108:365 The Works

Anna: The girls and I headed downtown for library day, but our usual route was blocked off. Since we parked on the 10th floor of the parkade, I figured I'd take a look and see why. Turns out the square is being set up for The Works Art and Design Festival, which starts tomorrow night. We really enjoyed it last year. I definitely want to check it out again this year. :-D










Philippe: You know, for a cat that lounges around all day, she moves a *lot* when you're trying to get her in a shot. In hindsight, I should have used the 50mm 1.8 instead of the 90mm. This was a low light shot that had *many* takes prior to this one. :P

107:365 The Horror!!

Anna: A horror like nothing I've ever beheld... and no, I'm not talking about what's left of my throat these days... ;-)

One of the plus sides of being sick and relatively housebound. We're actually watching all those dvd's we borrowed from the library. Including this one. As you can see by my younger daughter's traumatized eyes, it was beyond belief.

It's actually billed as the worst movie ever made - so bad, it's good! It stars Bela Lugosi. Even though he was dead. They used footage of a movie he was making that didn't get finished because of his death. Which works, I suppose, since he's supposed to be a walking corpse through most of the movie. It also stars Vampira. She spent the entire movie either walking around slowly with arms outstretched, or standing behind bushes, watching... watching... She had no lines, though she did hiss at one point. Oh, yeah. She was a walking corpse throughout the entire movie.

And everything happens at night. Funerals happen at night. The air force pilot leaves for work at night. The police investigate cemeteries at night. Then, when their lieutenant (or whatever he was) gets murdered in the cemetery, they promptly have the funeral. At night.

There are a few brief clips of daylight, sort of. You see the police leave the station in the dark, drive through down in light, then arrive at the cemetery in the dark again. The flying saucers are only seen at night. The flying saucers are hub caps.

Really. Hub caps. On wires.

There's also concrete visible under fake grass, as well as the mattresses actors fall on.

The extras include The Ed Wood Story. "Hear the story of "Hollywood's best incompetent director" from the people who knew him best..."

We skipped the extras.

My elder daughter informs me, however, that she *has* see a movie worse that this. It's called Cave Dwellers. She's been watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. I haven't been able to watch them with her, so she's probably right.

106:365 Prehensile toes - and a nice view. *L*

Anna: Well, we missed another park day today. Although I'm feeling a lot better as far as the cold goes, the coughing fits are still a problem. Bad enough we didn't think it'd be safe for me to drive. I think I'm starting to scare my family. :-/

So, I was on the hunt for other picture sources today, and my elder daughter provided. I give you...

... my daughter's prehensile toes. These are the toes she uses to draw with.

Well.













I got a bit of a walk in this evening, too - a few minutes of outside air is always good. This is the view looking into one of the many ravines in the area, this one just up the block from our apartment. It was so bright, I just used the screen on my camera to try and frame the shot while not actually looking in that direction. Seeing the streaming sunshine when I uploaded it was nice, though I did have to reduce the brightness and increase the contrast a bit. Lovely spot.

105:365 Almost a day at the museum

First off, Happy Father's day to all the dads out there. :-)



Anna: Note to self. Do not try to go to the museum on a Sunday, when it's also Father's Day *and* the second day of a new display. Talk about crowded!

The museum has a new exhibit on dragons, and it's absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, no photos allowed. We were told this as we went through admission. There was a big sign right at the entrance saying "no photographs." There were smaller signs saying "no photographs" at almost every display. You'd think people would clue in that this meant, you know, NO PHOTOGRAPHS. Of course, there were still people who took pictures anyways. *sigh*

We actually cut the trip short, taking in just the new display, then heading out shortly after. It wasn't worth trying to go into any of the other exhibits with our tripods and cameras in the crowds when we can come back any time. I didn't even take my camera out until we got outside, where I took a couple of photos of the biggest bearded irises I've ever seen. I didn't know they could get this large.

The beard looks like a sea slug to me. :-D








This is the top of the same blossom pictured above. I love those crinkly edges.














Philippe: The skies weren't sure whether or not to rain; turns out, this was the prequel.. Later in the afternoon, it hailed. :D

104:365 Botanical gardens

Anna: Took a short road trip today and visited the Devonian Botanical Gardens. We didn't come close to seeing all of the gardens, but that's ok. We'll definitely be coming back for more! What a fantastic place.




When I took this shot, I was so focused on the flower, I never even saw the bug! I had no idea it was there until the photo was uploaded onto the computer.













There were quite a lot of sculptures in the areas we saw. My favourite was this one.
























My darling husband got me a pro account on flickr, so you can see the rest of the set here.





Philippe: Back to my nice, big-sky shots.. As much fun as Macro is, I have to admit this is where my heart lies.














Philippe: My long lens allows me a few shots that would get me smacked around otherwise :P













Philippe: Even though the sky washes out a bit, I feel the water more than makes up for it (I love light shots )

























Took a wack more shots which are posted here.

103:365 This is what happens...

... when you eat "Shark Poo" candy.


Anna: The "Shark Poo" candy sent to us in a recent care package is really quite good. I didn't stop to think, however, just what that blue colouring would do to our mouths until my elder daughter happened to stick her tongue out at me.

Ew.

Of course, I just had to grab a camera. What else do you do when you see something this gross? *L*

102:365 Twisted

Anna: Today I finally got out of the apartment for more than a couple of minutes! It felt so good, even though it was going to the Dr. I've come down with a cold on top of my cough, so right now I don' t know how much of my cough is my usual cough, and how much if from my cold. That was ok with my Dr. After looking at my file and noting I've had it for 5 years, he promptly signed me up for some chest Xrays, plus a lung test to rule out asthma, even tough he doesn't think I have it. The chest Xrays, I can do any time - I'll wait until the cold is gone. The lung tests are in July. Since I was there anyways, I got a note for my job telling them I can't work tomorrow. Somehow, me around food while I'm hacking just doesn't sound like a good idea! ;-D

I enjoyed the outing so much, I went for a walk in the evening. I probably shouldn't have done that. The wind was a bit more brisk than I expected. Ah, well. I did get this picture, though. I think this twisted up dead tree looks really interesting, sticking out of the greenery overlooking the valley. I'm thinking maybe I should have taken it in landscape instead of portrait, though. Hmm..

The rectangular shadows across the valley are from a neighboring pair of high rise apartment buildings.