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Monday, February 25, 2008
The Weekend
Well the weekend is over and time to get back to work. Blah. At least the weather is starting to get better by the day. And the days are getting longer with more sunlight in the evening which is always nice.
On Saturday, Emma had some certification training for work and I went to another meet-up with some local photographers. It was fun and I learned some new tidbits of information about taking pictures for portraits and working with models. I will post some pictures when I get a chance.
We also went to a fun cocktail party at a friends house with a big group of people from her work. This time the drink of choice was vodka and they enjoyed all sorts of different drinks and concoctions. I usually stay away from any of the hard stuff so I stuck with beer! I also of course brought the camera and snapped a few pictures (of which I will post later this evening).
Here are a few pictures from our weekend and one of our house on a wonderful sunny day with the new lens.
On Saturday, Emma had some certification training for work and I went to another meet-up with some local photographers. It was fun and I learned some new tidbits of information about taking pictures for portraits and working with models. I will post some pictures when I get a chance.
We also went to a fun cocktail party at a friends house with a big group of people from her work. This time the drink of choice was vodka and they enjoyed all sorts of different drinks and concoctions. I usually stay away from any of the hard stuff so I stuck with beer! I also of course brought the camera and snapped a few pictures (of which I will post later this evening).
Here are a few pictures from our weekend and one of our house on a wonderful sunny day with the new lens.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Puma, Always Willing to Smile!
So once again I had some time on my hands to play with the camera a bit. And since it was not raining I thought I would take Puma outside to play with his ball and snap a few shots while playing.
Then I decided to see how the wide angle lens did inside with him resting from his running outside.
Then I decided to see how the wide angle lens did inside with him resting from his running outside.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Clean Again!!
It's always nice to see the car clean again. With the weather finally warming up a bit..took the time to clean it inside and out!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Indiana Jones Trailer!!!
Really looking forward to this!!
Bigger better video! http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1
Bigger better video! http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuffy The Toilet
Recently I have noticed something a little odd. Maybe its only strange to me but I thought I would share.
A house near us that was recently bought and sold has decided to sell a portion of the land to build a new "row" home right next to it. The property is only 25 feet wide so you can imagine how skinny the house is. Anyway, this isn't the interesting part. When they started to work on both homes, one being remodeled and the other one being built from the ground up, they installed a portable toilet for the workers to use. Nothing out of the ordinary of course but then again this IS St. John's and the ordinary quickly changes to strange!
What I have noticed on almost a daily basis is the fact that this toilet gets used very often by the public. I have seen people walking by use it. The mailman has used it more then once. Even people driving by stop to use the facilities. Now I can understand it maybe happening once or twice but this thing has almost turned into a public restroom!
So since I was bored and was messing with my camera I decided to take a picture to explain it a little bit better.
A house near us that was recently bought and sold has decided to sell a portion of the land to build a new "row" home right next to it. The property is only 25 feet wide so you can imagine how skinny the house is. Anyway, this isn't the interesting part. When they started to work on both homes, one being remodeled and the other one being built from the ground up, they installed a portable toilet for the workers to use. Nothing out of the ordinary of course but then again this IS St. John's and the ordinary quickly changes to strange!
What I have noticed on almost a daily basis is the fact that this toilet gets used very often by the public. I have seen people walking by use it. The mailman has used it more then once. Even people driving by stop to use the facilities. Now I can understand it maybe happening once or twice but this thing has almost turned into a public restroom!
So since I was bored and was messing with my camera I decided to take a picture to explain it a little bit better.
Monday, February 11, 2008
My TV Has No Reception!!!
The weekend is once again over and back to the working world. It was a good weekend. We managed to get a good amount of cleaning in and had some nice enough weather to get outside to work on the front yard. Nothing big just cleaning up some of the leftover leaves and bit of grass growing where it shouldn't.
We also invited some of Emma's co-workers over for dinner on Saturday night. Emma made some really great Turkey Enchiladas with salad and then some wonderful Sopaipilla's!! Man were they good (and pictures with recipe's to come soon on her blog). But of course the dinner wouldn't be a normal event in our "hood" unless one of our crazy neighbors decided to knock on the door to give us a bit of information. Ok I guess it's not "normal" for our neighbor to come over and knock on our front door but I guess you could say it would be expected! But of course what he had to say was the really nutty part. He said, "hey sorry to bother you but do you have anything to do with that truck parked out there across from my place?" And I said...."well yes our friends are over for dinner and that's their truck." For a split second I thought that maybe something was wrong but then I realized who it was that was asking the question. He is the crazy guy that lives across from us that we see occasionally yelling at other people who are parking in front of his place. And at one time last year he got sooooo upset while mowing his lawn that he was trying with every bit of hate to get as many grass clippings he could on top of the car. Mowing back and forth and back and forth shaking his head the entire time....occasionally turning back to look down the street to flip off one of my other neighbors! It turned out that car had broken down and the neighbor down the street knew who's vehicle it was. And of course we always enjoy a little drama to watch out our front window!!! Anyway back to the crazy guy at the front door. So after I tell him that the vehicle belongs to our friends he says "do you think it would be possible to have them move it because I can't get any reception on my tv!!" He continues, "I am not sure why but when ever someone parks their car in front of my place I get no reception on my tv for some reason." So I think to myself.....ok......and tell him that we will move it to our driveway instead....but of course making sure that was "ok" with him.
So I suppose the mystery has been solved of why he was so upset and makes total sense now.....NOT!!!!!!!!! Maybe he is the reason for the demise of our wonderful and very informative NEON SIGN last year.
Oh and a bit of info.....he lives in the house across the street....which he actually doesn't own and has been condemned by the city for some reason.
GOOD TIMES!!!
We also invited some of Emma's co-workers over for dinner on Saturday night. Emma made some really great Turkey Enchiladas with salad and then some wonderful Sopaipilla's!! Man were they good (and pictures with recipe's to come soon on her blog). But of course the dinner wouldn't be a normal event in our "hood" unless one of our crazy neighbors decided to knock on the door to give us a bit of information. Ok I guess it's not "normal" for our neighbor to come over and knock on our front door but I guess you could say it would be expected! But of course what he had to say was the really nutty part. He said, "hey sorry to bother you but do you have anything to do with that truck parked out there across from my place?" And I said...."well yes our friends are over for dinner and that's their truck." For a split second I thought that maybe something was wrong but then I realized who it was that was asking the question. He is the crazy guy that lives across from us that we see occasionally yelling at other people who are parking in front of his place. And at one time last year he got sooooo upset while mowing his lawn that he was trying with every bit of hate to get as many grass clippings he could on top of the car. Mowing back and forth and back and forth shaking his head the entire time....occasionally turning back to look down the street to flip off one of my other neighbors! It turned out that car had broken down and the neighbor down the street knew who's vehicle it was. And of course we always enjoy a little drama to watch out our front window!!! Anyway back to the crazy guy at the front door. So after I tell him that the vehicle belongs to our friends he says "do you think it would be possible to have them move it because I can't get any reception on my tv!!" He continues, "I am not sure why but when ever someone parks their car in front of my place I get no reception on my tv for some reason." So I think to myself.....ok......and tell him that we will move it to our driveway instead....but of course making sure that was "ok" with him.
So I suppose the mystery has been solved of why he was so upset and makes total sense now.....NOT!!!!!!!!! Maybe he is the reason for the demise of our wonderful and very informative NEON SIGN last year.
Oh and a bit of info.....he lives in the house across the street....which he actually doesn't own and has been condemned by the city for some reason.
GOOD TIMES!!!
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Forecast
Here is the actual forecast from the National Weather Service.
This Afternoon: Periods of rain and snow. High near 38. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Here is what we have right now!!
So far this year we have had predictions of snow snow snow. Some days it has fallen and others it has done nothing but rain. So today with the forecast of rain rain and more rain we get this.
Also a video from this mornings local forecast on the news. Stating that no snow is going to stick below 500 ft. and may stick above 1200!!
I NEED A NEW JOB!!
This Afternoon: Periods of rain and snow. High near 38. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Here is what we have right now!!
So far this year we have had predictions of snow snow snow. Some days it has fallen and others it has done nothing but rain. So today with the forecast of rain rain and more rain we get this.
Also a video from this mornings local forecast on the news. Stating that no snow is going to stick below 500 ft. and may stick above 1200!!
I NEED A NEW JOB!!
Good Morning Campers!!!
Today is Groundhog Day!! This is the day when Punxsutawney Phil comes out of his hole after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow. If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole.
If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadow less, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground for the good weather to come.
Lets hope for a cloudy day.
For more information go to http://www.groundhog.org/
And for a great clip from Grounghog Day the movie click the link below.
Good Morning!!
If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadow less, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground for the good weather to come.
Lets hope for a cloudy day.
For more information go to http://www.groundhog.org/
And for a great clip from Grounghog Day the movie click the link below.
Good Morning!!
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