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Hunting Camp 2021: Reflections

My family's annual reunion trip up to the Hunt Camp as we call it was a little soggier (due to two rainstorms) than normal, however, it was a lot warmer. This is the first time in over 3 years that we were able to get together for a reunion here due to Covid and other circumstances. Sadly due to the rainstorms, the night sky was clouded over which meant no photos of stars or the moon, which have historically always been great up at the camp. Instead, I needed to settle for some nice scenery photos which never disapoint. I personally think the last two photos are the best but that is just my thoughts.  Looking through the channel to the next lake. Reflections of a fishing bobber. Bass Island.  Evening calmness before the storm. Evening calmness part 2. Morning reflections. Is this the west coast? or central Ontario. Morning commute.  

Butterflies, bees and a river

This past weekend I was in Stratford to visit my parents. In Stratford, there's a really nice garden called Shakespeare Gardens. It has a lot of bee-friendly flowers down there so I knew it would be a good place to go for some pictures. The first picture is of a bee at a sunflower. The bee is just about to land on the flower. I had seen the bee around the other flowers so I was following him and guessed right as to which flower he would go to next. That resulted in getting this photo. The second picture I took was right outside my house in Stratford. I had just gotten back from the garden when I saw a monarch butterfly outside on the milkweed we have in our front yard. I tracked it with my camera for a while until it got bored of the milkweed and headed for the flowers which is how I got this photo. The last picture in this post is one I took on my phone. I have a Google Pixel so it takes decent photos but this one turned out really well. I was heading to ...