It’s Still Autumn

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 | drawandshoot

River’sEdge1, Early December 2015

River’s Edge2, Early December 2015

River’s Edge1, Early December 2014

River’s Edge2, Early December 2014

In the infancy of December 2014 the air was very cold and the river was all frozen jagged edges – sculptural and almost colourless. It felt like deep winter. But there is no ice in this early December, no snow. Just gentle waves lapping the soft shoreline.

[click on an image to see the bigger picture – top images from this Dec, bottom images from last]

Flight Patterns, Too

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 | drawandshoot

When you find a swing hidden away in the greenspace… : )

[Self portrait in ‘flight’]
© Karen McRae, 2015

While Waiting on the Tide…

September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 | drawandshoot

Hiking the shoreline of Bic National Park (parc national du Bic) in Quebec, waiting for the water to push out a little further so we are able to pass around boulders and cliffs that are only passable during low tide. While stopped and listening to gently crashing waves and breathing in salty air this little red fox appears from the scattered boulders waiting with us until the water will recede enough for the hike to continue.

We are walking beside the immense St. Lawrence River (Le fleuve Saint-Laurent) as it opens up to the Gulf of St Lawrence, which then flows into the North Atlantic Ocean. The river becomes tidal somewhere around Quebec City, about 300 km upstream of where we are walking and it does feel like being on the cusp of the ocean.

September might be the best month to take a vacation. The best time for missing the summer crowds and peak insect season while still basking in (mostly) gorgeous weather.

Evening Aria

August 19, 2015 | drawandshoot

In-camera multiple exposures of the mutable river and sky ~ intimate and still, wide open and wild. The summer heat sends the mind (and perhaps the body) to the water.