Char's Photos

2012 Project

2012-01-24T20:01:00.004-05:00

So the great Project 365 for 2011 is over! More or less successful, I am enjoying not having to take a photo a day but am also missing it. I read about doing different themes, including one of taking photos of your feet so I've chosen that. It won't be every day but just whenever I feel like it and it won't be all that I am taking photos of.

Here's my first two:

ISS is so worth it!

2011-11-09T07:40:00.001-05:00

Gravity

2011-11-07T07:47:00.000-05:00

Earth

2011-09-29T07:13:00.001-04:00

Manitoulin Video

2011-09-10T17:39:00.001-04:00

Not very interesting but am learning to do videos.

Detroit

2011-06-13T20:42:00.000-04:00

It's All Treasure

2011-05-01T20:16:00.001-04:00

http://gerriherbst.blogspot.com/2011/05/100-for-100-blogcandy-giveaway.html

Spring Alley

2011-03-22T20:13:00.000-04:00

Toronto Reflection

2011-02-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

Train

2011-01-12T18:58:00.001-05:00

This year is the the Year of Project 365! And to make it better I'm doing it with Vaedri, what could be better! Here's the link to our blog:

http://fibregeeks.blogspot.com/

I'll be posting photos that I took but didn't choose for that project and I'm going to be experimenting with video as well. This one is for my nephews:)

Meter

2011-01-12T17:17:00.003-05:00

Mushrooms

2011-01-12T17:07:00.002-05:00

Pizza

2011-01-01T18:21:00.002-05:00

I hope my nephews think this as fantastic a pizza as I think it is!

Winter Sun

2011-01-01T18:10:00.002-05:00

Tree with Snow

2010-12-23T18:42:00.000-05:00

Video from bus trip going to Toronto

2010-12-23T18:31:00.001-05:00

I'm still learning. Sorry for the shaking, it is worse at the beginning.

Fog

2010-12-08T20:06:00.002-05:00

Winter Travel

2010-12-08T20:01:00.002-05:00

Wet Snow

2010-11-17T18:12:00.000-05:00

Daylight

2010-11-07T15:51:00.000-05:00

ROM Video

2010-10-31T18:44:00.001-04:00

Toronto Weekend then Snow

2010-10-31T18:36:00.003-04:00

October: Month of Scarves

2010-10-18T18:54:00.002-04:00

Quilts from the Summer

2010-10-18T18:39:00.004-04:00

Fall Morning

2010-10-03T15:08:00.000-04:00

Spider Web

2010-09-25T19:34:00.001-04:00

The amazing purple bean

2010-08-15T18:38:00.008-04:00

Purple and Green Beans!

The transformation begins!

All green and ready to be eaten!

A Couple of Summer Projects

2010-08-15T13:23:00.003-04:00

Updated our Family Cookbook.

Wall Art for my hall.

Chair cover, to protect it from the sun.

Pea Plants

2010-07-17T19:33:00.000-04:00

Iguana (and skeleton hand)

2010-07-07T19:52:00.002-04:00

Happy 44th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

2010-05-28T07:39:00.003-04:00

Take a look at these beautiful newlyweds!!

Spring Snow

2010-05-08T21:42:00.004-04:00

Photos from today!

Lunch before Armida

2010-05-02T16:17:00.001-04:00

Armida was fantastic. Last opera of the season, now looking forward to next year!

Spring is springing

2010-05-02T16:14:00.002-04:00

There are finally hints of green appearing!

Windsor Lunch

2010-04-25T17:49:00.003-04:00

Plane in Winter Sky

2010-03-07T17:53:00.000-05:00

Socks and Lake

2010-02-27T17:44:00.002-05:00

Lake in Winter

Christmas socks 2010

Photograph of Jesus

2010-02-22T20:06:00.000-05:00

Love this short film!

Winter images

2010-02-17T07:31:00.003-05:00

Unfortunate Holiday Consequences

2010-01-04T19:32:00.001-05:00

Sigh, it only took me 45 minutes to dig my car out, good thing the holiday was worth it.

Christmas Images

2009-12-27T17:07:00.003-05:00

Children's Toys

Auntie made hats and scarves

Sea Lions being fed at the zoo

The last couple of weeks

2009-12-15T19:47:00.002-05:00

Rainbow over Highway

2009-10-31T16:31:00.000-04:00

Light and blueberries

2009-09-19T11:54:00.002-04:00

I love the way the light catches and reflects the patterns in this bowl. The bowl was hand made and painted on Santorini which is where I purchased it this summer.

Wild blueberries! I finally managed to get some while out doing errands this morning. I will freeze most of them and enjoy blueberry pancakes this winter!

Stratford

2009-09-13T18:24:00.004-04:00

I had a wonderful weekend in Stratford over Labour Day. A friend and I drove down and saw "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Macbeth" both were well done and I enjoyed them both. Sunday we wandered around the fairly deserted downtown and then meandered through the countryside on our way back to North Bay. Gorgeous weather! (for a change this summer.)

European Magnets

2009-08-23T15:49:00.003-04:00

I love getting magnets, especially of places I have visited. So this last trip where we hit quite a few cities added significantly to my collection:) For more photos, see the links below and future posts where I will post some of the more artsy photos not in the links below.

short version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71997492@N00/sets/72157621953807131/

long version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71997492@N00/sets/72157621939587363/

Growing Lettuce

2009-06-28T13:46:00.003-04:00

My friend is growing lettuce. I was over for dinner and to get 1/2 of our first lot from the CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) Farm that we are trying out this year. We got lettuce, cabbage and rhubarb!

A little shopping!

2009-06-27T18:51:00.003-04:00

There's a new yarn store in town so I had to check it out:)

And then, since I was downtown already, I went to the quilt store.

Now I just need to find time to work on all my projects!

WWKiP 2009

2009-06-13T18:35:00.006-04:00

Had great weather for World Wide Knit in Public Day! Got some knitting done and bought some alpaca from the local alpaca farm at the Farmers' Market.

Earlier in the week I made this cosy for my repaired camera.

Finished these socks which I have been working on for a while.

I haven't had a chance to post this yet. This is the quilt that the staff where I work made during our retreat. We thought of words that were important to us and they wrote them on pieces of fabric which I then pieced together and made this great quilt!

Shoe Verdict

2009-06-08T19:53:00.000-04:00

A little high for spending all day in! But they are so pretty:)

I want to go to the Moon!

2009-06-07T18:11:00.001-04:00

This is actual video of the Moon! Inspiring:)

Snow almost in June

2009-05-31T07:58:00.002-04:00

Tomorrow is June 1st, today it is snowing. I don't mean a few flakes floating around that I and others I know have been trying to pretend were just dandelions, I mean accumulating big fat flakes of snow!

What to do with old CD-ROMs?

2009-05-29T20:03:00.000-04:00

Toronto Music Garden

2009-05-25T20:57:00.002-04:00

Open Doors Toronto

2009-05-24T12:23:00.002-04:00

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

There's green on the trees!

2009-05-09T07:04:00.000-04:00

Finally!

Flower?

2009-05-03T18:37:00.002-04:00

It looks like a flower but I don't know if it really is a flower.

Good Police Strategy!

2009-05-01T07:33:00.001-04:00

Socktopus

2009-04-28T19:18:00.002-04:00

This is the reason to learn to knit. This was made for me by my friend Joy. (Joy also made me my dissected frog.) I definitely need to find more time to knit. (And she says sheepishly, blog.)

New Encyclopedia Set!

2009-03-22T13:27:00.002-04:00

Well new to me, it is called "Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences" 14 volumes from 1968. There are awesome pictures in. You have to be careful of these things when working in a library and dealing with discards but I couldn't resist giving this a home.

A Wonderful Surprise!

2009-03-16T20:24:00.002-04:00

This is what I found in my candy bowl at work this morning. I love them!

Mosaic

2009-03-14T18:21:00.000-04:00

Learning a new skill

2009-02-16T09:20:00.001-05:00

Listening to your own voice is hard and speaking for that long properly is also a challenge. Here is something that I have been labouring over at work. I learned a lot and still have a lot to learn.

Project365

2009-02-11T07:39:00.000-05:00

I am now participating in Project365. This is 365.001.

Please Sign.

2009-02-09T17:50:00.001-05:00

"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/divorce

New Camera

2009-02-04T19:23:00.001-05:00

Not that exciting a picture but taken with my new Canon Elph.
Needed a camera to be able to carry around - and it's mocha!

A Winter Sunset

2009-01-22T07:34:00.000-05:00

Flowers in Winter Light

2009-01-11T18:51:00.000-05:00

My First Socks!

2009-01-10T18:15:00.001-05:00

I finally finished my first socks! I used Austermann Step yarn. I am wearing them now and they are very cosy! Now on to the next pair... not that knitting socks is addictive or anything:)

Creative Weekend!

2009-01-04T19:15:00.000-05:00

New Socks

2009-01-02T22:23:00.002-05:00

These are my new socks that my dear friend Vaedri made for me! I love them! I waited until too late in the afternoon to take the picture - check out Vaedri's pics for a better idea of the colours.

International Year of Astronomy 2009

2009-01-01T09:51:00.001-05:00

túrána hott kurdís by hasta la otra méxico! from Till Credner on Vimeo.
I need to figure out something special to mark the IYA. I'll keep you updated when I come up with something.

Completed and Given Projects

2008-12-31T23:06:00.004-05:00

Runner for my sister.

Blanket for my new nephew - it doesn't quite capture the colours that are in the yarn.

Quilt for my new nephew. I am pretty sure that the colours are going to run.

Oh well as long it gets used.

Favourite Photos!

2008-12-23T07:57:00.003-05:00

These are 2 of my favourite pictures of my brother and me! I've been thinking about them with the arrival of my second nephew who is just about the same age difference as my brother and me. And those are pretty cool overalls that I am wearing:)

Victoria

2008-12-21T11:31:00.002-05:00

I had a great time in Victoria for the new course I am starting and then met up with my brother who came over from Vancouver where he is currently living. We had a great time exploring after my course and looking at some beautiful trees. Which was fun with my forester brother though we would have done more if I had hiking boots.

Have a new computer since my old one died, sigh what a pain but enjoying the new one and - dare I say it - Vista. Two more days of work before the holiday when I will be off to see my family at my sister's in St. Louis, including my 2 nephews. The latest (no name yet) decided he wanted to be here for the celebrations and arrived yesterday 3 weeks early!!

First Sock

2008-12-07T19:45:00.003-05:00

And I have already started on the second sock so hopefully I'll be wearing them in a few months - holiday projects needing to take precedence at the moment. Though I do have an upcoming bus ride and plane ride which may prove useful at getting them done!

Love Matters!

2008-11-21T07:21:00.000-05:00

more music charts

To Do List

2008-11-17T18:11:00.001-05:00

This is a good representation of my to do list - though maybe not this organized:)

Texture

2008-11-10T18:35:00.002-05:00

My work is rewarding and I like to work hard
but it does interfere with my crafting (and blog posting;).

Scarf Frenzy!

2008-10-29T19:24:00.003-04:00

To go with my orange coat.

Fun with a ruffle scarf, for someone special.

This scarf is for me.

With matching mittens - my first pair!

Hat and Scarf for my brother.

Snow in October

2008-10-21T08:05:00.000-04:00

Guess that's what I get for living in the North.

Calgary

2008-10-12T10:17:00.006-04:00

Calgary Tower from Starbucks

Fantastic few days in Calgary - Main Event: A Friend's Wedding - which was fantastic!

Horseshoe Canyon

Drumheller from the inside of the dinosaur that you can climb up.

Prairie

Downtown Calgary

View from the Calgary Tower - Saddledome and Stampede grounds.

Fall Colours

2008-09-28T10:36:00.002-04:00

The colours are really spectacular this year. The first of many if I can find the time.

Montreal II

2008-09-28T10:27:00.002-04:00

So I took a number of these shots as Montreal has quite a few of these repetitive type architectural style buildings around. I like this but there is something not quite right with the composition or light. I was going to play around with cropping it but wasn't sure what to do.

Montreal I

2008-09-26T21:14:00.000-04:00

September already - what a whirlwind!

2008-09-13T19:31:00.000-04:00

First 3 squares of the Afghan CAL

2008-09-07T19:36:00.000-04:00

Physics Rap!!

2008-09-02T18:46:00.000-04:00

A Pineapple Weekend!

2008-09-01T18:19:00.000-04:00

Coke and Peanuts

2008-08-28T07:09:00.001-04:00

We tried this good old Southern tradition at lunch yesterday.
It was alright though I don't usually drink Coke.

Road Building in Northern Ontario

2008-08-27T07:09:00.002-04:00

It is quite a sight to see as they literally scar the land in building the road. The road is built on the Canadian Shield so a lot of blasting takes place.

Antique Shopping

2008-08-12T19:41:00.002-04:00

Cottage Flower1

2008-08-04T13:57:00.000-04:00

Summer Driving

2008-08-03T11:32:00.004-04:00

And my car reached 100,000 kilometers - which is a small milestone but a "kilometrestone" (?) nonetheless. Had a wonderful week at a cottage with good friends more pictures to come.

Camera Class - Duchesnay Falls

2008-07-17T19:54:00.002-04:00

Camera Class - Sweetman's Garden

2008-07-16T18:54:00.004-04:00

Photography Class

2008-07-15T19:23:00.002-04:00

I am taking a photography class this week. I took this near Eau Claire Gorge.

Expect more pictures:)

What to do when your coworker has knee surgery?

2008-07-12T16:57:00.002-04:00

When you find out the stitches look like eyelashes and you know she is paranoid about writing with pen on skin - come up with $20 so she will let you draw a happy face on her knee!
Later that day after the stitches came out, we had a dead happy face. Although some were trying to convince me that it was just an eye lift - I know it was dead! (And the money went to the student food bank.)

Canada Day

2008-07-08T20:15:00.001-04:00

Chairs and a Shawl

2008-07-03T19:38:00.002-04:00

If you are going to get chairs, they might as well be hot pink!

This shawl did not turn out really well. I should have realized earlier that it wasn't wide enough. I think that it will be okay as a kind of scarf instead. My first shawl(ish) and I have a better idea of what to do next.