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January 30th, 2006

  1. Hibernation

    January 30, 2006 by Gail

    I’m fighting a food coma from eating too many of Helma’s potato pancakes. Her cooking is so good my digestive system can’t keep up and I want to pass out next to Hugh on the floor. (Edit: Except he just peed in his sleep — argh!) But I have to keep chipping away at the ‘To Do’ list until it reaches a more manageable size. I’ve taken more bags out to the garage and to Salvation Army today while the weather’s been on the warmer side.

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    But after tonight the temperature will drop and I’ll be less inclined to be productive and more inclined to hibernate.

    Category House of Fielding | Tags: | 4 Comments

  2. For The Birds

    January 30, 2006 by Gail

    Lake Scranton
    Pentax K-1000, 80-200mm

    It was beautiful yesterday, so after my last drop-off at Salvation Army, I went to nearby Lake Scranton to take some wildlife photos with the zoom before it got too dark.

    If there’s one thing photography teaches, it’s patience. I gripped the lens barrel for a full 10 minutes, waiting for this gull to take flight. I locked in the focus and waited. And waited. And waited. It was getting colder, and I was losing feeling in my fingers. Waiting. Finally, I had to give up my position to get circulation going again. I shifted, then the blasted bird skuttled across the ice out of the frame, and this is the best I could do to capture some wingspan.

    And while I’m on the topic of birds, here’s a long overdue story of a rather nasty bird episode in Steveston (near Vancouver), from June 12. (I was in Vancouver from May 7 – August 6, waiting for my fiancée visa.) I’ll copy and paste the e-mail I sent to David: (more…)

    Category Critters + Creatures, Photography, Raconteurism, Videoclips | Tags: | 3 Comments