The Barrie waterfront is one of my favourite spots to spend the day in the summer. However, April visiting is another story. Despite the warm sun it was horribly cold with strong bitter winds, we weren’t there for long. There is a beautiful large fountain on one of the penninsula’s that I wanted to photograph but it was not running this early in the season. I was disappointed to find that it was the same throughout the Barrie area – the interesting places I had hoped to photograph were not yet open to the public.
The Spirit Catcher Sculpture, an impressive Barrie Landmark at the waterfront. It dwarfed my three grandchildren, who were very good sports about yet another photograph even though they were freezing! I liked the distortion of the city in the background in this one, taken with a wide-angle lens; I’m thinking a fisheye just might be a fun addition to my equipment at some point. More on this sculpture and Barrie, ON here.
Despite the cold there were still people boating, fishing off the shore and walking the many pathways on this sunny Sunday. Even though we live in a more northern area of Ontario, we found the Spring dampness and cold strong winds of Barrie much harder to take!
