP Daily Highlight by  +Nicole Gruber  
#Canada #NovaScotia #NovaScotiaLandscapes


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Ontario Autumn Fields

Posted by Ellie

I spent a grey day in Ontario driving around the area that I had briefly lived in, when I was in my teens. As I drove back towards Galetta, I suddenly saw these bright sumac leaves and the red bushes behind, nicely framing the pale, newly harvested fields. I reversed the car back up the road to be able to photograph it.

I drove around to try to take the photograph when the sky was not quite so dull, but I never found the spot again. I wish the countryside still looked like this… but it will be pretty with all the snow soon, no doubt.

I might not be making many submissions for a while as I go for eye surgery on Monday, but I didn't want to miss the #farmfriday  posting today. +Farm Friday is, of course curated by +Steven Kennard and +Sofie Løve Forsberg and myself +Ellie Kennard.
and for
+HQSP Landscape  curated by  +Claire Jennings +Terrie Gray +Michael Thomas Jeppesen +Hallie Guilfoyle +Karol Drozd +Sebastian T. +Stefan Kierek +Michael Garza +Anja Wessels #hqsplandscape
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Jack Stepanyan +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown


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Canning, Nova Scotia, Seen From the Banks of the Habitant River

Posted by Ellie

In album Weekly Photo Project 2013

My (Current) HomeTown. Can you imagine this as being a busy shipbuilding hub? The river you see here was the site of a major shipyard. The wikipedia entry describes the town as "much diminished in importance in recent years". I suspect the writer was perfecting his use of understatement in that sentence.  As I was taking these photographs, there were birds walking on the green algae growth on the surface of the river. 

1866 July – Schooner Escape

"When fire swept Canning's main street in July 1866, a small schooner was under construction on the stocks in the Bigelow shipyard. The wooden ship was ready for launching except for her spars, rigging, and sails. As the fire drew near, Ebenezer Bigelow saw the tide was high, and made a snap decision to launch immediately. Quickly, a crowd of people clambered on the vessel's deck, seeking to escape the flames. Later, the vessel would be named Escape. In 1874 Escape's luck ran out. She was lost with all on board near Digby Gut, Nova Scotia.
— Source: Stanley Spicer, in The Canning Gazette, Issue #127, July 1998"

#WeeklyPhotoProject2013 +Weekly Photo Project 2013 curated by +Andrew Willard , +Iain Harley and  +Tiina Niskanen
Week 32: My Hometown

Also for My Town Tuesday ~ #mytowntuesday   local
Curator(s): +Melanie Kintz +Jamie Furlong 
G+ Page : +My Town Tuesday 
#mytowntuesday +My Town Tuesday by +Melanie Kintz +Jamie Furlong
and 
Coastal Thursday  curated by  +David Polzine +Jon Kahn #CoastalThursday +Coastal Thursday
FlowingWaterFriday  curated by  +Rolf Hicker +Kate Church #FlowingWaterFriday +FlowingWaterFriday
HQSP Landscape  curated by  +Delcour Eric +***** #hqsplandscape +HQSP Landscape
Landscape Photography  curated by  +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T #LandscapePhotography +Landscape Photography
Landscape Photos  curated by  +Robert SKREINER +Landscape Photos
#novascotia   #canada  


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