Flowery Friday 8

It's been almost a month since the last flowery Friday. There's been lots of flower photos, just not so many blogs. It's complicated. So let's see what's in the folder. Rather than a specific kind of flower, or a specific time frame, I think I'll go through and show you whatever happens to catch my eye this morning.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

Linda with some of her Master Gardener buddies.

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity

She deserves to be featured because she caught a vole in the garage yesterday. She brought it into the house to show us how she is contributing to the household economy. Fortunately she didn't have a chance to play with it.

Seen along 40 followup

A little over a month ago, Sean and I did a road trip along highway 40 in K Country. Here, if you missed it. Along the way I used the film camera for a few long exposure photos. I'm pretty pleased at how they turned out. The one that I didn't edit had too much of the scene out of focus because of the shallow depth of field. I finished up that roll with some reflection photos along the Bow that will show up sooner or later. It took till now to finish another roll, then I develop 2 rolls at a time. Second roll is from a walk in Fish Creek, where I could find something interesting that didn't have swarms of people right where I wanted to be, or kids throwing rocks in calm water.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

Doubtful Sound overnight tour boat. 

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity, steam punk museum.

That was quite the race

I did the race photography for the Gran Fondo last weekend. This was put on by Rose and Richelle of RnR Premier Events, and is the only such event here. They do great events. It's not just the well run race, it's the after race activities. Racers and their families love to mill around and chat, get a massage, a snack, and visit the various event sponsors.

It's a lot of fun, and I've got some great photos over the years. The challenge with outdoor events is that you never know what you're going to get for weather. It's lovely when the sun is shining on a warm day. Except that for a little while yesterday there was a monsoon happening. Rain isn't so bad when you're riding downwind, but they are riding into a stiff wind.

There's a saying that you want the training to be tougher than the race, and it doesn't get much tougher than this. These women can be proud of themselves for getting it done.

The rain was no surprise. I parked nose into the wind and when the rain started, ducked into the back of the car with the hatch open. Yes, there was thunder and lightning as well for the full meal deal. I was so impressed with the women riding through it all, and many of them still smiling at the camera. The clouds cleared and it gradually warmed up. I emerged from the car and got photos of them coming back, with more smiles.

You can see the race photos here, or a tab to see all the previous races I've done the photography for, here. 

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

A road side garden. The soil beside the road is so much more fertile that these are a thing, handed down through generations.

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

To be honest, I'm not sure now why I took this photo.

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity