Photography

Kill me now.  I mean it… just take me out back like a lame horse and put me down.   I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!! My parents will be here in four days. FOUR DAYS. Tomorrow it will only be THREE DAYS… and I have a cold!  It started out as loads of sneezing, but I told myself it …

Who needs a pedicurist when you have dogs like this?! Bailey was always a seriously licky dog, and he’s passed the habit on to Pixel.  If there is an inch of bare skin, they want to be licking it.  They’ll stop if you tell them no… sternly … err, and repeatedly.  Shouting it helps.  They’ll usually start up again five …

When I say that our blood, sweat and tears have gone into our new bedroom, I’m not jokin’.   At the moment I have a finger and a heel bandaged due to renovation related accidents.   Xander has injured three of his fingers. No good renovation goes without a few casualties, and if I have to give up the use of a …

I just woke up from a nap during my painting break (hence the red cheeks). I am so tired I can’t figure out what needs attention more urgently. My paint splattered glasses or my unruly eyebrows. (365 Days – Day 2) After watching other friends taking part in the 365 Days Flickr Group.  The challenge is to take one self …

Before we left for the South of France a colleague loaned me a book titled 501 Must-Visit Destinations. One of the things that jumped out at me was Chateau de Castelbouc in the Gorge du Tarn. This is what lead us to stay there for the last few days of our holiday. It didn’t disappoint!! The tiny village is built …

This is a candy shop in the town of Pezenas in France, which is the village we stayed in while visiting my mother in law a few weeks ago. The shop was huge and full of tons of different kinds of candy. I didn’t go in any longer than what it took for me to snap a few photos though, …

The minute I saw the photo hunt this week I knew what I would use… I took this photo in the Red Light District in Amsterdam when I moved to the Netherlands back in 1999.   As if it wasn’t shock enough being there, I was even more shocked when I saw this sign. I’m still not sure if it was …

I keep forgetting about the photo hunt lately, but there’s still a few hours left of this Saturday so I’m not too late. This is a photo of Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton, taken from one of the viewpoints of Kelly’s Mountain. For me, it’s always the sign that I’m almost home.  Once we cross that bridge I know …

One of the things that was difficult to get used to when I moved to the Netherlands was how narrow the houses are here.  Like in this photo I took in Amsterdam in 1999. It’s easy to understand, with such a huge population in such a small space.   Over 16.5 million people in a country that is slightly less than …

OHMYFREAKINGOD!  I don’t know whether to laugh or cry… I was just sitting here wondering what photo to use for this week’s them, when I heard a big kerfluffle from the other end of the room.  I looked over just in time to see Spencer the devil cat sailing through the air and landing in one of my turtle tanks!   …

This week’s theme is skinny, frig! What am I going to put for that? It’s not like I’ve ever been skinny.  At least that’s what the kids at school told me!   Ever since I was a child I was always the chubby kid.   When I look back at photos of myself when I was young, I don’t see myself as …