End Of Summer 2018

     So it's the Labour Day weekend and Summer is pretty much over. I know, I know, Summer doesn't officially end til September 21st, but, the kids go back to school on Tuesday, so for all intents and purposes it's pretty much done.

    I'm always somewhat ambivalent about this holiday weekend. While I lament the passing of the long warm days of Summer, I also happily anticipate the coming of Autumn, my favourite time of year.

     I had a pretty quiet summer this year. Apart from a few trips to Hamilton, Ont. to view the Vivian Maier exhibit at the Art Gallery of Hamilton       http://refractivereasoning.blogspot.com/2018/07/finding-vivian-maier-and-searching-for.html and to try my hand at the art of street photography, I didn't travel much. I did manage to get away for a few days for a brief trip to Tobermory, Ont. and a little tour along the Lake Huron shore down to Goderich. I always enjoy the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay area. While in Tobermory, we took a sunset cruise along the Bruce Peninsula. It was beautiful to spend a Summer evening out on  Georgian Bay. 

 

Lake Huron Shoreline, Goderich, Ont.

                                                                                                                                                     I've been updating my collection of local images for use in the postcards and prints that I market here in beautiful Paris, Ontario. This Summer, the local B.I.A. installed hanging flower baskets on both the William St.  and Nith River bridges. It's a minor thing perhaps, but it provides a nice splash of foreground colour to photographs that I have taken dozens of times. In regard to my fledgling little photo business and local photography in general, I have a couple of interesting irons in the fire. Nothing is carved in stone yet and I don't want to jinx things  by  reporting too soon. But stay tuned, things could get kinda cool! 

   

 So, as the Summer of 2018 draws to a close, I've got enough stuff  happening to keep the shutter buttons clicking and the hard drive on my computer heating. Much as I love the long  days of summer,  for me, life really begins in the fall.

                               ...more later