Thursday, March 11, 2010

Blog Guelph: Pink


DSC_0873, originally uploaded by scratchedcornea.

You never know what will be revealed when the snow melts. I've seen mittens, and hats, plastic bottles and a lot of wrappers. My neighbour once told me that the tag I gave her dog was lost during the winter, and there it was for them to find when Spring finally came. I've seen kids looking around melting snow banks for coins in supermarket parking lots. Oh wait, that was me, when I was a kid.
I'm hoping I'm lucky enough to find two film back slides I lost in the park I walk through. So far, I've only found a lot of dog sh.. poop.

Check out these great photos today, and I hope your day is filled with sunshine!

Donna

Blog Guelph: Cold Forest Light


Cold Forest Light, originally uploaded by D J England.

Blog Guelph: Misty Morning


Misty Morning, originally uploaded by felixtrio.

Blog Guelph: Traveling Light


Traveling Light, originally uploaded by Milton Y.

Blog Guelph: Crawling out of the dark...


Crawling out of the dark..., originally uploaded by CAFREL.

Blog Guelph: Project 365

Blog Guelph: sunrise


Align Centersunrise, originally uploaded by thomevered.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Blog Guelph: Wintertime


Wintertime, originally uploaded by Sam Blayney.

Yesterday I saw snowdrops in my friend's front yard! These are the first flowers of the year for me! I did not whip out the camera to document this momentous occasion, and now I wish I had.
Enjoy your day everyone! It will be a high of 12 today. I'll take that sun or no sun, and it looks to be a no sun day!

Have a click on the photos, and you'll be directed to the photographer's flickr stream. Sam Blayney's stream may be small right now, but wow...quality!

Donna

Blog Guelph: Overcast


Overcast, originally uploaded by ►chris◄.

Blog Guelph: My Poor Snowman


My Poor Snowman, originally uploaded by P.Freeman.

Blog Guelph: snow


, originally uploaded by Jay Morrison.

Blog Guelph: light


DSC_0006, originally uploaded by scratchedcornea.

Blog Guelph: curving


curving, originally uploaded by > dezsö <.Align Center

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Blog Guelph: Domes




Made in Guelph - missgillian / Gillian

Originally uploaded by missgillian

We are so very pleased to feature Gillian's photography here at Blogguelph, and WOW, what amazing work. Gillian has a soft, sensitive, and unique foundation to her images. She makes exceptional use of framing her subjects such that her images have this calm, centered, balance, and reassured feeling to them. The different faces, quiet nooks, and silent moments of the Arboretum have been so beautifully translated to her images. I am particularly drawn to her deft use of blur in her landscape work, which works to really cement the viewer in the immediate of her images. She isolates a scene with great ease and the intricate balance of the portion of her subject that she excludes from the image really ramps up the tension. Gillian consistently makes use of every aspect of her frames and often imparts a vintage and timeless feel to her moments. Her images have such compelling felt narratives as though she has captured the moments that have long lingered in a space. With much of her work, I wonder whether the light or a fine brush has produced these often delicate photographs. She has an incredible set of images from abroad as well as some high energy concert works. I would highly recommend a trip to her stream, you won't forget it, and will likely think long on the nature of her images. Thank you Gillian.

For those of you used to bemoaning winter, I hope you have enjoyed the Spring-like nature of today.

Paula

Blog Guelph: Frame and Vines




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Pads




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Window




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Buds




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Framed Path




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: House




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Forest




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Branches




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Blog Guelph: Burrs




Originally uploaded by missgillian

Monday, March 08, 2010

Blog Guelph: The big comfy


The big comfy, originally uploaded by Seeking~Zen.

Last night Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an oscar for best director.
Today is international women's day.

The sun is out.
The birds are chirping.
Smells like spring spirit!

Have a great day!

Donna

Blog Guelph: Go!


Go!, originally uploaded by crisscrossgirl.

Blog Guelph: Happy Backlit Friday


Happy Backlit Friday, originally uploaded by P.Freeman.

Blog Guelph: Colours


Colours, originally uploaded by ►chris◄.

Blog Guelph: Reflective Big Drip


Reflective Big Drip, originally uploaded by CAFREL.

Blog Guelph: Chalmers Church

Friday, March 05, 2010

Blog Guelph: Get Guelphed


Feb 10 016b, originally uploaded by emilyclaire..

Welcome, welcome.

Ms. Emilyclaire provides us with today's intriguing foto GEM. I'm thinking he's a Guelphite - but just what is the story behind this capture?

We're currently surfing through an extraordinary 'Aruba' quality week in our neck of the woods. Vitamin D overdosing has been widely reported across the city. Facebook postings have all but stopped between 11am - 4pm. People are suffering from pulled facial muscles, commonly known as Grinface! Patio's are popping open daily.

It's friggin' brilliant.

So too is my neighbour Anwen Sutherland. She opened her Humble Home Esty store this week and sold a trippy hat to a Californian gal on her first afternoon. Anwen is also the brain and body behind Hoopstatic, Guelph's Hoopdance HQ. Currently she's running one class a week at St. George's Church, Downtown Guelph on MONDAY evenings. Click the Hoopstatic link for the inspiring YouTube Vids.

So then - Happy Happy Sunny Funny Friday everyone.

Sue Richards

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Blog Guelph: Guelph Winter


Guelph Winter 2, originally uploaded by cool-baby.

It's time for me to start sorting seeds. I put it off last fall, and just sort of labelled a big old envelope and stuck in the respective seeds. At least I dried out the tomato seeds I loved. Here's a handy template to make things easier, and I've used the first one before, and it's the perfect size to throw in a bunch to give to friends.
Check out the rest of the You Grow Girl site for more inspiration and tips. Her latest book is out too, and the Book Shelf has it!

This weekend I am making french onion soup. While browsing the Blog Guelph pool, I happened upon Cafrel's photos and the recipe she tweaked. Thanks Francesca!

One last thing - check out the photos I posted today! There are some real favourites here!

Thanks and have a great day!

Donna

Blog Guelph: Sky


, originally uploaded by Jay Morrison.

Blog Guelph: Birch


Birch, originally uploaded by kellyhughes1970.

Blog Guelph: Move away from the seed!


Move away from the seed!, originally uploaded by Glooscap.

Blog Guelph: trees


, originally uploaded by Jay Morrison.

Blog Guelph: amongst the wilderness


amongst the wilderness, originally uploaded by artandmath.

For more great Guelph photos, try these links:

Downtown Guelph, University of Guelph, The Guelph Hillside Festival or The Guelph Lake Conservation Area.

On the other hand, you may be curious about what the City of Guelph looked like last October or maybe Spring.

Indeed you may be the type that would love to wade through our deep and refreshing archives. There are over 4,800 terrific Guelph photos, taken by a growing tribe of fantastic photographers, currently available for your viewing pleasure. Check out the Blog Guelph archives located 'back up there' and appropriately titled: Blog Guelph Archives.