145:365 Sunset

Anna: We were out this evening and returning to our car when I noticed the sunset, so off we headed to see if I could get any decent photos. Of all the ones I took, these two, taken out my window as we were turning to go back home, captured it best.










It's almost hard to believe they were taken one right after the other, the light looks so different.

144:365 Orange beauty

Anna: We were on the way home from seeing The Dark Knight (great movie, by the way - I definitely recommend it!) and I was just amazed at the gorgeous clouds. There was one towering cumulus that was growing right before my eyes. Now, I know that means we've got another storm on the way (which I can now hear thundering and lightning it's way towards us as I write this), but gosh darn it, they're gorgeous.

Of course, I didn't have the camera with me. :-P So when we got home, I grabbed it and headed for the 4th floor patio to see if I could get some good pictures. Unfortunately, the dramatic shapes I was seeing earlier were already gone.

So I took some pictures of the flowers in planters scattered about the patio instead. I'm rather pleased that I was able to get any, since the wind was picking up pretty swiftly just in the few minutes I was up there.

I really like the colours.

Now... I wonder if we'll be needed to shut the computer down because of the storm coming in. From the thunder I'm hearing, I think it's a good thing I'm posting now!

143:365 - Glowsticks

*everybody* likes glowsticks.. :D



Anna: Posting on Philippe's behalf - he and the girls have gone out for ice cream. I'm not feeling too well, so I stayed home.

Earlier this afternoon, my younger daughter came and asked if she could take a bath.

In the dark, with glow sticks.

Why the heck not? LOL

After she was done, Philippe took this picture after I'd swirled the water around to get them moving.

I think this was actually the first picture he took. It ended up being a 17 second exposure.


Hmm... I wonder if I'll feel better if I take a bath?
:-D

142:365 Too cute for words

Anna: I'm cheating today. I took this picture yesterday evening, after I'd already posted from our photo walk. My daughter's cat started getting all adorable in a sun spot and I ended up taking way too many pictures of her. LOL She was very co-operative.

Unfortunately, when I converted this one from RAW to jpg, I completely forgot to resize it. I didn't catch that until I uploaded the photo, so I just left it. If you click on the image, you will get the original size. I usually resize to 50%. *L*

141:365 Take a walk

Philippe: Anna stole my lens..

..So I stole my daughter's 18-70 for this shot.





























Then I swiped Anna's entire camera for this shot.














..And for this shot :D





























Anna: Philippe and I went for a photo walk today, and I stole the macro lens. I think I managed a few good shots. ;-)

140:365 Breath

Anna: A few years back, my husband was diagnosed as having Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. He was prescribed a CPAP machine (like this one) to keep him breathing at night. The next 6 months or so was spent trying out different masks that actually worked. At the time, the only masks available were large, plastic "cups" that covered the entire nose. The pressure he needed was so high, they all ended up leaking. After going through several different ones, a new nasal device came available and he was given one to try.

It made all the difference in the world.

Just before we moved, this sleeker version came available. When he needed the old one replaced, they gave him this new version.

Thankfully, we were living in Manitoba when all this happened. Manitoba's medicare covered all the costs. The machine, humidifier, hose and hose extension, and all the different masks he tried before finding one that worked, was paid for courtesy of our tax dollars. Even when the machine started making a weird noise, they simply gave him another one - repair by replacement.

Alberta's medicare doesn't cover CPAP's or related supplies. Most medical insurances cover them, but only up to 80%. I don't know if they cover replacement parts at all. So now, as the hoses stiffen with time and the nasal piece eventually begins to crack, we need to special order the parts (they aren't available separately) and pay for them out of pocket. I picked up his new one today, and he's testing it out as I write this. ;-D

What you're seeing in the photo is the nasal piece, the hoses that attach to each end then lead to the main hose to the machine, and in the baggie is a chin strap. It keeps the air pressure from blowing his mouth open when he sleeps.

I love technology.

139:365 Food festival

Anna: The girls and I headed downtown to take in the Taste of Edmonton food festival. Unfortunately, Philippe wasn't able to join us for lunch, so it was just the three of us - and 60 food tickets. So we got to try out quite a lot of different things. I've got a set, complete with commentary on the different dishes, on a flickr set here.

Today's pictures were taking with my old Canon A75, which is now my youngest daughter's camera. Because we'd be standing in lines and handling lots of little food plates, I didn't want to take the Nikon D70. I'd used the Canon S3 last year and found it tended to get in the way, too. The A75 can just hang off my wrist, or even go in a pocket if I really needed to.

Today was one of those days where "good enough" was all I wanted.

This photo was of the food we got to finish off our tickets before going home. Most of it came home with us, as we were all so full by then!