251:365 Last post of 2008 is a mystery

Anna: Happy New Year to everyone. I wish you all the best in 2009, and a fun filled celebration ringing it in.

For the last photo posted in 2008, I was inspired to make it a mystery photo.



Can you guess what this is?

250:365 - Frosty window

Philippe: So the window was frozen shut this morning.. Only one thing to do :)

249:365 Making up for lost time - a bit

Anna: I hope that everyone had a really great Christmas. :-)

We haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately, so I wanted to make up for lost time with a few extra photos while the girls and I were at the museum today. Except that my battery died part way through. The camera had been left on the last time someone handled it, but I can't remember the last time it had been handled that's less than4 days ago. *L* Ah, well.

Full size photos available for viewing here.


It's really dark, but I like this shot. This is part of an antelope sculpture near the admissions desk.














I'm still learning how to use the various settings on the D70. I do wish we were allowed to bring in at least a monopod. It does make the challenge more interesting. I think this is one of the better shots I managed to get of this Barite, Chalcopyrite (from Dreislar, Germany) that I've managed to get.









I adore fine craftsmanship, and the Aboriginal Culture area has some amazing samples, like this silk embroidery on a hide cap. I just can't imagine doing such intricate work on hides!

Beautiful work.

248:365 Merry Christmas

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Anna: I don't expect we'll be posting anything for the next few days. We start our celebrating tomorrow night with Wigilia (well, a modified version of it... the menu is quite different).

Until then, I wish you all a fantastic Christmas or Hanukkah, and a healthy, happy and prosperous year in 2009.

247:365 So teenie...

Anna: So cute! So tiny! So... gone!


Not the greatest picture, but I just had to get a photo of the very last one of these. I'd picked up a little box of Mini Honey Manderin Oranges to try.

They went over very well. My elder daughter, thoughtful sweetheart that she is, saved the very last one for me. Plus, she saved the only one that had a leaf.

I took a photo of it next to the chestnut for size reference.

Then I ate it.

246:365 NOM-NOM-NOM

Anna: This weekend we made our Christmas tourtierre - a dozen of them. We cooked 12 pounds of meats for the filling last night, then did the pastry and assembled them today. It's a big job made easy, with lots of help from the girls. Even a friend of my daughter's helped out with the filling, yesterday.

Of course, once the first batch was cool enough, we had to try them out! It's the first time we've made them using boar meat in the blend.

They are a rousing success.

About these missed days...

Anna: Although we haven't been posting lately, I have been taking pictures - honest!

They're just being posted over here, instead.