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My Photo Albums

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• Bloedel Conservatory

• Bloedel Conservatory - Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver BC. August 10, 2024

• Vancouver and Burnaby - August 2024

• A trip to Vancouver and Burnaby. Sky Trains, Sea buses, lots of sight-seeing

• Gutsy Walk 2024

• Crohn's and Colitis Canada Gutsy Walk at Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Artery Lake Petroglyphs - 2024

• The main petroglyph site at Artery Lake on the Bloodvein River system, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario.

• Artery Lake - Landscapes

• Some scenery around Artery Lake and the Bloodvein River, Atikaki Provincial Park, Manitoba/Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario

• Artery Lake - Bald Eagles

• A juvenile and adult bald eagle hanging around the lodge and waterfall waiting for an easy meal of fish.

• Artery Lake Fishing Trip 2024

• Fly in fishing trip to Artery Lake on the Bloodvein River System, Atikaki Provincial Park, Manitoba/Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario.

• Narcisse Snake Dens 2024

• Every spring, thousands of red sided garter snakes emerge from their winter hibernariums to mate before they slither off to seek their own territory. Narciss, Manitoba, Canada

• Puerto Vallarta - Crocodiles

• During storms, American crocodiles can get pushed up the rivers toward the mangrove swamps inland. They get trapped in the rivers and can be seen from bridges in the city.

• Puerto Vallarta - January 2024

• Some scenes from the Puerto Vallarta area of Mexico

• Puerto Vallarta - Walking Tour

• Some photos from a walking tour of central Puerto Vallarta, including 'Gringo Gulch', Our Lady of Guadalupe, public art and architecture. January 9, 2024 visit-vallarta.com/adventures/tours/free-walking-tours/#g...

• Fish

• Headshots

• Fall Colours - La Barriere Park

• Fall Colours - Assiniboine Forest

• Fall colours in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Forest.

• Whiteshell Vacation 2023

• Red Rock Lake and vicinity, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba

• Manitoba Gymkhana Rodeo Association - Russell, MB August 6, 2023

• While on a weekend getaway to Asessippi, we toured around Russell, Manitoba. We heard the neighing of horses and stumbled on the Manitoba Gymkhana Rodeo Association exhibition. Kids, teens and adults from all around Manitoba show what they have painstakingly taught their horses, also known as 'Neigh-neighs' to one sweet little girl.

• Asessippi 2023

• Some landscapes and scenery around Asessippi winter park and the old Asessippi townsite

• Black Light Aquarium

• NYC for Rhonda

• NYC 2023

• 5 days in New York City, June 24-29, 2023

• Irises

• Some irises from my flowerbed

• Gutsy Walk 2023

• Gutsy Walk for Crohn's and Colitis Canada. June 4, 2023

• Water levels one year apart

• Water levels on Artery Lake in 2022 (high) compared to 2023 (low). Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario.

• Artery Lake Aurora

• Northern Lights over Artery Lake, Atikaki Provincial Park, Manitoba

• Artery Lake Petrographs (2023)

• Ojibwe petrographs on the south face of the Bloodvein River, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario

• Artery Lake Landscapes

• Artery Lake, Bloodvein River system, Atikaki Provincial Park, Manitoba/Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario

• Artery Lake Fishing Trip 2023

• Fly-in trip to Artery Lake, Atikaki Provincial Park, Manitoba/Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario

• The Leaf

• Some flora at The Leaf, in Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was like having a mini tropical vacation. A great way to spend a cold winter day.

• The Leaf Butterfly Garden

• The butterfly garden at the Leaf, in Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

• Rime Ice

• Some rime ice around my neighbourhood on New Years Eve day. Fog condenses on things in mild winter weather.

• Asessippi

• A brief vacation in western Manitoba. July 24 - 28, 2022

• Gutsy Walk 2022

• Gutsy Walk for Crohn's and Colitis Canada

• Artery Lake

• Wildlife, landscapes and pictographs from Artery Lake/Bloodvein River in Atikaki Provincial Park (Manitoba) and Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Ontario). There was extensive flooding and a late snowstorm, too. May 17-21, 2022

• Artery Lake Fishing Trip 2022

• Fly in fishing trip to Artery Lake in Atikaki Provincial Park (Manitoba) and Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Ontario). These are the head waters of the Bloodvein River.

• Wood ducks

• La Barriere Park fall colours Sep 18, 2021

• Red Rock Lake July 2021

• Red Rock Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba

• Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Winter

• Meteors and a comet

• Perseids meteors and comet NEOWISE as seen from Red Rock Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

• Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

• Black swallowtail caterpillars enjoying the dill in my garden.

• Coming in for a landing

• A Canada goose coming in for a landing to join another goose. View as a slideshow.

• Spring 2020

• Canada Geese, Bald Eagles and a downy woodpecker, among the melting snow and ice.

• Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2019

• Photos from around The Forks and The Exchange

• Lunchtime Photo Walk

• Walk around Portage and Main to The Forks and back. Same day as the Climate Strike.

• Kart Racing

• Eagle vs Ducklings

• While fishing on Caddy Lake in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park, we heard furious quacking and observed a young bald eagle trying to snatch ducklings away from their very protective mother.

• Folk Festival 2019

• Gutsy Walk 2019

• Deer At Assiniboine Park

• Assiniboine Park hosts a fairly large herd of white-tailed deer. I made it a point of visiting their hideouts.

• Crohn's and Colitis Canada 2018 Winnipeg Impact Conference

• The Regional GUTS Impact Tour Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre 1808 Wellington Ave, Winnipeg Saturday, October 20, 2018

• Camel Toe Cup 2018

• Camel Toe Cup Women's hockey tournament, cancer fundraiser.

• Red Rock Lake 2018

• Echo Lake 2018

• Fly-in fishing trip to Echo Lake in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park. Birds, sunrises, planets, float planes and more.

• Winnipeg Folk Festival 2018

• 2018-06-24 | Team Wawanesa at Paws in Motion

• Gutsy Walk 2018

• Winnipeg Chapter of Crohn's and Colitis Canada

• Water Bombers - Caddy Lake Forest Fire

• Duck Pond

• One of my favourite places to see and photograph waterfowl. The Assiniboine Park Duck Pond.

• 2018-04-21 | U of M School of Art Grad Show

• 2018-04-21 Provincials 14U M

• Linder Family

• Macro

• Fall Colours 2017

• Georgia's Journey of Hope 2017

• Fundraising run to find a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Parents should be planning birthday parties for their babies, not funerals.

• Vegetables

• Some nice veggies that caught my eye at the St Norbert Farmers Market

• St Ambroise Provincial Park

• Lake Manitoba Delta

• Dave

• Echo Lake 2017

• Winnipeg Folk Festival 2017

• Gutsy Walk 2017

• Crohn's and Colitis Canada Gutsy Walk. June 4, 2017 at Canadian Mennonite University.

• Spring in the Whiteshell

• A great time of year. The Aspens were just starting to leaf out, and they looked silver in the evening light on the way home.

• Dini's Surprise 55

• Gordon-King

• Some details of Gordon-King United Church, on Cobourg Avenue in Winnipeg.

• Water Polo Provincials 2017

• April 24, 2017. Bushido 10, Neptunes 9

• Herzlia

• 16 from 2016

• My favourite photos of the year.

• Stay in Costa Rica

• Costa Rica

• Costa Rica November 21-30, 2016 Monteverde, La Fortuna, Pacific Coast

• Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2016

• Annual open door, city wide art festival

• Chapman Morgan Wedding

• Georgia's Journey of Hope 2016

• Georgia's Journey of Hope fund raising run to end Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

• 2016-07-21 | Echo Lake Awards Night 2016

• 2016-07-21 | Echo Lake 2016

• Winnipeg Folk Festival 2016

• 2016-06-19 | YTV Spot

• Western Scrap

• Gutsy Walk 2016

• Gutsy Walk Fundraiser for Crohn's and Colitis Canada

• Water Polo Provincials 2016

• Water Polo Winter League Final

• Water Polo Winter League Game 5

• Water Polo Winter League Game 4

• Fort Whyte - First Day of Spring

• Ice, geese and deer.

• Water Polo Winter League Game 3

• Fog

• Foggy spring night at Assiniboine Park.

• Water Polo Winter League Game 2

• Manitoba Water Polo Association Winter League Game 2 at Seven Oaks Pool.

• Hypo Half

• Hypothermic Half-marathon. Sunday, February 21, 2016

• Top 2015

• A retrospective of my favourite photos shot by me in 2015

• MB Water Polo Tournament

• Manitoba Water Polo 3 on 3 Tournament Nov 7th and 8th, 2015

• Georgia's Journey of Hope 2015

• Fundraising run for Spinal Muscular Atrophy research. This year, it was reported that as a result of a clinical trial of gene therapy, there are 8 families of SMA babies that are planning birthday parties for their children instead of funerals.

• Manitoba Photo Events Photo Walk

• My picks from the Manitoba Photo Events Photo Walk at Assiniboine Park, September 13, 2015.

• Beetles

• Aurora Borealis

• The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) seen from Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

• Turtles

• Snapping Turtles and Painted Turtles, in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. Note: Snapping Turtles are badass. Do not mess with them.

• The Milky Way

• The Milky Way seen from Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park

• Turkey Vultures

• This flock of Turkey Vultures was hanging around the cabin during my fly-in fishing trip to Echo Lake in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park. They seemed to enjoy what remained after the fish were cleaned.

• Canada Day 2015

• Assiniboine Park Zoo

• CCFC Gutsy Walk 2015

• Gutsy Walk fundraiser for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada Manitoba Chapter. Held at Canadian Mennonite University Campus in Winnipeg on Sunday, June 7, 2015.

• 2015-04-11 | Manitoba Water Polo Provincials

• Guardians of the Children

• Guardians of the Children - Bud, Spud and Steak Fundraiser. The mission of Guardians Of the Children (GOC) is to recognize and react to child abuse and educate the public to do the same; to serve as advocates to provide strength and stability to families in crisis; and be an answer to the prayer of an abused child or teen for courage, support and protection. “Don’t Let Your Silence Drown Out Their Cries” www.guardiansofthechildrencanada.com

• 14 from 2014

• My best (in my opinion) photos from the past year.

• Georgia's Journey of Hope 2014

• These are some of my shots from Georgia's Journey of Hope, a fundraiser for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) research. SMA is like ALS, but it affects babies and is always fatal. My friend and coworker Mike Lucas and his wife Kristen lost their daughter Georgia to this heartbreaking disease. There have been some encouraging results with stem cell therapy, which could actually lead to a cure for ALS, too. There is some more information about the run here journeyofhope.houseoflucas.com and about Georgia's illness here georgialucaswpg.blogspot.ca Thanks and kudos to my employer, Great-West Life for matching the donations raised by the Great-West Life team. It really makes me proud to work for a great company. I was happy to do my part to help by taking photos at the event, which was very well attended on this beautiful, foggy autumn day.

• Swimming Deer

• I was fishing on Echo Lake with my buddy in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park, when we saw something in the water. As we got closer, we realized it was a deer. She seemed to know where she was going, and was surprisingly fast. We kept our distance so that she wouldn't be too stressed, but she still kept an eye on us and disappeared quickly once she got ashore.

• Echo Lake 2014

• Birds

• Street

• Canada Day Fireworks - Assiniboine Park

• As seen from Academy Rd and Wellington Crescent, overlooking the Assiniboine River

• La Barriere Park

• Humiliating squirrels for fun and profit

• Just so there is no doubt, I am not above humiliating squirrels for cheap laughs. No squirrels or horses were harmed in the making of these photos.

• 2014 Gutsy Walk

• Photos from the 2014 Gutsy Walk for Crohn's and Colitis Canada. All photos are donated to the Winnipeg Chapter. These photos may be used for non-commercial purposes only. Commercial use can be arranged with Crohn's and Colitis Canada and myself.

• Narcisse Snake Dens

• Every spring, tens of thousands of Red Sided Garter Snakes emerge from their winter dens to engage in a pheromone fuelled frenzy of fornication, with lots of small males swarming the larger females. You can hear the slithering as you approach the dens.

• Water Polo Provincials

• Spring

• Doors of Dublin

• Buildings in Dublin used to be heavily regulated in terms of how their exteriors could be altered (not very much). The only thing that could be changed was the doors, so Dubliners took a lot of pride in their unique and beautiful doors. This could explain why there could be a market for a store like 'Knobs and Knockers' not just because of the cheeky name.

• Dublin March 2014

• Festival du Voyageur High res

• Festival du Voyageur

• 2014-02-15 Bushido Games

• Boxing Day Photo Walk

• Philadelphia

• A fall day at the duck pond

• Assiniboine Park Duck Pond, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

• 2013 Kelby World Wide Photo Walk

• Manitoba Open Farm Day 2013

• Some of the animals at Fenez Follies Farm in La Salle, MB, participating in Manitoba Open Farm Day, Sunday, September 15.

• 2013-09-15 | Georgia's Journey of Hope

• I gladly volunteered to take photos of 'Georgia's Journey of Hope' 5K fundraising run/walk Sunday morning. My colleague Mike Lucas lost one of his beautiful daughters to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). His wife Kristen made a promise to her, and along with their family and friends they have been fundraising to raise awareness and help find a cure. journeyofhope.houseoflucas.com/

• 2013-09-06 | 500px photo walk

• Whiteshell Cloudscapes

• Bats

• Bats flitting about after sunset at Red Rock Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. These photos were all taken around 10:00 PM on two different nights in late July. The bats came out about an hour after sunset, and stayed out for about half an hour. They were all around the same size, slightly bigger than robins, smaller than pigeons. In some of the photos, their bodies have a red or brown colour, lighter than the wings. I think that they are Big Brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus), but I'm not sure and welcome any identification suggestions. Thanks to Bob Young of Bob's Bat Cave for helping with identification. www.thebatcave.ca/index.html Bats are hard to photograph in flight at night. These photos represent the best of dozens and dozens of shots, taken on four different nights, standing outside, being eaten alive by mosquitoes, firing off my camera whenever a bat flitted by and hoping for the best. I tried a few different focal length and flash brightness settings.

• Whiteshell Landscapes

• Around Whiteshell Provincial Park. Red Rock Lake, Rainbow Falls, Nutimik, Pine Point Rapids, McGillivray Falls

• Echo Lake Fishing Trip 2013

• Echo Lake July 2013

• Light Trails on Esplanade Riel

• Emptyful

• Google+ 2 Year Anniversary Photowalk

• CCFC Gutsy Walk 2013 Team Photos

• Team photos from the 2013 Gutsy Walk for the Canadian Foundation for Crohn's and Colitis. I will be adding photos of highlights from the event over the next few days. All photos will be donated to the Winnipeg Chapter of CCFC. These photos may be used for non-commercial purposes only. Commercial use can be arranged with CCFC and myself.

• MB Legislature Interior

• The Manitoba Legislature Building was open as part of 'Doors Open Winnipeg' this past weekend. The dome is nicely decorated on the inside and has great lighting.

• Spring 2013

• Sunrise and sunset at the Assiniboine Park duck pond and foot bridge. This is a great time of year, when the pond is still partly frozen, but the geese and ducks have started to come back.

• Portrait Photography

• Twelve from 2012

• Twelve of my favorite shots from 2012.

• Cityscapes

• Project Weather

• My submissions for Yahoo!'s Project Weather. These photos are used as context-sensitive backgrounds (location weather conditions, and time of day) for the Yahoo! Weather App.

• Lake Winnipeg at Night

• Winterscapes

• Omands Creek Park Railway Bridge

• There are a couple of railway bridges within walking distance of my house.

• Things to do with Snow

• Comet PANSTARRS

• Shot from Westview Park in Winnipeg

• Half Pints - Le Temps Noir

• Half Pints Brewery, my favourite local craft brewery launched Le Temps Noir, a bourbon cask aged imperial stout. Michael Z. and I went to taste it and pick up a few bottles. They were kind enough to let me go behind the scenes.

• Bohemian Waxwings

• A flock of bohemian waxwings came to visit a tree in my back yard. The berries usually stay on this tree until late winter. Only some birds seem to like them.

• 2012 World Wide Photo Walk

• 2012 Kelby World Wide Photo Walk. Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

• Harvest Moon, Assiniboine Forest

• Fall colours and moonrise in the Assiniboine Forest, September 29, 2012. The term harvest moon actually refers to the first full moon after the autumnal equinox.

• Fall Colours 2012

• Whiteshell Vacation 2012

• Family vacation at Red Rock Lake (and nearby locations) in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba.

• Dragonflies

• It was a cool and rainy day today, and I noticed this darner on the side of my house, seemingly in a torpor. He was still there this afternoon, so I managed to snap these. Nikon D90 Nikon Micro-NIKKOR 55mm 1:2.8

• Echo Lake Fishing Trip 2012

• My first fly-in fishing trip to Echo Lake in the Whiteshell Provincial Park.

• Prairie Dog Central

• A trip back in time on a steam train line.

• Hummingbirds

• New Orleans - Street

• Some shot from the hip street photos from around New Orleans. May 8-11, 2012.

• New Orleans - Musicians

• Some of the musical sights around New Orleans. May 8 - 11, 2012

• New Orleans - Colourful Buildings

• Some of the colourful buildings around the French Quarter of New Orleans. May 8 - 11, 2012.

• New Orleans - Audubon Aquarium

• Instagram Faces

• Instagram - Architecture

• Instagram

• Facebook isn't going to put spurious comments on my photos claiming that I support their advertisers.

• A Spring Day at the Duck Pond

• I went to the duck pond in Assiniboine park on Saturday, March 24th. There was still a bit of ice on the pond, and there were quite a few Canada Geese. They can be be pretty surly at the best of times, but a few of them were actively chasing off rivals. I went back on Sunday, and found that the pond had frozen overnight. The geese and ducks were slipping and sliding all over the place. While I was there, the sun came out and the ice started to melt, leaving open water in places where the geese and ducks would swim.

• Fort Whyte Alive

• It was a beautiful spring day and I went with my family to our nearby nature reserve and education centre.

• Things are looking up, Winnipeg

• Looking up at some of the architecture in downtown Winnipeg.

• Exchange District

• Winnipeg's Exchange district was almost deserted on xmas Sunday, apart from the bustling dim sum restaurants in old Chinatown. What better way to start a photo walk?

• Winnipeg Fire Department

• Taken at an open house at the fire station on Grosvenor and Renfrew St

• Fall 2011

• 2011 Worldwide Photo Walk

• Some photos from my participation in the 2011 Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk

• Building the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

• Some shots of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights under construction.

• Sunset and Moonrise

• The moon was rising over St Boniface while the sun was setting.

• M&G

• iPhoneography

• I started playing around with Camera+ and Instagram on my iPhone. I use Aperture 3 for photo editing, but find this to be a lot of fun, in the spirit it is intended. Also, Aperture doesn't run on my iPhone. If the photo wasn't taken with my iPhone, it was edited on it. If you are on Instagram, I post under 'Bergersoft'.

• Summer Vacation 2011

• Once again we went out to Red Rock Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park in Eastern Manitoba.

• Yellow and Orange

• WPC Landscape

• This set was taken at the Winnipeg Photo Community group shoot in Westview Park (affectionately known as Garbage Hill, since it is a landfill site). I love taking pictures in the evening light.

• WPC Macro

• Photos from the Winnipeg Photo Community group macro shoot at the Assiniboine Park English Garden and Leo Mol Sculpture Garden.

• Esplanade Riel

• The bridge over the Red River leading to Provencher Blvd is, in my opinion, one of the most visually appealing features of the Winnipeg skyline. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is under construction at one end, and Winnipeg's French Quarter is at the other. I took a few pictures on Canada day, but I was drawn back to the bridge the other night, thinking that the evening light would be really nice on the bridge. I was lucky to find the moon rising over the old St Boniface Basilica, and occasional flashes of heat lightning.

• Leo Mol Garden Lily Pond

• Ponemah Pier

• We spent the afternoon at the beach at Ponemah, on Lake Winnipeg. I went back around sunset, because I knew the light would be nice on the pier.

• Butterflies

• Pembina Valley Provincial Park

• Chicago - May 2011

• Weekend getaway to Chicago

• Cloud Gate, Chicago

• Some photos of the Cloud Gate (coffee bean) in Chicago's Millenium Park

• Apr 09, 2011 Spring in Winnipeg

• Some photos of early spring in Winnipeg.

• Fall 2010

• A Maze in Corn, October 6, 2010

• Summer Vacation 2010

• We spent two weeks at Red Rock Lake in the central Whiteshell and went exploring the surrounding area.

• Jacob 2010

• Winnipeg Architecture at Night

• Winnipeg has some great buildings, and they look great at night. I will add to this collection as I get some more shots.

• Winnipeg Clinic

• The Winnipeg Clinic building on St Mary Ave is an example of modernist architecture. The building was first built in 1942 as a two-storey limestone and glass-block building, it was extended in 1947 and finally once more in 1961. The architect was Frank R Lount. I work across the street and keep expecting to see George Jetson zoom in, late for work.

• Folk Festival

• We spent Saturday, July 10 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Birds Hill Park

• Wolseley

• We went for a family bike ride down Wolseley Ave in Winnipeg, stopping to play and shop.

• Metamorphosis

• The metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a painted lady butterfly.

• Roller Derby

• We were out for dinner and we saw a poster for Roller Derby. 'We've never done that before. It sounds interesting', we thought. It was a match between the Murder City Maidens and the Fargo-Moorhead Roller Girls. The photos speak for themselves.

• Mating Coots

• A pair of coots in a mating display.

• McGillivray Falls

• Some photos from the McGillivray Falls hiking trail in Whiteshell Provincial Park, from late spring 2010.

• Old Favorites

• These are some of my old favorites.

• Playing with Colour

• My new Nikon D90 has a feature called 'Picture Controls'. There are presets that mimic film types like Fuji Velvia or Kodak Ektachrome or Kodachrome. These were taken with the 'Vivid' setting.

• Mayan Riviera 2010

• We needed a vacation. We went to Mexico. We had fun.

• Summer 2009

• We spent a week at Red Rock Lake in the Whiteshell, and then a few days at Fairmount B&B near Minnedosa. I also got in a day of fishing on Lake of the Woods.

• Owl

• The owl was perched on the wires just outside our family room picture window. It had a perfect view of our budgie. Mmmm... budgie. According to Dave Flight, it's an Eastern Screech Owl (gray morph). It didn't make any sounds when I saw it. Not a peep, a hoot or a screech.

• Summer 2008

• Some pictures our summer vacation in the Whiteshell and Lake of the Woods.

• Jessica Lake 2006

• Some photos from our summer vacation at Jessica Lake in the central Whiteshell.

• Summer 2005

• Some photos from the summer of 2005. We did a road trip out west, through Jasper, Edmonton, Banff and Calgary. We also spent some time at West Hawk Lake and Lake of the Woods.

• Manhattan 2005

• We managed to get a weekend away together in New York City.

• Summer 2004

• We went on a bed and breakfast holiday across Western Manitoba, and spent some time at Lake of the Woods.

• Mushrooms, Fungus, Moss and Lichens

• I love finding mushrooms and fungus growing outside. Sometimes I am surprised by where it is growing, and how alien it looks. I love taking pictures of them, too.

• Abandoned Farm

• We were driving back from a trip out west, and we went off the beaten path in Saskatchewan. We found an abandoned farm and I thought it looked very photogenic. The mosquitoes were ferocious, but we managed to get a few pictures before they drove us away.

• Cuba 2002

• Some pictures from my trip to Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba in February, 2002.

• Paris - June 2001

• Costa Rica 1998

• Belize 1996

• My Dad - The War Years

• My dad was in the Polish brigade of the Red Army during the second world war. He was born in Lvov (AKA Lemberg) in 1923. At that time, Lvov was part of Poland. When war broke out in 1939, the authorities came to take my grandfather to a Russian work camp. He had injured his back, so they took my 16 year-old father instead. My dad had mechanical aptitude, having worked in a bicycle factory. When Russia turned against Germany in 1941, he was conscripted into the Polish Brigade of the Red Army. He was a driver and a mechanic, driving trucks that started airplanes. Later he became a tank driver, driving a T-34 tank and fought in some of the major tank battles. He finished the war as a driver for Colonel Malutin, who was later appointed a General. My dad had many medals, which he said were for surviving. He left them behind in France when he and my mom came to Canada in 1950. I scanned these photos after he died in 2004.

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