Blue Butterfly Quilt

Purple Scrap Quilt

Spring is here...

..... and Jacki is starting to bring her work home with her.

Security Guard

Scrap quilt

Another quilt completed

Bird Feeder and Snow

Strip Quilt

Strip Quilt made with batiks

Confusion

Walking over to Co-op, I went through the parkade. I got this picture just before exiting the parkade stairwell and was confused as to what this would have originally been. Would they have put dirt and greenery in here? What purpose other than keeping the hill from caving in would they have left these holes?

A dog & a carrot

Post Moderism

.....OR.... paint by numbers. Finally finished my project I've had on the go for a while.

New Shoes

I needed to buy new shoes for work and these were the only ones that would fit my inserts. They are fine for now.

Easter Egg Communication

We had some left over Easter eggs, so I hid a few in Jacki's room. This morning I woke up to the following message she left me on the counter.

So of course I had to leave her a message.

Focus Testing

I thought my camera wasn't up to par with my shots last night so I took some pictures to ensure it was focusing properly. It is fine, it is me. I have to take my time and the pictures will turn out.

Here are my practice shots.

Close-ups work 

Through the window

Night Photography - Class 1

Tonight was the first of two classes on Night Photography and I really enjoyed it. At first I thought it was going to be a waste but once we got out and started taking pictures I didn't want to stop. Unfortunately it was colder than snot and I froze but I think a few of my pictures turned out. Next week we are going to go over our pictures and get more pointers. Then it's look out night skies!

  First shot playing with light

Classmate actually walking back to her camera - it's my first GHOST!!

Next time focus it a little more

Got the lights of the car going by!

White balance of Tungsten light

Tripod a little crooked

White Balance = Tungsten light

White Balance = Cloudy (more true to what the night was like)

City skyline

I got the clouds!

Peace Bridge 

Through the trees

Stopped at the Stampede on the way home

Artist: E. Alan Garrett

Pictures painted by mom & dad's friend. It was a long, long, long time ago though.

This abstract painting has been with us forever. I remember it fondly growing up. Just recently Al came to sign and date it. He dated it '67.

Weekly Flowers

Work April Fool's Day

Last week we found out that our branch was the only branch in North America to have plant service - where we rented plants and people came in weekly to look after them. So our Executive Assistant sent a note out to us all stating that the plants would be removed the next day. This, believe it or not, caused a bit of an uproar.  Not our EAs fault, just something she was coordinating.

We were bugging her and even printed off pictures of plants to post around the office. Well on Sunday one of my co-workers bought two plants for her to put on her desk as a joke. Our EA is also known for being a bit sadistic so she was going to buy some Easter marshmallow chicks and bite their heads off. She didn't find any of those but bought this cute stuffed puppy instead. You'll see what she did, not pretty at all.

I was able to get in this morning and get a picture of our EA at her desk trying to figure out what happened. It was funny as I was standing behind her and she was talking to herself.  Fun had by all.

Poor puppy stabbed with the scissors

Cactus and puppy stuffing everywhere

Confused EA - WTF???

Revenge - puppy and cactus returned to prankster