June 20, 2009
It arrived Friday in the post … my first published book that is! From submission on the blurb website to arriving at my door was six days. I was kept informed on the progress by updates on their website and USPS services until it left SFO for YVR. From end-to-end, the process has been seemless …
June 15, 2009
A friend of mine recently asked me if I would like to prepare something for a silent auction fund raiser for the transgendered community program AmBigYouUs. Given the success of my work around Lost Lagoon of late, I decided to give it a try. The website blurb.com has all you need to prepare, design, layout …
May 30, 2009
I was tempted to title this post “I need more money!” after one of Sarah Richardson’s comments from her “Sarah’s House” HGTV series when she realizes that, in order to get the look she wants in her home, she needs more money. Two things happened recently that have me bemoaning that same litany. Renting that …
May 25, 2009
On the Victoria Day weekend during on of my usual walks around Lost Lagoon, I noticed that the new bird houses that the Nature House had just put in were starting to attract residents. Sparrows had already moved in and were rearing chicks; swallows were begining to take an interest in the bird-houses-on-poles that had …
May 20, 2009
I have been using a 20 year old film-type 35-105mm ƒ3.5-4.5 macro/zoom that my sister lent me just after I bought my K20D camera. This was one of the prime reasons I bought a Pentax … I can use lenses made for older (sometimes much older) Pentax film cameras. This lens was only made from …