Well we have a date for cabinets and now the fun will really start. I can honestly say I am so very ready for the new stuff. It is unfortunate that our furnace is dead and now we are getting a new furnace as well. When it rains it pours. I am happy that we are going to be installing cabinets in January. It looks like our kitchen may be mostly completed by early feb. Which is amazing that is a few weeks ahead of the schedule. This journey has been 2 years plus of work on our home and I know it will be so very worth it in the end. But really it is a long time coming.
On other fronts we have been busy working with the dog on getting her to a better spot. She is doing some training and off leash work. Not that she is a problem but she and us need to have some better control. I truly want to have a dog that we love and enjoy and there are a few habits that need work. So before they become a big issue we are working on them. So we have done off leash a couple of times, she has a blast out there but she is not focused on us. It is really challenging I see others with better control on their dogs and I know we will get there we have just started the recall program so it will come. But I love the fur ball to bits which is probably where it all starts.
With that in mind Christmas approaches. I am trying to get things sorted out for the holidays. I want to get out with the camera, it is not really great for photography when there is nothing but clouds and fog. I am not seeing any great joy in the images. So for now we are looking forward to the coming weeks and days off and maybe some clear nights. I have decided to join twitter and will sign up later this week. Mainly to get the aurora feed that tells me when the sky is going to light up. So with that in mind I am going to go and grab an apple and read my new book.
Take care have a wonderful weekend and please find a way to do something nice for somebody.
Me I am going to give to the food bank this week. That is my first donation of the month of December.
Cheers.
Sunday, 13 December 2015
Monday, 7 December 2015
When friends call
I am trying hard to not start this sentence with "so". I will however reserve the right to use the word within this document a few times.
Our weekend was jammed packed despite having an afternoon and an extra day of vacation in it. I was still able to be so busy I am going did I have a weekend? The best part is that it was a fun time, I managed to get out of the house and put the camera into gear again.
So the first plan was a trip to banff, I have yet to spend time photographing out in banff, that is an area that so many great photos are created and I am not going to try to put myself in that realm. I did however manage to get out there we did a quick hike and a sadly the colours that are so wonderful on those hills failed to show. It turned out to be overcast and grey and at the end of it all it was not that good for photos. Or was it? I guess this is where I change my attitude and say it is always good for photos. That is the challenge to photography, not every moment is perfect it is you the photographer that must capture that moment and create that image. So what did I do? Took some photos, not sure yet if I can manage to make a great image out of them but I am sure it is going to be fun to see what I can do.
So after our afternoon in the park we headed home, I took Traci to the movie, we went to the cheap theatre always good for something. We saw a movie that was definitely different it was not what I expected but good movie in general.
As we are going home my phone buzzes and my coworker, another avid photographer and world traveller. Alerts me to the fact is is an a full alert for aurora's that night. Full on red alert. So in 99% of the moments I would go no thanks it was a long day. I again changed my mindset said screw it lets go. So that turned out to be another drive across the city out to cochrane area and then we had no visibility so we were basically looking for the green glow and had little hope of finding it. At that point we either go home or take pictures. We went with take pictures. The other awesome thing is that Caitlin and Dani have so much fun doing this and Traci came with me it was great. Out of the box moment.
It is great when somebody calls you for something that turns into something fun and exciting. Many times my phone rings for work or for the usual stuff. I loved the fact it was not the usual stuff.
So when friends call you hopefully it is not the usual stuff.
Our weekend was jammed packed despite having an afternoon and an extra day of vacation in it. I was still able to be so busy I am going did I have a weekend? The best part is that it was a fun time, I managed to get out of the house and put the camera into gear again.
So the first plan was a trip to banff, I have yet to spend time photographing out in banff, that is an area that so many great photos are created and I am not going to try to put myself in that realm. I did however manage to get out there we did a quick hike and a sadly the colours that are so wonderful on those hills failed to show. It turned out to be overcast and grey and at the end of it all it was not that good for photos. Or was it? I guess this is where I change my attitude and say it is always good for photos. That is the challenge to photography, not every moment is perfect it is you the photographer that must capture that moment and create that image. So what did I do? Took some photos, not sure yet if I can manage to make a great image out of them but I am sure it is going to be fun to see what I can do.
So after our afternoon in the park we headed home, I took Traci to the movie, we went to the cheap theatre always good for something. We saw a movie that was definitely different it was not what I expected but good movie in general.
As we are going home my phone buzzes and my coworker, another avid photographer and world traveller. Alerts me to the fact is is an a full alert for aurora's that night. Full on red alert. So in 99% of the moments I would go no thanks it was a long day. I again changed my mindset said screw it lets go. So that turned out to be another drive across the city out to cochrane area and then we had no visibility so we were basically looking for the green glow and had little hope of finding it. At that point we either go home or take pictures. We went with take pictures. The other awesome thing is that Caitlin and Dani have so much fun doing this and Traci came with me it was great. Out of the box moment.
It is great when somebody calls you for something that turns into something fun and exciting. Many times my phone rings for work or for the usual stuff. I loved the fact it was not the usual stuff.
So when friends call you hopefully it is not the usual stuff.
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