This image was the runner-up (2nd Place) in the 2015 Canadian Geographic Annual Photo Competition in the Urban Canada category.
It was taken at twilight on the last day of the Labour Day weekend in Toronto when all the cottagers were coming home.
All the winners are displayed here.
After over 20 years, we’ve made the big move out of our home in Aurora into a condo in Toronto. This and some other challenges (RA and a camera breakdown) have led to less photographs than usual for me lately. However, for my birthday, I splurged and bought myself the Canon 7D Mark II so I hope the draught will end soon.. especially with the amazing view from the new condo.
I also have taken the role of Chair of the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Juried Photo Show which has absorbed more time than I had anticipated. More on this soon but if you’re into photography, check it out and submit some of your images! 🙂
Here’s a few from July.
My novel, “Vision Speak“, has just been named a Category Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards for Independent Book Publishing.
Because “Vision Speak” was originally published in 2010 and this is the first time I have submitted to these awards, I had to enter in the Legacy Fiction category as many of the books up for awards would have been published in the previous year.
From the Eric Hoffer Awards Site: “After our rigorous first round of judging, less than 10% of the titles become category finalists. We consider this a distinction of its own merit and, in 2008, began officially listing these titles on-line. Finalists are selected by category scoring. There are typically 1-6 books per category selected as a finalist. Finalists fall into approximately the upper 10% of all books that entered the contest.”
On a sunny day in February with a slight reprieve from our frigid winter, I heard a cardinal’s song and traced it down the street to discover this chubby, furry, young bird who was calling out to find its family.
