The Pioneer Tower looks out over the Grand River from behind the stems of flowers in their autumn stage. I took a short hike from Old Mill Road where there is great vantage point to see the tower with the river in the foreground. I liked the view from behind these plants. I felt like it helped created a natural curtain. The Pioneer Tower was completed in 1926 to celebrate German settlement in the Region. I always thought it was much older.
David Bebee
A crow takes flight from a tree along the Grand near Winterbourne.
Mathew McCarthy
Today I hiked bellow the Bridgeport area of Kitchener in the late afternoon. The sun was sinking low and provided a great back light on some of the trees still holding their fall foliage. I came across two trees that were close enough that their leaves were mixing together. The patterns they formed, combined with a few other colours reminded me of stained glass. The green is from a choke cherry tree and the yellow is a maple.
David Bebee
I'm enjoying these sunny fall days and the beautiful evening light. I found a goldenrod plant, a little taller than its neighbors, that caught the sun as it sunk behind a hill near the river in Kitchener.
Mathew McCarthy
On a path next to the river in Waterloo I noticed this tree with an old injury. There are the tell-tale marks of beaver teeth on the trunk, but it looks like the it gave up before bringing down the tree. Now it's left with what looks like a mouth. I half expected it to say "What're you looking at?!" while I photographed it.
Mathew McCarthy
I would not have noticed this mourning dove while hiking along the Grand in Cambridge had it not made so much noise walking through crisp leaves. It was walking around in the under brush which made for perfect camouflage, at least visually.
David Bebee
I didn't have a lot of time to get down to the Grand today but the weather was so amazing I made some. I had 45 minutes to check out the linear trail in Cambridge. This fisherman was a small dot off in the distance when I started walking south on the trail. He must of made some pretty good progress following the current downstream. When I returned he was much closer near a group of seagulls. I waited until a few were up flying around and got this shot. This guy picked a great day to spend on the river.
David Bebee
I was out for a walk on this beautiful evening and couldn't resist the glow coming off these seeds, back lit by the setting sun in Kitchener.
Mathew McCarthy
I found this plant in the late afternoon next to the river in Cambridge. I'm not sure what it is, but I liked the way it looked in the warm light.
Mathew McCarthy
A mallard hen stretches her wings on the Grand River at Moyers Landing in Cambridge.
Mathew McCarthy
David and Mathew are photojournalists at the Waterloo Region Record.
Do you have any story or photo ideas about the Grand River? Email David at dbebee@therecord.com or Mathew at mmccarthy@therecord.com
