Ben's school picture

What a natural smile! He kills me...

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Mom...

You cut my hair without asking!?!?

It's true, it's true...Isaac got his first hair cut today by mom...just a little off the top

More Photoshop playing

I tried an effect tonight using a tutorial that I found online for making your photo look like a clip from a movie. I am not totally thrilled with the outcome, but maybe the subject wasn't right.

Patch work

3 months

Isaac is three months now. He is changing every day. He reaches out and plays with his toys now.

Listening to: "Goodnight Rose" - Ryan Adams

Bubblebath

...part 3

Peter Pumpkinhead


...I know I left Isaac around here somewhere...



Sitting on a gourd

...part 2

Liv always likes the animals until she gets close


Prison break!


Pig in the city


The Great Pumpkin

Annual Appleland trip...part 1

Beautiful sunny day for our trip to Appleland. Some varieties (Mutsu and Granny Smiths weren't quite ready) so we might just have to go again in a couple weeks.


On the way out to the orchard on the Apple "Train"


Loaded trees


Dance of the Apple Fairy


Benny eating an Apple - captured on film!

Toad Lily

My favourite bloom of all

10 weeks...

Isaac at 10 weeks

...off he goes

Ben's first day of school.

To infinity and beyond!

Ben in his new Buzz Lightyear costume from the Disney store.

7 weeks and counting...

...still with the crazy hair!

More blending..."before and after"

Listening to: "Friend of a friend" - Foo Fighters

Fiddling in Photoshop

Today I learned how to blend photos. This one is from Kyle and Britney's wedding.

The Kiss

This was taken from the flight deck of the USS Midway. I didn't expect to be in San Diego this week, but I was asked to go on Monday when I got to work to help out some of our colleagues from our US office. San Diego is a beautiful city...one of the few places that I have travelled for work that I would actually like to go back to.

PS I like the kid underneath...getting an eyeful!

Limelight Hydrangea

Limelight Hydrangea turning pink

Hosta Choice Gardens

I just want to give a free plug to a fantastic place that I detoured to on my way home from a work roadtrip on Tuesday. It is called Hosta Choice Gardens and it is located in Appin (about 1/2 hour west of London). They easily have the best selection of hostas that I have ever seen. I also really like that they have a great way to view the hostas; they have a woodland type setting and I don't think I would be exaggerating to say that they probably have near a thousand or more hostas on display and tagged. The great thing is that you can see what the plant will look like at full size. I find that a lot of times with hostas you also get some colour change as the plant matures, so you can see what the colour will be as the plant gets older as well.

All in all a great place. Unfortunately they are closed after this weekend. I only walked away with one lonely Abiqua Drinking Gourd (I know...boring) but if I have time this weekend I will take Nina and the kids out for a drive.

If you get the chance check it out...you will not be disappointed.

Zee famous underwater explorer extraordinaire...

...in search of zee famous spitting serpent...ah zut there it is...