I am soooo confused! My original intent for this blog was an opportunity for my daughter and I to share some of our adventures in Haliburton County and to log our quest to check out every part of it! Now I am finding that as I attend a meeting, visit a show, attend an event, I want to run back and type up what I saw/heard or learned. This is definitely a departure from it's original intent. Since Christine is probably the only one who follows my blog anyway, I guess I might as well continue!

Yesterday I visited the Rails' End Gallery as Sheila Ziman told me there was a show by Joe Smith, a West Guilford photographer and camera collector. I am a lover of photography (my childhood dream was to become a wildlife photographer and work for National Geographic!), and this particular exhibit especially caught my eye as the photographs were done by pinhole cameras. When I was 12 I bought a book on how to develop photographs, and how to make your own camera. I made a pinhole camera with a small caredboard box, and developed the photos in my laundry room! Joe's photos are quite unique, several are in black and white and some are in hues of blue, yellow or red. The pinhole camera gives soft edges and a grainy look to the photograph - you would swear they were taken shortly after photography was first born! To top it off, Joe used local places that are easily recognizable. I travel all over the County as a real estate agent, and I recognized the locations of many of the photos such as the Beech Lake farm house, the Gelert Lambs 'n Ivy/Smokehouse business (a must visit on County Road 1 for all visitors to the area!), and St. Peter's Church at Maple and Beech Lakes - another beautiful place to visit! Yesterday was also the Frost Festival in Haliburton, and as I walked up the steps to the Rails' End Gallery there was an amazing smell - hot apple cider, and I hear the Beaver Tails were excellent!

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