Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Granisle hwy and sunsets

I encountered this large moose on the way back to the hospital from Granisle. Based on the picture I wasn't actually that close. My camera has a 12x zoom now so I was able to stop quite a bit further back and watch him stand there and then.....
run away.

This picture was taken last Friday around 7:30pm on Tchesinket lake. I was hanging out with Diana, public health nurse, and I suggested we go sunset hunting since I brought my camera along. Below is what I called "the heavens coming down".
Since Tchesinkut lake wasn't offering very much in the sunset area, we drove to the little bridge that crosses Burns Lake and stood on the side of it waiting for the sunset to happen....well nevertheless, the sun did set, but there wasn't any pretty colours to report.
While standing on that bridge, Diana and I were attacked by a very harsh cold wind. It went through our bones, made our hands numb and pratically killed the batteries in our cameras. (I hear severe coldness can do that to batteries.) The wind was literally howling through the rails on the bridge too. I tried taking a video and recording the sound of the howling but silly me didnt' take into account the noise of the actual wind being the loudest noise on the video. We'll pursue another sunset another time. So until then...this'll have to do.

And just for kicks, this is what Diana & I say happens on a typical Friday night in Burns Lake. (Yes, that is underwear on top of their pants.....honestly!!)

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Silly Kitty

Cocoa slipped quietly into Saibry's crib at mom's place. Saibry wasn't in there....but when my mom saw him and saw me take a few pics, she said "don't let anyone see those, they'll think I let cats in the crib with the baby". Rest assure there are no cats in the crib when the baby's in it. Just thought the pics were cute though.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Easter Day

My mom has a lilac tree outside her kitchen window and there are constantly birds of all types sitting on it and eating from the bird feeder. This morning there were some birds with red heads on the tree. So with my new camera, I tried out the zoom feature and got some good pics.This is Easter dinner at Tenille's place. Her husband wasn't behaving so he sat at the tv tray with the kids. (see below)There hasn't been a pic of the 3 sisters since 2006 New Years' Eve. Caitlin, Saibry and Brad. Caitlin is due in July.