I hadn’t stayed overnight in a small town in a while. I forgot how relaxing it could be.

During our Labour Day Week-End trip to rural Ontario, we spent a couple of nights in Deep River, a small community located on Highway 17, between Pembroke and Matawa, opposite the Laurentian Mountains. The population is only about 4,000, and most residents work in the nearby Chalk River Nuclear Research Laboratory, 10 km away. But it is still a small Canadian town, with a few dirt roads, dense patches of forest and wild animals.

On the first evening, we snuggled on the couch and watched a few movies on my laptop, including the Ghost Writer, a funny French movie and Blair Witch Project (just for the scare factor since a forest was nearby). Late at night, I went outside for a smoke and as my eyes adapted to darkness, I noticed the most amazing night sky ever: I could see hundreds of stars, and even the Milky Way. I called Feng and we both spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to best capture that on camera. Still, the picture I took doesn’t do this beautiful night sky justice!

It rained on and off and we hang around, first at the marina and then around the river. I love the fact the forest ended right on the shore of the river. The scenery was quite unique, and the bad weather added to the atmosphere.

Checking the Temperature
Rainy Day
In The Forest
Forest Island
Deep River Beach
Tree Peeling
Emergency Phone
Tree Pattern
Clear Water
Mushrooms
Spider Territory
Standing Tall
Crooked Tree
Reflection On The Water
Amazing Night Sky
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12 Comments

  1. Cynthia September 20, 2010 at 10:39 am

    Beautiful pictures, it makes me miss home even more 😉

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  2. London Caller September 20, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    The last photo is great!
    The same scene that inspired Vincent van Gogh who painted the Starry Night.
    He then inspired Don McLean who wrote a beautiful song called Vincent (Starry Starry Night) as a tribute to van Gogh.

    Van Gogh produced some beautiful landscapes from Provence!
    By the way, I am going to Provence this weekend.
    Guess, I need to brush up some basic French.

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  3. Sidney September 20, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    Sounds like a great weekend… wonderful picture… thanks for sharing !

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  4. khengsiong September 20, 2010 at 9:58 pm

    I like the trees in the forest. Different from rain forest here…

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  5. Max Coutinho September 21, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Hi Zhu,

    Amazing pictures!!!

    And that night sky: unbelievably gorgeous! 😀

    Thanks for this wonder, girl!

    Cheers

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  6. Soleil September 21, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    Beautiful pictures, as always!

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  7. Nisha September 21, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    What a peaceful place it is ! In spite of your tips, taking night pictures is a challenge for me. 🙂

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  8. Zhu September 21, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    @Cynthia – Canada is so beautiful, especially once you get out of the cities!

    @London Caller – Thank you! Unfortunately, I wasn’t inspired to paint 😆

    @Sidney – Thank you!

    @khengsiong – I bet I would find rain-forest trees fascinating 😆

    @Max Coutinho – Thank you! I wish I could have taken a better sky picture. I swear, there were hundreds of stars!

    @Soleil – Thank you!

    @Nisha – Night pictures is hard, but it’s so rewarding… just keep on practicing!

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  9. Yogi September 21, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Wow, I was cruising through your photos and thinking this is nice, that’s good, but then got to the night sky. Wow.

    Way back when as a boy scout we would sleep outside and look at the stars and your photo reminds me of that.

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  10. Linguist-in-Waiting September 21, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    That is a very beautiful and serene place, just by judging from the pictures!

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  11. Em September 29, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    I find that sky pic quite amazing for a not so good photo!

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