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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Some of the foliage I captured on our walk around the Devil's Punchbowl.

Wild roses everywhere!

Item of the day: Linen Sun Hat

Now that summer has arrived (who else forgot it was the solstice yesterday?), I'm out enjoying the sun as much as possible. In order to protect my sensitive skin from harmful rays though, I need to pick myself up a sun hat to wear on longer outings. This reversible one by karmologyclinic is especially cute & versatile.

You can't go wrong with linen & newsprint!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Devil's Punchbowl

Pat was restless last weekend & suggested we get out of the apartment & go find a waterfall. Uhmmm.... YES please! My favourite summer activity! So we quickly settled on the Devil's Punchbowl, a well known sight that we hadn't yet seen. Off we went, camera banging against my chest - want to see some of the pictures we took?

There it is, the Devil's Punchbowl. It's a 37m-high thin ribbon waterfall with variable water flow. The escarpment cliff surrounding it is shaped like a horseshoe with beautiful colour gradations.

The cliff walls, composed of dolomitic limestone (according to Wiki), look almost man-made, huge slabs stacked atop one another. Here's Pat peeking around some of those stones:

The view was breath-taking (that's Lake Ontario in the distance):

After seeing what we could from the lip of the escarpment, we started to walk back. I was stopping every few metres, taking pictures of greenery. That's when I noticed this little guy:

Can you see him? The little orange blob, right in the middle? I'm pretty sure it was a fawn or deer, though it was really hard to tell from our distant viewpoint. I could see him moving his head around, basking in the sun. I love wildlife, so I was pretty excited! While I stared at him for a bit, Pat wandered & found a path leading down.

How could we resist? The ground cover looked like lace.

It was so quiet, it felt like we were the only 2 people there.

Soon, we came to the bottom of the valley & its trickling stream. As I looked out towards the water, Pat took this especially tranquil photo:

It was so peaceful.

Until we had to walk back up out of the gorge... Ouch! My poor bum & thighs!

But I had a smile on my face the whole time - I just can't help grinning when surrounded by so much green!

Item of the day: Resort Wear Dress

These breezy summer dresses by BohemianPrep look so comfortable!

I think the coral one is my favourite, you?

Monday, June 20, 2011

Mosaic Monday

It's Mosaic Monday! I hope you'll join us - it's really easy! Just make a photo mosaic - you can use whatever photo editing software you like, or a website such as the mosaic maker & photos from Flickr - & then post it on your blog. Go ahead & pick a theme if you want, but don't feel like you have to. Have fun with it!

Make sure to include a link back to my blog so that everyone can participate. Then come back here & submit a link to your blog post (using the "add your link" button at the bottom). I'll be looking at & commenting on each one!

Here's mine for this week: hot books.

1. Orange Book, 2. Little red book, 3. Orange Books, 4. red book stack

Here's the list of mosaics for this week. Once you've blogged, click the button below to add your blog post link.

Item of the day: Blue Glass Bunting

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned my love of buntings before - those cute little triangles are just so cheery! This blue glass one by redbrickglass is particularly stunning. It'd look great catching the light in a window.