Walk Around The Lake – Photography

01/01/2015 by
Gentle Long Grass

Gentle Long Grass

A few days ago I put my other vintage lens, a 50 mm f/2.0, on the camera and took a walk around the lake with it.   Three point seven miles, 243 pictures, 10 cold fingers, 2 blisters and one thought later, here are some of the results.

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Moon Shot – Photography

12/29/2014 by

Moon_PhotoThere are two highs Canada gives to the US.

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Simply Nature Organic Corn Tortilla Chips – Food Review – ALDI

12/29/2014 by
Simply Nature Organic Corn Tortilla Chips ALDI - front

Simply Nature
Organic Corn
Tortilla Chips
ALDI – front

Ask and ye will have.

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Sunshine Silhouettes – Photography

12/28/2014 by
SunShine Silhouettes

SunShine Silhouettes

It’s back to the geese today with a little inspiration from a couple of other bloggers.

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Long Lens, Long Story – Photography

12/27/2014 by
Vintage 400mm lens with 2x teleconverter

Vintage 400mm lens with 2x teleconverter

Christmas day (and the day after) brought me my best presents this year – bright sunshiny days.

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Painted Sunset – Photography

12/24/2014 by
Painted Sunset

Painted Sunset

The sun did the color.  The water did the brush strokes.

 

 

 

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Belmont Pumpkin Pie – Food Review – ALDI

12/23/2014 by
ALDI - Belmont Pumpkin Pie

ALDI – Belmont
Pumpkin Pie

Well, originally, I wasn’t going to review this.  It’s such a mundane thing.  But then I thought, what are future generations going to do when they face the same problem we did this year –  What to bring to the family Thanksgiving dinner?  We were assigned the pies.

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Low Flying Geese – Photography

12/22/2014 by
Low Flying Geese

Low Flying
Geese

Perhaps not the best technical photo but, if only the geese would do a count down before they decide to do something photo worthy instead of waiting until no one is watching?    “3 . . .  2 . . . 1 . . . – now take off!”   Please.

 

 

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Deutsche Kuche Liqueur Cake Bites – Food Review – ALDI

12/17/2014 by
ALDI - Liqueur Cake Bites - 1

ALDI – Liqueur Cake Bites – 1

High expectations were met.

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Barissimo Donut Store Whole Bean Coffee – Food Review – ALDI

12/16/2014 by
ALDI Donut Store Whole Bean Coffee

ALDI
Donut Store
Whole Bean
Coffee

On the theory that a whole bean coffee will be better than an equivalent ground coffee, I took this $3.99 journey.  It’s sad to say that the journey disproved the theory.  This coffee ranks down near the bottom of our coffee ratings with its brothers and sisters on the ALDI coffee shelves.

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