Thinking Out Loud

I’ve had the urge to start doing some of that artsy-fartsy stuff over the last few months.  So when the kids asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said a couple of tubes of paint, or paint brushes, or something like that.  I  just have to buy a few more colours now, and I’m  gonna start some practice stuff soon.

In the meantime, while waiting for Christmas (always a kid) I bought a new drawing tablet for my computer, because my old one was starting to skip.  Then I found a cool painting program called ArtRage that simulates real paint (well as close as you can get, with a computer anyway)

Here’s one of my humble attempts in the digital method – sorry FaceBookers – don’t know how this will show up there, you might have to click away from Facebook for a moment… (oh no! … Gasp! what if I can’t get back? AaaRGGH! what should I do? click on the view original post thing in Facebook) 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 »

At last, and finally, the renovations are finished.

The last couple of weeks have been, to say the least, stressful on me.  But, I think we’re all happy with the result.  Read the rest of this entry »

Bert proves he’s more than a house renovator and just another pretty face to shows us his skills at the grill.  I’m not surprised though.  I know Amy’s specialty is Kraft Dinner served to you in one of three ways – soggy and overcooked, crispy and undercooked, or instant in the microwave.  Read the rest of this entry »

Just a few photos of Amy, Bert and Jack…

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Just thought I’d let everyone know that Amy and Bert are the proud parents of brand new son, Albert Jack. He was born on February 14th.

And that makes me a grandpa again!!!

As soon as I get some more photos, I’ll get them posted here. Read the rest of this entry »

When I bought my camera, I managed to convince the salesman to throw in a remote control. I didn’t know why I wanted it, I just wanted it because I wanted it.

I had never used it, but it was supposed to let me take a photo from as far as 25 feet away. So, when someone said they wanted a family photo while we were in Edmonton, I thought it was the chance to try it out. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone likes a trampoline.

There was some sort of a game going on here. Being old, with brittle and weak bones, I wasn’t going to get involved. I think it was called “bum fights” or something like that. I believe the idea was to try to make the other person fall off the trampoline, or at least lose their balance. Read the rest of this entry »

Since today was an ugly, rainy, cloudy day I added a couple of pages to the “About Me” section.

That is the hardest thing to do. Try it yourself. it’s hard to come up with notable and interesting facts about yourself that you feel worth sharing or mentioning.

So I took the easy way out and added pages about my kids. It’s still a work in progress. Much easier for me to write about them.

Graham Amy