This entry is part 40 of 52 in the series Project 52 – 2012So, I finally decided what to spend my Henry’s Gift Cards on: a set of Tiffen Close-Up Filters. I hemmed and hawed about this for a long time. Finally, after getting a set ordered in for testing, I went for it. This […]
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No Hard Rolling – 39/52
This entry is part 39 of 52 in the series Project 52 – 2012Sometimes you’re the ball. Sometimes you’re the pins. This past week wrapped up with a minor flood in our basement. Fortunately not much immediate damage, but definitely some collateral issues have been brought to light. Considering our house was built in 1906, […]
Read MoreRIP Carlos – 2012-09-17
It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Carlos “Kazoo”, our last Siamese. We almost lost him shortly after we got him about 3 years ago, when he had an adverse reaction to the anesthesia used for his dental surgery. He bounced back then, and became the household’s last resident male Siamese. After […]
Read MoreFair Play – 38/52
This entry is part 38 of 52 in the series Project 52 – 2012This year marks the 137th Western Fair. Woo Hoo! To celebrate, and get more bodies through the gate, the administration made some changes to how the fair is laid out and how some things work. The biggie: Free parking on Fair property. […]
Read MoreEnd of An Era – 37/52
This entry is part 37 of 52 in the series Project 52 – 2012When I was growing up there were half a dozen corner stores within a few blocks of my grandparents’ house, two of them at each end of their block. Over the years they slowly disappeared, being returned back to residential dwellings. Except […]
Read MoreSMS spam….WTF?
So our family phones have suddenly been getting spammed by various (likely faked) numbers with messages very similar to this one: "Congrats! Your number has made you Apple's winner! Go to http://apple.ca.hstlmn.biz/2 and enter code "iWON" to claim an Apple product! BE sure to register now!" So first off, if you have a whit of […]
Read MoreRIP Michael Clarke Duncan
John Coffey rests. Dammit. 🙁 Reshared post from +Breaking News Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, star of film 'The Green Mile,' dead at age 54 +The Associated Press reports that Michael Clarke Duncan's fiancee says the Oscar nominee for "The Green Mile" has died. Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from Clarke's fiancée, the Rev. Omarosa […]
Read MoreYoda and grammar (cartoon)
Love this! (Not my image, comments to original poster, please) Reshared post from +kimberton pemberly love you, i do Yoda: ) Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell.
Read MoreEarly Morning Drive
On our way out to the market a few weeks back I had my camera with me. Good thing, too, as we spotted some nice fog rolling in. I found a safe spot to pull over and snapped a few shots. As I was processing this one, I was initially aiming to show the colours, […]
Read MoreFireburst
So, we had a fire in the backyard over the weekend, and I was playing around with different settings to see what I could come up with. Then I got bored with that and remembered a recent posting about a tog who zoomed while shooting fireworks. So I figured I'd give it a try. Here […]
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