My Pictures in Canada ..2014

[socafighter]

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Aristotle




Glimpse of Sunrise




Peaceful Morning




Jasper, Alberta Canada




Great colours




Just ahead of a tornado warned cell!




Great Sand Dunes




Juvenile bald eagle by the water on a foggy morning




Bright Spots




A hunter




Busy Sky




Canada's future my two daughters...



Carolina Wren




Butterflies were  busy this afternoon...




Garden Visitor




Dragonfly perfection




Frosted flowers




Autumn Is In The Air




Mining the Gaillardia




Rainbow, Rain and Sunset




Another sunset

[socafighter]

Life and death are one thread,
the same line viewed from different sides.

Lao Tzu




Morning, Lethbridge, Alberta Canada




river sunrise




Cooks Bay, Lake Simcoe




Mountain Quail babies




Minnehaha Falls




Orion is hunting next to the Milky Way with Taurus nearby.





Mr Jay




A thunderstorm passing about , north of us




Maples start to fall!




Autumn, Alaska




Milk Weed has company



awesome Thunderstorm building




Best of Nature



Pink Petals




A Beautiful night




No story, just great weather and cool animals




A Rose




Our Red Sun




Perfect Summer Sunset




My Sunset

[socafighter]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci




Golden Shimmer Morning




Morning is here




A Yellow Hibiscus




Natures touch of color




Osprey Breakfast




 Early Morning sky




Its harvest time...




Afternoon jewel




Big Pink Cloud




A beautiful Fall Day




A hummer




A red tail hawk




Blue Morning Glory




Pray Mantis, from dinner to rain




Hummingbirds are gearing up to go South




Lightening , Baden, Ontario Canada




A la Orange sunset




Not so Cute to mosquitoes




A Beach sunset




Beautiful Sunset just before a Rainstorm

[socafighter]

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters.
One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

John F. Kennedy




Still smokey this morning




Gorgeous Beechville sunrise




bee in flight




Autumn snowy flowers, NWT , Canada




Yesterday ,A summer wonderland!, NW Calgary , Alberta




A Grey Tree Frog




A  butterfly




Frosty makes an early appearance, Sept 8, 2014




Flowers on the Niagara escarpment trails




Fog Slides Inland




Changing Colors




Harvest moon, New Minas, Nova Scotia Canada




My favorite bird




Nasty Electrical storm




Fall, Yorkton, SK




I am ready




Pleasant Fall Evening



Nature Colors




Pretty Sunset




Clouds light up just after sunset

[socafighter]

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Walt Disney




A new dawn, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 




Morning reflection




A Snow fall in Canmore, AB




A dragonfly face . Ottawa , Canada




a female Belted Kingfisher




A Full moon over Saint Tropez, France




A Giant Swallowtail




Beautiful colours




Clouds building up in the afternoon heat ...Regina , Saskatchewan




Rainbow




Moon, Ascot Corner, QC...




Wind and clouds all morning...Winnipeg ,Manitoba




Dahlias and Grass




enjoying last days of summer




This fellow has found his niche in the throat of this flower ...




Lightening show just outside of Brooks, AB




Harvest Supermoon, Kingston , Ontario , Canada...




Monarch on Solidago




A Sunset Silhouette, Kingston , Ontario , Canada




September Sunset, Ottawa River , Canada

[socafighter]

Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill




Beautiful pink sunrise with fountain grass, Prince Edward Island , Canada




Beautiful sunrise taken near Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada




beginning of the weekend , Kingston , Ontario , Canada




A September Rose




A Super Harvest Moon Rising From the Fog, New brunswick , Canada




Bird of Paradise




A view of the Valley, Nova Scotia , Canada




Camping , Alberta , Canada




cloud Rays




Blue heron sitting in a tree




Cascade Range




Canadian beauty




Butterfly resting in our garden




Blue sky Blue Glory




Colors and change




Mantis preening




curious hummer




Bee stopping to smell the flowers




A Painter's Sunset, Ottawa , Canada




Colorful sunset Squamish BC

[socafighter]

Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.


Benjamin Franklin




Aurora, Ontario Canada, Sunrise




Another Beautiful Morning in Split Lake Manitoba




Alberta Wild Rose trying to survive the wet early Calgary snow storm...




Autumn Reflections, NWT , Canada




To close for comfort ...




Ruby Throated Hummingbird




A walk in Sidney, BC , Canada




Fall Colors showing up ...




Eating my Back yard berries ..




Bird and his bread




Black Swallowtail Caterpillar



Charming Pink ..





Close to mum




Busy butterflies




Golden  On The Fraser River, BC , Canada




Fattening up for hibernation




a great view of a sunset afterglow...Thousand Islands , Canada




Frosted Marigolds , Calgary , Alberta , Canada




Smokin' Sunset




the sun during a cloudy sunset

[socafighter]

Nature does nothing in vain.

Aristotle




Its Worth getting up early, Ottawa , Ontario , Canada




Morning Trees in Fog, Spring Valley, Prince Edward Island , Canada




Approaching the farm, Kingston, Ontario , Canada








About Face




A Cicada Killer




Butterflies in Honey Harbour




Canada Darner, Manitoba , Canada




Color yellow




dragonfly resting on a dewy hydrangea, Quebec City , Canada




A bull moose on the farm...Kingston, Ontario , Canada




Summer casting shadows...



Macro just for its tongue ... Nova Scotia , Canada




Northern Lights, NWT , Canada




Green Frog...Ottawa , Canada




Hiking , Mount Robson Park , BC , Canada




Looking like a fall day




End of Summer .. Ontario , Canada




Clouds and Sunset ...

[socafighter]

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children
because they are more certain they are their own.

Aristotle




Flowers against pink morning sunrise




Beautiful morning sun sparkling in the water, Ottawa River , Canada




Colourful Homes On Tancook Island, NS, Canada




Circlet Lake and surrounding areas...




Close encounters with humpback whales in the Bay..Nova Scotia , Canada




Artichoke blooms in the early afternoon breeze...




Cloud rainbow. Cornwall , On , Canada




I am hiding




image of the Lightning over lake Huron




Insect beauty




It's called Destined to See




In Revelstoke we can see fresh snow on the mountains...BC , Canada




It was amazing ..BC , Canada




Labour Day Duck, Dufferin Islands....




My beautiful azaleas...Kingston , On , Canada




Monarch butterfly..Ottawa , Canada




Early Colors...




Cubs in Blueberry meadow...




High Tides at sunset..Newfoundland , Canada





Beautiful Sidney by the sea, BC , Canada

[socafighter]

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Abraham Lincoln




Beginning of a New Day




beautiful sunrise




A sunrise



Different shots of flowers




Dew on a Dragonfly





Mount Robson Provincial Park, BC , Canada




Eagle total concentration




Etchings of frost on these very fragrant Labrado plants




Even at dusk, this water lily flower glowed ..




Field of Flowers, Alberta , Canada




fading sunflowers



eyes on the pollen




Great Horned Owl




It's that time of year




Look very close




Shades of Pink



September Sunset




Summer count down

[socafighter]

The world is very different now.
For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

John F. Kennedy




Park sunrise in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada



Molten gold , morning




A sunflower Day, Ontario , Canada




A pose for food




A fresh dusting of snow, Alberta , Canada




National bird of Jamaica...




The Fall foliage was at it's peak




Alpine Lake , BC , Canada




Aurora , NWT , Canada




Amber waves




An Liftoff...




Calm before the severe thunder storm, Kingston, Ontario , Canada




Aurora, Fairbanks AK





Dragonfly snacking




hummingbird beauty of late summer





cloud tops at dusk, Ottawa, Canada




Destination in Sight




Deception Pass, between Whidbey and Fidalgo Island....




beautiful sky




behind Ocean Beach Pier Cafe

[socafighter]

Where there is shouting,
there is no true knowledge.

Leonardo da Vinci




Stoney Creek, Hamilton, ON




Mountain Sunrise , BC , Canada




A fresh dusting of snow from overnight , Alberta , Canada



A sunrise, Alberta  , Canada




A September Monarch




A Hawk Descends Upon Its Prey, Manitoba , Canada




a grey whale feeding in the kelp beds, BC , Canada





Angels Window, North Rim Grand Canyon..




Between Marigolds




Ceillac, France




Dragonfly performing




Blue colors of Pacific




Drayton Valley, Alberta Canada




Fall is here




Burning Sky , Mesaria, Greece




Geranium




Epic Sky, Kingston , Ontario , canada




Glowing!






a sunset stroll, Ottawa , canada




Fishermans Cove Sunset tonight, Nova Scotia , Canada

[socafighter]

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Abraham Lincoln




Lovely morning looking at pond




Morning sun reflection under the log...




Budapest, Hungary




Sunrise in the Mountains



A golden eagle  in the sun




A Very bright coronal display




close approach




flowers in Dalhousie NB




Endless Skies of Blue & Fields of Golden Harvest




Dragonfly




family




Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly




Fall beauty




Lightning Lit Rain




Goldenrod Spider




Cranes And A Beaver




Gray Comma Butterfly




Last of the Sun




Dusk Sky

[socafighter]

To succeed in life, you need two things:
ignorance and confidence.


Mark Twain




Morning light at the gardens




Morning Kiss




A Young Ruby throat




A Butterfly




Big Dipper & Aurora



Black swallowtail on Cosmo flower....





Morning Mist




Beauty after the rain




Aurora borealis




Fall is here ...




A friendly little critter...




A wonderful sky above the hayfield..




Afternoon Showers




Awesome Natures Paintings






Chukar Partridge





female Kingfisher





Lovely cabbage butterfly




hummingbirds having some fun...




Goldfire




A Western Sunset

[socafighter]

We are tied to the ocean.
And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch -
we are going back from whence we came.

John F. Kennedy




Beautiful blue skies at sunrise, Ottawa , Canada




Fiery Sunrise After The Snowstorm , Calgary , Alberta




Aggressive Male Ruby throat hummer




A Rough Lake Ontario, Niagara on the Lake , Ontario , Canada



Giant Swallowtail, Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada




Amazing Sun rays and clouds, Quebec City , Quebec , Canada





Early morning thunderstorms, Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada




Mexican Birds , San Fernando , Mexico




Beauty wherever we choose to look , Kingston , Ontario , Canada




Eagles Strife , British Columbia , Canada




Cooper's Goldenbush




Cloud cover , NWT , Canada




Dragonfly and Blue Flag Iris




Cool Autumn, Alaska




Rising full moon at sunset, Elliot Lake




Peacock butterfly




Stormy Horizon




Pretty Nature




Lake Huron sunset at Grand Bend, Ontario




Sundown in Ottawa

[socafighter]

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution.
That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

Abraham Lincoln


Morning Sun



A Neon Glow




crescent Moon and Jupiter along with crepuscule morning rays




Mantis and prey




The northern dancing lights




Bright Orange Leaves




Colors in the clouds




Looks like art work painting




A peach rose




An American Black Duck looks toward the heavens




arrived in our garden late this summer




A pair of Collared Doves




a perfect road to drive in the convertible with the top down




Autumn leaf




Canada Colors of Autumn




Creatures of Nature ...




Autumn Ambience



Early Shades of Autumn




Almost too bright to look at the sky tonight ..




Busy Sky

[socafighter]

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch



Beautiful blue skies at sunrise




Beautiful sunrise at Eselnita , Romania




Mantis caught his prey...




Afternoon Rainbow




Clouds Moving In




a beautiful catch and he was so fast about it!




Beautiful sunny day




Crabby Hermit




Bouquet of colours




Beautiful Dragonfly just taking a break




Color & Clouds




Alberta Foothills Exploring




Cuckoo bumble bee




a shot of the Milky Way between a couple of trees




Fall foliage Rocky Mountains Canada




Farm house in the middle of the corn crop




First Snow , Kimberley, BC, Canada




It was every bit as chilly as it looks but nice to see...




Evening Tales




Painted Sunset




sunset at the Fall Fair

[socafighter]

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Geoffrey Chaucer



Park sunrise in Stoney Creek, Ontario , Canada



A joy to sit on the pasture floor and watch her rising ...




Blue Morpho butterfly




Once Upon A Time




A Tufted Titmouse about to jump to some seed




A Finch on a flower




Perfection by nature




A few flowers still in bloom, but the leaves are turning ..




Auroras in Chapleau, Ontario, Canada




Autumn's Approaching




A visitor




Autumn along the Denali Highway, Alaska.




Berry Vines




Beware Of The Hickory Tussock Caterpillar..




Buzzy bee




Clear day








A Buggy Sunset




A Sunday Sunset

[socafighter]

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Aristotle




Gorgeous morning sky




Early Morning Fog Dymond Twp




Molasses in the Sky





hummingbirds still hanging around at the feeders..




Moon Rise




Mom always protective!




Monarch Butterfly Today




Musk Ox, Prudhoe Bay, AK




Not Many Bees




Nose Hill park.




Maya




Northern Lights




munching away on the pollen from my daylily




Ominous Sky!




By different seasons!




Pray Mantis




Pretty in Pink




Pollinating




Beautiful Sunset over Elkwater Lake, Alberta Canada




Final Curtain

[Jumbie]

re: Flowers on the Niagara escarpment trails


From where you took that pic.. I live very close. Nice to see the Hammer make your list of images.

[socafighter]

re: Flowers on the Niagara escarpment trails


From where you took that pic.. I live very close. Nice to see the Hammer make your list of images.

Thats what in Hamilton they call the mountain. The escarpment about 200 plus feet high  left
after the lake receded  a few million years ago . Numerous areas have flowers , the city of Hamilton is in the background , the water showing the Hamilton Harbor , that leads to Lake Ontario .

I visit the Canada Center for Inland waters numerous times per year as part of my occupation... Under the Skyway Bridge.

[socafighter]

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

Leonardo da Vinci




Just before dawn




Another beautifully foggy sunrise




Impending Snow, Alaska




Dawn , a fire in the sky




A pleasant day at Canyon Lake




Golden Aspens




Mentasta Mountains,




A fall day in Calgary




Autumn Barn




Aurora, Fairbanks AK




golden colors of the cottonwood trees...




Canada's Rocky Mountains...




Boat Ride




Red Hibiscus




Coyote pup




action at low tide this afternoon




She is taking our picture ...




Fall flowers and a Bumble Bee




colour blast




Nice Sunset

[socafighter]

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Bryant H. McGill




Autumn Sunrise




Calgary Alberta, Sunrise





A beautiful day




A few remaining cone flowers are catching the dew....




Ice around the fringes of this roadside pond . Alaska




Landing for nectar




Northern lights, Norway




Gentle bumble bee




Migrating Geese




High Plains Storm




A seal having fun




Huge cumulus clouds formation above Red Rocks




Hungry Insects




Zinnias and a hummer




Colors Galore




Clouds in Glacier Bay





Changing of the leaves, makes for some amazing Pictures




A reward




PInk Rouge




The sun gone down

[socafighter]

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.

Buddha




Colorful Sky on a September Morning, London Ontario , Canada





Autumn Sunrise, Sudbury , Ontario , Canada




A beautiful day, Kingston , Ontario , Canada




A kiss from the sun




Maurepas Swamp




A heron in Maple, Ontario, Canada




A fall day, Manitoba , Canada




A view of American Falls at night !!!




Aurora was bright tonight, Saskatchewan , Canada




Apple picking time , Niagara on the lake , Canada




Waterfalls,Almonte, Ontario, Canada




Beautiful fall day on the lake




Cloud meteor shower




Bow River in Banff, Alberta , Canada




Fall Day , BC , Canada




Gentle bumble bee




Fall is upon us in the Rocky Mountains, Canada




Giant Swallowtail




Sunset ,Lake of the Woods Echo Bay..




Sunset ,Lake Ontario, Canada

[socafighter]

Peace cannot be kept by force;
it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein




Sunrise and trees, Prince Edward Island , Canada




Fire and sunrise beauty, New Brunswick , Canada




Icy Pond , Alaska




A Heron, Niagara on the Lake , Canada




A great show of Northern lights, Northwest Territories , Canada




Autumn Harvest , Saskatchewan , Canada




a painted lady butterfly, Ottawa , Canada




Coming off the mountain lights




Bobcat image on a summer day, Chalk River , Ontario , Canada




Clear flat water on the pond, autumn reflections




Colors of limestone rocks, Nova Scotia




Dillweed and web on a foggy morning, Cornwall, Ontario , Canada




Clouds continued to build, Manitoba , Canada




Cold Cardinal




Birds celebrating the First day of Autumn




Blue Lake , Canadian Rockies , Alberta




Browsing in the brush and high grass, Quebec , Canada




Clouds moving away to clear the setting sun, Ottawa , Ontario , Canada




A Pelican and the Setting Sun, Kingston, Ontario , Canada

[socafighter]

The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.


Mahatma Gandhi



Here comes the morning sunshine



Fire and Sunrise beauty




Camo mantis




Cape Breton Highlands , Canada




Visitors in tall grasses



Budapest , Hungary




Stepping on to the barnyard




Airborne




Beautiful Day in Chalk River , Canada




A Ruby throated hummingbird flying by..




cloud covered northern lights




Algonquin Provincial Park, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada




Male Flicker




Dahlia




A cutie bunny




beautiful flowers



Dragonfly hunting




A shot of the moon in the sky line as the sunset..




After heavy rain , clouds cleared for sunset

[socafighter]

While I thought that I was learning how to live,
I have been learning how to die.

Leonardo da Vinci




Morning at Nipissing First Nation, Ontario , Canada




Early Morning dip




As seen this morning at Dawn




Northern Lights




Early morning sunlight glistens on dew drops ..




Danube River, Dubova, Romania




Decew Falls is one of my favourite falls in the Niagara region




fall color burst




Eyes




Dragon resting




Enjoy the flowers of Fall




Eastern Kingbird




Everybody loves zinnias




Fall colours in Algonqiun Park




Found spider man lurking in one of my tomato plants




Full Moon over the Park




flower garden



Gorgeous yellow




Fiery Embers at sunset




Fun Sunset

[socafighter]

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

William Shakespeare



Sun is minutes from rising




Sunrise Clouds



Don't tweet with your mouth full




Sun and Fall...




Nahatlatch Lakes Alto, Lake Whistler , BC , Canada



Fairy mushrooms



East beach, Aaron park




Deer and Mountains




Face to face




Difficult to see anything other than silhouettes




Dragon fly tree




Fall Colors , Wainwright, AB




Dinner is served




Huntsville , Ontario, Canada




Heron catching a fish




Inuvik, NT




Kananaskis big horn sheep




Fall sun setting




Far away you can see the fog!




Harbor Sunset

[socafighter]

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it we go nowhere.

Carl Sagan




Pre dawn sunrise in Cole Harbour, NS




Saskatchewan Sunrise




Oh Noooooooooooo




Pretty Yellow




On Alert




Red hot chilli peppers from my garden




Prothonotary Warbler



Fall colors




Fascinating colors on the undersides of these clouds




Gray Comma




Fall Drive on the Dempster, Inuvik, NWT, Canada




Great horned owl




Fall Delights in pictures




Green Heron




Cloud formation in the east...




For Nectar




Enjoying the array of colour in the garden..




On A Mission






Rain coming over the mountain




Fiery Sky



Lemoine Pointe at sunset as rain was moving in..

[socafighter]

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Mark Twain




Island Sunrise




Morning's golden shimmer




From the lookout it's starting to look like fall




Angry clouds over the fields




Paradise for a day ...Alberta , Canada



Fall in The high Country , BC , Canada




Goodbye to summer




A little road farm , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada




Afternoon brought hope that the rainy days were finished , Manitoba , Canada




Dahlia's still growing strong




Difficult to see anything other than silhouettes




A rainy day




A dragonfly on the end of a cattail




Pipevine Swallowtail




Here's Looking at You!..BC , Canada




after a warm day, a beautiful evening sky




Eastern Phoebe




Grackles in a blue spruce




Evening Glow




First sunset of October