Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
You know that I like riding my bike down back lanes—stopping along the way to take photos. In the featured photo (above) you can see my bike resting while I take shots of an old garage. I love it when weeds and flowers push their way through concrete and gravel. I love that the garage …
Hollyhocks are the perfect flower for a back lane. They’re big and hardy and beautifully coloured. They distract your eye from the broken glass, potholes, and litter. I love walking or cycling down back lanes to find photo opportunities and there’s nothing better than finding beauty in a back lane parking lot. Sometimes people don’t …
It’s a stretch for me to take photos of the moon because I don’t use fancy camera equipment. I’m not interested in owning or hauling around a heavy camera bag. I love my tiny camera with it’s tiny zoom. I like that it fits in my pocket or can dangle from my wrist as I …
I rode my bike to McNally Robinson Booksellers for a curb-side pickup, the other day. It was a nice cool morning for a change and I got there a few minutes before they opened. The sky was cloudless at that time, clear blue, and while waiting I thought about how quickly a Manitoba prairie sky …
It’s summer now—really hot and humid in Winnipeg—so I’m feeling a bit lazy. I wandered slowly in my neighbourhood and took a few photos. An old house is now gone, but the developers, making what will likely be condos on the property, had to save the gate. I’ve always loved the balls capping the gate’s …
My dad passed away two weeks ago—about six months after my mom (you can see my tribute to Mom at https://louellalester.blog/2020/01/20/flowers-and-books/ ). The feature photo above shows the view from the last house in which Dad and Mom lived. Later Mom went to a care home and dad moved into an apartment which was not …
My latest Through Camera and Pen blog post is “Spring Blues and Greens.” Enjoy!
In my latest Through Camera & Pen blog post “Shadows Shake-up the Mundane,” that is what happens.
Posters advertising concerts, art shows, plays, and various other local events are common in the Osborne Village area of Winnipeg. I often see people stapling or taping them up. On other days I see people armed with utility knives stripping them down. Then they start building up again and so it goes. Lately, with events …
In my neighbourhood they’re tearing down a lot of old houses/buildings and replacing them with new apartment buildings or condos. It makes me sad, not because I always hate new architecture, but because I love the old buildings. I’m sorry to see the beauty and history disappear, often within in a day or two. Sometimes …
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