Archive for December 27th, 2009

Bare Grapevines

Bare Grapevines

Today, a group of friends and I went to the Niagara region (specifically the area between the Welland Canal to the Niagara River/US border) to spend the day visiting the wineries and tasting wine.

Frapto 57 – Pencils

Frapto 57 – Pencils

Today was a quick play with the DSLR I have been given temporarily. It is on loan from the sister till after her wedding in May, I am taking the photographs, so have been given it early to get use to it.
It is a Canon EOS 1000D
I got the funky pencils as a gift from [...]

Neon Goodness

Neon Goodness

I love Neon. On our drive home from dinner in Center City we were stopped at a light at the corner of 10th and Filbert and I was able to get this shot through the windshield of Brian’s car.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Here is a photo of a red-bellied woodpecker at the suet feeder.

Ah, Nuts!

Ah, Nuts!

These acorn-shaped, peanut-holding bird feeders were a Christmas gift from Heather.  I’ve been wanting these for a long time, and finally they are here, filled, and ready to be used!  Too bad the birds haven’t discovered them yet.

Inside The Dome

Inside The Dome

I’ve spent the last two days tearing through Stephen King’s new opus, “Under The Dome”. There was another pic from the book I wanted to post, but in the end decided that it might be spoiler-ish, so decided against it. Let me know if you’ve read it so we can talk about it privately! I’ll [...]

Tasty Snack

Tasty Snack

This was the most activity that I had all day Sunday.   I opened my stocking stuffer.  It’s Godiva chocolate truffles.  Two covered in chocolate and filled with Egg Nog cream.  One Dark Chocolate with a Gingerbread Cream (the best one!).  Two White Chocolate covered Peppermint Cream with bits of candy cane.
We watched my Freaks and [...]