Pamela Perrault Photography
A passion for wildlife, woodlands and wildflowers.
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A Familiar Blanket
There is a quiet magic that arrives with late autumn, a subtle shifting of the seasons that we often notice with our senses before our eyes. Step outside at this time of year, and you are instantly greeted by the rich, earthy aroma of woodsmoke drifting through the cool air—some from neighborhood chimneys, some from…
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Festival of Leaves Week #6: A Royal Carpet
Welcome! While my camera and I usually wander much further afield, a quiet turn of events has kept me close to home again this week. Thankfully, nature has a wonderful way of bringing the show right to my doorstep. For Dawn’s “Festival of Leaves” I didn’t have to travel any further than our front lawn…
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A Beautiful Certainty
Today arrived wrapped in a seamless, comfortable gray, bringing a gentle rain that stripped the final colors from the neighborhood and left many trees beautifully bare. Inside, our day took an industrious turn as Cam tackled a stubborn leak under the sink, trading a quiet morning for a jigsaw puzzle of black plumbing pipes. Yet,…
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Monochrome Madness #72: Equilateral Triangles
This week, Sarah asks us to search for triangles in our photos. Not gonna lie, at first I thought I’d have to skip this one but… Mint Line Bridge East of Tilbury and spanning Baptise Creek, the Mint Line Bridge is a Warren Pony Truss with riveted connections. This bridge presents the classic “RRR” dilemma:…
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The Flower Hour #55: The Little Tree Who Would Be King
At the curve of our laneway stands another of our quiet companions—a fledgling oak tree, so far holding its own against the challenging Ontario elements. As anyone who knows me can attest, oaks have always been my absolute favourites — ever since I learned to climb the giant Oak in Dad’s garden. Our home is…
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Ailing Angel
Sometimes, words alone cannot quite carry the depth of our thoughts, so we must lean on the quiet language of the meadows to speak for us. Today, my thoughts are traveling across the miles to a dear creative friend and fellow photographer who is currently navigating a very difficult path and spending much of her…
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Sunday Stills: Favorite Vacation Places — Finger Lakes Region
If it’s autumn, it must be time to travel south of the border to experience and enjoy an enchanting escape. Or so it was. Years ago, when we called Cobourg home, our favourite mini-vacations took us just a few hours east and south across the border into upstate New York, destination — the picturesque Finger…
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Jack’s Letter November 2026
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Lens-Artists Challenge #420 — Wabi-sabi: The Impermanent and the Perfectly Imperfect
Happy Hallowe’en! When we wander the quiet paths, wetlands, and creek sides, we are too often focussed on those “picture-perfect” moments—the pristine flower, the unblemished wing, the flawless reflection. But nature rarely operates in a sterile gallery. This week’s Lens-Artists challenge asks us to lean into the beauty of the imperfect and the impermanent. But,…
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Bismarck’s Busyness
The crisp October air has brought a wonderful burst of energy to the lower level deck. Lately, I have been sitting quietly, completely captivated by the tireless industry of our local squirrels as they prepare for the long winter ahead. One particular fellow—whom I’ve fondly named Bismarck—visited recently with a prized butternut in tow, completely…
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Festival of Leaves Week #5 — Our Autumn Lantern
As the October days grow shorter, the familiar views around our quiet corners begin to shift in remarkable ways. It is easy to look past the things we see every single day, dismissing them as ordinary simply because they are familiar. This week, for Dawn’s Festival of Leaves prompt, I turned my lens toward a…
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Welcome back to our little corner of the woods!
If you step outside in Kingsville this afternoon, you might find yourself checking the calendar twice. It is a gloriously warm, sun-drenched day, and our wee patch of the Carolinian forest is absolutely putting on a show. The light is filtering through the canopy like liquid amber, casting everything in that perfect, lazy golden hour…
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The Flower Hour #54: The Hag’s Taper
As the autumn chill deepens and the shadows stretch long across the edges of the woods, our thoughts naturally turn to the more mysterious, atmospheric corners of the plant kingdom. Tonight, in my edition of Haunting Hues and Shadowy Blooms, I’m taking you off the familiar garden path and into the moonlit folklore of a…
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Sunday Stills: The Bug Lady’s Scary, Creepy Crawlies
The calendar tells us that Hallowe’en is creeping near, and today’s Sunday Stills prompt invites us to look at what is “scary” in the animal kingdom. Now, some folks might shudder, pass by quickly, or even shake a little at the mere mention of multi-legged critters. I seem to have earned the affectionate title of…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #419 — Monuments: Shadows and White Petals
“I dreamed I was in a great battlefield. I saw our men going by in thousands,and being mowed down by the enemy…Then I saw thousands of marching dead approach the mount. They threw down their arms and held up their hands for us to take…Without the dead we were helpless.So I have tried to show…
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Festival of Leaves 2026 Week #4: Splendour in the Subtle
‘Though few trees in Kingsville have changed yet, here in the Carolinian, there is a gentle enchantment in the autumn canopy that often gets overlooked in the rush for brilliant scarlets and fiery oranges. While the maples command the crowd’s attention, my eyes are always drawn down into the ravine to the soft, buttery yellows…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #418 – Memories: Redux
With thanks to Sofia. Memories of Cobourg One is a moment captured in time,Bright with the summer, vivid and prime.The other’s a dream on a yellowed old page,Whisking the shore to a textbook of age.A click of the shutter, a sketch from the mind—Two different ways to leave worries behind. As you all know by…
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The Flower Hour #53 — The Architecture of Autumn
The path of a simple wildflower leads to a stunning, unexpected final act. Nature’s Architecture: The Cages of Queen Anne’s Lace Sometimes, even though the blossoms fade, something profoundly interesting and intriguing is left behind. We often marvel at dandelion seed heads, but another late-season transformation that entirely fascinates me is the remnant of the…
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Making the Most of My Third Space*
Dedicated to the hands that tend our haven: Mary, Dan, Aase, Mark, and Susie. Third Space originally referred to locations away from both home and work — a cosy, neighbourhood venue where people could meet to mingle and chat. In the thirty-six years since the coining of that phrase, the definition and interpretation of what…
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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Colors of Lava and Black — The Boardwalk Dagger
Doing my level best to fit in with Terri’s chosen theme, this gorgeous caterpillar’s urticating setae have a distinctly orangish/tawny tone, depending upon how the sunlight hits them. Both the thoracic and abdominal segments along its trunk are a pure ebony tone. This is a lovely time of year to explore the boardwalk trail at…
