Rainbow

There was a rainbow, so I opened the front door, and quickly captured it, before letting all the warm air out.

I am going to see my Mom, and will be back on Monday afternoon.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all, and greetings of the season!!!

Geranium Flowers

I forget what sort of a geranium this is,

but the flowers are so bright and cheery!!!

Hatpin

Another thing I dragged home from my Dad's basement. He had a bottle of hatpins, and I have aimed the camera at them a number of times, but this is the first image I have liked enough to share. 

I still haven't cleaned them - it has only been seven months, and I kind of like the texture the years of grime add...

Apology

I want to apologize for abandoning you,

but I was so close to burn-out that I did not have anything to give.

But three days of no school (yes, I have homework, but not till the end of this week), I am feeling human again.

I captured this nepeta blossom the first week of November.

Old Photos

I found this family grouping while I was scanning photos yesterday. It was taken in 1926. Most of the photos from that time period are not dated.

My Mom is the little girl, and her brother. The ladies are a couple of great aunts, my grandmother, and great grandmother.

Cornfield in November

I was walking toward the cornfield,

and admiring how the sun worked its magic

on the dried leaves of the plants.

Not brown any longer, 

but golden.

Add the frost on the tassels of the corn,

and the sun coming trough the silk,

and you truly have magic...

I am linking with Today's Flowers, so drop in for a visit.

Burdock Has Its Uses

Feather in the Wind

This feather was caught on the stem of a plant, but managed to dance in the wind anyway...

 

Update

Some of you may have heard me burble on about elder daughter being in Ethiopia, studying geladas.

They are kind of like baboons, but different.

She has finally been able to post photos on her blog here.

I have no idea what about them she is studying, or when she will be coming back to Canada, only that this is for her Master of Science.

My favourite of all the monkeys is the one in the hat, but I bet I am prejudiced.

Old Photos

I came across this photo of my grandmother and my uncle today, while I was scanning the photos from my Mom's side of the family. I think he was born in 1920. It is not a good image, but I love the expression on her face.

I am linking this post with Vintage Weekly.

Maple Tree

This maple tree had lost most of its leaves when the sunlight caught it one afternoon, last month...

Borage

Since the snow came in the middle of the week, the temperatures have plummeted, so I am hanging out in October...

I sure hope no one minds...

I am linking this post with Today's Flowers.

Results of My Mid-Term Exams

Thank you for all the well wishing!!

I got the results of all my exams this morning.

I got 86% in both the theory of radiology, and the theory of everything else.

I got 98% on the x-rays I took of the manikins' teeth. Sometimes it is hard to get the film in the correct place, after all the varnish that is put into the mouths, to protect them from the students.

But I only got 14 out of 20 in the instrument identification, mostly because, out of the 6 burs (drill bits), I only got one right.

So guess what I am going to have to spend more time on, in the next couple of months...

I am taking this course to become a dental assistant. Not the hygienist who cleans your teeth, but the person who assists the dentist while he or she is working in your mouth.

I will be done, the end of March...

Royal Visit, June 7, 1939

Before WWII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Woodstock.

There was a parade, with at least one band of bagpipes.

I am guessing these photos were taken by a cousin of my Mom.

I am linking this post with Vintage Weekly.

I am also guessing this is the royal car.

 

Radiology Mid-Term Exam

My radiology mid-term exam went well. I thought I mucked up a couple of the x-rays, but the teacher said I passed.

Monday will be my radiology theory exam (help - physics!!!), and instrument identification.

Tuesday will be the big theory exam.

Wednesday will be classes again.

Winged

In honour of Turkey Day in the United States, I am posting a turkey I found in Woodstock. I wonder how old it is (the concrete statues they make now have a finer texture), and how much it weighs, since it is about life sized.

I am also linking this post with NF Winged, not because this specimen can fly, but because the live ones can...

Abstract

I am being very indecisive this week -

I couldn't decide which of these images to post for NF's Abstract meme, so I am posting them both.

The first is an old log, half in the river, but that black spot makes it look like a dinosaur.

The second is an old wood and iron thing lying on a rock, part of the landscaping at Mom's new place.

What do you think?

 

Grapevine

I found this grapevine growing out of an old fence post, and thought you would find it as funny as I do...

I am linking this post with Nature Footstep Blo-Ma.

Catch the Light

Saturday was a lovely sunny day, and I took full advantage of it.

But then I could not decide which image to post for NF Catch the Light, so I posted all three of them...

 

Morning Marsh

Annie and I headed out for our Saturday walk just as the sun was clearing the clouds on the horizon, and catching the cattails in this blaze of gold. Jake is fine, just complaining that he is too old for long walks, now that he is 13...

Old Photos

This photo was in the box my father kept his photos in. No one has any idea who the people are, though. That border was put on photos processed approximately 70 years ago.

I am linking this post with Vintage Weekly.

Moon Carrot

I found this strange plant at the garden at the college.

Photographing the labels is so much easier than remembering the names of the plants, so you see this is really called a moon carrot.

I think I want one.

It is taller than I am,

but I have no idea whether it is an annual or a perennial.

With hollow stems, I am betting an annual...

I am linking this post with Today's Flowers.

 

Swan Story

Last July, there were four swans at Southside Park in Woodstock.

A pair, with a cygnet, and a lonesome one.

One morning, Lonesome got too close,

 

and Daddy got mad.

 

He chased Lonesome half way across the pond,

while Mom sailed serenely on, carrying her cygnet.

 Daddy came back, so proud of himself.

But it didn't last long...

I should have stayed to watch, because, when I was out of camera range, they took the fight onto the shore.