I finally took the plunge and bought a telephoto lens (Canon EF 100 – 400mm f4.5-5.6). This series of shots of the Blue Heron at McKenzie Marsh catching and eating a fish is the first return on that rather extravagant investment. The lens is quite heavy so I have limited ability to hand hold it and it’s probably not practical to travel with it. For this shot, I had it on a monopod.
A TV Bible and Pilot Script have been developed for Vision Speak. The pilot script was submitted to the Screencraft Pilot Launch Script competition.
The quarter-finalists have been announced and “Vision Speak, the Series” made the first round! For more about the novel or the series script, check out the vision-speak.com site.
A young woman’s emerging abilities propel her from shy art student to a catalyst for humanity’s transformation – or destruction – in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world.
Vision Speak is about exploring the balance between the brilliance of humanity and our destructive, dangerous tendencies and how we might rise above them. Concepts involving the connectedness of all living beings and our untapped potential, especially with our “unconscious mind” and spiritual natures are explored.
Pelee Island, located in Lake Erie, the southern-most town in Canada (at the same latitude as N. 
California), has long been a place of curiousity for me. It started with the tales of butterflies by the thousands passing through on their migration journey although, perhaps the notion of visiting the winery helped as well. Or maybe it was the picture of the monarch butterfly on the Pelee Island wine bottles… anyway, I really wanted to check this place out – and so we did.
The roadtrip to Pelee Island involved an overnight stay at the Windsor Casino so that we could get to the ferry in Kingsville early in the morning. An hour and a half ferry ride and we arrived to a scorching hot day on the Island.
I have to confess to some disappointment at not being swarmed by butterflies upon my arrival. (No doubt, a naive expectation). Certainly, over the course of our visit, I did see a number of butterflies, mostly Monarchs, a couple of yellow Swallowtails, and lots of smaller ones in gardens and around the island but we were early for the migration. And apparently Point Pelee (the conservation area on the mainland) actually gets the larger swarms during the migration period in later September.
Pelee Island is a quaint little island without a town centre. There are smatterings of inns and restaurants, one gift shop, and of course, the Pelee Island Winery. We did the obligatory tour which was most interesting when we got out of the heat and into the cellar to sample the wine. I quite enjoyed the Pinot Gris and Gamay Noir, both of which were purchased and since enjoyed at home.
As we were on the Island mid-week and there were limited restaurants and especially gluten-free options, we left early on our day of departure to check out Point Pelee Conservation Area. Not enough time, too much to see. I definitely want to return there for a visit when the butterflies are passing through in either fall or spring. One of the highlights of the trip was the Point Pelee Marsh and Boardwalk as you will see in one of the photos below. Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful!
Trevor Watt married Bre Derewianko on the Mayan Riviera at the end of June and sixty of us were on hand to celebrate. This video is a synopsis of the week with songs from the wedding.
https://vimeo.com/101050135
Dear friends and family of Cory Stananought:
We are producing a short film about Cory over the next few months and would love some help from everyone who is interested in contributing, either by recording a short voice or video message or with any photos or other media (songs recorded, video, etc.) that you may have in your archives.
We will review everything that has been placed on facebook and try to use the comments and pictures posted there. If you have other media, higher resolution pics and especially if you are willing to share some specific memories with a recording then you can upload it here.
At the Kelowna Celebration of Life, a number of lovely interviews were recorded by Lindsay which will be incorporated.
To upload a file, simply use the control below to link to your file and upload one file at a time.
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Some ideas for what you might share could include:
– a special memory of Cory
– what you will remember about Cory and who he was
– how you knew him
– something you would like to say to him
– it could be a simple 5 second selfie/video to say “I miss you Cory”
– please tell us your name at the beginning, we will probably edit this out and put your name in text on your video clip but this will ensure we don’t have any mix ups 🙂
We will share the Memories of Cory video with everyone who is connected to Cory on Facebook. The family is very appreciative of anything you are willing to share so that we have this lasting memorial for Cory.
Note – we are also hoping to visit Camp Pinecrest this summer to get some footage..
Everywhere I go, I’m hearing people grumbling, like an echo of my inner voice. “When is this winter going to end?” The snowbanks have been higher than I’ve seen here in years. Shovelling was particularly challenging because there was just no where to put the snow with the snow along the driveway as tall as I am. Today, we have above zero temperatures and rain is coming so hopefully we will experience spring in the next couple of weeks. It will be such a joy when the weather is more hospitable, the birds are singing and the snow is gone.
Here are a few photographs in a series I call “Nature’s Etchings” of a log with some intricate scratchings on it as a result of travelling down Silver Creek until it got lodged across the creek behind our Collingwood house.
Vision Speak News
A lot of people have been asking me lately about my novel. Until recently, I have to admit that I have been neglecting “Vision Speak” and have not been involved with any activities related to promoting it. Two small announcements in this area:
1) I have decided to pull the podcast of “Vision Speak”. Although there were steady downloads, I’ve not had any evidence that it’s really helping to drive sales or interest and, as I never finished with the podcast, it seemed time to move on. I am so busy in so many different areas, that it’s time to focus.
2) I am working with a small script-writing group and my project is to create a bible for a TV series for “Vision Speak” along with the pilot script. I hope to have this done before summer and then will look into selling it.
I’ve also been very busy with my IT/business pursuits – more on this on my Future Day site.
Alpine’s annual dummy downhill race on Festival Day was on March 15th this year and the theme was ‘Jungle’. Some years, we’ve had warm weather for this event but true to form for this winter, it was cold and snowy which is why a lot of video was shot from a window in the upper floors. Also there is a bit of footage taken by our dummy. He had a camera mounted on his base as he made his way to the bottom. Again this year, due to my brother Randy’s engineering, our Jungle Fury Power Ranger was the fastest down the hill. My nephew, Jasper, is a big fan of the Power Rangers so he and his mother Rebecca designed the dummy.
https://vimeo.com/89330769
An escape to the Central American country of Costa Rica was the perfect cure for a long, cold, white winter in the Toronto area. We went to an all-inclusive resort on the Pacific side, near Liberia (the Riu). Iguanas roamed the property and beaches and howler monkeys lived in the forest behind the resort. Looking for monkeys and trying to photograph them were one of my challenges on this trip. http://robertrobb.com/2015/07/ cialis from india If men have acute prostatitis, due to the inflammation, men can also experience dreaminess, hypomnesis and other psychasthenia symptoms. Anxiety bargain prices tab viagra and pressure of performing often discourages erection. Most of the health the buy cialis professionals recommend for 100mg dosage as a superior one for the people facing erectile dysfunction is Sildenafil citrate. It is for this reason that the developing industries are not expending much on investigation and brand endorsement activities for these pills. cialis india price is a recently expanded category of generic medicines. Very dark, moving creatures, high up in the trees in the shadows with bright light behind make it very difficult to capture the details. So, in searching for monkeys between the back of the resort, the forest near the ‘monkey bar’ and an excursion to the Borinquen retreat for ziplining and mudbaths in the spa, I tried desperately to catch their faces. Out of about 50 pictures, a few are worthy of posting here. I also have video of various wildlife and ziplining (which absolutely terrified me!) so a video collage will be posted soon.
https://vimeo.com/85310688