Thinking Out Loud

It snowed for two days.  I called it a blizzard.  According to environment Canada though, if I understood the weather report, we were having a heavy snow fall.  You need to have falling snow, winds over 50 km/hr and extreme cold weather and wind chill.  It was actually only about -5 degrees, so we didn’t qualify.  But our heavy snowfall (read blizzard here – my opinion) did close all of the highways, and pretty much made driving in the city impossible.

Here’s some photos:

where's the car

My car is under there someplace.

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Ben was born Tuesday morning in Calgary. 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 »

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 »

I’ve never been to the mountains in the winter time, so while I was in Calgary, a trip to Banff was nothing less than a necessity. It was a great day – the temperature was around 14°, hardly a cloud in the sky, and a slight breeze to remind you that it was winter in the mountains.

It goes without saying, that skiing was not on the agenda. Photography (or something like it) was the focus. Maybe there would even be a bear or two this time around. Read the rest of this entry »

Just a few photos of Amy, Bert and Jack…

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Canada Day was pretty uneventful for me. I worked on the yard, but it was so f***ing hot that it was 10 minutes of work and 20 minutes of rest. Needless to say, not much was accomplished.

I did go to the fireworks display (or as close as I could get – seems everyone in Moose Jaw wanted something to do on a hot summer evening). Here’s a couple of photos. Read the rest of this entry »

Somewhere in my fish pond live about 12 fish. There are some koi, shubunkins, and common goldfish. Read the rest of this entry »