March 15, 2012, Day 75 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Hmmm, just a fence post in our yard. It has a bit of new snow on it, and I hope that is the extent of our snow for this winter. Yeah, right!

March 14, 2012, Day 74 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Yup, more clouds!

March 13, 2012, Day 73 of my 365 Days of Photographs

So, today is Kevin's birthday, and these vanilla wafers are the closest thing to a birthday cake that I had to take a picture of. Anyway, I hope Kevin has a wonderful birthday, and enjoys my vanilla wafer cookie tumble instead of a cake!

March 12, 2012, Day 72 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I seem to be on a cloud thing lately. I love clouds, and I find the clouds in Canada really great. The first time I came to Canada to visit, I took so many pictures of the clouds, and that was in the days before I had a digital camera! I still really enjoy clouds, so there will be lots on my blog!

March 11, 2012, Day 71 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Bryon grabbing a hay bale to take home to the cows in our yard. I thought this might be a good picture to use to say Happy Birthday to Virginia!

March 10, 2012, Day 70 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Today would have been my dad's 87 birthday. I think he would have liked this picture, so all I will say is, Happy Birthday, Dad. I love you!

March 9, 2012, Day 69 of my 365 Days of Photographs

We just happened to run across a herd of elk in my brother-in-law's pasture today. We don't see elk in that area very often. I'm sure glad I had my camera with me!

March 8, 2012, Day 68 of my 365 Days of Photographs

The sky always looks so cool, but my photographs never seem to do it justice. However, I still think this looks pretty cool!

March 7, 2012, Day 67 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I used to collect unicorns. When I moved to Canada, I got rid of almost all of the unicorns that I had. This one was particularly special to me, and since it was small, I kept it. I just think it is sweet.

March 6, 2012, Day 66 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Still on my food kick. I think the bright red tomatoes look pretty.

March 5, 2012, Day 65 of my 365 Days of Photographs

For some reason I have been fascinated with food pictures the last few days. This is a little squash we bought a while back. We haven't done anything with it, so today I thought I would experiment with pictures of it. I wanted to focus on the stem and blur the rest. It mostly looks like what I wanted.

March 4, 2012, Day 64 of my 365 Days of Photographs

This is a variety of Indian corn that we actually grew. We only got about 10 ears of corn, and I'm not sure what my husband wanted to do with them, but I think all the colors in it look pretty cool. Each ear of corn was a bit different in color. This piece has been gnawed on a bit. My little dog, Joon, loves to get up on the counter and take the smaller piece to her kennel to chew on a bit. Silly dog!

March 3, 2012, Day 63 of my 365 Days of Photographs

These are some Russian stacking dolls that a friend actually brought me from Russia. I just played around with them because I think they are pretty cute.

March 2, 2012, Day 62 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I love these grain storage bins. They are located in a field far out in the bush, a very remote area. The first time we came across them, I was quite surprised. It just didn't seem like they fit. There are actually three or four more of them spread across this area. They were all in my original picture, but I didn't think it would look good so spread out, so I cropped it. I also switched it to mostly black and white. There is still a bit of blue to the sky, but I like the way it looks.

March 1, 2012, Day 61 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I was playing around with pictures of some cute knick knacks I have, and I thought this one was particularly cute. I liked it best in black and white. The colors on it are very soft, but the faces just seemed more touching in black and white.

February 29, 2012, Day 60 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I like fires, and this time of year we always have one in our house since our wood stove is the only way we heat the house. I love the smell of the burning wood, I love the crackling of the fire and I don't even mind bringing in wood from the shed. All in all, wood stoves are great, and I love everything about them. My little Joon's favorite spot in the house is curled up on the side of the stove. Sometimes I wonder how she keeps from cooking herself. She gets cold easily, so I guess the extra heat is nice for her. Anyway, this is an actual fire in my stove from today, Leap Year Day! I hope it was a great extra day for everyone.

February 28, 2012, Day 59 of my 365 Days of Photographs

In my picture file, I labeled this photo "content" because that is exactly what it makes me feel when I look at it, and it is obviously what they are both feeling. When Benny feels stressed or overwhelmed, he goes to find a cat, usually my big female, but this time it was our young male. Our other little dog likes to be groomed by the cats, too. Houdini normally gets kind of rough with them and starts biting, but this time he was gentle and seemed to enjoy it as much as Benny did. Benny looks like he is in Heaven.

February 27, 2012, Day 58 of my 365 Days of Photographs

There are a couple of old bikes sitting in our yard, leftovers of the days when my boys still lived at home. After the recent snow, they looked a bit sad and lonely, so I took a few pictures. I like how this one turned out in black and white.

February 26, 2012, Day 57 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Just some old spools of wire, sitting on some fence panels that are leaned up against an old sea can that sits in our yard. I like the contrast of the green sea can with the mostly white of everything else. Nothing too exciting. I just like it.

February 25, 2012, Day 56 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Yes, I like old buildings. This one I pass on a regular basis. I have even stopped a time or two and taken pictures of it with my previous camera. However, something about the way I cropped this particular picture, the lighting and the angle all make it seem different to me in this picture. I don't know if this was someone's cabin, or if it was just an old grain shed, but I'm sure it meant something to someone. I think I will take a walk behind it some day to see what it looks like from the other side. Maybe it has a door and a window or two that give me more of an idea what it actually was when it was built a long time ago.

February 24, 2012, Day 55 of my 365 Days of Photographs

This is one of those pictures that looks better in my head than when I actually see the picture. However, it still has some coolness to it. Hoar frost on an extension cord that goes from our calf shelter to one of our chicken coops.

February 23, 2012, Day 54 of my 365 Days of Photographs

This picture is such a cool one when you can look at it in a larger size. I thought about deleting it when I saw that it doesn't have the same feel in this smaller size, but I still like it, so I'm going with it. If you look all the way to the right, you can see my husband, Bryon. He has just opened a gate to let our friend's cows into their next pasture. He called them, and they all came from clear across the field get to fresh hay. Now they are just waiting patiently for him to get it opened wide enough to let them through. It shows what he does so well!

February 22, 2012, Day 53 of my 365 Days of Photographs

So, these look better when the picture is a bit bigger, but I still like them. A row of bright red grain sheds, and the one has a religious sign on it. I have passed these sheds so many times, and I always think I should take pictures of them, so today I did!

February 21, 2012, Day 52 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I saw a really cool picture on the internet yesterday, and I decided to try to recreate it. Mine isn't nearly as cool as the one I saw, but I kind of like how the candles look in the mirror. I'm not sure how you get really good ones without being in the picture, but this is a start!

February 20, 2012, Day 51 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I just really like taking pictures of old buildings. It makes me think of the past and wonder about the people that built the old building, possibly lived in it, or worked in it. I love to take them in black and white since it makes them more realistic. This one is a favorite of mine on the way to Grande Prairie.

February 19, 2012, Day 50 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I took this picture out the window of our truck when it was going highway speed. I was pretty impressed that it came out so clear, no real blur to it. This is a grain plant on the way to Grande Prairie. It was a nice, sunny day.

February 18, 2012, Day 49 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Here is Houdini sitting in the bedroom window. He was on the inside, I was on the outside, and I snapped his picture. I love how the outside world is mirrored in the window. Kind of cool.

February 17, 2012, Day 48 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Yup, these are eggs, eggs in various colors and shades. There are white eggs, lots of shades of brown eggs and even a couple of green eggs. Yes, I said green eggs. Unfortunately, the two green eggs look pretty much white in the picture. In real life, they are a lovely light green shade. They come from Americana mix chickens I have. I just love looking at all the colors of my glorious eggs!

February 16, 2012, Day 47 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Interesting picture from the review mirror of the truck. Amazing what a person will do when they are stuck in a vehicle just waiting! However, I do think this is pretty interesting.

February 15, 2012, Day 46 of my 365 Days of Photographs

One single rose among some sweet smelling, pink carnations. I just like the colors and the look of the rose nestled in the carnations. Just looked appropriate for the day after Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2012, Day 45 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Happy Valentine's Day!! Today's picture (which happens to be two pictures because I can), is something very personal and, oh so very close to my heart. It is the Valentine that I received from my husband, and it is the BEST Valentine I have every received. Forget the candy and cards that we all received when we were little kids, forget the flowers and chocolates that we hopefully have all received at some time in our adult life and definitely forget the forgotten Valentine's Days. This Valentine is simply a bunch of computer paper cut into hearts, held together with a safety pin (yup, a safety pin) and with amazing things scrawled on them in my husband's handwriting. Seriously, the most romantic and touching thing he has ever given me. I love the man with all my heart, and I am thankful that some days he "gets it." What more can a wife ask? I love you, Bryon. May I become the wife that you talked about on your hearts.

February 13, 2012, Day 44 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Today I was sitting in our truck waiting for my husband to take care of some insurance business. It took him forever! I had my camera in the car, so I started taking some pictures. I took pictures of various things in the truck: the radio, the clock, the steering wheel. I think you get the picture. Then I started looking outside of the truck, and I saw some really interesting things. I wanted to take pictures of several people, but I was afraid they would call the cops on me for being a stalker or something. Instead I took some pictures of other things, and this dripping roof was one of them. They got a couple of inches of wet snow in Spirit River this morning, but it was warm, so everything started drip dropping away. I was lucky enough to be able to get some of the drips and drops as they came down. You can see big ones, and even some smaller ones if you look close. The angle of the roof was kind of strange. It was kind of between two buildings, where one overlapped the other one, so that part looks a bit strange, but I love the water drops. Now I just need an even better lens for such things. Happy drip dropping!

February 12, 2012, Day 43 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Another picture that I didn't actually take today. I just didn't get a chance to take any pictures, and I meant to put this one on any way, so here it is. Nothing too exciting, but I like the day time view of the moon, and the tree kind of gives some perspective on it. Just kind of cool, I think.

February11, 2012, Day 42 of my 365 Days of Photographs

I have been busy the last couple of days, so my time with my camera has been very limited. Kind of means I only get a chance to take pictures when I am in the house. Unfortunately, that really limits me on what I can take pictures of, and my animals are my go to things when I am in the house (and sometimes not in the house). This is Thomasina (Tomi for short). Of my five cats, she is the only female, and she has really cool eyes, so a snapped a close up of her. She didn't even complain about the flash. At least not for the first two or three pictures. After that she hid under the table. I promised her I would leave her alone for a few days!

February 10, 2012, Day 41 of my 365 Days of Photographs

This is Benny. I think there is another picture on here of he and his sister, Joon. When he saw me looking like I was going to take his picture, he turned his head, then glanced back to see if I was really going to do it. I did! He doesn't mind his picture taken when we are outside and no flash goes off, but he hates it when we are inside and the flash gets to his eyes. However, he is a pretty sweet little guy who is mostly cooperative, especially if it means he will get a liver snack when we are done.

February 9, 2012, Day 40 of my 365 Days of Photographs

So, this is my latest pet! Pretty cute, don't you think? This young, female moose has moved in, and she seems very content to stay. She doesn't care that my little dog goes out and chases her out of the yard, the big dogs bark at her (but they are fenced in the hay yard and can't get to her) and I go out on the deck and take tons of pictures of her. She is normally gone in the day and back at night, but today she came in early, so I got a lot of pictures of her. I couldn't convince her to stand where there wasn't junk behind her, though. There is a hay bale in the yard that she has been enjoying. It looks like she is in pretty good shape. She can stay as long as she doesn't get too aggressive, or tries to hurt anyone. Pretty sweet to have my very own moose since I love them so much. I might even have to give her a name. Any suggestions?

February 8, 2012, Day 39 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Our temperatures have really dropped, and everything is covered in beautiful hoar frost every morning. This is a picture looking across our dugout, and you can see the frost on all the little willow trees and such. It kind of has a bluish tint to it. That is the way it looked before I messed with it, and I actually kept it that way because it seemed to give the cold affect better.

February 7, 2012, Day 38 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Went for a drive this afternoon and saw these two deer standing out in the field. They watched me take lots of pictures, and just stood there almost posing for me. I love it when wildlife cooperate. Usually I catch the back end of something, or it is really blurry because they were on the run. Thanks beautiful creatures  for being such great models!

February 6, 2012, Day 37 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Our temperatures dropped quite a lot last night, and when I got up today, there was beautiful hoar frost everywhere. I took my camera and went for a walk. I got some great shots of the frost on everything, but I figured I should take a shot of my two tough little leaves. I think they look very elegant dressed in their layer of frost, and even the colder temperatures can't get them to let go from their tree. The sun is shining brightly, and I'm sure the frost will be gone soon. It sure made for a beautiful walk today, though. 

February 5, 2012, Day 36 of my 365 Days of Photographs

Okay, I must be completely honest. I did not take this picture today. I took it yesterday before the moose decided to run off into the bush. The best distance lens I have for my camera really isn't up to the distance these moose were from us, so I made my picture black and white, and then it looks a bit better. My husband figures this is a momma moose and her two offspring from last year. They were happily munching away on some hay bales before we came along and spoiled their morning. One of the two babes is the critter that took out the fence the day before. It was so cool to have them run past me just about half a block or so in front of me. Unfortunately, my camera couldn't keep up with them that day, and I didn't get any good pictures. I shall keep trying, though, unless they move on elsewhere to get away from me and my pesky camera.