This is the view of my new town, Cochrane, Alberta, from the top of Big Hill Road bright and early this morning. The lights of the town nestled in the Bow Valley sparkle against the looming Rocky Mountains. Still on Eastern Standard Time, I got up in the chill, still...
Did anyone else just watch the Winter Classic? Wasn’t it just a fantastic salute to hockey? As I was watching the game (in my lucky Mike Palmateer jersey) I recalled a New Years Day back in high school when a game of shinny started the year off just right. It...
“If the Fates allow…hang a shining star upon the highest bow. And have yourself a Merry Little Christmas now.” The immortal lyrics of Ralph Blane’s 1943 classic Christmas song have been clanging around in my heart the past few weeks as I...
This past fall I had the extreme good fortune to be the official photographer for one of the most insightful, entertaining and worthwhile education projects of my 20 year career in this field, the results of which you can see in the collage above. Have you ever seen...
I’m sure I will look back on 2013 as the year I got a much needed break. The year when I learned how to enjoy taking photos of people as much as landscapes (Thanks TVO!) The year when I finally learned what is important in life – family, friends, and good...
I just got back from a wonderful snowy walk in rugged Belfountain Conservation Area with “The Publishing Gals” to find the Toronto Beaches boardwalk lined with twinkling lights. What a great start to December! It reminded me that this is the time of year...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.