A local gem in Orleans is Petrie Island and it’s Beach. The Island hosts a lot of wildlife and you never know what you will see in the sky.
Petrie Island Wildlife




























Gatineau AirShow – Red Arrows – from Petrie Island Beach















































Photography
My wife had received a gift of a Guesswhere Trip from her former co-workers when she retired (to join the Imalaird Team full time), We decided to use it while our friends from Scotland were visiting. Not knowing where we were going until we opened the envelopes provided, we ended up travelling to Perth, Westport and Jones Falls, Ontario. A round trip of about 300kms and it took all day. It was a great day out!
PERTH
Westport
Jones Falls
I thought I took way more photos, but I guess I was driving. We had a super day out with a visit to the Occurrence in Merrickville. Canada’s only manufacture of Puzzles. If you are in the area, I would suggest you include this stop. We had a walk up and down the main street and a picnic at the Locks.
We then drove down to Brockville and visited the historic Train Tunnel and afterwards we had a walk along the riverfront and had Ice Cream and saw one of the Golden Arrows Aircraft.
We then drove down the 1,000 Islands Parkway and had dinner in Gananoque.
WOW! Where did summer go? We were busy with house renovations (actually they are still ongoing) and we finally stopped for a couple of weeks to host some very good friends and fellow photographers from Scotland.
Our first photographic stop was the Princess Louise Falls in Orleans. The weather was not super cooperative and the second crop of mosquitoes were out in full force. So it was a quick visit, but we got a couple of nice shots.
Our Allums are huge this year. So magnificent in fact that a couple of fellow photographers have stopped by to take photos and take some home for studio work. I love these in our garden as they remind me of Fireworks caught in motion.
I used my flash to brighten up the blooms. It was an interesting experiment.
A little behind in posting photo’s as the Imalaird Offices are being renovated. In the process, I also lost most of my photo editing software. We are all now back and updated with the latest and greatest. Hopefully that makes a difference. Please be patient and I will work on getting the photos loaded.
We had a wonderful weekend up at our friends cottage for the long weekend. We had some amazing weather (summer like) and the bugs hadn’t figured out what they were doing yet.