A reflection on my mental state today

Introspection, originally uploaded by VickyTH.   Peering into the mists of a thick fog is an intriguing (and often vain) pursuit. This is what Newfoundlanders call "capelin weather" – wet and cold and foggy. Usually this kind of weather accompanies the ocean currents that bring the capelin (really small fish like kippers). The whales follow…

Road test & photo forays

So we replaced the poor blue Tercel with an Echo, the car that replaced the Tercel in 2000. They've since stopped making the Echo and now make a vehicle called the Yaris. Cool car, stupid name. Anyway, here's the new car. We picked it up on Thursday and took it out for a highway test…

Night-time wanderings

The moon was full and the memory card in the camera empty, so I took a quick jaunt over to the local mosque in the hopes of finding the moonlit mosque to be a poetic sight. It exceeded my expectations. Here are three shots of the Al-noor Mosque in St. John's Newfoundland. There is a…

Shooting in the Breeze

Spring has sprung around here. Putting laundry on the line is a pleasant experience and no longer means losing digits to the cold! We have crocuses and kids and dogs and sticks… Katherine and I walked to the store in search of more clothespins and stopped in at the old Holy Trinity Cemetery on our…

Cool Camera Concept

With thanks to Sure B'y for digging up this fabulous idea and great links which I am shamelessly hustling, here's a link to World Pinhole Photography Day. Those interested still have around two weeks to make their cameras and get moving on taking pictures. Start now, as the exposure time for lens-less photos is often…