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The Perfect Shot

So I am always trying to improve my photography…right? But one subject that always eludes me is the “Bug Shot”. I see all these great macro shots others take of flies and bees and such, and I can never get close to them. Part of my problem is that I’m impatient…another part of the problem is that my macro lens…

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Love Affair with the Mac

I bought the first Mac 10 months ago…the laptop 7 months ago. The love affair has not ended. My Toshiba laptop has becomes Kirk’s machine (for the most part, although from time to time I still need it for odd things…like…ohhhh, taxes…) Last night the Toshiba (and I might add that this is a very high end, very expensive Toshiba…

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Four Month Anniversary!

WOW! Where’d that go! Four months since we were married? Actually, the real question would be….”where did 23+ years go!!!??” It was a quiet day…I mean really, who celebrates 4 months. Not us. I just noticed the date on the calendar, and it’s Summer Solstice, and we were at Eagle Harbour Yacht Club (where we got married) the other day……

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Fly it With Pride!

Funny thing. While away in Greece recently, we spent a great deal of time identifying flags from other countries and from regions within countries (mostly the UK). In 5 weeks away, other than our own two Canadian flags, we only saw two others, both in Syvota Mourto. One was at a restaurant owned by a woman from Montreal, the other…

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Search and Rescue

I’m appalled at a current lawsuit that is making headlines. Back in February a French Canadian couple skied Kicking Horse Mountain in Golden, BC. Kicking Horse is a challenging mountain, and they showed an extreme lack of intelligence in that they chose to ski out of bounds. They got lost…the husband stamped SOS in the snow…no one saw the markings…

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