Thinking Out Loud

I’m not going to accept any responsibility for taking the wrong road home from Edmonton.

It is clearly and undeniably my brother’s fault. All I wanted was to know the quickest way out of Edmonton to get me to the Yellowhead. He gave me too many details (or not enough, I’m not sure yet) Anyway, somewhere during the discussion there was a 14 mentioned (or perhaps a 214) and a 16 (or a 216) The final result, according to my brother, was that even if I missed the turnoff, all roads led to the Yellowhead, if i turned north (or maybe it was south) Read the rest of this entry »

I’m posting a couple of photos of my new boarders here. A pair of robins have built themselves a nest on top of the front porch light. I don’t mind, they don’t complain about the plumbing, the old paint, or anything else. We haven’t worked out the rent payment details yet. I don’t expect that to be a problem.

They do get up very early in the morning though, and since their nest is pretty much right outside my bedroom window, sleeping in past 4:30 AM is out of the question. Read the rest of this entry »

A few more photos from the other night. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the fact Bandit the Wonder Dog and I acted as tick bait (I mentioned yesterday I hated wood ticks) I did manage to get some good photos of the sunset setting over Buffalo Pound Lake.

The pictures were taken at the old causeway on #2 Highway. Read the rest of this entry »

Some more lady bug photos…

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I’m pulling out the dead plants from the little flower (weed) garden in front of the house today. It’s about 20 deg C, the sun is shining, and there’s not a breath of wind.

Being easily distracted from something that should and needs to be done, I decided to watch the ladybugs I had disturbed. They didn’t do too much, mostly scurried to find a hiding spot from the crazy fool digging them up. Read the rest of this entry »

These photos were taken on December 14, 2006, at about 7:30 PM.

I was watching the news on TV and they said there was a huge solar flare, and it would hit us this evening. This would cause an amazing aurora, and I was determined to try to get some pictures.

I decided to head out past the west side of town. I watched from my house until it appeared they were getting pretty intensive, then loaded the camera, my tripod, the dog and me into the truck. Read the rest of this entry »