https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/fleeting-moments daily 0.75 2022-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920279792-Q5BSEPV0VJZSZ7VTMW7R/guarding_the_shed.jpg Fleeting Moments - GUARDING THE SHED A majorly aggressive chicken stops just long enough and precisely in the right place for a photograph. Warned by the helpful farmer to be wary, we beat a hasty retreat. Prince Edward Island, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920279792-Q5BSEPV0VJZSZ7VTMW7R/guarding_the_shed.jpg Fleeting Moments - GUARDING THE SHED A majorly aggressive chicken stops just long enough and precisely in the right place for a photograph. Warned by the helpful farmer to be wary, we beat a hasty retreat. Prince Edward Island, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920314112-387OLGI914E480MQP5F6/grebesonbreak.jpg Fleeting Moments - BREAK TIME Grebes, while holding branches between them, enjoy a tender time out from nest building. Kinderdijke, The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920373693-N2TAK39Y39JRHDELECYO/venice_couple.jpg Fleeting Moments - AS THE OCEAN ROARS A young couple watches the crashing surf at sunset. Venice Beach, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1619788067197-CMMH2XL4HPAT5OVYUOOU/elephant_snack.jpg Fleeting Moments - TIME FOR A SNACK An elephant quietly enjoys its greens. Toronto, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1619668224813-Z48N84ZFEPPSVQQOZGYE/WeWereHere.jpg Fleeting Moments - WE WERE HERE At the Stedelijk Museum, this couple’s urge to document their presence at the top of a steep staircase overcomes all common sense. As they pose, not even for an iPhone but for a DSLR, I’m hoping it won’t be their last selfie ever. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920421691-S3M5L25F5Z1T4ONRTSIE/PassingBy02.jpg Fleeting Moments - PASSING BY At the church door of Saint-Séverin, a man asks unsuccessfully for charity. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920481993-BJHFVIPKTXRPO2OCSTKX/DownTheCobbledPath02.jpg Fleeting Moments - DOWN THE COBBLED PATH A couple navigates a perilous but short journey to a local café. Péyrouges, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920537680-IQVO2TLHLU9G2GZJRRUV/flower_girl_n.jpg Fleeting Moments - WAITING FOR THE BRIDE Ignored by other wedding guests, a young lady is bundled against the elements. Quimper, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920598723-2R2A52OBEM0J345WX6UH/JazzFans02.jpg Fleeting Moments - JAZZ FANS A dixieland band plays to an appreciative audience on the streets of Montparnasse. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664920638530-Y7XSIWOTG93OSC1ZXSHJ/standoff.jpg Fleeting Moments - STANDOFF These two chased each other all through the quiet village. Don't worry about the cat -- it gave as good as it got. Beynac, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457112491687-0S0MDUYFV1IQ6FAZTI20/portraits-82.65.2_PS2.jpg Fleeting Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457108948941-TBB1X97QMGRFOO3H3Z1J/82.65.424_PS1.jpg Fleeting Moments https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/abstracts daily 0.75 2022-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664851328300-JYCNEMPPXLXXKXNZV0HN/35drying_the_brushes_n.jpg Abstracts - PAINTERS' PIER After painting their boats, fishers use this stone wall to clean wet brushes. Some have artistic talent, some not so much. Brittany, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664851328300-JYCNEMPPXLXXKXNZV0HN/35drying_the_brushes_n.jpg Abstracts - PAINTERS' PIER After painting their boats, fishers use this stone wall to clean wet brushes. Some have artistic talent, some not so much. Brittany, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664851742362-75YN1LWF1RUDRSTBOCHL/patchjob.jpg Abstracts - PATCH JOB On a wall facing the street, a home sports this crazy quilt of paint effects. Jundrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664851922646-Q35Z0Q93JYURLMFTDE42/unpainting.jpg Abstracts - THE UNPAINTING A more tattered cousin to the former piece. Jundrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852045188-5N9ATNFT60ST66RKHLDB/37stonemirrorssky_n.jpg Abstracts - MIRRORS, SKY AND STONE A surprise find while enjoying architecture in the splendid National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Windows, mirrors, metal and stone beams combine fortuitously as modern art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852093665-T5EAUCHKX788J6PU7S3R/image-asset.jpeg Abstracts - FEATHER FROST Sundown leaves touches of blue and orange on an icy window’s frost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852127523-K4IBIO05Q8SNQBO8EH1C/39bluebubbles-n.jpg Abstracts - SOAP AND SUN At a kitchen window after supper, soapsuds in clear glass reveal their geometry while waiting to be rinsed away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852173133-DGLI74AU8OEC8DK9X3JJ/20waterfrontboogie_n.jpg Abstracts - HARBOURLIGHT BOOGIE Bright lights along the waterfront dance for a long exposure with a handheld camera. Camaret-sur-mer, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852217341-CNEN9F4AZ3C3BCGA32IH/upbeat.jpg Abstracts - UPBEAT Floodlights inspire another handheld camera to move with the music as a rock concert plays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852249439-Q7LHU4ND0K3FWSP6HR2A/polychrome.jpg Abstracts - POLYCHROME These pillars in the Onthaalkerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (Church of Our Lady) were built between the 13th and 15th centuries. Bruges, Belgium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664852555129-A09PNFO84A3TJLLC49FB/wednesday_market.jpg Abstracts - WEDNESDAY MARKET A fishmonger’s artistic display of salmon at the weekly Montparnasse market. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1562191542542-NY1K3LB44XR8E9PYAO7V/under_the_bridge.jpg Abstracts - Sky and Water Meet Under the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, Canada. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/studied daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941245326-UQFZWXJL0HZH5LLMRKB9/72grouppicture_n.jpg Studied - GROUP PICTURE In this early morning fog, curious cows listen intently to an explanation of the Zone System. Near Wesport, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941245326-UQFZWXJL0HZH5LLMRKB9/72grouppicture_n.jpg Studied - GROUP PICTURE In this early morning fog, curious cows listen intently to an explanation of the Zone System. Near Wesport, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1579734672143-EJFPCNV1UTWMDRSTNWP9/15goat_on_crooked_stool.jpg Studied - STANDING FOR A SITTING Seeing cameras approach, this vigilant goat leaps on a crooked stool and strikes a professional pose. When I ask why it prefers a wooden perch to flatter ground, the farmer takes in the question and firmly answers It’s. A. Goat. Alrighty, then. On Achill Island, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941281492-5NPWISRFPAQIWB8SUHUP/rose_study.jpg Studied - SWIRLS A red flower reinterpreted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941312325-PWWEOIS60P43TIKK0Y9I/grumpy.jpg Studied - GRUMPY This wounded bird heals at a refuge in the Abitibi region. Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941345785-M95KS5BQ3SKUQBQTLPKO/95posing_stool_n.jpg Studied - THE PERFECT POSE A little flower waits its turn for a macro portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941399667-C06JHOWQWQJ6XUCGKSQ5/BlueEyesFW.jpg Studied - BLUE EYES A cross-eyed Siamese cat keeps watch over the barn. Calgary, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941435007-MWP9FS5AV2ECB5Q73N5J/bare_elegance_f.jpg Studied - BARE ELEGANCE Form and function exposed. Ottawa River, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941474526-K0B5G0P42R5W99P0O8OC/granny_smith.jpg Studied - GRANNY SMITH Thin slice of apple on a lightbox. Some see a bird; others see a face. At the time, this photographer saw neither. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941503901-EE62456MMQLO359BIKH2/my_best_side.jpg Studied - MY BEST SIDE One of several cows jostling to be photographed. The session ended as it stepped forward and licked my lens. Ross Abbey, County Galway, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664941540741-S0ITSLSH5L99YU7OZ4MR/RumbleFW.jpg Studied - RUMBLE From my vantage point sitting in the grass, I wasn’t sure these fast approaching cows were welcoming. Turned out they wanted their portraits done. Ross Abbey, County Galway, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1562711926809-184RMYZIEM39Z55J73CX/lookout.jpg Studied - Feathers and Tails: THE LOOKOUT A little bird rides one of many berglets calved from the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Jokulsarlon, Iceland. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/built-inside-and-out daily 0.75 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828448898-5XTVAML9Z37MOKPYNNJF/above.jpg Built Inside and Out - ABOVE A stretch of the Millau Viaduct spanning the river Tarn valley. Six cables from the left, barely visible pedestrians trek the 2,500 metres across, and give a sense of scale. Millau, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828448898-5XTVAML9Z37MOKPYNNJF/above.jpg Built Inside and Out - ABOVE A stretch of the Millau Viaduct spanning the river Tarn valley. Six cables from the left, barely visible pedestrians trek the 2,500 metres across, and give a sense of scale. Millau, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828492041-LJMUXZEWTKU485KTR9Y0/VikChurchFW.jpg Built Inside and Out - REYNISKIRKJA A church with typical white exterior and red roof is nestled against Mt. Reynisfjall. In Icleand, chapel-sized churches are often found in the middle of nowhere in order to centrally service this sparsely populated country. Vik, Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828534337-9T5IXPN5AI9KB50CXNEJ/InsideArt.jpg Built Inside and Out - LOOKING WAY UP The cupola’s top tier in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada shows shapes of glass, metal and canvas echoing forms of the capital city’s iconic buildings to the left, and hinting of sails on the Ottawa River beyond. Moses Safdie is architect of this building. Ottawa, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828588397-ISWGZVD9XL3TCFFOPVAJ/TheSunDesigns.jpg Built Inside and Out - THE SUN DESIGNS On a bright morning, Mother Nature sweeps her lines on an otherwise nondescript floor of the National Gallery. Children’s paintings often brighten the wall to the left. Ottawa, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828631207-A6E7XYTHXUAWAHXK98PK/UpAndDown02.jpg Built Inside and Out - UP AND DOWN Silos add a graphic element to the waterfront environment of Burrard Inlet. Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828676847-OLWG64FX1J1BPJJPISUU/17thCenturySurreal.jpg Built Inside and Out - 17th CENTURY SURREAL In Rembrandt’s house, twisty narrow stairs with a lop-sided charm lead to the artist’s studio. In this surprisingly large place, familiar surroundings recall many pieces he created here. A tour of the home is worth a wait in line. Sunday morning is quietest (but don’t tell anyone …). Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828727774-MDBE685VKZWDB9BYKTVX/5parliament_libraryFW.jpg Built Inside and Out - LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT This charming building is all that’s left of the original parliament structures which burned down in 1916. A quick-thinking library clerk saved it by slamming iron doors separating the library from the main area. Ottawa, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828798043-EV3SGPMYZFFNLF656A6J/fixer_upper2.jpg Built Inside and Out - FIXER-UPPER Deserted houses fall slowly apart on this back road in Prince Edward Island, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828860450-6MNYXXTAOSD7G48OAU4I/HeavyMetalFW.jpg Built Inside and Out - HEAVY METAL Idle cranes populate the waterfront of Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664828917661-YE6H8GE4GGJBDYPSH5M7/medieval.jpg Built Inside and Out - LINES ONCE STRAIGHT Medieval buildings abound in this part of Old Le Mans. France. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/quiet-time daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933691166-6OX97XFB1HK2ZNSWE458/checkmates_n.jpg Quiet Time - CHECKMATES Friends enjoy a Sunday chess game in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933691166-6OX97XFB1HK2ZNSWE458/checkmates_n.jpg Quiet Time - CHECKMATES Friends enjoy a Sunday chess game in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933729826-AO1JZ3204YTAAL323LMY/InTheCountry02.jpg Quiet Time - DEEP AUTUMN Fallen leaves and the smell of Autumn announce a change of season. This gravel country road will be white within days. Snowshoes optional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933766241-0ZEEMP5TX72HEXY77434/AfterTheGiftShop.jpg Quiet Time - AFTER THE GIFT SHOP A gentleman teetering on the edge of the atrium’s glass-bottomed pool pauses on his way out to examine Lost Bridal Veil. The sculptor, Michael Belmore, is Anishinaabe, originally from north of Thunder Bay, Ontario. This piece is made of hammered copper now touched by rays from the skylights above. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933801663-ZNJWQU93HGYSCWMNOS6V/sketching_by_the_seine.jpg Quiet Time - STILLNESS BY THE SEINE On a pleasant afternoon, a lady sketches undisturbed. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1575412859078-ULE02QHET37D1JZOAY2E/four.jpg Quiet Time - FOUR A shopowner chats with her friend while people admire her wares. Colliure, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933845056-8G6Y8GKYYXH6732BJHVG/DiscussingChihuly.jpg Quiet Time - DISCUSSING CHIHULY A couple reflects on an installation of glass flamingo-like figures, part of an intense visual exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The artist Dale Chihuly has been working in blown glass for over fifty years, and his vivid transparent works are memorable to experience in the round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933889082-NVZUXGUFAZMQS43RCPNC/ThenItSnowed02.jpg Quiet Time - SUDDEN STORM A blast of heavy snow ends a Sunday skate on the Rideau Canal. Families had looked forward to an afternoon and a hot chocolate on this 7.8 km skateway. Ottawa, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933927114-BVN7LNO9GWI7VO3IM2R5/11inner_light.jpg Quiet Time - INNER LIGHT As a couple exchanges vows at the main altar in Ballintubber Abbey, afternoon sun lights this tiny side chapel. This quiet spot for rest and meditation is found in the only Irish church with mass ongoing since 1216. Its timber roof was lost to fires deliberately set, and the faithful worshipped unsheltered in cold and rain for over two hundred years. County Mayo, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664933971346-YB953TYT7OGRUV4TI32G/school_outing_n.jpg Quiet Time - ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? Young ladies react to a school outing in The Old Royal Palace, Prague, Czech Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664934018349-U2T6BSDCO70TF7QDCA7F/going_home_n.jpg Quiet Time - GOING HOME A gentleman returns to his village for a midday meal. Stately trees offer shelter from this rainy, windy morning. His gait remains steady. Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, France. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/a-sense-of-place daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936508340-X2BQZY96ZICXEF2X53AZ/working_burrard_inlet.jpg A Sense of Place - AT WORK ON THE WATER Against the skyline in Burrard Inlet, a tugboat pulls this maintenance barge toward a cruise ship in port. Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936508340-X2BQZY96ZICXEF2X53AZ/working_burrard_inlet.jpg A Sense of Place - AT WORK ON THE WATER Against the skyline in Burrard Inlet, a tugboat pulls this maintenance barge toward a cruise ship in port. Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936541853-RBVLVJVWLTJ6O6YEBM48/main_square_perpetuated.jpg A Sense of Place - MAIN SQUARE Visitors photograph each other and the eclectic architecture of the Grand-Place. Brussels, Belgium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936588085-AVM1MKMA5WHI0ED2KUFL/23golden.jpg A Sense of Place - GOLD AND BLUE Twilight casts a spell on the Chateau Chenonceau in the Loire Valley, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936626957-LSG759YWJBPTKCUFVUX7/dawning_on_charles_bridge.jpg A Sense of Place - FIRST LIGHT ON THE CHARLES BRIDGE On this very early morning before hundreds of visitors arrive, a lone person walks among stone statues lining the famous bridge. Prague, Czech Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936666986-8CMOORF0LTFSVMFDA79E/daytriptobruges.jpg A Sense of Place - DAYTRIP A soggy tour group makes the best of this unfortunate day to visit Bruges. Belgium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936777577-8STH2K2PHOEBA74EPL85/across_rideau_canal.jpg A Sense of Place - ACROSS THE RIDEAU CANAL Across the Rideau Canal, a tree in Major’s Hill Park touches the Peace Tower and frames the Library of Parliament behind Parliament Hill. This wedding cake-like building is in the Gothic revival style. Ottawa, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936825366-78SRR1KFSVTRBW2D8F5T/2dhu_lough.jpg A Sense of Place - FOG LIFTS OVER DHU LOUGH In this haunting valley, you wonder if it’s possible to steal the soul of a place. With somber, grand beauty all around, you imagine the desperate lives of people here in the famine times. Yet today spirits uplift with clearing skies, clearer water, and jumping fish. County Mayo, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936874804-RN14TF7SBGAQXU1E12X3/ToTheWhiteCliffs.jpg A Sense of Place - TO THE WHITE CLIFFS On a crisp morning hike, chalk cliffs at Seaford Head beckon a visitor down this trail to the Seven Sisters. East Sussex. England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936916832-X6VA7519UG97F272M05A/10touches_of_redFW.jpg A Sense of Place - TOUCHES OF RED In Ottawa below Parliament Hill, stillness is broken only by random dog barks and the crunch of bicycle tires on gravel. The superb architecture of Canada’s National Gallery marks its place in the distant skyline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664936980280-UK0M6VIJFA02JL26S538/8forever.jpg A Sense of Place - FOREVER On a sunny day at Burrishoole Abbey on Clew Bay, this gravestone stands in a cemetery still in use and carefully maintained by the faithful. The dead are buried outside and also within what remains of the structure. With no roof since the late 1600s, there’s no real inside to the friary. County Mayo, Ireland. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/little-finds daily 0.75 2022-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924218060-P73YTGI5FJLCI3BXHIQ6/13upstairs_parlour.jpg Little Finds - UPSTAIRS PARLOUR In a second floor window above the busy street, a lamp displays its finery. Ballyvaughan, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924218060-P73YTGI5FJLCI3BXHIQ6/13upstairs_parlour.jpg Little Finds - UPSTAIRS PARLOUR In a second floor window above the busy street, a lamp displays its finery. Ballyvaughan, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924246842-LGXYLJFRGDY0WI6O3MR7/alone.jpg Little Finds - ALONE A single tulip grows in the VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924280614-52C7LL5ZF0C488D7Z30B/12stones.jpg Little Finds - BEACHED Colourful rocks line the shores of Barnabawn, a remote point in the Atlantic. County Mayo, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924316283-YPTKMYSA6TRFQWX9GDQP/9turlough_graves.jpg Little Finds - TOGETHER These gravestones stand at Turlough Abbey, a site possibly founded by Saint Patrick. Little remains of the original buildings, but the grounds and round tower are preserved as a National Monument. County Mayo, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924368049-VUE30NF1V30CDPVZQIDS/remembering.jpg Little Finds - REMEMBER Sad tributes lie slumped against a monument in St. Nicholas Pluckley Church cemetery. Kent, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924416182-T4YB0UVD4XQGCL9X8XO8/InTheRain12047862v2FW.jpg Little Finds - LEFT BEHIND Few tulips remain after harvest of fields in the commercial flower region between Haarlem and Leiden. Here growers use a mulch of straw not to keep the soil warm but to trap cold below the earth. In the western Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924466174-Y2MMQ5PTHGNH8OQ169MY/AfterModernArt.jpg Little Finds - AFTER MODERN ART A day ends at the Tate Modern Gallery with pieces from over the world. After viewing a plain, unframed mirror hung as art — named and labelled — as was a pure grey rectangle with absolutely no texture, sensory overload finally took its toll. Unexpectedly, this fractured window pane’s lines — anonymous and unlabeled — became fascinating. London, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924505424-MHUNR70E27XVVTB5E2WW/36shipyardfloor_n.jpg Little Finds - SHIPYARD MODERN Drips and splats on a shipyard floor in Port Guilvinic. Brittany, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924545581-E0F5N1H7CIG297AGGI8S/DoOnlyGoodFW.jpg Little Finds - DO ONLY GOOD On a backstreet, where once were artists’ studios. Bruges, Belgium. (Google translates the scrawled message as “a little artistic city colors its vacancy”. Make of this what you will.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664924584204-5ARW2J6V6Y97KY1R5DNE/garden_galaxy.jpg Little Finds - GARDEN GALAXY Tiny flowers decorate the ground. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/the-story-is-colour daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939186408-WFUSEX8ID7TM7AD3ZJE4/InFallDress.jpg The Story is Colour - IN FALL DRESS The National Gallery stands behind a riotous grouping of trees in Major’s Hill Park. Soon there’ll be snow instead. Ottawa, Canada­. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939186408-WFUSEX8ID7TM7AD3ZJE4/InFallDress.jpg The Story is Colour - IN FALL DRESS The National Gallery stands behind a riotous grouping of trees in Major’s Hill Park. Soon there’ll be snow instead. Ottawa, Canada­. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939214293-L9ORKOJ7JC06ZLKS8NT4/GAHtwo09043179v3FW.jpg The Story is Colour - STRIPES Bollenstreek tulips are grown for bulbs, not for blooms. If you visit, photograph them on sight. If not, they’ll probably be topped by large mowers when you go back. Which means your subject will now be dirt. Near Keukenhof, The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939248194-PTQTJC8CN7ZS7OK4VUCP/ApplesEleven.jpg The Story is Colour - ELEVEN APPLES A photographic homage to one of Cezanne's many still lifes with fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939295249-AIB3OS836EXOWPDP8H6D/at_anchor.jpg The Story is Colour - T Found on the side of the Torm Anholt, a bulk carrier at anchor in Burrard Inlet. The “T” shows tugboats where to nudge a vessel changing direction. Vancouver, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939347580-PP5NY7B03PN19RBX2UHO/ComingAndGoing02.jpg The Story is Colour - COMING AND GOING Riders begin a race in Montparnasse. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939394167-4PPT1JE9D684NTJQWR7Q/AtSunset02.jpg The Story is Colour - WINDOW AT SUNSET Frost decorates the windowpane on a very cold evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939430762-7D32NAPJBDCP3NWNGN8Y/PinkYellowTpMacro12047770v4FW.jpg The Story is Colour - BLUSH This tulip in Kuekenhof with an enchanting colour palette is a T. Crème Upstar. The world-famous garden is a giant trade show for bulb growers and flower exporters. To prepare, gardeners plant seven million bulbs, three in each location. The shallowest bulb blooms for three weeks, followed in turn by the other layers. This ensures blooms through the two month season. The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939468682-AS9VDLQMQX3Y6PSDT2BG/main_street_blue.jpg The Story is Colour - MAIN STREET BLUE Colour coincidences on a typical street of the Charlevoix region. Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939568823-KZ86UX5UV7EA3MYLN1ZC/RoosterCrowNFW.jpg The Story is Colour - LISTEN UP! A rooster makes himself known. Brittany, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664939609667-U3VBBV1NGIXOQ479OPBQ/xtogether.jpg The Story is Colour - TOGETHER Overlooking the river, two red chairs wait for company as a snowstorm winds down. Ottawa, Canada. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/form-and-tone daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848412629-OSCOE6G0W6DUOF2NF2VI/EveningSnack02.jpg Form and Tone - EVENING SNACK As the day ends, a little nibble hits the spot. Calgary, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848412629-OSCOE6G0W6DUOF2NF2VI/EveningSnack02.jpg Form and Tone - EVENING SNACK As the day ends, a little nibble hits the spot. Calgary, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664986033457-9HAPJ0HJV7HEKIXMWLS5/Layers02.jpg Form and Tone - LAYERS Destined for a curry, an onion’s goofy charm earns it a reprieve. Its other half wasn’t as lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848477677-ODEGDG6SKO49FQ2APCH4/GalaxyInGlass02.jpg Form and Tone - GALAXY IN GLASS Water sits overnight in a glass jug. A slight side angle shows a universe as yet unexplored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848545621-SP9752751MJMYJ20ZXQL/WindowfrostFantasy02.jpg Form and Tone - FROSTED FANTASY Making the best of another cold evening at the window. Maybe aquatic plants? Vegetables on another planet? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848585678-RR363XO9ZAV5TKSVC5S2/RestingInPeace02.jpg Form and Tone - RESTING IN PEACE A cemetery lies in the remains of Burrishoole Abbey, itself built in 1469, later attacked, plundered and suppressed during the reformation. County Mayo, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848627615-TQ4T8G40F3ZIZ6CPR1MF/Shivers02.jpg Form and Tone - SHIVERS Wind traces waves on the sand, while footprints on the dunes bear witness that other photographers arrived even earlier this morning. Death Valley, U.S.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848663432-MR7MLXKK1OHVA48F6E9Z/image-asset.jpeg Form and Tone - VACANCIES Summer’s over and cormorant nests are bare. The Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848791747-5F899SP3I8UNINUF98FW/FourBirdsNFW.jpg Form and Tone - FOUR BIRDS Birds doodle in powerful currents of water and wind at the base of Niagara Falls. View of the American falls from the Canadian side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848839545-1GKG15P1E7UA19QMMKZD/MorningInKinderdijke02.jpg Form and Tone - KINDERDIJKE MORNING Quiet moments in a popular and magical spot. The Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664848881198-Q3LQP3BDXBEBR32ZQGI7/MonsieurEtMadame02.jpg Form and Tone - MADAME ET MONSIEUR A charming couple receives guests at their 15th century farmhouse. Loire Valley, France. https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/as-seasons-meet daily 0.75 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817560749-XA19BK7PVQI1EC2KDAU7/from_nepean_point.jpg As Seasons Meet - From Nepean Point Nepean Point offers this overview of the Ottawa skyline. From the lack of multiple construction cranes, many will know it’s from years past and before the Hill’s ten year reconstruction project. For a brief moment, a bashful sun lights the Ottawa River and its shores. Immediately behind is Major’s Hill Park. At water level left, the Rideau Canal begins. To the centre, Parliament Hill commands the river and its pathway, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817560749-XA19BK7PVQI1EC2KDAU7/from_nepean_point.jpg As Seasons Meet - From Nepean Point Nepean Point offers this overview of the Ottawa skyline. From the lack of multiple construction cranes, many will know it’s from years past and before the Hill’s ten year reconstruction project. For a brief moment, a bashful sun lights the Ottawa River and its shores. Immediately behind is Major’s Hill Park. At water level left, the Rideau Canal begins. To the centre, Parliament Hill commands the river and its pathway, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1719696549363-5YPBUHMBWEK6GE0838FG/NepeanPoint.jpg As Seasons Meet - From Nepean Point Nepean Point offers this overview of the Ottawa skyline. From the lack of multiple construction cranes, many will know it’s from years past and before the Hill’s ten year reconstruction project. For a brief moment, a bashful sun lights the Ottawa River and its shores. Immediately behind is Major’s Hill Park. At water level left, the Rideau Canal begins. To the centre, Parliament Hill commands the river and its pathway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664816591180-NLZFKV4UEBE0244AX6GY/8by_the_ottawa_riverFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - Library Reflected A sunny, calm morning on the path down from Major’s Hill Park. Trees newly uncovered by autumn winds show the Library of Parliament framed and transformed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817768723-A9KPP319JYW93CHVGWV4/11toward_the_supreme_courtFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - Toward the Supreme Court By the Ottawa river, splotches of light call attention to distant trees and to the copper roof of Canada’s highest court. A windstorm will have bared this carpet of leaves by the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817974394-LLPSSQNJRIJBNQAFRR7Y/14until_first_snowsFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - Along the Rideau Beside the Canal’s first locks, a place to reflect and to enjoy this amazing season as it comes to a close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664816753018-N766S0YSGF0BG94QQBS0/13after_the_rainFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - After the Rain Leaves still wet after a shower lie on the path beneath the Hill. For some reason, only right-side-ups are dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664816889288-OMIGLTL9JO0O0ZBYDNAY/FallTreeRiot15107851FW.jpg As Seasons Meet - Riot of Colour Mother Nature at her exuberant best in Major’s Hill Park -– no enhancement needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664816990182-VSCHOPTKUWFOTP2SUURB/1majors_hill_parkFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - A Quiet Day's Walk It’s deep autumn in Major’s Hill Park. The hardier trees hold on to their cover for a little while longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817075517-V3SAH45YK98T8US6RA7I/image-asset.jpeg As Seasons Meet - First Snow A light dusting mutes remaining colour in Major’s Hill Park. The softened scene feels romantic now. Soon the novelty will wear off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817180140-IYF18VGKH1PDZUU02D65/MHPfirstSnowFW.jpg As Seasons Meet - More Snow Across the Rideau Canal, Parliament Hill appears in the distance. Behind a tree near the middle is the Peace Tower, an iconic symbol of Canada. It flies the country’s flag, itself changed daily and given to residents on request. The waiting list is 70 years long … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664817287563-HPY42VHYTVL0M9HBU38T/hill_snowy.jpg As Seasons Meet - Even More Snow The season has changed without a doubt. It’s a fun time for kids and a mystery for new arrivals to this variable climate. Depending on temperament, dogs cringe or cavort on what was grass. Snowflakes fall light as air. But since it’s fairly warm, they stick together and look like snowballs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1582301097549-M5EXJEFZ51AWSWYZF3VL/nepean_point.jpg As Seasons Meet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1582301361345-A8C6PM2ZP0EY9CWHVBZY/image-asset.jpeg As Seasons Meet https://www.kaybeausoleilphotoarts.com/at-work daily 0.75 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833100775-EPU9GBKSLRSQ67ICATVG/SongOfTheHurdyGurdyMan02.jpg At Work - SONG OF THE HURDY-GURDY MAN On a corner in Montparnasse a busker sings to his own accompaniment, hoping to sell a recording or two. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833100775-EPU9GBKSLRSQ67ICATVG/SongOfTheHurdyGurdyMan02.jpg At Work - SONG OF THE HURDY-GURDY MAN On a corner in Montparnasse a busker sings to his own accompaniment, hoping to sell a recording or two. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833133058-RIXVVOWWRIZQIN9PJ6UD/Teamwork02.jpg At Work - TEAMWORK As they gain control of a devastating blaze in the ByWard Market, firefighters lend each other a hand. Ottawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833307065-2W0BUHOVAP0X1MKE1KBS/BuskerAndHisBowedPsaltery02.jpg At Work - AT THE CHURCH DOOR A busker plays his bowed psalter while a wedding is prepared inside. Quimper, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833352328-I2EC071SHX5AJVY3T6AR/BackToWork02.jpg At Work - BACK TO WORK A waiter returns from his smoke break with friends in the main square. Sarlat, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833388937-AJ30UH49DI9DMYAHEYQ1/MomsTheSheep02.jpg At Work - MOM'S THE SHEEP A family performs in Galway, Ireland. Dad plays, Mother sings and Daughter pretends to listen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833428758-C9C9SM1DP0DQ7BVJCXZP/AfterLunchService02.jpg At Work - AFTER LUNCH SERVICE A server cleans up after lunch. The restaurant’s name translates as The Little Crazy Pig, which distinguishes it from The Crazy Pig itself, a larger eatery. Both have since closed. Old Quebec City, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833568790-TARLHC3B3J6U1NW4O53C/InterludeAtTheMorrisDance02.jpg At Work - INTERLUDE AT THE MORRIS DANCE These two sing to each other while dance performers take a breather. (The Morris Dance is an English folk dance where men dressed in white with bells on their legs perform lively routines in public places as here, outside the local pub.) Burmarsh, Kent, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833613505-0HAKSRLLA0N4CC2UJNDL/SundayMorningJazz02.jpg At Work - SUNDAY MORNING JAZZ In Montparnasse, a jazz band plays dixieland while across the street the weekly market is in full swing. Paris, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833687309-BXGKK6E5FH941893QBKP/PaintingAtLowTide02.jpg At Work - AT LOW TIDE Women paint the afternoon away in this fishing village on the coast of Maine. U.S.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d16bd1a41423c0001580f85/1664833735811-CGUNEZ6HWHFJC7TS6529/RockImmortalized02.jpg At Work - ROCK IMMORTALIZED In Death Valley, a photographer captures a stone which seems an odd activity unless you know that it’s a sailing stone at the Racetrack Playa and that from his angle, the light is much better. 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