She's here! - HNT #48

My baby arrived today! That is my new camera! And simply saying I am excited would be like calling a tornado a little bit of wind!!!














So, for those so inclined to care, this is what I gave myself as an early Krimas present:

• Sony alpha 100 camera body
• Tamron AF28-80mm F/3-5.6
  
• Tamron AF75-300 F/4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2
• Wide angle lens adapter
• High Res filter set (3)
• 52" Tripod
• 4G Compact Flash & reader
• 8hr Lith Ion battery

also included in the kit:

• soft weather proof camera bag
• hard luggage case
• starter's cleaning kit incl. mini tripod
• and 5 year extended warranty package

***disclaimer: my bottom not included***

Now I just need to learn how to use the little darling...

EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An email from UPS was sent informing me that it should arrive tomorrow!

EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cold snap!

The Great White North...Canada didn't get this moniker without good reason...And right now we are in the middle of a nasty little cold snap. Our regular temperatures for this time of year sit around the 0°C mark (that's 32°F for my neighbours to the South).

Right now... feels like -39°C (-38.2°F) with the wind chill...I think I'll go put on anoither pair of socks before I head out this morning...

There had better be hot coffee waiting for me when I get to the office!

Amazing

Everyone go here right now!

EEP! - I forgot - HNT #47

Wednesday night...already???

And me with no new ideas for HNT...oops!

So I dug into my archives again, and found something I hardly have recolection of...I don't remember taking the set of photos that tonight's offering comes from, but there are many of them...over 100 in fact...I don't think I have used any of them before...seems strange. The set was taken back in August...I will have to go through it and see if any of it is worth revisiting...but for tonight's HNT I give you a lost piece of me...

This fascinates me

Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years.


I know many of you have seen this, but I wanted to share it anyway. It is amazing, and beautiful!

the countdown is on

Yesterday I placed an order. An order that will result in great new toy/tool for me to play with very soon. I am very very excited. And a littel bit freaked out. This has cost me a lot of money, but it is a great deal, and it is more than worth it. The wait just might kill me though....

is it here yet?





how about now?




EDIT* - A hint, because Tommy pouted...this tool will help me improve my view of the world, helping me further my current obsession into a possible career...

Winterized - HNT #46

Winter is upon us here in Calgary...and it's not the cool wind or the small amount of snow collected on the ground...Nope...it's my body's reaction to the lack of humidity.

Calgary is not a humid place at the best of times...actually it's down right dry...but winter it almost unbearable.

It's only mid November and already my hair is a fuzzy staticy mess...
















my eyes are dry and feel like crunchy leaves under my eyelids when I blink...










my lips hurt from the wind and the cold, and it doesn't seem to matter how much balm I use...










my cuticles...oh man, my cuticles are so dry and ragged that my mitten made me bleed last week...and I've cut my nails short in an attempt to stop the chipping and peeling...so dry and brittle...









and I use lotion night and day and my skin is still dry...thirsting for moisture...












Only 5 more months till spring...

Happy HNT everyone . . .

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all is well

okay, sulkfest is over...I slept well - only waking once at about 4:30 - and refreshed and ready to face Tuesday this morning...is it really only Tuesday???

In other news...today is Mr. J's birthday! He's 31 today!

Table reserved for self pitty...party of one

I'm going to bed . . . alone

. . . again . . .


sad, and lonely
. . . my two worst friends close by my sides tonight, like the small angel and devil masquerading as ones conscience, or The Great Gazoo to Fred Flintstone . . .

will I be okay?

Yes

but for now I wallow in my bad mood . . .

loneliness feeding on sadness . . .
sadness feeding on loneliness . . .


I'm going to bed . . . alone

. . . again . . .

goodnight cruel world . . .
see you in the morning . . .

Baby, it's cold outside! - HNT #45

I woke this morning in the dark, the sunrise was beautiful. The sun smiled down on the city, with the promise of a beautiful day...

by noon the wind had picked up... by 1:30 the sun was completely under cover of a thick grey cloud layer... by 2:00 a fog layer had rolled in and a fine snow had begun to fall... by 3:00 the snow flakes were coming down in clumps and had begun to collect on the cars and grass... by 5:00 this is what the city looked like...

time to dig out the winter clothes...

Happy HNT everyone . . .

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Random thoughts . . . update

Wow, I have been so slack about keeping things up to date around here the last while . . . for that I am sorry! I have spent a large portion of my time going through photos on my computer and working on a few projects, trying to improve a few computer skills, helping a friend out, sleeping, and otherwise being generally distracted . . .

There has been some major changes in my life and I am still trying to settle into my new existance . . . my doctor has me on a new medication and it has knocked me on my ass. I can't seem to get enough sleep, which is a very strange experience, because I typically suffer from cronic insomnia . . . sleep is good . . . I like it . . . I just don't like waking up.

jmk has moved out. He returned my keys yesterday afternoon . . . all his belongings relocated to his new abode. I slept with my bedroom door open for the first time in a few months...it was weird . . . I think it will be good for me to be on my own again while I try to sort through things, but I will mioss having someone there when I get home from work.

And the big news! I am going to Hawaii in December!!! I am so excited about it.9 nights, 10 days on the beach just before Christmas . . . I'll have that lovley sunkissed (pink) glow for the holidays. Mr. J's family are all going courtesy of his sister, so Mr. J and I are splitting the cost of a ticket so I can join them. We are staying in a beach house on Lanikai Beach . . . We fly out on Dec 12th all together, and I return on my own on Dec 21st just intime to drive to my Parents place with my sister mek and jmk for Christmas...it's going to be a busy December . . . but 10 days on the beach . . . I can't complain.

Fallen . . . HNT #44

So, I haven't put my Halloween costume away from yesterday yet, so . . . this is what I came up with . . .

. . . again, not quite what I was going for, but a much better result than last week . . .

Happy HNT everyone . . .

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