Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2012

Flatiron Building, Toronto

This mural, or Trompe l'Oeil, is on one end of the Gooderham building in Toronto - often referred to as the Flatiron building.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Lighning on CN Tower

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

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Interesting Building at the Falls

This interesting building was photographed from the Hilton Hotel, Niagara Falls.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Sagging Barn


This old barn is on an abandoned property on Eleventh Street, Jordan Station. It probably won't last another winter.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Colaneri Estate Winery

The outside of Colaneri is now completed after many years of construction.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Vineland Estates

Section of the roof at Vineland Estates Winery

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Window at Vineland Estates Winery

A section of a window at Vineland Estates showing the grape motif.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Market Common

Market Common is a shopping, entertainment and living complex done in an old-world style. All the buildings is brand new. The area was a military base a few years ago.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Summer at Ravine

The historic building that is used for the Ravine Vineyard winery tasting room and retail shop.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Another Photo of Morningstar Mill in Winter

This was taken just after a major snowfall in Niagara.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Jordan Harbour Lighthouse

Photographed on a very cold winter's day at Jordan Harbour.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Napier, New Zealand

Fellow wine club members, Tom and Bonny, are in Napier, NZ right now so I thought I would post a photo of when we visited there. This is one of the art deco buildings Napier & Hastings are noted for.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Old Niagara Bookshop

Photographed in Niagara-on-the-Lake and using the posterize effect in Photoshop.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cave Spring Wine Shop

The retail shop for Cave Spring Winery is in "downtown" Jordan, Ontario

Monday, January 17, 2011

Memories of New Zealand

Friends of ours are visiting New Zealand for a few months. It made me have a look at some of my photos that I hadn't edited. I found this one of a colourful phone box in Christchurch. The cathedral is in the background.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Church at Balls Falls

I just found a new technique in Photoshop Elements today. It's a way of making the sky much more blue than the original photo in one easy step. I need to take a course to find out more of these tools!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Nelles-Fitch Historical House (1787)


This simple Georgian Colonial house was built in 1787 as a temporary residence. The house was used as officers’ quarters and barracks during the war of 1812, and had a prison cell in the basement.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Megalomaniac Winery at Nightfall

My blog buddy, Photoshopphlake, posted a night shot of the winery a while back. I really liked that photo and was lucky enough to capture this shot as we left the winery late evening.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Harley Advertising

This clock is on display at the Harley-Davidson Store in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Not sure if it was for sale.

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Former Treasurer, Ontario Wine Society - Niagara Chapter; Former Treasurer, Society for American Wines - Toronto and National. Former employment: Controller, College of Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario; Controller, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario; Assistant General Manager, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Capital Leasing Division.