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“Even the most common, the familiar, the passed by, can show beauty when we just pause to appreciate it” – Ed Lehming 2026 I’ve made a practice of looking for beauty in ordinary places. We can’t always be in exotic locations, and every day is seldom perfect or jaw-dropping. Most of us live in places that are, or over time, become, commonplace to us. Given that this is often the reality, many… Read More
“There is a moment at the end of the day when the landscape seems to pause.” – Ed Lehming This image from a week ago made me a bit philosophical. At first, I thought, “It’s just another sunset,” but there was something different here that I still can’t put a label on; I even struggled for a bit to find a title for the image. It may have been that pale pink… Read More
“Each time I see a beautiful sunset or sunrise, I have to pinch myself because I can’t believe that I’m awake and not dreaming.” ― Anthony T. Hincks Every now and then, you just have to pull over, enjoy, and take a picture. In this case, I was returning from closing down our camper for the season, it was later in the day and I spent about fifteen minutes driving west, into a… Read More
“Love should not cause suffocation and death if it is truly love. Don’t bundle someone into an uncomfortable cage just because you want to ensure their safety in your life. The bird knows where it belongs, and will never fly to a wrong nest.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson As I stood at the base of the Whitevale Dam, watching the trout spawn, I noticed this little bird, perched atop a broken tree… Read More
There’s something strangely calming about these little birds, so common in Southern Ontario. Which strikes me odd, since they are constantly flitting about and are rarely still. In fact, they seem a bit nervous most of the time. Perhaps it’s moments like the one, captured above, where the chickadee is resting briefly on a branch that gives that sense of peace? A bit like many of our days, where we move rapidly from… Read More
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