Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
About a week ago, I went walking with a group of women in the Assiniboine Forest. It was a perfect day, not too hot or too cold. This forest, one of the largest urban nature parks of its kind, is on the southwest side of Winnipeg. It has lots of aspen and oak trees, many …
When I’m taking photos I just go for things that catch my eye. I try to capture shots that are not the usual, though sometimes the expected looks right through the camera. I often don’t know if I’ve succeeded in getting a good shot until I look at it on the computer, later. I have …
Storefront flowers are not always the most unique or exotic flowers, but they are lucky because they get watered. These flowers, down along south Osborne, in Winnipeg, do brighten up the city during a summer with very little rain. Happily, as I’m putting this blog post together we are getting some much needed rain. Yay! …
The space between my apartment building and the townhouses along the river is mainly concrete, with some planters and a few flowers. It’s been such a hot summer, so sometimes I feel sorry for the plants wilting in the sun. One day, when I returned from a bike ride, I stopped to take photos of …
I enjoy looking at old buildings next to new ones, even if I don’t really like the new building’s design. I want to see how the old ones, often dwarfed alongside the new, hold up. This old apartment building on Assiniboine Ave in Winnipeg, backed by the Assiniboine River, seems to have been spruced up …
Even if you really enjoy writing, it isn’t always easy. Sometimes you have an idea on the tip of your mind, but it just won’t come through. You type out what you have, though you know it’s not good. You print it out and scribble thoughts all over the page in pen. You put it …
Between my apartment building and the river there’s a row of townhouses that, luckily for me, are low enough to allow a view from my windows. On the far side, the townhouses balconies jut out almost over the river. On the side facing my building, it’s not as exciting, though a few years back they …
Spring finally arrived in Winnipeg and turned itself into summer for a few hot days. This was followed by rain, which we really needed and still do. So, like it seems to happen here, one day there are leaf buds and the next thing you know the leaves are all back. And everything is green, …
Prompt photos aren’t photos that are always on time…hmmm…but maybe they are, because they can give you ideas for stories or poems when you most need them. I often use photos I’ve taken to get ideas for pieces of writing. Today, I’m sharing some of these photos, along with the titles of the stories they …
Spring is really taking it’s time arriving in Winnipeg this year. Warm one day, cold the next. And it’s dry. This means new plant-life is scarce—everything’s dull brown and greyish. I wanted to brighten up my photos a bit, so I took some of my favourite rings outside. Enjoy! I hope temperatures have improved and …
