Fresh Pineapples
	Last summer, I bought three fresh pineapples and, as always, before they could be eaten, I just had to photograph them! (I spend way too much time in the grocery store admiring colours and shapes and textures when buying fruits and vegetables these days.) These were shot outside, on a beautiful summer day.

Pineapple Skin
	This pineapple is of the same group of three as above. I wanted to get as close as possible to the fantastic colours and textures of the skin! Don't they look like like a group of green peppers squashed together?

Pink Tulips
	These pink tulips were fresh - in the middle of winter. There's nothing like a bouquet of fresh flowers in the middle of winter to remind you that spring *will* come. I photographed them in the kitchen (for the overhead lighting) using fabric as the backdrop.

Begonia
	Flowers fascinate me. The wonderfully amazing lines, incredible colours and intricate shapes are magical. I love to photograph them but I love to paint them even more. So many artists I talk to have no interest in florals of any kind but I find them fascinating.

Fiery Heart Fiery Heart is a rotated and cropped version of the begonia above.   I love the inner world of a flower. I love to shoot them and I love to paint them. I use a DSLR that allows me to get very deep into the heart of the begonia.  The magical thing about shots like this is that you tend to feel like a little fairy that can actually step into this incredibly beautiful spot.  The reds and the yellows look so fiery and I love the way the colours blend together.  Mother Nature wields a mighty paintbrush!!!

White Begonia

Begonias are so beautifully lush with colour and texture that it's difficult not to be attracted to them.  I love to shoot them and I love to paint them. The lines and curves and colours are just so amazing when viewed from so close.  It's like a whole other world.  Even though this one is white, if you look closely, you can see a myriad of colour in those whites. Magical!  Something else that draws me to begonias is the waxy look of their huge leaves.

Monstrosity on Main Street How would you like to have this on one of your main streets? I live in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada and this bridge crosses the St. Lawrence River to land in the USA, with a pit stop in Akwesasne on Cornwall Island. (There's actually two bridges and this one is on the Canadian side.) As you drive down one of the main streets, you drive right along beside it. (It's a little scary when you hear and feel transports **rumbling** along, way up high over top of you! But, it's coming down soon, to be replaced by a much lower one and will be much closer to the river instead of right smack in the middle of one of the main streets. This high one was built to allow large ships to pass through the Seaway, but at this point of the St. Lawrence Seaway System, they pass under the bridge on the American side. I shot this photograph because of the reflections in the street!  This was entered into EBSQ's Urban Street Photography show and was delighted when it won the Patron's Choice Award.