Sunset Varies

Some pictures from last night’s sunset. It wasn’t the most spectacular sunset I’ve seen, but it had some nice depth. In a sunset like this I love how the color of the sky varies from brilliant orange to a deep blue.

For this shot of Yoshi I wanted to test the noise of my new camera at higher ISO settings. This was shot at ISO 2000. Much better ISO performance over my 20D. The 20D at ISO 800 had way worse noise than this.


Yoshi Snot

Well, I thought I had Yoshi taken care of for the day. I managed to get him out for a walk before Beet and I took off for the day. The house was clean, Yoshi had toys out, the couches were blocked so he couldn’t lay on them, the appropriate rooms were blocked off so he couldn’t get in them.

What else is there? Oh yeah, the recycling. Well, that was locked down too. It was too god to be true. When I got home everything looked fine.

Then I went downstairs to feed him. His food bin lid was open again. I know that this morning I closed it properly. The little snot has figured out how to open his food bin, just like he figured out how to open the cupboards that have a child lock.

Arrgh.

Now I will have to move the food bin elsewhere.

Dipping Delicious

Gotta post a quick note about dinner tonight. We made a lamb stew a while ago and had frozen some leftovers. I opted for that for tonights meal and wow was I blown away. Still as tasty as the first time we had it.

I also steamed up some brocolli for Beet and I. Dipping the brocolli in the stew was a perfect match. Beet and I also had some yummy bread from Bond Bond’s Bakery.

It was a delicious meal.

Appease Yoshi

Today I decided to try and appease Yoshi by leaving something out for him to chew on. He has been getting worse and worse since we moved and he has started wrecking toys, books, and CD’s. Already we clean up as much as we can, and leave Yoshi toys out for him. Apparently this is not enough though.

Today, as an experiment, I left a yoghurt container out fully expecting him to destroy it.

Sure enough, he did. What I hadn’t counted on was it thrashing his gums. Several of the pieces had dried blood on them. Sorry Yoshi.

When I went to get Yoshi his dinner I then discovered another surprise downstairs. The lid to his food container was open. I know he had gotten into it once before since our dog walked caught him in the act. Sure enough he didn’t touch his dinner. I am pretty sure I didn’t leave the lid open, but there is a slim possibility I didn’t close it. Or maybe I didn’t close it all the way and he nudged it open enough to prop the lid up. I don’t know.

When Sox is back in town I think I will try getting up early to walk him more and see if that has an effect on his destructive tendencies.

Discovered Twitter

Wow, read my post from one year ago and discovered that today is my Twitter anniversary.

That year sure went fast.

Do I get the point now? Not sure, but I use it as an extension to this blog.

I think the thing that is interesting about Twitter is that it is a platform that can be used by people in varying ways. Some use it for micro blogging, some for socializing, some for advertising (the good kind, not the spam kind), some for lurking and catching up on people.

I can only imagine what my tweet levels would be like if I had a texting plan on my cell phone.

Airport Agenda

This morning I drove Sox and Sprout to the airport. They are flying to Ottawa today, and will be gone for over a week. I miss them already.

Beet and I have a few plans for the upcoming week, and I am looking forward to this bonding time with her. I fully expect it to be a very busy week, but I know it will be fun.

On the agenda for this afternoon? Grocery shopping, then dinner at a friends house.