White

Here's a variation of green and pink....

With a touch of white. And wrinkles.

Seen in Jaipur on the way to Amer Palace. I think chairs might be my next thing.

Green + Pink

Since we're on colours.....

Here are some that were taken outside of our hotel in Jaipur.

What a gorgeous pink shawl.

Another possible triptych?

Yellow + Blue

More blues and yellows.

These are from a boat ride in Bombay.

Paint

Speaking of paint...here are more samples of colourful India.

Could make for a good Benjamin Moore ad, no?

Man with Cart

Here's my Man With Cart (à la Hobography)
:)

Eyes

It's been a while since I posted a portrait, so here's one from our ride into Jaipur.    This boy was riding in the auto rickshaw beside us and our vehicle wasn't able to align with them long enough for me to get a shot (rickshaws are able to meander their way more easily through narrow streets and between traffic).  I was pretty happy to finally get this one.

Aren't his eyes magnificent?

Cinema

This one reminds me of a classic Bollywood film.

Boy sees beautiful girl standing on balcony as he rides by on his way to work.

How will this love story end?

360

We had dinner at the CN Tower's 360 restaurant this past weekend. When we used to live across the street from the tower, we always marveled at it's structure and enjoyed seeing the LED colours changing at night.  And the 360 restaurant has a magnificent revolving view of Toronto and is more than 351 metres (1,151 ft) from the ground.   The food and wine were fantastic, as well.  (Foodhogger will have to get on that ;) )

I'm now further convinced that La Tour CN really is a wonderful architectural and engineering wonder of the world, in our city.

Monkeys

Monkeys are abundant in India, roaming freely around streets and temples; and sometimes used as entertainment in monkey shows.

This was a bit of a sad sight on Marine Drive in Bombay.



In Jaipur,  at the Jaigarh Fort, monkeys were simply hanging about in trees and walking along the tops of the palace walls.


They look cute, but apparently wreck havoc in the city. Read this story on the monkeys of Jaipur, it's quite alarming.  It can't be easy living with these creatures, but because monkeys are considered sacred, they cannot be harmed and are dealt with by monkey-catchers!

Black and White

For a change, some black and white shots, from Delhi, Kerala and Agra.

Hawaii

So much for a photo a day :)

Here's one from Hawaii. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have some from my birthday weekend.

Earthquake

Toronto experienced an earthquake yesterday at 1:41pm.
(I didn't feel it though, as I was wobbling around on a bosu ball at the time)
It made me think about nature and how easily things can change within a matter of seconds.   So I thought I'd post up some photos from our Grand Canyon visit this past February.   There was SNOW there at the time!

Isn't nature astounding?

The Hiddema’s

We did a shoot at the Music Garden by the water on Saturday with the lovely Hiddema's. You may remember them from their baby shower not too long ago! In fact their baby Jasmine is all of four months old now and is just adorable! Her beautiful laugh and cheery desposition kept us happy throughout the shoot (and into lunch); what a trooper. She didn't make a fuss or cry ONCE all day! The lovely P & A were a treat for us to capture. Thank you so much for all the support you two! We had so much fun with you guys and look forward to watching baby Jasmine grow! We hope you love these as much as we do! xo

Berries

Most summers my niece comes to stay with us for a few weeks and one time we took her berry picking. I'd never been before, myself and had a wonderful time. Would love to go again. Which fresh fruit do you like to pick?

Backwaters

This one is from our trip to India this past February and one of our stops was Trivandrum, Kerala. We did a day-trip on the backwaters in Kerala.

This boy was very enthusiastic about getting his photo taken.

See more of my Kerala photos here.