Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
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 …
As everyone knows, we’re all stuck at home, so let’s enjoy ourselves with whatever we can. What better time to experiment with still life photos. I’ve always loved unique shoes, but knee injuries have left me wearing rather boring ones. Lucky for me I have a small collection (I lost a few last time I …
I tend to stay calm when things go crazy, I try to keep a realistic perspective, and do what needs to be done. Then, when it’s all over, I get a headache or snap at people or some of the hair at my temples will fall out. So, at this time, when some are anxious, …
We had a warm spell in Winnipeg and a lot of snow melted, then we had a clipper come through with snow and strong winds. When things calmed down, I went wandering with my camera and it struck me that every tire tread mark in the snow is unique, just like snowflakes. The strong …
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I decided to take photos with my iPhone as I walked to writing group on Thursday evening. It’s that time of the year where the weather is all over the place, not sure if it wants to warmup for good or get cold again. So the ground was a bit icy and I had to …
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I’ve been working to meet a deadline to revise my book manuscript for the publisher’s editor, so I don’t have much time to be super creative for this week’s blog. Hmmm, maybe I’ll share some sky shots from about four or five years ago, what the heck! I live on the prairies where the sky …
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There’s something about fog, especially when it’s combined with trees north of Winnipeg in the middle of winter, that just makes everything better. I’m not a big fan of winter. I don’t like bitter north winds and the way they fog my glasses. I don’t like having to bundle up or the time it takes …
Two things that my mom loved were flowers and books. Mom passed away a few weeks ago, so I’m posting photos of some of her favourites. And a nest of robin’s eggs, just because she liked that, too. She always had pansies, seen in the feature photo above, in her yard. And marigolds. And peonies. …
I used to like squirrels. I wasn’t crazy about them, but they were okay. Until the Patio Incident happened (if you want to read the Patio Incident Story it’s down below the photos). After that, I couldn’t shake the hate, but recently I’ve been trying to give squirrels another chance. A couple of weeks ago, …
I keep things pretty low key at this time of the year—the holiday season—for a number of reasons. I could talk about commercialization or my lack of religion, etc., but it’s mainly because with all the hype we can forget that it’s not a happy time for many people. Throughout my teaching career I taught …
