English Countryside

I've almost finished editing 350 photos of our trip to England and Wales. This is the last photo I took of England and thought it looked best in black & white.

Hunter's Inn Weather Vane

Taken by Sue on our UK trip with the Olympus Digital Camera.

Happy 19th Birthday, Marmalde

Our oldest cat, Marmalade, celebrates her 19th birthday today. Here's she's getting ready to blow out the candle on her "birthday salmon".

Creekside Winery Renovations

Creekside Estate Winery has undergone major renovations to its tasting room. There's a deck on the other side and weekend lunches will be served there.

The Silver Tones

The Vineland Foodland hosted an event for the migrant workers in the area. They were serving jerk chicken & rice and entertainment was provided by this steel band.

Cove in Cornwall

I'm back to editing my photos of England & Wales. This is a photograph of one of the many picturesque coves in Cornwall.

New Look for Calamus Wines

The labels for the Calamus Winery bottles has been re-designed by a graphic artist. It shows a petroglyph of an archer. This is their new logo. Click on the photo for a larger size.

Renovations at Calamus Winery

The outside of Calamus Winery is undergoing major renovations. The observatory has been moved from the back of the building to the front. The wood will be allowed to weather to blend in with the existing barnboard. Stonework will be added around the base.

Rowboats at High Tide

Photographed at Porthleven, Cornwall. I've just finished editing 350 plus photos from our England & Wales vacation down to just over 100. Now the hard part starts - to upload to flickr with titles, captions & maps.

Calamus Winery Renovations

I was asked to photograph the progress of the outside renovations at Calamus. Unfortunately, it rained most of the weekend so I wasn't able to get any outside photos. Instead I took this shot of the renovations to the new tasting room. If you've visited Calamus in the past, you might have had to use an outside "johnny-on-the-spot". You'll be pleased to know the new tasting room will be complete with inside toilets!

Rosewood Estates

The entrance to Rosewood Estate Winery and Meadery is finally finished.

Living Statue

Our friend Julian, who lives in Minehead, Somerset is always "fooling around". This was taken in Portmeirion, Wales.

Bumper Crop?

It's only the middle of July and already the grapes are getting quite large. Taken at Inniskillin Winery.

Icewine at Inniskillin

A great display of the many Icewine varieties produced by Inniskillin. Photographed in the barrel cellar.

Milestone

We were fortunate enough to be invited to a celebration last night at Inniskillin Winery by my fellow photo blogger "photoshopphlake". This was a "family & friends" party to mark the completion of some major renovations at the winery. In the courtyard or "piazza" there are number of engraved stones including this one honouring the founding of Inniskillin.

New Vogue Models?

My great Niece and her friends love to pose for the camera. Bethany turned 5 on July 4th.

Land "Rover"

We toured Wales and Somerset, England in my friend's Land Rover. However, this ornamental grille from a Rover was hanging, of all places, in front of a Subaru dealership! Maybe not that surprising considering that both Rover and Jaguar are now owned by an Indian Company. Not much British heritage left in England these days!

Flying Over Greenland

While editing my photos of England and Wales I decided to see what this photo of Greenland from the plane would look like in black & white. I think it makes a more dramatic picture.

New Bistro in Town

Beamsville gets a new fine dining restaurant. August Restaurant opened on Tuesday. It will feature local VQA wines and will have a Bring Your Own Wine Licence.

English Rose

Taken in the Rose Garden at Dunster Castle, Somerset.

Exmoor Pony

The Exmoor Pony is the oldest and most primitive of the British native ponies. Photographed at the Exmoor Pony Centre, Dulverton, Somerset not far from our friends' home in Minehead.

Cat's In the Bag!

"Chutney" wants to come on our next trip!

Bethany's 5th Birthday

It seems only the other day I was taking photos of the my great niece's 4th birthday party but another year has gone by! Bethany's birthday is July 4th but she had her party on July 6th.

No. 99

The Wayne Gretzky Winery had its official opening on Saturday. The "great one" did not show up so I took this photo of a poster inside the tasting room as the next best thing!

Country Scenery

Photographed in the countryside near Northampton.

English Scene

Since I'm not very artistic I used Photoshop to turn this photo taken in Northamptonshire into a painting of the English countryside.

Olympus Macro

My fellow blogger, "photoshopplake" is taking some great macros with his Canon Powershot G9. Sue's Olympus camera can also take some really great close-ups. This flower was photographed in Dunster, Somerset.

Niagara's Grape Varieties

Some of the many grape varieties grown in the Niagara Peninsula. Collage photograhed at Reif Estate Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake.