Thinking Out Loud

Ben was born Tuesday morning in Calgary. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometime around 5:00 am last Sunday morning, a loud crack of thunder woke me up rather suddenly. Bandit, the courageous guard dog that he is, immediately jumped up onto the bed to assure me that it was not the end of the world. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a very low hanging branch in my front yard, that only annoys me when I mow the lawn.  I have to sort of duck and twist to get around it.  As I was mowing the lawn yesterday, I caught some sort of motion out of the corner of my eye, and thought it must have been a bird in the tree.  On the next pass, I realized it was a herd of tent caterpillars Read the rest of this entry »

(hey – I’m officially getting old and senile.  After I posted this message I realized I had already did it about two weeks ago.  I’m going to blame it on the internet withdrawal (on this page) Now back to the original repeated message…

After watching a forgettable movie, the dog and I stepped out into the back yard for a pee. (well, really, just one of us actually participated in the whole event – you can decide who that was) Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not sure how three umbrellas were left in my yard last weekend, but they have been dropped off at the Lost and Found department.  Considering that it was pouring rain at the end of the wedding ceremony, you would think that any unclaimed salvation would have been snapped up immediately.  Read the rest of this entry »

After BBQ-ing (and eating) one of the biggest steaks I have ever seen for supper, I turned on the TV so it could watch me sleep on the couch.

When I finally awoke at about 11:00, I decided I needed a cup of coffee and since the weather is finally something similar to summer, I sat outside in the back yard.  After a three hour nap, a person needs something to do, so I set up my tripod, to take some time exposures of the back yard at night.  Read the rest of this entry »

Amy and Bert were married on Saturday. The ceremony was in my back yard, and despite the rainy day, things could not have been better.

I’ll post a few photos for now, and some more later on. Read the rest of this entry »