These three are essentially the same picture, but with increasing exposure length. They were taken at a nearby office development called the Selkirk. It was quite a cold and windy night. After I took the first shot I was immediately pleased with the results, so I kept taking more pictures. I loved the mixture of colors in the light, and how the wind whipped the branches around.
Saturday morning I ventured out into Sue’s mom’s backyard to explore what a frosty morning was like in the garden. It was a wonderful crisp morning, with a clear blue sky. As the sun started to come out and backlight the leaves on the willow tree, they became a brilliant green.
I wasn’t expecting to find much to shoot in the yard, but I was pleasantly surprised. One thing I desperately wanted to capture was the steam rising from the fence as the sun warmed its timber. Alas I did not want to trample the greenery below.
I mentioned in a previous post that Aphro likes to lay on the heat registers. I am now producing the evidence. This particular vent is under the computer desk in our office. Most mornings Aphro can be found on the register in our bedroom.
Silly cat 😉
Friday night was a bit of a fiasco. Sue and I thought we would be getting to the ferry terminal with plenty of time, but reality sunk when we got close to the terminal. There were lots of cars there, and it didn’t look good for us.
The 5 pm ferry arrived late (about 45 minutes late), and they started loading. Eventually they started loading our lane. The workers took about 5 cars from our lane before the ferry was full. Darn. :grr:
As our line was scrunching up, the minivan parked in front of me wasn’t moving because some guy in his Tercel in front of him wasn’t moving. He was asleep, or in getting food or something.
The jackass behind me pulls out gets all impatient, honks a couple times (I guessed he was in a hurry), so he pulls out, drives around me, past 2 cars in front, then pulls back in line! :jawdrop: :wtf:
The line didn’t move anymore! The line couldn’t move anymore! The ferry was pulling away.
I was livid. What the hell was he thinking? Was he in that much of a hurry? All he gained was 3 car lengths. Was he not looking at what was going on? :grr: Even now when I think about it I get steamed. I revoke his licence. Plain and simple. If someone is that impatient, what is the next step. “Well I do have a red light, but I think I see a break in the cars. maybe I should go for it.” Loser.
According to me there are certain rules in parking lots that everyone must follow. Especially at the ferries terminal. Fifo jackass. Learn it, live it, love it.
end of rant
My Theme Thursday submission. I am thankful to have both Sue and Yoshi in my life. Both pictures were taken at Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park in B.C. Canada.
My submission for Magical.
This was taken on Halloween night, a very magical night for many. my Neighbourhood had a gathering so everyone could shoot off their fireworks together. Some kids were playing with sparklers, and this is just one of the images I captured.
This past weekend was a fun trip to Vancouver. Nothing spectacular, but we got some visiting in, got some shopping in, and got some relaxing in.
The trip over was hell (more on that later), but once we were there, it was smooth sailing.
Saturday we had a brunch with some of Sue’s friends. Afterwards we went out for some shopping at Ikea and Petsmart. We got a variety of things from the former (some Xmassy, and some home essentials), and one item from the latter. Dog food is $10 a bag cheaper there than anywhere in Victoria, so we got 4 bags. The PetsMart checkout guy asked if Yoshi could have a treat, so we said sure. The guy grabs one of the hugest dog cookies I have ever seen. It was almost as big as my PDA (3 inches by 5 inches). Y make quick work of it though. 🙂
Sunday was a little more of a work day. After breakfast we headed out to a nearby farm to pick up some firewood. Y had a great run around the farm. Back at Sue’s mom’s place I helped string some Xmas lights, and answer a few computer related questions.
All too soon we had to head to Tsawassen for the 1 pm ferry. We got home at a reasonable hour, unloaded the truck (including stacking the wood in the pitch dark carport).
It was a nice break from the ordinary.
She has some peculiarites that makes her so adorable.
First off, Aphro. When Sue and I go to bed, Aprho usually ends up sleeping on the bed with us. She is like a little lump of clay that is unforgiving, and can take up copious amounts of bed space. Last night is a perfect example. I woke up in the middle of the night in the middle of the bed, with Sue squished to one side of me. I tried to roll over, but Aphro was sleeping right beside my feet. I gave her a little shove, and she wouldn’t move! :O
Also, with the recent turn of weather, in the morning, when she hears the furnace kick in for the first Aphro has taken to getting out of bed to go sit on the heat register. 😛 She will sit there as long as the furnace blower is going. It is quite cute actually.
When going to bed, as soon as I walk in the bedroom door, Aphro is on the dresser by the door meowing away to get me to play with her. We have this cat toy that is nothing more than bits of cardboard on a piece of wire. If you wiggle it just right, then move towards her with it, you can get her to jump off the bed vertically in the air.
Aphro is quite a cutie!
On the weekend I bought a pair of Columbia Trail Meister shoes. Since I don’t have any hiking boots, I needed something that I can wear in the mud and snow, and now worry about getting my toes wet. Before these shoes all I had were runners, and they just weren’t cutting it anymore.
These are very comfy so far, and I can tell that once I break them in, they will just be even better! I have walked Yoshi wearing these a couple times, and they work well!
This past Saturday at Goldstream was my latest photo club photo shoot. In a word: stinky. 🙂
It was actually quite fun. Shooting nature shots is a little more difficult than in the past. There just is less interesting stuff out right now. Nature is hiding in its desaturated state right now.
Anyway, I still found quite a few good shots to take, and had lots of fun. My new camera is working out quite nicely. I think that even in it’s (so far) limited use, I have learned a lot, and reinforced much of what I have learned.