Day 7

I took both of these first thing this morning.
I still hadn't taken our Christmas card photo,holding out for snow.
With time running out I took some shots yesterday.
Then last night I saw the snow coming down and really hoped it would still be there in the morning.
Poor kids,at 7 this morning I had them out there...


It's hard with Ad not getting home now until it's dark,I can't do it after school anymore.
This isn't the one I ended up using because Ol wasn't smiling( probably because it's 7 in the morning and I'm making them pose for a photo !!) but I liked it anyway.
Then I turned my attention to the Spirea again...


Trying for a white on white thing but it wasn't working out quite how I wanted !

Day 6

Yesterday.
When I got up,I switched on the coffee and then nipped outside to try and capture some frosty plants...


The second appearance of my spirea,so glad I didn't hack it back this year !
After breakfast we went for a little drive.
The countryside in Quebec and then into Ontario is nearly all farms,scattered here and there.
We drove by this one and I just had to take a picture of all the geese....


It doesn't show up as well here but there were lots,all along the water.
It would have been better with the wide angle but I wanted the zoom more.....swings and roundabouts as they say :)

Day 5

Playing catch up !
Saturday,Stuart made pork pies...


I know the photo is blurry but I like it anyway.
I had the big lens on the camera,because I was trying to take bird pictures but I had more luck with the plants.....


I'm not sure how well it will show up here (hope it clicks bigger) but I just loved the curled up leaves.
I had a hard choice between this one and one I took with the leaf below in focus,which was making a lovely circle shape.

Day 4

Just one photo for today as it fits for both.
Stuart made a new feeder for the bird fat and the Pileated Woodpecker has been coming regularly to feed on it.
If you've never seen one,these are massive,the size of a parrot!
Unfortunately it normally comes early or late....neither are good are taking pictures.
Not today !
I managed to open the door and snap a few before it flew off......


It's a shame it's crest wasn't up,not to worry,I'm just pleased I got a relatively focused shot !!
Check out those claws !

This is the woodpecker that 'Woody woodpecker' is based on.......useless fact for today :)

Day 3

What an utterly miserable,dark,depressing day........reminds me of winter in the UK !!!
The light was truly awful,even in my house which is usually very light.

I took this one of Oliver playing,since we had a rare night of no homework...


I changed it to black and white as the lighting was not good.
I actually preferred another I took from a different angle but it wasn't in focus and coupled with the high iso....not good.

I took this one as I got back from grocery shopping......


Another droplet but really what else was there today.
These bushes looked nicer yesterday with the frost !

Day 2

So so the baking begins !!
I made 2 banana and chocolate chip loaves this morning.
I like this recipe because it's light and cake like and not stodgy as other's I've made have been.
Anyway,the coffee had just brewed and I couldn't wait for it too cool,so cut off the end.....mmmm warm and gooey......



I took a couple of pretty frosty pictures this morning while waiting with Ol for the bus.
Then as I came back up the steps I saw this.....


I decided there would be more frosty mornings to take pictures of.
I really don't know what it is I like about this pictures but I know I like it !

A photo a day for December

It's actually going to be 2 photo's a day as I explained here :)

So day 1.....

The everyday.....


As soon as he gets off the bus and comes in the door we have to go and get the mail.

From the garden.....

It's as close as i could get without a macro or severe cropping(which I'm not partial too)
The droplet it's self is a little out of focus,as I was standing on tip toes and rushing a little as I knew any minute it was going to drip and I'd lost a few drops already !! I just love it for the bokeh background.