My favourite photo of 2009

This was a difficult choice to make, but I have selected the following shot. My main reason for this is that I watched throughout the year various shots of the moon from many of the members of the 2009/365 groups to which I belonged, always wanting to get a nice one for myself. Failure after failure, none to post. And then, one day, it all seemed to come together for me. 

March through pictures

My daily photo project continues and below you will find a slide show of things that caught my eye for March.

You will see some signs of Spring, though this morning on awakening we were greeted with some snow on the ground and snow showers falling. Nothing too serious, though, and most was melted throughout the day. You will also note some birthdays were celebrated as Eibhlin turned 4 and her dad, Elias, turned 33. Eibhlin shares a birthday with our other daughter, Bridie, and we were pleased to have Bridie, John, and Mira join us for the celebration. Two colleagues at work celebrated 60th birthdays as you will see in one of the photos, and, I did get out to golf a couple of days during the month. There are a few shots of "analog" events at the schools. Not all good learning is digitally directed, that's for sure. A nice couple of days was spent with friends in Vancouver and there are a couple of shots noting that.

I really need to spend a bit more time and effort recording some of the school / tech related things going on. Hopefully the next entry won't simply be my April slideshow!

2009/365 Project. January in the bag.

I started the year with a goal of taking a photo a day for 2009 and so far I have not missed a beat. Not too much pressure yet, even though there are only so many subjects you can photograph with snow and fog dominating the weather pattern for the month.

Below is my January slide show ... all the chose pictures in one short slide presentation.


One thing that, in hindsight, stands out... where are photos of my grand daughters? I'll have to rectify that in days to come. Judy and I are going to Mexico shortly, so I watch for some February shots from there.

Looking outwards

Looking outwards
Originally uploaded by bobsd46

I can't ever recall there being so much snow wherever I have lived in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. And, certainly not in Gibsons, BC. Although the precipitation is supposed to turn to rain by tomorrow, I have to wonder how the roads will be for the buses to run to schools on Monday.

6 people 2 days good wine

6 people 2 days good wine
Originally uploaded by bobsd46

For over thirty years, with only a few exceptions, we have enjoyed bringing in the New Year with friends who used to live in Gibsons. Over the years we have alternated who hosts and this year it was our year to host them. Two years ago, we met another couple who are friends of theirs and when the suggestion was made that they might join us this year, we thought that was a great idea.

All of us love wine, particularly wine from BC. For two days we enjoyed converstions, introducing one another to new web resources, great food (at least four of us love to cook), and wine.

It is a great way to start the new year and despite the consumption of significant numbers of calories, we know we have this gathering to look forward to next year.

Duffy New Years Day

Duffy New Years Day
Originally uploaded by bobsd46

Thanks to many, including @shareski and @courosa I've decided to give the 365/2009 project a go.

Our house guests here celebrating New Years don't think I'll be able to complete this project .

This seems to be a much better idea than a resolution to lose weight - that's the one I usually make and then give up on by dinner time on January 1st.