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Amazing field in Roseville, Ontario

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I had a pretty good day driving around.  Except it seemed like everyone was tailgating me!   It was like the national sport today.    I even saw a lady tailgating a school bus.  How wrong is that?

 

Here is an image I would like to share.    This is just outside of Roseville, Ontario, which is between Cambridge and Kitchener.   There is something about this field that always catches my breath it is so beautiful.   It’s like the perfect field.   If I am driving north towards Kitchener, then the field rises into view as I drive along the road.   Broad, vast, and it moves upwards in a wave-like motion.  I imagine they use this when the international plowing match is held here.  

Every time I see the field it looks different.  (Today, being late November, it has the silvery-golden look, no, more like a metallic golden look, almost like “white gold”.  It’s a brilliant colour and one I’m not sure the camera picks up.)  You can almost feel the cold air and warm sunshine as your eve moves across the image.  It reminds me of an ocean, with the waves coming in.  Or a ski slope and what fun it would be to ski down across the rises and falls.   Look at the variation in colour.  And how the sunshine and clouds make playful strips of light/ dark across the landscape.   I didn’t plan it this way but I love how the top of the photo is sunlit. The dark green evergreens are a perfect border.  

You will see more of this field in future posts :-)

Until next time.... / Susan

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Driving in rural Waterloo Region... Thoughts on blogging, imperfection and changing colours

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I have recently begun to think more about sharing my experiences driving through the rural Waterloo region, and all that I see and reflect upon.

In the past I haven't felt motivated to post a blog unless I take an "exceptional" photo.  Ah, how perfectionism and the fear of criticism can get in the way of sharing.... :-/

Lately however I have been thinking I should post anyhow if I have something I want to show or share. 

One of the things I love about rural driving is that I get to see the slow transition of colours from season to season.    We all love the full blown colours of fall but I find the migration from orange and red to November's silvers and browns equally beautiful.  And late fall into winter, and so on.

I think the reduction of colour makes me more aware of which colours do exist.

Here is a photo of a "roadscape" (I just made that up I think) :-)  This is in Cambridge off highway 97.

 

Notice the colours are subtle here... try to name the colour of the trees!  To me it's brown/ rust/ remnants of orange/ and  (?).  The sun picks up the slightest bit of yellow.   Here is another view, turning left.  Isn't it lovely in its own quiet way?  

Then just for fun I extracted several of the colours and put them together - check this out: 

Isn't it lovely?!

I hope you enjoyed looking this over.  

More photos and thoughts going forward!

~Susan