Ontario photographers should be taking notes as they read this post of Ancestry Guru. There are three new photo contests on Lenzr to help beat the winter blues. These challenges will give shutterbugs something to do in the cold winter months of November and December 2009. ALL three challenges celebrate the great outdoors and the semi-tropical environs of Mother Nature.
Macro Photos of Life contest will magnify small life forms into horrifying creatures – larger than life.
Locaboires are folks who insist on eating only locally produced foods and drinking water, local fruit juices and beverages that are made within a hundred mile radius of their homes. For people living in Toronto this includes the wines of Eastern Ontario.The Prize is a deluxe Locaboire vacation where you can drink the spirit of life in Prince Edward Co. in Eastern Ontario and enjoy their wine tour travel pckge for two adults that includes two meals and one night in a Brighton Ontario b&b

Medicinal Plants in Nature harvests botanical photography.
Lenzr members (you have to be a member to upload photos) are asked to document each plant’s medical properties. The winner of the contest will be part scientist and part artist and overall someone with an eye for natural beauty.
Lenzr hopes to index medical pictures of specific healing plants and their roots, tubers and flower blossoms. We expect to see fragrant tree moss, wild mushrooms, tree gum and grass. Anything with medicinal properties is welcome in this contest.
There’s six different Neal’s Yard Remedies, created from botanical ingredients available as prize. This prize has been generously donated by Ontario best natural medicine clinic to the member that uploads the highest rated photo. That special photographer WINS Orange Flower Facial Oil, Yarrow & Comfrey Moisturizer, and White Tea Eye Gel, Orange Flower Facial Wash, Geranium & Orange Body Butter Rosewater Toner for a total retail value of $330.00* all prizes subject to availability
Ontario Tourist Attractions 2 photo contest is all about capturing the scenery, history, culture and geography of this great province. L0ok around Ontario at your pictures of the hot spots and monuments and ask yourself ‘are these the places that I think visitors might enjoying seeing for themselves when they visit this area? Lenzr members are asked to present the most interesting travel destinations they have ever experienced.CONTEST ENDS Jan 1st 2010 contest open to all Canadians except the residents of Quebec





Dragons Den episode4 , Season 4 played at 8pm Wednesday night, Oct 21st on CBC television. This is always very exciting television and last night was no exception as the investors were at their best, and the business that came walking in was all very interesting… But honestly nothing looking super profitable, except the four men from a new start-up web service that hopes to revolutionize the way Canadians buy cell time. That could be very profitable…











