Winter Scene

This scene was captured on the property of Angels Gate Winery.

Another Ragdoll Cat

Another one of Laura's Ragdoll kittens.

Snowflake at Night

The outside Icewine tasting area at Hillebrand was decorated with large hanging snowflakes. I managed to take this shot after dark using a flash.

Ontario Icewine

A highlight of winter in Niagara is the Icewine Festival. This sign was photographed at Inniskillin Winery - famous for their Icewines.

Konzelmann Estate Winery

The new addition at Konzelmann took many years to complete, but the wait was worth it. They're now renovating the old tasting room to blend in with the new building.

Icewine at Inniskillin

I'm a fair weather photographer but I managed to take a few photo's today in spite of the -10C temperature. This was taken at the outside bar at Inniskillin. They were serving Icewine from an ice bucket made from a block of ice!

Iced Apples

These apples were left on the tree and now are coated with ice.

USA - Inauguration Day - January 20, 2009

Laura's Barn in Watercolour

Our friend Kathy painted my photograph of "Laura's Barn" in watercolour. See January 11th posting.

Icewine Grape Harvest

They were machine-picking the Icewine grapes in the Vineyards across from our house yesterday. It was too cold to go outside and take a photo but I found this one taken a couple of years ago at Harbour Estates Winery.

Niagara Icewine Festival

It's the start of the Niagara Icewine Festival so I thought I would post a photo taken a few years ago in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Harpers Ferry Church

Photographed in West Virginia and changed to black & white in Photoshop.

A Reminder of Warmer Weather

With all this cold weather in Southern Ontario recently, I thought I would post this photo of tulips "textured" in Photoshop.

Laura's Barn

Photographed in Jordan and textured in Photoshop Elements.

Happy Belated Birthday, Pepper

Our second oldest cat, Pepper, is 15 years old. She was found injured by the side of the road about 14 years ago and we adopted her. We're not sure her exact birthday so we just use Christmas Day as the date.

Memories of New Zealand

I was looking at one of the photos I took in New Zealand and wondered what it would look like in sepia. This was taken from a cruise ship on Milford Sound, South Island.

White Hall Tavern

This tavern is located in the historic village of Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Thanks to Paul Grand who donates "textures" to Flickr users.

Port Dalhousie Barn

Barn in Port Dalhousie adjusted using textures in Photoshop Elements

Remembering Last Winter

Winter is probably far from being over. Just remember last March in Niagara!

New Year's Levee at Fielding Estate Winery

Local MPP, Tim Hudak, is hosting his New Year's Levee at Fielding Estate Winery today.

Pyramid at Summerhill Winery, BC

This photo was taken at Summerhill Winery in the Okanagan Valley, BC and adjusted in Photoshop Elements.

Old Barn

I'm trying to duplicate a technique used by one of my Flickr contacts. He uses layering of his photos with textures and produces painting-like effects. This is one of my attempts but I have a long way to go.

Sue and Fred Wishes Everyone a Happy New Year!