Middle of the week and we are moving into the weekend

Well I did not get too far on the house this week.  I think some time off was in order or maybe it was just a little less desire to work on things.  I have been really doing whatever I want most of the evenings which is usually filled by walks with the dog and some general clean up of the house.  I can tell you that mostly it is me time and I am ok with that for now.

On the photography front I did not get to the project that I had hoped for and friday is a day off from work but it is filled with waiting for the city inspector and then costco for supplies for Sinclaire's bday party.  Big 20 this year so where did that all go.

Back to the camera what I am thinking about is long exposure stuff, but we are talking about 100 plus seconds of exposure, really long.  I picked up a second neutral density filter today it is a variable 1 to 8 stops.  I have a 10 stop filter so this will really let me do the long exposure shots during the day at any brightness.  I am looking forward to trying this out but not sure just when yet.

Along with those ambitions are the desire to simply get back to taking pictures.  It is funny how natural it becomes when I am shooting a lot, the adjustments flow and the photos are better so when i say getting out and shooting lots I would really like to be doing a lot more than I am now.

With the pictures out of the way I have house items still on the list, these are those small tasks that take up time. I again hope to work on these while I am waiting for the home inspection by the city they are coming to look at the furnaces that were installed.  Along with that I am sure they may look at the kitchen but that is not on the building permit so it is not really an open item.  Who knows what they will think.

I am also planning a bit of a weekend away for Traci and I, we need a weekend to go and relax, more so just a day than an overnight stay, we bought a national park pass this year so we intend to use this as it is the 150 year of Canada they give you 2 years worth of park pass for the price of 1 year.  So Banff and Waterton here we come for sure.  With that in mind mostly photos are on my mind maybe a bit of hiking.  When it is all said and done we will use the pass I am sure but we need to just get out of the kitchen so to speak.

I have been watching the ice on the pathways as biking is right around the corner for this year.  I need the exercise.  But I am not willing to ride just yet maybe in another week when he ice is reduced on on the pathways.  we will see.  if I do start next week it will be the second half of the week not the first.  Also it will be a very early start to the riding for me but I love not taking the train so we will see how it goes.

So lots to look forward too, maybe spring in the air.  Oh, the time change is also coming up, man I hate that time change in spring it hoses me up for a month.  But until the get rid of daylights savings I am stuck with it.

Until next time.  A straight out of camera shot from Feb 3rd.  Enjoy.