Tuesday, January 31, 2012

First Nations' Painting

Photographed at the McMichael Gallery. Scanned from a 35mm slide.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Old Las Vegas

Las Vegas sure has changed since our first visit in 1978. Some of these hotel casinos no longer exist.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Autumn Leaf

Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide and cropped in Photoshop Elements.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Icewine Martini

As part of the Icewine Festival, Jackson-Triggs was offering an Icewine & Vodka martini.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Ice Sculpture at Peller Estates

Peller Estates was displaying this ice sculpture commemorating the 200 years of peace between Canada and the USA.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Apple Tart & Icewine

As part of the Icewine Festival's passport event, Inniskillin was serving a Northern spy apple tart with the 2007 Vidal Icewine. Yum!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Marshmallow Forest

These Icewine marshmallows were ready for toasting on open fires at Peller Estates Winery as part of the Niagara Icewine Festival. They were paired with two kinds of Vidal Icewine - one oaked and one unoaked.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Icewine at Inniskillin

We visited Inniskillin Winery yesterday. They were serving a delicious Northern spy apple tart with the 2007 Vidal Icewine. Afterwards we toasted marshmallows and had another sip of Icewine!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Mayor Enjoying Icewine Festival

The Mayor of Lincoln, Ontario and an unknown friend are enjoying a glass or two of wine at the Twenty Valley Winter Winefest.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Toronto Skyline

Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Food on the Road

One of the gourmet food trucks at the Twenty Valley Winter WineFest in Jordan.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Upper Canada Village Scene

Scanned from one of my 35mm negatives and blended with a texture from K. Klassen.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Bloody Tower

I found one of my old colour negatives of the Tower of London that was terribly faded and dark. With the help of Photoshop and a borrowed texture I was able to duplicate an old photo.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Fiddling in the Cold

Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac performs at the Twenty Valley Winter WineFest. In spite of the freezing -9C temperature, he was able to perform almost non-stop for a full hour's concert!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Pelican in Flight

Taken at dusk in Florida. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.




Saturday, January 14, 2012

Trip to Austria

From our trip to Austria. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Marmalade's Professional Photo Shoot

We lost our oldest cat, Marmalade, two years ago Wednesday. This is one of the proofs a professional photographer took of her. It's very close to the photo that he finally used for the Sobey's cat food label which had Marmalade on the label for many years.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sue's Autumn Photo

While going through slides to scan I found a number of slides taken by Sue with a Nikon macro lens.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Smallest House in Great Britain

Taken in Wales. The house is 10' x 6' Transferred from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Country Telephone Box

Taken in England from an original 35mm slide.

Monday, January 9, 2012

British Guard

Taken in London. From a scanned 35mm slide.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Lighthouse in England

Taken somewhere near Brighton. Scanned from a 35mm slide.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Church in Austria

Taken from our trip to Austria many years ago.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Lighning on CN Tower

This was taken from our balcony when we lived in downtown Toronto.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Toronto Sunset

Taken from our apartment balcony when we lived in downtown Toronto. Scanned from a 35mm slide.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Old Streetcar

Scanned from a 35mm slide. This was taken at the Halton County Radial Railway Museum near Rockwood, Ontario. This is a restored replica of an a streetcar built in the late 1800's.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

St. Lucia Cow

Scanned from a 35mm slide from our vacation in St. Lucia.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Florida Sunset

Another photo from the 35mm slide archives. This one taken somewhere in Florida, possibly around the Madeira Beach area. Scanned with a Canon 5600F scanner.