Simplicity/ My Town Shoot Out

White Siberian iris

This week's challenge: simplicity

Coral bells

Dragonfly

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Monarchs/ Signs, Signs

Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, Midland, Ontario

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X/ ABC Wednesday

X-TRAORDINARY workmanship

The owner of this car sewed the lining on the inside of this door with her home sewing machine. I think that's X-TRAORDINARY!

A view of the driver's side

Chevrolet Bel Air

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Cutting Hay/ Barn Charm

The field is in the dell, but the barns and houses are on hills

One farm is on the hill you can see, but the farmer mowing this field lives on another hill (on the right and out of the photo).  The seagulls are so excited looking for special treats as the hay is cut.

I am linking to BARN CHARM at Trish's Bluff Area Daily.

Clematis/ Today's Flowers

Beautiful clematis growing in a friend's garden

If you love flowers check out Today's Flowers at http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/ 

Foot Bridge/ Sunday Bridges

Bridge from the mainland to a tiny island, Innisfill Beach, Ontario

Behind those rocks there's a duck hiding. I could see the duck from quite a distance away but apparently the duck could see me too so by the time I get close enough to snap the shutter...it was gone. Luckily, the bridge is photogenic. Hehe!

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Vintage Car/ Shadow Shots

Shadow of wheel on side of vintage car

Every Saturday evening during the summer months, owners of vintage vehicles meet in the parking lot behind the East Gwillimbury Civic Centre.  Last Saturday, my husband and I decided to check the get-together out.

A shot of the wheel and a bit of the shadow

Owners were eager to let gawers look and photographers snap.

A shot of the entire car

If, like me, you are fascinated by shadows, visit Hey Harriet's SHADOW SHOTS

Hats/ My Town Shoot Out

Turn of the 20th century hats, Midland mural

Baseball caps are de rigueur here in East Gwillimbury so I admit to traveling a bit farter afield to find something a tad more interesting.

Turn of the 20th century male and female hats, Midland mural

Men and women used to be well dressed when they traveled, not always true nowadays.

Tom Thompson statue, Huntsville, Ontario

Less formal,  artist Thompson painted in the the forests of Algonquin Park. He appears to be wearing  a stocking cap of some sort. And even MORE less formal...

 Hmmmmm!  

this fellow is selling honey in an outdoor market. Good advertising, eh?

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Cottage Country Radio/ Signs, Signs

Muskoka FM radio

If you drive to Muskoka be sure to turn in to Moose FM 99.5.

I am linking to Lesley at SIGNS, SIGNS.

W/ ABC Wednesday

WALKWAY from the river to the main street, Huntsville, Ontario

Huntsville is a lovely touristy town in "Cottage Country" north of Toronto.

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Full Moon/ Barn Charm

Full moon over East Gwillimbury barn

Last week's full moon - not an eclipse like seen over Europe - was still very nice with no clouds.

I am linking to BARN CHARM at Trish's Bluff Area Daily.

Weigelia/ Today's Flowers

'Bristol Ruby' Weigelia

The local hummingbirds love this bush...and so do I.

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Morning Light/ Sunday Bridges

Soft morning light peeking under the bridge

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Leafy/ Shadow Shots

Neightbourhood shadows

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Fishing/ My Town Shoot Out

Fishing at sunset

This week's challenge: fishing

It's small...but hey! It's a fish!

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Wildlife Centre/ Signs, Signs

Muskoka Wildlife Centre sign, Severn Bridge, Ontario

This centre advertises that it has 50 acres of walking trails and exhibits featuring many species of wildlife indigenous to Ontario, many of which are ex-pets, abandoned or injured and now unreleasable.

Front view of red moose

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V/ ABC Wednesday

VICEROY on purple coneflower

The VICEROY is a North American butterfly that looks very much like a monarch except that VICEROYS are slightly smaller and have a black lines mid-way across the veins of its hind wings.

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Unpainted/ Barn Charm

East of East Gwillimbury

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Rosa Glauca/ Today's Flowers

Rosa glauca syn R. rubrifolia

I LOVE these tiny, fragile roses with grey-green foliage and dark red stems that grow in my garden. A shrub rose, it's flowering time is short but  the blooms are followed by deep red hips.

If you love flowers check out Today's Flowers at http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/ 

Innisfil/ Sunday Bridges

Over a creek emptying into Lake Simcoe, Innisfil, Ontario

This foot bridge is one of several in this Innisfil park, popular in winter for ice fishing and in summer for fishing and boating.

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Store Windows/ Shadow Shots

Port Perry shop window #1

Port Perry shop window #2

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Flag/ My Town Shoot Out

The national flag of Canada a.k.a. the Maple Leaf

This weeks challenge: flag

Although Americans celebrate Flag Day on June 14, Canada's Flag Day is observed annually on February 15, commemorating the adoption of the Maple Leaf on February 15, 1965. Here the flag waves over a marina on Lake Simcoe.

But the Maple Leaf is not the only flag seen flying over Ontario.  Ontario provincial offices also raise the

Canadian flag on the left, Ontario provincial flag on the right

...Ontario flag.

What's more, municipal offices fly their own flags.

Town of East Gwillimbury flag

And now for something completely different:

Blue flag iris

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Fresh Air/ Signs, Signs

Sign outside an auto body shop, Port Perry, Ontario

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U/ ABC Wednesday

Bronze statue of open UMBRELLA over a boy and girl

Unfortunately I cannot remember where I took this photo. (It was a while ago!)

Umbrellas in an Orillia, Ontario park on Lake Couchiching

Closed UMBRELLA on Cooks Bay, part of Lake Simcoe

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Log Barns/ Barn Charm

Logs form the structure of the first floor of both

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Wisteria/ Today's Flowers

Wisteria (Wistria sinensis) blossoms

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Driveway/ Sunday Bridges

Private bridge over creek at street end of country driveway, East Gwillimbury

This shot was taken from the road. As you can see the driveway is paved from the road to the bridge but unpaved on the other siide.

The creek that runs under the bridge

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