Essex and Erie

[vaneramos]

This photo is not typical of the area where I grew up (there are usually more trees than one would see on the Prairies or Great Plains), but it accentuates how flat the land is in Canada's two most southerly counties, Essex and Kent. This was taken alongside Highway 3, near Merlin, Ontario where it follows the Lake Erie shoreline.

The next photo was taken on the opposite side of the road, showing the height of the sand bluffs. In the 1970s my parents (like most of our neighbours) had tonnes of limestone rock dumped to prevent high water from eroding our property this way. Now our bluff is densely overgrown with trees and shrubs. Water levels have fallen and willows are beginning to take root on low dunes.



Both the previous photos were taken on my drive home yesterday.

The next two were taken on Thursday near my parents' house when a thunderstorm moved through around dinnertime.














Two more images of the thunderstorm are posted in weather_pics: prelude, and storm front.

Finally, here's one more bonus image of the Detroit skyline taken from Dieppe Gardens in Windsor earlier the same afternoon.

Comments

Re: Nice photos. Though the first photo...

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I've heard a lot about the series, but have yet to see an episode.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

OMG those are so evocative of time and place. I can practically taste the air.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Bill. There's something distinctive about that area in summer: sultry would be a good word if it wasn't overused. It's like all of Southern Ontario, but condensed. There's nothing more sexy than the full moon over Lake Erie on a sweaty, breezy August night.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

There's nothing more sexy than the full moon over Lake Erie on a sweaty, breezy August night.

the images are great and that sentence alone gives me the chivers.
wooooof

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Under the poplars rolls a grassy, hot darkness. Nearby waves roar rhythmically upon the beach, scattering silver, swallowing all sound.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

woof
very hot and erotic sounding stuff
hmmmmmmmmmmmm nice

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Some men inspire words like that. :-)

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Nonsense! that first photograph isn't flat at all! There's a teeny tiny nubbin off to the left. (Actually, the photo of the lake was bumpier than that of the grassy field--reminds me of Indiana.)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

That's no teeny nubbin. The farmer just spilled some fertilizer. ;-)