Moonrise by the lake

Tonight me and my father went for a nice walk along the beach while practicing social distancing and watched a beautiful moonrise together…
Even in these tough times we can still find beauty in this world…

Tower by the Snowy Tracks

A beautiful evening on an unusually cold November day at Toronto’s Union Station

My view of the CN Tower as I await for the train home…

Spooky Tower

Happy All Hallows’ Eve!

Even the CN Tower is in the Halloween spirit.

Spooky CN Tower in the October fog and rain.

Morning Commute

Another quick reminder that all you need to take photos is a camera ANY camera. The shots bellow were taken with my cellphone camera and processed using a free app.

Camera: Samsung S10

Processing: Snapseed

Last Day of Summer

This past weekend was the last one for the Summer of 2019. I enjoyed a great time with my beloved and some friends. and even made a few new ones. From faerie rings of delicious Slippery Jacks (we played it safe and didn’t try them!), to playful farm dogs and little water creepy crawlers, we had a blast. Great company by the fire and surrounded by horses during the day.

Can’t wait for our next trip!

Young Boletes

Bolete Færie Ring

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Drying Out

Tiny Claws!

Garden Beauties

Day at the Zoo

Last week I went on a family trip to the Toronto Zoo. Here are some of the highlights.

Bluenose II in Toronto

This Canada Day Weekend some friends and I were lucky enough to visit the Bluenose II docked at the Toronto Harbour for the Tall-ships Festival along with nine other vessels. These are some of the highlights.

Longing for Spring

I decided to post some of my floral shots in hopes that it will bring Spring a bit sooner.

Heritage Sanctuary Downtown

Amidst the hustle and bustle of Oshawa, Ontario, lies a Sanctuary within the city’s core. This nearly 100 year-old church is a beautiful example of turn-of-the-century ecclesiastical architecture.

Nov 13, 2010, shot with a Point and Shoot Olympus FE3000, X890

Some people think that in order to take good photographs they need a great camera and and expensive software to process the pictures. The panorama above is proof of the contrary. It was taken in 2010 with a cheap Olympus point-and-shoot and stitched together with open source software. All you really need to take good photos is the desire to do so, and with practice and determination anyone can do it!

La Luna

I was going thru my astrophotography archives and found my first good shot of the moon. Taken on March 11, 2015, thru a 6” Celetron Nexstar and a Nikon 3200

Looking back

Almost four years ago I took one of my favourite photographs of Lake Ontario in early Spring of 2015

The King meets the Warrior

In this bitter cold winter morning a great meeting happened in the south sky, The Great King met his Mighty Warrior as the plants Jupiter and Mars were in conjunction, a mere 12 seconds apart! That is less then half the width of the full moon!

Day at the Races

The Sun is Eclipsed by the Moon

Today on August 21ˢᵗ, 2017 North America saw a beautiful and rare sight, a total solar eclipse. This beautiful syzygy, this cosmic ballet, gave me the opportunity to try something interesting. With a bit of DIY and help from my beloved I managed to snap this shot from near totality here in South Ajax. DSC_0152sm

I wanted to share this moment with those who could for one reason or another, be it geographical or meteorological or due to prior duties, were unable to share in this amazing moment.

mmmmmm Morels!

A couple of days ago I found a great surprise in my back yard, morels! Although only a small crop of 2 specimens, its was as nice break from the constant rain and near flooding of the last few days. DSC_0305-2

After bringing them inside and giving them a quick pat dry I went to task to make a positive ID on my new found mycological gastronomical find!

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After confirming that indeed I had found some tasty tasty morels, prep began.

I cut them in halves and washed them in some cold water and a bit of salt to get rid of any lingering visitors and dirt, then I pat dried them to get them ready for the main event.

The morels were sautéed in salted butter to bring out the meaty nutty flavour they are famous for.

The final result was nothing short of amazing. The warm sautéed morels melted in the mouth with delightfully meaty, buttery and nutty flavours. Definitely prime evidence for their choice status among mushrooms lovers.