Happy New Year - Auld Lang Syne

FOR AULD LANG SYNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWJCzJfuw0

WISHING YOU ALL

A HAPPY, PEACEFUL & PROSPEROUS

NEW YEAR 2016

As we usher in the New Year 2016, let us hope for love, not hatred, and pray for Peace throughout the world, for those affected by war and natural disasters; pray for the sick, the bereaved, the injured, the afflicted and the poor.
We remember our folks who are far away from us; consider ourselves lucky to have our friends and family near us, and pray for those folks who are no longer with us today.
I am thankful for having had better life than the less fortunate than myself. I hope to cherish the happy memories I have had with my dear ones, and think of the good times we have shared in the happy times of yesteryear, and hope for a better 2016, with happiness, peace and prosperity for people throughout the world.

Christmas Wishes

May this Christmas Season

sparkle and shine,

for all mankind,

May peace and joy prevail

throughout the world,

free from war and crime,

May all of your wishes

and dreams come true,

And may you feel this happiness

all year through.

May the Force Be with You...and with Your Christmas Spirit!

The Glorious White Cross

 Pentecostal Church.

                                                                                 #pentecostal_church_mississauga_ontario_canada                                     

                

This simple magnificent gleaming white Cross seems to rise to the heavens. It can be seen in its serene beauty as one drives on the Queen Elizabeth Way across southern Mississauga in Ontario, Canada.

TonFerns Pyrography

Fair November

There are dark shadows on the earth,

but its lights are stronger in the contrast. - Charles Dickens


Fair November #signs_of_winter 

See this and other pictures in National Geographic Your Shot.                                                    

CN Tower

Princes Gates, Toronto - Strachan Ave.

Grist Mill at Ball's Falls, Jordan Ontario, Canada

John and George Ball were awarded this land as soldiers loyal to the British in the American Revolution. They built this five story grist mill at the lower of two waterfalls in 1809. The Niagara Conservation Authority purchased the property in 1962.

THE MOON - Dwelling in the darkness in order to be seen

The moon will guide you

through the night with her brightness,

but she will always dwell in the darkness,

in order to be seen.” 

― Shannon L. Alder

Sunset at Caledon

“I like the night.

 Without the dark,

we'd never see the stars.” 

― Stephenie Meyer,

Twilight

All Souls Day

All Souls Day

All Saints Day

All Saints Day

All Saints Day. A closer look: Saints are a revolution - peaceful but mighty. A 'Tonferns' photo of a fresco in the corridor of Saint Anne's Church - Parra, Bardez, GOA.

Farms and Fields of Caledon, Ontario

Autumn Skies

Autumn Magnificence

Autumn Magnificence

                                                                                                                       

“There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.” Sir Francis Bacon

Poems in the Sky

Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,

We fell them down and turn them into paper,

That we may record our emptiness. ~ Khalil Gibran

The Weston Quarry Garden at the Don Valley Brick Works, also known as Evergreen Brick Works, is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River valley in Toronto, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma, Osgoode Hall, Massey Hall, and the Ontario Legislature.

Autumn Magnificence

“There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.” Sir Francis Bacon

                                   http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/7052265/

Govind the faithful - not a driver, but a friend.

Govind drove his taxi with a smile. It is rare to meet a person for the first time, and then the one who remains as a faithful friend for the most part of one's lifetime. Govind, for the most part, was a genuine human being and a trusted friend of our family, who never let us down

It is with great sadness that I learnt that he passed away yesterday.

He drove his taxi to make a living, not to get rich. With a broad smile and humility personified, he took his profession seriously - always punctual, reliable, safe and trustworthy. My first meeting and ride with him was in the early 1990's. My first impression about Govind was his broad smile, giving me the feeling as if he had known me for years. He will always be remembered to have come early to our house and sleep in his taxi so that he wouldn't be late to take us to the airport in the morning. He belonged to a set of a brand and breed of another era of taxi-drivers of a Goa of the good old days - calm, cool, composed, humble - and ever willing to help.

After retiring from driving his taxi, ill health took the better of him. I often thought about him. I was looking forward to see him on my next trip to Parra, Bardez, Goa, in the near future. The village of Nagoa, Bardez, has lost a great human being. He leaves behind his wife and 6 children - 4 daughters and 2 sons. 

Rest in peace Govind. Yes, I will miss you dearly on my next trip to Goa. I will miss the daily news you would have to relate, and the expert driving as youe took on one sweeping curve after another through the winding Goan hilly countryside, from and to the Dabolim airport to pick and drop, and taking us to different parts of Goa to see our relatives and friends, picnics and outings.

HARVESTING THE MOON

Last night wasn't an easy night to photograph the rising moon as it seemed to play hide and seek through a sparsely spread array of myriad shaped clouds. Finally after a long wait the moon made its grand appearance, albeit for a short while, rewarded with the onset of an eclipse. However the latter half of the eclipse was a total disappointment.

Constellation Perseus

Constellation Perseus

Photograph by Tony Fernandes

Caledon, Ontario, Canada.

The Great Bear

Photo by Tony Fernandes

Caledon

Ontario

Cassiopeia & Perseus - Constellations of the Northern Skies

Heart Lake - Brampton - Shaped like a Heart

Lake with a Heart,

gets its name 
because it is shaped 
like a heart as seen in an aerial view.

Scenic, placid and serene.

 Heart Lake
in the heart of Brampton, Ontario.

Lake with a Big Heart

Lake with a Big Heart
&
so called because
it is shaped
roughly like
a heart.

Nature provides a beautiful backdrop while one discovers a beautiful experience of outdoor fun at Heart Lake Conservation Area in Brampton Ontario. Various activities from fishing and paddling in the lake, to swimming in the pool surrounded in forest.. Heart Lake offers a gamut of fun in the outdoors on the ground and in the sky - including the thrill of streaming above the lake on one of the twin 1000’ zip lines.