When the Light Beckons © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott I was out for a one of my early morning walks to pray and take photos when I turned to my left and saw the most incredible light beckoning me. I simply couldn’t resist, so I chased the light to a place where […] [Read more...]
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Lot 35 @ Fairmont © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott I’m a pretty serious tea drinker. I’ve got a cupboard full of loose leaf teas, many of which are from plantations in Sri Lanka, India, and Kenya. Since my last visit to a Fairmont property they have changed to a new supplier for […] [Read more...]
© 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott I just did another trip to the fabulous Chateau Montebello in Quebec. I’ll be writing about the Chateau in summer soon, but I wanted to share this image I took of my wife while exploring some new areas of the property. This grand old ballroom/salle had a […] [Read more...]
“The Long Road Home” © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott Ahh, summer camp. For some of us this was a staple of our childhood, and it is definitely one for my children. I haven’t been posting often because we have been away for weeks at our church campground on Lake Ontario. This is […] [Read more...]
“Welcome to Summer” © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott The colors of summer are starting to pop! This shot was taken in a ditch along a road. The moist conditions there are allowing for all kinds of different wildflowers to grow there. I shot with a number of different lenses, but this shot, […] [Read more...]
“Wispy” © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott A visit back to a beautiful barn in Alberta, but the star here is the fabulous wispy clouds in the wide open blue skies. I paused on this shot until the gull flew into the zone that I wanted it in, and really liked that little […] [Read more...]
“Where the Buffalo Roam…” © 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott The old Western classic “Home on the Range” says, “Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam…” That place is in Alberta, Canada, where the once vast herds of North American bison that were nearly hunted to [Read more...]