Nova Scotian Still Lifes

Well, the fog has given way to the rains and so far our usual long nature walks that i am so fond of have been postponed for now. That doesn't mean i won't step out into the weather from time to time for a nice watery shot, but those 12 hour hikes along the craggy coastline can be a bit daunting in this kind of weather.
We did have a bit of sunshine at the start, as you will see in these still lives, some interior, some exterior and i remain hopeful for some clearing near the week's end.

©David Sorcher 2013

©David Sorcher 2013

Morning light breaks brilliantly in my in-laws home. The sun rises over the inlet in their backyard and floods their house with a beautiful orange-tinged glow. I love its selective fall as it highlights certain objects around the east facing rooms of the house in pockets of happy sunshine. 

©David Sorcher 2013

©David Sorcher 2013

As the day moves on the interior light becomes more diffused. My mother in-law, Catherine, reaps a fine bounty from the land. This year yielded a pretty good peach crop (they also have apple and pear trees) and though i was told the season wasn't a good one for tomatoes this year they sure seemed plentiful (and delicious) to me. 

©David Sorcher 2013

©David Sorcher 2013

©David Sorcher 2013

I debated whether i should include these flower shots in with my still lives. The flowers in the Pross Gardens are the providence of my father in-law, Paul, and he certainly puts meticulous planning into the arrangement of plants for their optimum visual appeal. So while at first thought perhaps they are a nature subject i decided that their intentional placement landed them on the side of still life.  

©David Sorcher 2013

Of course once you remove the flowers from nature and place them in a vase to brighten up a room there is no debate in my mind that we are fully in the category of still life. This poor fellow was all tuckered out from a day or two off the vine, but i saw a special quality in it's droopy beauty that i felt needed to be captured before being thrown to compost and replaced with a fresh bloom. 

©David Sorcher 2013

I'll leave you with just one more, shot late in the day as the setting sun passed through the open front door of the house to create dappled patterns of light and shadow in the foyer. These shoots from our first two days up here were our only good sunny days so far. While there is much to be said for the moody atmosphere and mystery of the mist and the fog i am hopeful that we will see just a wee bit more of ol' Mr. Sun before our time here is done.  :-)