Rocks, mountains and stones, taken in Switzerland september 2004

To all my Fotki Friends!

My son, grandson and one of his friends surprised me by planting flowers!

In this fist album, I grouped photos of the moon, sunrises and sunsets. I used manual settings to get the effects I wanted and some pictures have been edited with Photoshop.

Archeological site of Coba and Mayan village nearby

Around the Freedom Paradise hotel, located in Tanka, close to Tulum

Pictures that I just like. Not necessarily good pictures!

Actually I took those pictures on June 22, on a lovely path along the Rivière des Outaouais. The sunset was magnificient and I learned to play with the time exposure to get exactly the lighting I want!

want!

Pictures taken from the patio of l'Auberge Le creux du vent, overlooking the Rivière du Nord, during supper. The sun was going down behind the trees and reflecting in the river.

Stomy days (22 and 23 January). The speed and shutter opening where manually adjusted to reproduce the lighting conditions.

Le Baluchon, is a Country Inn located just North of the village of St. Paulin, in the Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. It is surrounded by farmland and forests. The Rivière du Loup flows through the grounds of the Baluchon, calm and slow, then tumulteous as it flows through a rocky path. You can see in this album the beautiful fall of "Les Tembles."

of the Baluchon, calm and slow, then tumulteous as it flows through a rocky path. You can see in this album the beautiful fall of "Les Tembles."

collection of flower and other things Started in June of 2004 but continuing...

Around Dow's Lake in Ottawa

Pictures taken in Torremolinos, Malaga, Granada, Mijas and surroundings. These are unedited pictures for now. I will work on them later!

After my Minolta DiMAGE E223 camera died, a very kind and generous Fotki friend lent me a beautiful Camera, the Canon PowerShot A70. I am still learning to take advantage of all its possibilities.
THANKS, FOTKI FRIEND! These are the best pictures from those first trials!

possibilities.
THANKS, FOTKI FRIEND! These are the best pictures from those first trials!

Trying to grow a peanut plant from a peanut we found in a sandbox!
Web sites on growing peanuts
http://www.goodearthpeanuts.com/aboutpeanuts.htm
http://www.bloomingarden.com/PEANUTS.html

http://www.bloomingarden.com/PEANUTS.html

landscapes with water : lakes- ponds - marsches -rivers, taken in summer 2004

Various textures and patterns observed in nature. Swizterland and Canada, Summer 2004

Landscapes Of the Outaouais and the South Nation rivers

It was a lovely day today. I started walking to the river and found myself taking picture after picture...
Not finished sorting yet!

Hélène and Mario have a lovely stone house in the Eastern Townships Quebec (built by the Loyalists who fled the U.S. during the secession war...)
All the pictures except the first 3 were taken October 9 2004
By the way, they also got infested by those Asian beetles that we discuss on Fotki!

October 9 2004
By the way, they also got infested by those Asian beetles that we discuss on Fotki!

A wonderful tearoom in the Beaches area of Toronto. They serve fresh baked scones!

Just to keep track of the garden because we already had morning frost and the garden could die any minute. The children chose the plants and planted them themselves. It was quite successful I must say!

say!

Matthew's cousin Shawn.

recent pictures, to be sorted, worked on, deleted

Pictures of my grandson

Best wishes for Peace to all!

A few pictures at sunset

Around Town, and visit to China Town

As the weather changes, so does the scenery!