As I write this, it’s Canada Day. We’re 155 years old.
I think I had 155 photos to choose from . . . You’ll be glad to know I didn’t use them all.
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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
[📈 John Blackford]
[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
And oven-baked poetry.Notices
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Beautiful, Isabel. Thanks.
Tom
Tom – Many thanks.
Nice work Isabel, beautiful photos, well shown. For me it’s unfortunate that you couldn’t locate a standing statue of Sir John A. to publish. But that’s just me.
Ken – 🙂 I’ll keep an eye open for one to use next year.
If you had the time to arrange all 155, I would happily find the time to absorb the glory in all of them. Never having tried to create this sort of video presentation, I can only guess at the care, thought, and commitment it takes. Thank you for all of that and for sharing your momentous journey of appreciation. I am refreshed!
Laurna – Many thanks. Yes, it takes a while, but it’s fun. I lose track of the time when I’m doing it, which is the right sign, I think.
Nice collection of images put to good use well.
(Is that grammatically correct?)
Jim R – Hahaha. I think so, but see why you wondered: a non-standard construction. In any event, I know what you mean, and thank you.
Beautiful photos, thoughtfully presented. Coast to coast, no less. You are a first class nature photographer – subject, composition, lighting, mood – everything!
Judith – Many thanks. We’ve been very lucky to get to all provinces and territories, although I have no nature shots of Nunavut. (I think. 🙂 I’ll check with the Big Guy, to whom I delegate the task of knowing where I am.)
Lovely ‘movie’.
Mary – Many thanks.
Loved both before and after the intermission!
Lorna – 🙂
Lovely photos! Made me curious how you organize them? By colour? By subject matter? By location? Well done!
Alison – Many thanks! My filing/organization leaves something to be desired. I started with subject filing and then went to chronology with some subject sub-folders and then to major trips . . . so it’s sort of a mess.