Well I didn’t have any weddings this weekend, but as per my usual tradition I spent the long weekend at the cottage. The wind was crazy which really prevented any boating from happening (a little disappointing, because I usually spend cottage weekends out on the lake in my boat), so I went on a bit of a photo mission on the back roads with my trusty camera and macro lens.

Over at my friend’s place, his mom has a lot of old antique-looking things around the property like this little setup.

My friend Alicia’s eye. (She’s also an upcoming Bride, getting married in October 2010!)

Let me just throw this out there right now before you read any further: I have no clue about flowers, so I don’t know what they are all called. The first two are trilliums, I do know that since there are thousands of them along the roads in the forest.

Yes, dandelions are weeds, but they can look pretty too. Don’t hate.

I was told that these are called forget-me-nots… I basically drove along the road towards my friend’s place and stopped every time I saw colour and took a picture.

I have no idea what these are called, but they look so cool! EDIT: The flower below is called a columbine. Thanks Heather!

Again, no idea but I love this shot.

Yay, a flower… I mean, a weed I know the name of!

And that was the end of my nature adventure. I was hoping to come across some wildlife, but unfortunately never saw any. But I had been meaning to take a picture of my dog Darcy’s eye for a while now since they are so huge and amber. She didn’t like sitting still for too long, though.

And not to make my other dog jealous, here is Jinx waiting in one of the boats hoping to get a ride soon. I wish I could have gotten one like this on his good side (he only has one eye).

I will be posting more wedding-related stuff in a day or two, so stay tuned for more updates!