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June 30, 2007 - Camrose favorites

June 23, 2007 - can you see me in her eyes?

My daughter looks like me, I think. She definitely has my eyes. But today I could actually see myself IN her eyes. How much do I love my new 30D? SOOOOOO much!

June 19, 2007 - more from around the farm

These were all shot after 9 p.m. last night, so was using 1600 ISO and various shutter speeds and apertures.

Anna banana, coming over the hill to see what we're doing.

The tractor at rest after cultivating the summerfallow.

I call this area of the farm the bone yard ... it's where old tractors and trucks go to die.

Farmall M

Another tractor, finished spraying and now just sitting .. waiting.

June 13, 2007 - Swiper no swiping!

Our friendly neighborhood foxes, who have taken up residence under an old abandoned building in our yard. These are the young ones and we saw them playing outside today, no parents in sight.

We think the one on the right is the male. He's bolder and a prettier color.

June 11, 2007 - kid photos

Grace looking an awful lot like a Sears model

Sam being a cutie patootie

June 11, 2007 - Calgary Zoo photos

Had fun at the zoo on Saturday, but my legs and knees are still sore - that's a lot of walking! I shot completely in manual for the whole trip - quite a challenge with the different lighting in each animal area!

This was actually indoors, in one of the few well-lit buildings.

Female gorilla. She was amazing, watched every single person that came around the corner to her area.

African wild dogs. Our dogs do the same thing on hot days - sleep!

Crazy little lemur, at large in one of the exhibits. Cool little fella, but he insisted on hiding way up inside a tree.

Peacock ... this one was actually inside an enclosure. We spotted a few more just wandering around, doing their own thing inside the zoo.

Flamingo. Cool birds!

Indoors and in a dark area, loved the wild hair on these little guys.

Lit by a skylight, these monkeys were literally hanging out.

Let's just pretend this monkey isn't peeing.

Very strange ant eater, in a very dark enclosure.

Wise-looking fella.

Elephants ... their usual area is under construction, so they were in this smaller area and not terribly happy about it.

Cougar in the Canadian Wilds area.

Grizzly bears. They almost look cuddly.

June 3, 2007 - Welcome to Alberta

Here's what comedian Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Albertans:

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Alberta.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Alberta.

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Alberta.

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Edmonton for the weekend, you live in Alberta.

If you measure distance in hours, you live in Alberta.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Alberta.

If you have switched from "heat" to "air conditioning" and back again in the same day, you live in Alberta .

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Alberta.

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in Alberta.

If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in Alberta.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Alberta .

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Alberta .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Alberta.

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in Alberta.