Posting the Unposted

Some photos get left behind in my Blogger folder because they didn't quite fit with what I wanted to post whatever I wanted to post at the time. I have decided to gather them and drop them here today in one fell swoop.

Let me begin with the Blue Spoon Atelier, a little cafe in a downtown corner. They have yummy goodies, among which are blueberry scones, and they are my faves.

I took a short solo spin on Sunday whilst Sue was otherwise engaged. I drove along a rural road just outside of town where I have often found great colour, but I was much too late for photo ops this year. I turned along another road and saw some colour down a path beyond a fence, but you can see the plethora of leaves covering the ground. A nice enough pic though.

I've had this selfie in the queue since September.

This is a downtown barbershop that I photographed, mainly for the odd wicker loveseat out front. To add interest, I converted the image to mono but left colour in the open sign and in the barber pole. It was only later that I realized that I should have also coloured the reflection of the pole. I miss a lot of details. 

I seem to remember a time when barbers were scarce, but they've made a comeback, and we have a number of them in town, but I just hand my clippers to Sue for my needs because barbers give no discount to those of us with little hair.

There is a deteriorating clock tower on the old federal building. I had never photographed it from this angle from a side street. The daytime moon was a bonus. I wish that the clock and tower could be maintained in some way. Even if the clock itself were to be beyond repair, perhaps general further deterioration could be halted.

There was an old sap bucket for sale when we went to Wheelers. I may or may not have posted a colour version when I reported on that outing.

All of the above photos were taken recently, but sometimes I reedit old photos and stick them in my Blogger folder. I found this tractor from 2017, believe it or not. I was never thrilled with the photo, but putting a blight radial blur around it made it more interesting to me.

Finally, there are the blue jays from October 2018. These are somewhat poignant to me because it was our last holiday at Sue's sister's cottage due to changing family dynamics. Shauna has offered to drive me there for a daytrip  to visit my former brother-in-law. That is very kind of her, but I have declined her offer for now, largely because I am not sure that I want to be there without Sue or her sister, Heather. My happy memories involve being there with both of them.

That was all brought up by a FB reminder of this photo.

Both Heather and I took numerous photos of the bluejays from sets that Heather would design on different days. I would set up my camera, take a number of exposures with jays in different places around the feeder. Because the camera remained on a tripod, I was able to easily blend several photos together.

While I am here, reflecting on the time there, below are two more photos of other setups that Heather created.

I think that takes care of most of the loose odds and ends for now.