From last Summer:

Last summer I was wandering around the beach late one afternoon with my camera. I noticed this woman crafting some jewelry and necklaces et cetera. I looked at the stuff she was selling and I ended up buying one of her hand made men's necklaces. It's nicely made. I sat and chatted with her for a while, and she said she's visiting from Mexico. Most of the clothing she's wearing she made by hand.



Here's a photo I shot early last summer. I was setting up the camera on a tripod when I noticed this really nice spot of reflected light on the ground. Just as soon as I'd noticed it, a person on a bicycle rode by, so I took the shot of their shadow. I rarely do abstract photos, and this one I really like:



I may have posted that one before, but I reworked it in black and white.

Here's a shot from last spring while I was in Fort Langley with some friends:



I hope the weather improves here soon, because it's really been a long time since I've been out on a good photography adventure. Lately every weekend has been bad weather. Also, my car is broken down now, so it's a little harder to carry all my gear around with me.

Good Bye Johnny Carson

You were a funny, funny man, and you made a lot of people laugh! Take it easy on the other side.

Flashback to last September

I know. I haven't updated my blog in a while. It's just because it's been raining here so much that I've not had the camera out at all. I can't stand the rain. There's been so much rain here, that it's making me crazy.

I've been going over some older photos on my computer tonight, and I found this one from last September. I've converted it to black and white:



In other news:

Some of my friends have been getting hit with swarms of digital locusts. It's really weird. They move into a blog, eat like pigs and make a lot of noise, then they move on to the next unsuspecting blog. Bloody hell. Now I think I've seen everything.

I do have some photos from about two weeks ago, that I'm considering posting. That when it was about minus 10 degrees celcius outside. I went over to the lake near my home and it was frozen. I took some photos of the ducks and a few geese there, and I gave them some food to eat.

Today's little creatures at the feeder

The weather was nice today. It was sunny, and warm enough to start melting the snow. There were several different animals at the feeder today, including this pretty little fellow; a Male Western Rufous-sided Towhee:





They're really interesting birds to watch. They like to feed on the ground, and they kick up leaves and things with their feet. Just like chickens do. (Not for eating, Bingo!)

Here he is, making his calling sound. It's like a soft, "eeeeeeee" that ends with a question mark. Hard to explain, you'd have to hear it.


Here he is taking flight:


Of course Mr. Squirrel was there too. He's really enjoying the mixed seeds.




There has also been a male and female Varied Thrush eating here at the feeder. I would love to get a good photo of either of them, but they are very shy and elusive. I'll keep trying though, maybe I'll get lucky.

My TV Died

It actually happened about a month ago, but I only got around to throwing it out to the dumpster today. For the past year or so, it had a funny green bar at the top of the screen when it was on. After a while I didn't really notice it anymore; until a few weeks ago, when I turned it on. It let out a loud shrieking noise, then the green bar on the top of the screen moved to the middle of the screen. The shrieking sound intensified for a moment and then the green bar became a thin,(but extremely bright) green line. Then it went out, and that was the end.

Poor TV. I bought it way back when I first moved to Vancouver. That thing lasted a long time considering all that it has been through. Now it's in TV heaven. Darn thing was expensive too.

September 1991
to December 2004
R.I.P.

Today's Chickadees

I bought a bird feeder on the weekend, and I set it up yesterday. Today there were some nice chickadees feeding from it. I love watching birds. Here's some shots from the feeder today: