Whenever possible throughout the year, MJ Pollak does a bike ride in the early morning, following the Orillia waterfront on the Lightfoot Trail.
Along the way the local artist stops to photograph flora and fauna, but mostly the daybreaks over Lake Couchiching.
Pollak has been doing this ever since moving to Orillia in 2018 when she fell in love with Lake Couchiching. As a result, Pollak has a compiled a library of sunrise images, in every kind of weather, spanning the last five years, starting in 2018.
She has selected some favourite images for an exhibition currently showing at Hibernation Arts, 17 Peter St. S. in Orillia, through Dec. 31, 2023.
Hibernation Arts, in the Peter Street Arts District, is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.