United Way Dragon Boat Festival 2012

Giving Direction

Paddle Like Crazy



Tools of the Trade



War Canoe

The Pine Ridge Hiking Club participated today in the United Way Dragon Boat Festival at Cobourg Harbour. These are the best photos of my day. Hope you like them.

Pink Boots

Pink Boots

Seen this morning at the beach. There's nothing better than splashing around in the rain in your new Pink Boots.

Sailboats in Moonlight

Cobourg has a marina and beach that get rave reviews from boaters and sun seekers throughout the Great Lakes region. Our beach is reputed to be second only to that of Sandbanks Provincial Park. I like to walk here at all hours and all seasons, because each time it is different. This moonlit night is particularly peaceful.

Oldsquaw Duck (clangula hyemalis)

This pretty little fellow and his friend were paddling in the harbour in the sunshine the other morning. I looked him up to find his name was Oldsquaw, and then was told this has been changed to Long Tail Duck - a sadly prosaic name for such a charming specimen.

Forest Stream

While we wait for summer and warmth to return, here is something to remind us. We were in a stand of aspens in the Northumberland Forest. The trail passed the edge of a south facing cliff, and the sun poured in through the trees. You can see a bit of blue sky reflected in the water. The green tint is natural - no retouching was done. A trick of the light, I suppose, taken with my pocket camera.

Harbour Lights

This is the result of the first date with my new love - a Nikon D3100. I was hoping to catch the sunset, but delays gave me this instead. The cold was brutal, but the spectacular blue and gold colours in the ice made the frozen fingers a small price to pay. I also really like the vertical lines of the light reflections being crossed by the lines of snow on the ice - a subtle texturing that draws me to look more closely.

Red Sails in the Sunset





This scene reminds me of a painting my father did.The sunsets at the Cobourg Yacht Club can be stunningly beautiful, but the red-sailed yacht in the harbour was the perfect accent this evening.

Wicklow Beach

In this photo of the mouth of the boat launch area at Wicklow Beach, I was entranced by the curved shapes of the rocks and the ice on the water, and the sunlight dancing off the waves. What a perfect day!

Ice Sheets on the shore

Zoom in on the lower right area of this photo to see the delicate sheets of ice pushed up on shore by the wave action. This was taken at Wicklow Beach on Lake Ontario.

Cobourg beach in January

I took this photo low to the ground to capture the sun sparkling on the fresh snow, and used software to enhance the colours slightly to bring out the hints of a storm coming under those distant clouds.