Project 365 - Day 242 - Line 'em up!

Tomato day today!  We got together with some of Sonia's family to make tomato sauce.  It involves cutting, cooking, grinding and then bottling and boiling 18 bushels of tomatoes to later make pasta sauce with throughout the coming year.  Yeah, it is a lot of work, and yeah, we can probably get cheaper sauce in the store, but there are two things that get us to keep up the tradition.  1 - Family.  Getting together with family is important. 2 - the sauce from the store just doesn't taste the same!  Must be the blood, sweat and tears - literally!  Those knives are sharp!!

Project 365 - Day 241 - Rose of Sharon

One of the flowers on the rose of sharon tree in our backyard.  Yesterday was game day, and I didn't have a lot of time when I got home to shoot. Luckily, there is this great rose of sharon tree in the backyard.  I love the way you can see the pollen on the petals, and almost feel the texture of the stamen.

Project 365 - Day 240 - A tribute to Tim "the tool man" Taylor

Tools on a pegboard.  I remember as I was growing up, my father had all his tools laid out on a pegboard.  He didn't have them outlined, he just knew where each one went.  And if one was missing, well let's just say that we better put it back as soon as humanly possible - or quicker even.

This pegboard is at work, and these box end wrenches have all been hanging there for almost the entire year so far.  They are all together, and as the techs use the wrenches they are putting them back again.  We do have a guy here who sends out emails (or nastygrams) if one goes missing for more than a day.  That just brings me back to my childhood... :-)

Check out the "dymo" labels behind the wrenches...

Project 365 - Day 239 - Clouds

I was down at Coronation Park in Oakville again today.  The park has a really interesting shoreline, and that was the plan for today's shot.  Then I noticed the large cloud formation to the East, and how it was catching the sunset from the northwest.  Couldn't resist...

Project 365 - Day 238 - The Ex

We were at the Ex again tonight watching the CNE Rising Star, as our friend's daughter made it through to the semi finals last Friday.  Well, she made it through to the finals on Sunday as well, so we're going back on Sunday.  And we're going back on Friday because we have a TFC game ...

I love the lights at the Ex, especially when it gets dark.  I got this shot of one of the food vendors with the rides in the background in full swing.  The flags on top of the food vendor were also blowing in the breeze.  This is a 1.3s shutter.  I didn't have my tripod, so I was leaning on a garbage can.

Project 365 - Day 237 - Birds of a feather

Today was a very rainy day in southern Ontario.  It rained a lot, especially by the lake.  When I went out to shoot, it was still very foggy over the lake.  I got this shot of some geese that were swimming by.  I put my 70-200mm lens on and zoomed right in on them.  I find it interesting that you can't actually distinguish the sky from the lake - they are both the same colour.  It was cool trying to find something interesting to shoot on this dim, dreary day...

Project 365 - Day 236 - Houseguest

My sister's cat is staying with us this week while they are at the cottage.  Nigel does not take to new places very well, but he seems to like his new perch.  This is the bay window on the front of our house.  I have a feeling Nigel will be spending a lot of time here, with all the birds and squirrels that hang out in our gardens out front. 

He also does not like to have his picture taken apparently ...