Sunday, March 10, 2013

Denial

In complete defiance, some might say denial, of the wet, gloomy weather today and the forecast of rain/snow for the next few days, I'm posting these photos taken on a gloriously sunny day last Tuesday. And hoping that the people at the National Weather Service are right about the sun coming back later in the week. Enjoy.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Northern Light

A little over a year ago, I posted about my son-in-law's main hobby and passion, the annual snowmobile race at the Soo.  They do other races too of course, but this is the big deal for the year.

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I mentioned very briefly in that post that a film crew had been taping them and another racing family for over a year, making a documentary about snowmobile racing. The mention was so brief that I think most of my friends missed it and were surprised recently when I posted a link on Facebook about a funding effort to raise the final amount needed to finish the film. You can see the trailer for the film by clicking the link on the left.


The funds are being raised on Kickstarter, a site for raising money for all kinds of creative projects. The twist  here is that the goal must be met, or the project gets none of the money pledged.



Most of these pics didn't make it into the original blog post, but I thought it would be fun to show the crew, mostly Nick, following, (or running after!), Ike and Emily getting footage of them before and during the race.


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While it is certainly exciting to think that my daughter and son-in-law will be in a movie, the bonus is that we have made some great new friends in Nick and Lisa, and their photographer, Anna.

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Normally I would crop a photo taken from this far away, but I love the Where's Waldo look of it. Can you find Nick?

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Afternoon light

This will be our fourth full summer in this house, and the plants are finally looking much more established this year.  A busy work schedule has kept me away from much gardening the last couple years, so anything we plant must be able to stand some ( well a lot actually ) neglect. These I think are doing just fine. Afternoon light can be wonderful for shooting outdoors, and I love the way the light is shining through the Iris petals.

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