cyclists

PERTH ROAD, ON: More than 2,000 cyclists took over County Road 10 in June to bike from Ottawa to Kingston. Rest stops were set up along the over 200km route, which cyclists completed in one grueling day. (Meghan Balogh)

raspberry picking

NAPANEE, ON: Olivia, 3, and Luke, 2, pick raspberries at their grandparents' farm on an overcast Monday morning. (Meghan Balogh)

Alpacas

ELGINBURG, ON: Richard Cullum visits with an alpaca cria on his farm near Kingston. The Cullums keep nearly 50 alpacas on Evergreen Farm, and sell fleece products in their on-site shop. (Meghan Balogh)

the trail to water

Casey and Chloe take the familiar trek from their summer pasture to the water trough.

Padre

Padre David Donevan recently presented photos and stories of his experiences as a padre at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan, where he spent six weeks this past winter.

Renaissance Farm

J.P. Lalonde has been a sheep farmer for more than 20 years. He keeps a flock of close to 300 sheep at his farm north of Kingston, Ontario. He also breeds, trains and competes border collies at sheep dog trials.

Kim Ondaatje, Canadian artist

Recently I did a story on Kim Ondaatje, who in March of this year won a Governor General's Award for outstanding contribution to the arts. It was a pleasure to be able to speak with this woman and see her home. She is truly amazing -- at 81, she is still maintaining her large rural property mostly on her own, and keeps four energetic dalmatians.

Read the full story here
(the photo they posted looks terrible)

"The Dals" (as she calls them):

Spotted horses

Dotty (aptly named) and her 2-week-old foal, Zoey.
Horses of the Appaloosa persuasion.

On his 90th birthday

Tom Brooks, World War II veteran, celebrated his 90th birthday near Sharbot Lake, Ontario on March 17. Tom's brother Murray travelled from British Columbia to be with his older brother on his birthday. It was the first time the brothers had seen each other for several years.

Larry Scanlan, author

I took these photos as part of a "notable Canadian" assignment.
Pictured is Larry Scanlan, a best-selling author. He mostly writes biographies of historically-renowned horses.
Oh yes, and that's Dusty.

the post where the photographer establishes her blogging presence

Apparently blogging is the new way to share photos.
So, here I am!