Rockwood Conservation Area ....

Eramosa river - Spring melt just starting ....

Holes in fences ....

Some intentional .....


And some not .....

All cracked up ....

.... side down :-)

Gazebo ....

Bare Birch and Blue ....

Formation floating ....

Taken off Spencer Smith Park, Burlington ....

"Here comes Summer ..... "

Or Spring - or is it wishful thinking again??

Through the eyes of needles ....

Jake's place ....

Who's Jake??

All washed up ....

Squeeky clean now :-)

Encased ....

Click for a closer look ....

A few pics ....

Between a rock and a hard seat ....

What a tangled web we weave ....

Just a rusty bracket, that's all ....

Fantasy Fair at Woodbine Mall ....

We all had a great time here. For the young 'uns, I'd recommend it ....

If you want more info, click on ..... http://www.fantasyfair.ca/

Woodbine Mall - Fantasy Fair ....

On a cold, grey

winter's rainy day,

a good place to go

with grandchildren in tow ......

Flutterby ....

At the Butterfly - I prefer Flutterby - Conservatory in Niagara Falls ....

On the trail ....

Burlington bike path ....

Still vacant, so .....

I guess it's the location??

Maybe you are - but I'm not ....

The Winter Olympics slogan in a local bus shelter .....

Retailers are pushing Canadian Winter Olympics clothing here like crazy. I've had a look at some of it, and although the designs are very good, and the quality looks above average, I'm afraid I have lost interest.

All the clothing I looked at was marketed by the Hudson's Bay Company (one of the oldest Canadian companies, but now American owned).

In previous Olympic years the Canadian team's clothing was made by Roots in Canada, as it should be.

This year the variety is excellent, the colours are great, and the quality looks good, but it was all made in China.

I'm all for competition in business, but let's keep it fair and on a "level playing field" - as it's so often said. This playing field is certainly not level - it has a huge gradient - in China's favour.

So I'll try to level it a little bit, by buying as little as possible from that country.
We've just bought a new sofa and love seat, but it wasn't made in China, or Canada for that matter - it was made in the USA. We could have paid a lot less for a Chinese furniture but decided not to.

Say no more - Chinese made Canadian Vancouver Winter Olympic clothing can rot on the shelf .....

Ghosts of Christmas Past ....

Inflatable lawn decorations .....

They look such a mess deflated - or otherwise ....

Reflecting over Hamilton Harbour ....

I stopped on my way to work yesterday morning around 6-45, and took this shot of the moon going down over Hamilton Harbour.
It's not that often that I get a chance to capture a "reflective" moon like this, because either it's too cloudy - or more likely - I'm running late!!