Back on the 16th we did what was to become one of several 'photo hunts' as a family. We grabbed all the cameras we have (Good, Meh and the 2 Ugly) and headed over to Maplelawn Garden a gorgeous historic Walled Garden right here in Ottawa.
This place is one of my favorite little hide-y holes, I used to come here to read or veg after I moved out on my own... truthfully mainly for a little 'room-mate respite'. ;O) Even in the winter it's a peaceful shelter and so, so beautiful.
The array of photos always amazes me when we do these trips:Greg going for *the* picture or taking several exposures so he can mess around with them in editing later. Myself looking for 'stationary' for future Art Journal pages or pretty fleurs I can look back on over the winter months. The boyz... shooting anything and everything (and I mean eeeeverything) but always getting one or two pictures that put Greg's to shame (sorry hunny). I love the variety we get and am often surprised by what I choose to use later for projects.
This is *my* favorite spot, the bench on the right at the back. Your back is to the traffic coming down the road and I find it's sounds are completely muffled in this one spot . You can gaze out on most of the gardens, it feels as if you've slipped into Alice's Garden...
away...
far away...
The array of photos always amazes me when we do these trips:Greg going for *the* picture or taking several exposures so he can mess around with them in editing later. Myself looking for 'stationary' for future Art Journal pages or pretty fleurs I can look back on over the winter months. The boyz... shooting anything and everything (and I mean eeeeverything) but always getting one or two pictures that put Greg's to shame (sorry hunny). I love the variety we get and am often surprised by what I choose to use later for projects.
This is *my* favorite spot, the bench on the right at the back. Your back is to the traffic coming down the road and I find it's sounds are completely muffled in this one spot . You can gaze out on most of the gardens, it feels as if you've slipped into Alice's Garden...
away...
far away...
The sign on the way into the Walled Section:
The Main Manor House, which now houses The Keg restaurant:
View of the Garden from the back Left Corner:
When I see this lamp away behind the Manor House, beyond the stone patio, I think of Lucy's Lamp in Narnia... especially in the winter:
William and Arthur wandering the path on the Right, along the road:
View from the front-ish Left:
View straight down the center from the main entrance:
Closer to the central fountain/birdbath:
Another visitor to the Gardens?
More likely he's a full-time resident, nice digs!
This would be one of those surprise pictures the kids take...
This one was from William the finder of the fantastical:
Fleurs...
I like capturing the fleeting beauty of flowers. I can look back over our albums of pretties when it's cold and bleak outside... and remember:
More Fleur-y Goodness:
Pink!
Yellow!
and RED!
1 comment:
so how is it that I have been to this particular location of the Keg and knew nothing about the garden? Must make a visit!
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