An Eye Opening Experience

Please bear with me through this first paragraph, as my point will become relevant further down! In the olden days of film cameras, one could say that they got different shots 'on the same roll' (of film), meaning that the pictures of different subjects would inevitably have been photographed around the same time unless, of course, you were someone who didn't take many pictures and one film could last a month! In most cases for me, I would have shot a roll of film over the span of a day, or a couple of days at the most. (Here is where I give a shout out to digital photography .... so much less expensive than film!)

But with digital photography, this terminology has gone out the window. You can no longer say that I got these shots on the same roll. But what do you say instead, I wonder? I got these shots on the same 'camera-full?', 'memory-card full?' ... nothing today has the same meaning.

Bits and Pieces : June 2012

At the end of every month I do a Bits and Pieces post in which I include photographs that I think (hope!) are interesting, but that would otherwise not be shown. Here is my selection of those taken in June.

How Many is Too Many?

I got a few shots of Eddie sleeping on the carpet lately. What? ... This is more than a few? Oh ok, Let's just say I got some shots of Eddie sleeping. But one must keep in mind that cats spend 13 to 16 hours sleeping every day so I had plenty of time to take them!

He's a funny one in that he often covers his eyes with his paws when he sleeps. Of course, he could always move to a darker spot away from the window, but no, no ... he'll just cover his eyes, thanks.

Food Friday : Barbecuing Fun

For this week's food related post, I thought I'd share the pictures from the afternoon barbecue we had during our stay-cation over the holiday week-end.

The pictures will do the talking with regards to what we ate. It looks like a lot of food for two, but when we get the coals going we always grill extra for left-overs during the week. Case in point, last night we had the most delectable home-fried potatoes made with some left-over baked potatoes. Our lunch also used left-overs from this grilling marathon, the shrimp, but I'm saving that story for next week's food entry. It was that special, left-overs worthy of their own post!

A Walk in the Park

On July 1st, Canada Day, I took a walk in a nearby park called Trinity Bellwoods. It's only a short walk from my home and I find myself here often. Apparently there was a time that one wouldn't enter this park on their own, in fear of being mugged, but I have never ever seen anything at all worrisome happening in this happy place.

It is mostly frequented by young adults out having a walk or a picnic, or getting some exercise. There's a gravel path that goes alongside the paved path, specifically for running on, which is what I often do here. Don't get me wrong ... I am no marathon runner, but I do like to have a go. My routine is to run the full length of the gravel path then walk down the wooden stairs, speed walk up the hill on the other side, walk around the loop which meets the running path again, and run back down. Sometimes I do this twice.

Living with a fine cook means I have to get as much exercise as I can. There isn't a single thing Nick makes that is not delicious, even left-overs! So I have to constantly think about how to get exercise. I keep my wedding dress around to remind myself! Funny thing about our neighbourhood is that while we have so much available within walking distance, there are no gyms nearby. There are many condo buildings though so I guess everyone has a gym there. I wish there was one as I quite enjoy going. As it stands, the closest one is a 20 minute walk away. I used to be a member but found that the 40 minute walk too and from was a workout in itself, so why pay the hefty fees at the gym?!

Anyway, back to the beautiful park ... today I wasn't running. Aside from it being way too hot for that, being a holiday Sunday there would be more people in the park than usual and plenty of people watching going on. A girl has her vanity and being a red-faced hot mess is not on!