Flight Home

We flew home from Edmonton today, the flight left 9:00am and we got home 10:30pm. This picture was taken on approach to Toronto where we had to switch planes. I was surprised that Toronto had no snow.

West Edmonton Mall

I guess a trip to Edmonton wouldn't be complete without a trip to West Edmonton Mall. My brother and I spent all day there today and we still did not see it all. Here is a shot of the big ship in the water area of the mall. The area is too big to get in one shot.

The City of Edmonton

My brother drove down from Fort McMurray to see me and he drove me all over the city sightseeing which is a good thing because I got to see things I never would have on my own. Here is a view of Edmonton from across the river.

Statue in Edmonton

What a long day: up at 3:15am, flight left at 6:30am, switch planes in Toronto, get in Edmonton 1:00pm, a 3 1/2 hour time difference. We walked around a bit downtown and I took a few pictures (of course!). This is a cute statue near City Hall. I edited it on Joe's laptop so I have no idea what the quality is like.

Cute House

I saw this cute house while out taking pictures downtown today.
We're off to Edmonton tomorrow for 4 days, I'll try to update my Blog while I am there. If not, I'll do it when I get back.

Not so Green

It's been freezing rain all day. I ventured out for a few minutes to take some pictures but it was so dull out they weren't that great. I thought this sign was ironic.....promoting green spots while covered in ice and sitting in the snow. At least there's an evergreen tree in the background.

Snow in the Park

The sun broke through the clouds for about 20 minutes today. I only had time to take a couple of quick pictures in between errands. This is an area in Pippy Park where people go cross country skiing, as you can see from the tracks.

Blending In

Taken in Quidi Vidi Village. Not a lot of colour in the photo so I changed it to B&W. The white boat blends in well with the snow on the hill.

High Key Daffodil

This is a mini daffodil, I bought a pot of those at the grocery store too. It's really small, good thing I have the macro lens. I placed it on the soft box and over exposed for a high key look.

Oh, and for those wondering, the abstract photo I posted last week (here) was not ice, it was an old DVD that I put in the microwave for about 5 seconds. Then I took lots of pictures with the light reflecting off it.

Coloured Glass

A macro shot of a coloured glass ball I have hanging in my kitchen window.

Tufted Duck

2 ducks at the lake today, a female Scaup on the left and a male Tufted Duck on the right. The Tufted Duck doesn't normally look like that with a long neck, it must have been stretching. I think they are so cute with their little tufts and bright eyes that stand out against the black feathers. They're usually at the lake every winter and are close to shore since most of the lake is frozen over with just a little bit of open water, so getting pictures of them is pretty easy.
I still had to use my zoom lens though.

Road Closed?

Signal Hill Road today, very windy with lots of drifting snow. I don't think the road was really closed, I drove up it and the drifting was worse before this sign than after it. And there were plenty of cars driving up.

Crocus

Today I bought a pot of crocuses at the grocery store. They were on sale for only $1.49 and as soon as I saw them I thought "props". They're very pretty and the only sign of spring around.

An Apple

Just an apple with water sprayed onto it. I need to work on my lighting.

Too Much Snow

2 shots from around our house. I had to put on snowshoes to walk around the back.

Abstract

Who can guess what this is?

And, an update to my Kodak photo of the day. Pawdrix at DPC was kind enough to take a photo of the big screen for me, here it is. Thanks Steve!!!

February Collage

Bubbles on Bamboo

A shot looking down into a vase filled with water, rocks and lucky bamboo stalks. Lit with one flash from above, I used my macro lens.

Downtown

Downtown this afternoon. We got about 70 cm of snow over the weekend now all the streets are more narrow than usual and the sidewalks are like tunnels. And it's snowing again! Anybody want to send me a plane ticket to Hawaii?

On a happier note, this photo will be photo of the day at Kodak tomorrow and will be featured on their big screen in Times Square. So if you're in NYC have a look and take a picture of the big screen for me!

Harbour at Night

A view from Joe's office window tonight. We were snowed in until 4:00 and then it was too grey out to take pictures. Handheld at 1600 ISO because I didn't bring my tripod with me.

Muffins

A raging blizzard today, impossible to go out. I made these oatmeal muffins. They're from a mix, not from scratch, but they're pretty good.

Old House

There are a lot of big old houses in downtown St. John's. This is just one of them.

Drifting Snow

I went for a "road trip" today, a drive to take pictures, one of my favourite things to do. It was sunny but windy and cold and there was some drifting snow on this road.

Snowy Ropes

Just a quick shot today on the harbour front in the snow.

Torbay

A view of a farm and hillside from Torbay Beach, just outside the city.

Victoria Street

I bet this in one of the most painted and photographed streets in the city. If you take it from a different angle you can see right out the narrows (the entrance to the harbour). It was -9ºC with a wind-chill of -18ºC when I took this this morning so I stayed in the van and opted for this angle instead of the other, perhaps better, one.

Negative Bug Shadow

I didn't know what to take for today's photo and I was too lazy to set something up. I took this little metal bug that I have and tried to get a good picture of its shadow. It didn't work out too well but the negative image looked way better than the original.

Popcorn

The perfect snack while watching movies on a cold winter's night. We rented "Flight Plan", I've heard good and bad things about it, we shall see.

Under the Sky

I walked to Fort Amherst today, that's the lighthouse at the entrance to the harbour. It was -1ºC and chilly!

Traps & a Boat

I drove to a small fishing village today so I have lots of pictures of boats. The orange traps are crab traps.

National Flag Day

It's National Flag of Canada Day today. I didn't know that until I read it in the news. "On February 15, 1965, Canada's red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time." Hey, that makes the flag one year and three days older than me. I took this picture downtown.

Love Notes

My partner's niece's hands on her piano. After I got home I realized I should have put more candy hearts closer to her hands, but it's too late now! Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Another Flower

Well, not exactly another flower, I think it's the same flower as yesterday. I'll try not to bore you with too many flower shots but I just couldn't resist taking more pictures of them today. For this shot I put the flower on a piece of poster board on the floor and stood on a chair. It was lit with one flash from above.

Happy Birthday to Me

Yep, it's my birthday today and I had a great one. Two surprise birthday parties, lots of gifts and cards, emails and phone calls from friends and family and a new lens!!! My partner Joe gave me a Canon macro lens EF 100mm USM, which I used to take this photo (I got the flowers for my birthday too).

Snow Sculptures

Every year the local college students make snow sculptures. This year they have a couple of tractors, some city buildings and the Roman Coliseum. It's pretty big, the biggest snow scupture I've seen them make so far. I'm including a front and back photo, the photo of the back has a person in it so that'll give some sense of scale.

Back Garden

This is my back garden this afternoon. The weather forecast was for 10 centimetres of snow, after we got about 20 they changed it to 35 centimetres.

Squirrel

I went for another walk today and saw several squirrels and juncos. I did the best I could with low light and long zoom.

Snow on Spruce

I went for a walk today, it was about 1 degree above freezing with no wind and it was really nice to get out for a walk.

Lichen? Seaweed?

I don't know what this is. It was growing all over the rocks on a beach I drove to today. Pretty cool stuff. I'm including 2 pictures today, it would be nice to have a macro lens to get even closer.

Quidi Vidi Lake

This city lake (I think it's actually a pond) is only a few minutes from my house. I go there often to photograph the ducks and gulls.

Colourful Money

A quick shot today, some old money I am saving. Canada no longer uses bills for $1 and $2, we have coins. There are old $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills in this photo.

Leaving Port

A view from my partner's office window. This is an Irving oil tanker leaving the harbour.

No Exit

I took over 200 pictures today, what to post?

Digging Out

The first blizzard of the season brought about 48 centimetres of snow and it is still snowing and blowing. We're still snowed in, this is our neighbour digging out.

Snow Day

Taken this morning around 9:00 after I dropped my partner Joe off at a meeting. Taken through the windshield, I was not getting out in that storm. Schools were closed today but people still had to go to work as you can see.