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April 2012

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:11:10 -0800

April 2012

Spring is here - Time to Play!

The days are definitely getting longer and the weather is much nicer - not exactly warm, but a lot nicer than the cold short days of February. We live close to two good playgrounds so there is not shortage of things to do on a weekend. Nara is really growing into the near by climbing frame - she can now climb up the net (with some help and a good spotter) and she is comfortable going down the spiral slide all by herself.

Easter at Grandma's House

Grandma kindly offered to host Easter this year. There are a lot of great things to do at the grandparents house starting with a walk over to the local playground. The playground is a two stage playground - toys appropriate for really young children as well as toys with more challenge for older kids. Swings are always a favorite.

Marcus is a bit of a funny duck - some days he really doesn't like to have his photo taken, other days he asks for it. Today he was having a great time running around and actually asked (or challenged) me to take his photo. It's lots of fun chasing kids around a playground - focus is sometimes a challenge but the results can really pay off.

James turned one two months ago and he is trying really hard to keep up with the other kids. The more junior area had a good slide for him and he seemed to quite enjoy the trip down. Getting two brothers down at the same time turned out to be nearly impossible.

Nara likes the swings. Slides are nice and running around is good too, but she really enjoys swings. She will often finish on one swing and ask to move to the swing adjacent - got to try them all!

After a hard run around the playground it's time for snacks. Nara knows her cousins well enough that she seems comfortable being fed. I'm not sure how James feels about this.

Cordova Bay

Timing the tides with kids activity time is always tricky but this Sunday we lucked out. Cordova bay has a large sandy beach that gets much larger with the falling tide. We went out for a run around.

Nara really enjoyed walking in the waves with her boots. Parenting tip - make sure you are comfortable going into the water at least as deep as your children are. Nara had good boots on but I only had runners on. When she was ankle deep in the water she was out of reach from me unless I was willing to get wet shoes. I know for next time.

Backyard Fun!

There are a lot of kid friendly attractions in Victoria (Beacon Hill Park comes to mind). Sometimes the best attraction is the place that doesn't require a drive at all. Just open the back door and let the kids play!

When your kid goes to day care you never really know what skills she has picked up. I know the day care has lots of ride on toys (she seems to have that down) but pedal toys are new to her. Marcus has a year on Nara and definitely knows a thing or two more about making the toys go. Thankfully he was patient.

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April 2012

February 2012

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:12:44 -0800

February 2012

Illuminate Yaletown & A Birthday

Illuminate Yaletown

February isn't exactly the warmest or driest month in Vancouver so getting outside is always a bit of a challenge. Yaletown is trying to create a bit of a destination mini-festival in "Illuminate Yaletown" and it didn't take much of an excuse for us to hop a bus and check it out. (We also went to the 2009 Illuminate Yaletown

The festival closes off a few blocks of Yaletown and sets up a number of different instillation. Some are shows with performers, some are interactive displays, some are basically advertising for the restaurants.

Far and away the most popular were the fire dancers. The crowd was at least four people deep and getting just a glimpse was a bit of trick. Turns out there was a trick - one of the local cafes had a good side view if you purchased food or drink. Some snacks and an awesome view - what's not to like?

James Turns One!

My sister throws some pretty good birthday parties so we try hard not to miss them. She invites some of the kids from her prenatal group so there are lots of kids all the same age ready to play together.

Of course this day is really about James. James is into everything - half crawling, half gliding. Everything goes into his mouth for a good suck. There was lots of exciting things go on on his birthday, but I think the wrapping paper was his favorite. Some of the toys he got were for a little older kid (he'll grow into them) so all the other kids were interested in what new toys James got.

As with any children activity, it's not long before it's nap time. Thanks for the party!

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February 2012

January 2012

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:40:50 -0800

January 2012

A few weekend trips

Reifle Bird Sanctuary

Every once in a while my wife needs to work a weekend so it's just Dad and Daughter for the day. I like the bird Sanctuary and it's roughly the right time of the year to see the Snow Geese. Turns out I was wrong on the timing of the snow geese (they are in Washington State around January), but there are always lots of Mallards!

Kids are always learning new things and Nara has learned the fun of "Puddles"! She had good wet weather clothes on so she could jump in the puddles as much as she wanted and there would be no problems. Turns out there were more puddles in Chinatown than there were at Bird Sanctuary.

Did I get to see Snow Geese? Not so much. Owls? No. Ducks? A few. A morning out with the daughter - a good day.

(Truth be told, there were some Night Herons resting in the sanctuary while we were there. I could see them but they were standing in trees a long way away - not a very compelling image. We also saw a Great Blue Heron - Nara went over to investigate and the bird (sensibly) left.)

Chinese New Year

The big parade in Chinatown happens around noon. So does Nara's nap. Thankfully the Dr. Sun Yat Sen garden was open at 10am and was open by donation rather than the usual fee. We hoped a bus and went for a walk in the rain.

The garden really is a fantastic location. As long as there aren't a million people, there are lots of great backgrounds, especially if you can use the longer end of your lens.

When we were last in Hong Kong we bought a "traditional - 棉襖" Chinese cotton jacket in pink. It was raining so we didn't get to show it off much but when it did come out, she got lots of attention.

Nara was really tired by 11:30 so we hopped a bus and were home 10 minutes later. A good day out!

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January 2012

December 2011

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:13:41 -0800

December 2011

More Christmas Traditions

Christmas at Grandma's House

For many years my mother has had a pre-Christmas party where all of the family crashes her house and she works like a crazy woman to keep everyone happy. This year was larger than previous because of yet another grandchild added to the collection - James's first Christmas.

Butchart Gardens

If you arrive early enough on Friday, you get to go to Butchart gardens for some skating and a trip on the Carousel. Skating starts at the top of each hour - 45 minutes of ice time and then the ice is cleared and flooded for the next batch of skaters. Marcus and Dad have been practicing skating for a while so he looked pretty good out there on skates. Caitlin, Kayla and Justin are old hands at this. The Jeffries family were sadly MIA this year.

After skating, we take the shortest path available to get to the Carousel. The gardens are well lit with a 12 days of Christmas theme but young kids don't have much patience for walking about. The Carousel is an additional charge for each ride.

The lighting around the Carousel is actually a bit of a challenge. The carousel has a lid which leads to lots of shadows across peoples faces. The light isn't particularly strong, the Carousel is moving - I wish I had brought my tripod.

While a modern reproduction, the carousel is quite a beautiful piece of work. Combined with smiling faces, it's a nice place to take some photos.

Goldstream Park

A weekend at Grandma's presents a lot of choices for entertainment. Shopping is always a strong attraction, but we decided to go see dead fish instead. Goldstream park is short drive from Vancouver and has a strong Salmon run around Christmas time. The trails are wide, the parking is free and there is even a nature house to warm up in if you get cold. What is not to like?

Having had a child, almost every photo I've taken in the last year a half has been of my kid or that of a relative. I finally have a picture of something else - an American Dipper! It's a local bird that lives close to streams but isn't a duck. It's long been on my list of "look out for" but this is the first time I have seen one (and recognized what it was) while out on a walk.

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December 2011

October 2011

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 21:17:08 -0800

October 2011

And some clever quip...

Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden

We like the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden. It's small and very inner city, but it's also like nothing else around here. It isn't exactly kid safe (there are lots of places for kids to fall in the water or slip down a steep slope) but there are giant koy and turtles to look at. Chinatown is a nice place for an afternoon walk and the garden gives you a good reason to go down.

Victoria for Thanksgiving

My mom had a new guest for Thankgiving! Caitlin from the East Coast Harvey's has just started at UVic and we had not yet had a chance to properly say hello.

Caitlin is studying marine biology (one of my favorite topics) so we needed to find some water. We considered a drive out to Botanical Beach but the tide isn't that low and it is a long drive with a baby. The Breakwater has nice access to the ocean and a few good rock outcroppings to do the tide pooling thing.

Of course Nara has never been tide pooling and she is always game to stick her fingers into things. I was quite surprised to see she like Sea Anemones.

Last but not least, we needed to get pumpkins! There is a great farm down by Island View Beach where you can pick your own pumpkin. Nara wasn't soo keen on pumpkins but as long as there was someone to pick her up, she was good.

A Visit to the Williams

We have been meaning to visit the my sister and her family for a while but either they were sick or we were sick. We finally found a weekend where neither family was ill so we went for a visit. James is growing by leaps and bounds. He is now standing on furniture under his own power.

Play at the Local Park

It's fall so there are lots of leaves on the ground. It was a great day to go out for a walk and kick some leaves.

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October 2011

April 2011

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:02:19 -0800

April 2011

Two trips to QE Park

Hanami at QE Park!

A picnic under the cherry blossoms has been a traditional with us for a number of years (2009 2007 2005). It was a cold spring so the blossoms were late and infrequent.

Nara wasn't so much into the picnic, but running around in a park seems to be lots of fun.

VanDusen Cherry Blossom Festival

Thanks You Cards (QE Park)

Helen's maternity leave is coming to end so we are cleaning dropped tasks. One of the things we have been meaning to do forever is take photos for thank you cards. Helen made up a sign and we packed up Nara for the garden at QE Park.

Nara received a dress as a gift so we changed her in the middle of the park. I guess we won't be doing that when Nara is 16.

The light gets nice so we just kept taking photos.

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April 2011

August 2011

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:35:09 -0800

August 2011

A Gazillion Little Trips

Alice Lake

Andrea and Chris like to take Chris's son on long drives to help him nap. One of their favourite destinations is Alice Lake, just North of Squamish. We decided to join for a day. It took us about an hour and twenty minutes to drive up (Nara slept for much of it) and then we arrived at the very busy lake. We got Nara in her swim suit and we went for a dip!

I was really happy to get out there. City parks are great, but real BC Parks with their own mountains are much cooler. We haven't done any camping this year - hopefully that will return next year.

QE Park

Jin and Dominique organized a picnic at QE park and kindly invited us. The kids mostly did the parallel play thing, and Nara really enjoyed pushing around Noelle's baby stroller.

Playground at Kits Highschool

On Sundays we like to visit the farmer's market at the Kits High School/Community Centre. There is a good little playground as well as a water park.

In recent weeks it's been getting hotter so having a nice place to cool off is good for the kids. Nara has been to Granville Island's water park a lot so she has the hang of water parks now - how not to get too wet, but still have fun.

Queen's Park in New West

Being near the end of Summer, my sister and her husband, both school teachers, need to think about getting back to work. We organized a meet up at Queen's Park - it's about half way between our house and my sisters house. It has a large playground, a water park and a petting zoo so there is a ton for kids to do.

The animals at the petting farm know the drill - yelling children everywhere, some still missing manners. The goats and sheep will put up with some abuse (from an 16 month old), but they know how to get up and leave. As children get older, they behave better so the animals really are on the lookout for the youngest of humans.

It was getting to be quite late in the day (the heat of the sun was gone) so we couldn't let Nara play in the water park too long. That said, she did have a great time with other kids toys.

I saw boy who had blue lips and was shaking so bad he was having a hard time picking up things. He was still having fun though and really wanted to stay longer. If only the water was warmer.
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August 2011

November 2011

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:09:48 -0800

November 2011

Trips around home.

Muddy Buddy

I sure wish we had Muddy Buddies when I was a kiddo - I remember lots of sweaty plastic outfits when I was a kid. I'm still trying to master focus while taking movies on my wifes D3100.

Granville Island

It was a rare sunny afternoon and Mom was having a nap so I took Nara down to Granville Island for a little walk around. She really likes the ducks at the pond even if they do frighten her a little. If you don't feed the ducks the scene is a little bit more sane.

The sun doesn't rise up very high at this time of the year which has the positive side effect of long orangy sunsets. We had afternoon snack on the picnic table while watching the boats.

Proud Parents

Nara is getting more clever by the day - she likes to spend more time playing on her own and she has more sophisticated play with the toys she used to simply hold. She makes us proud.

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November 2011

September 2011

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:18:10 -0800

September 2011

A weekend trip down to Seattle

La Conner

We left Vancouver early in the morning hoping for a short border crossing and sleeping child most of the way to Seattle. Eventually Nara did wake up and we wanted something to eat. Fast food, especially for breakfast, isn't that attractive so the next real town we saw we decided to drive in an take a look.

Woodland Park Zoo

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September 2011

March 2011

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:18:37 -0800

March 2011

Some Birthdays, Some outside

VanDusen Gardens

We had a seasons pass for the VanDusen from before Nara was born, but we really hadn't made good use of it. The pass was going to expire in the next few months so decided to make a trip there for a walk around in Nara's Chinese jacket. Spring was starting to peek out but we had to look to find bunches of flowers.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens

We were married in the private garden next to the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens so this park has always been a favorite for me. It makes a nice end to a walk around chinatown, or a good place to munch take away from NewTown Bakery.

Marcus's Birthday

Marcus is now Two! Diana threw a big birthday party at her house with lots of friends. Marcus had a train painting session (Nara's cars have no paint because she would have just eaten it) and a nice ice cream cake.

We got another chance to say hi to James. James is still a baby, but he already has lots of personality.

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March 2011

July 2011

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:00:59 -0800

July 2011

Take Advantage of the Long Weekend

Sunday Afternoon at the Williams

We really did want to go over earlier, but the combination of us being sick, the Williams being sick, a trip to Hong Kong, moving and the them coming out and visiting us, it has been a long while since we went to White Rock for a visit. We finally got a chance to remedy the situation.

Having a back yard of your own can be pretty fantastic. In a public park you need to be aware of the people around you - is your daughter going to run in front of a bike or push over a smaller child. In your own backyard (or a borrowed family back yard) you have fewer of these concerns. Of course playing with someone elses toys is great too!

It's been quite a while since we have visited James. He has grown up a lot since I last saw him!

(Great)Grandparents Visit

Visiting people and staying overnight is quite a big ask - with a child, we have quite a bit of stuff (we are getting better) and we need to follow a schedual or the kid misses naps and everybody pays for it. My grandparents are getting on in years (roughly 90) so we were a bit worried about staying over.

Short answer - we shouldn't have been so worried. People adapt to having kids around and the joy of seeing a great grand child smooths over the minor inconviences.

My aunt Jenny was kind enough to organize a picnic so all of the family came to use for a visit. Nara did well with so many "kind of new" people.

Of course it's good to see everyone else as well. Seeing your extended family once a year at Christmas gets a little sad so it's worth the effort to get out.

There is lots to do in the Courtenay/Comox area. We decided to go for a walk on the breakwater because I remember a near by playground (Marina Park) was quite good. The boardwalk was good for a run around.

We also visited Kai Beach. We live fairly close to kits beach but we don't go very often. Kai beach was a little cool (we have had a cool summer) but still lots of fun to walk around a dig up shells.

For younger children, having a set of keys will often attract their attention and help make a good photo. Nara now seems mostly past that. The new trick is the "I'm going to get you!" game. A parent can do that off camera and Nara will focus on the parent and what is going on around her. It worked out well.

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July 2011

June 2011

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:44:39 -0800

June 2011

Playing the Parks

Playground Across the Street

Having a child changes your life. Obviously you get less sleep and your "spare time" is now dominated by parenting, but there are more subtle effects as well. A park you used to ignore you now causes you to take mental inventory as you walk by: baby swings - check; low slide - check; clean grounds - check! The park across the street from our house has a small playground and we now find ourselves out there pretty much every day.

I was also quite surprised to find out that animals see children differently than adults. At Granville Island you can accidently step on a pigon if you aren't careful. Children don't have this problem - the birds seem quite aware of kids and where they are. A child twitches and the birds scatter. An adult gets up and the birds rush in looking for dropped food scraps.

Playing on the Swings (Pandora Park)

Picking a restaurant also changes. Of course you are interested in if they have a high chair (or my pet peve - restaurants with broken high chairs), but knowing if there is a park near by is also handy. We found a great Pasta place on Hastings, partly because Pandora Park was near by.

Water Park at Granville Island

Some parks are pretty much famous. The water park at Granville island is well known amoung children - listen to them talking at a different water park and they often compare parks. Nara doesn't have much experience with water parks so her first visit was a little cold and timid.

Petting Zoo at Queen's Park

A new one for me was visiting the Petting Zoo at Queen's Park. This "by donation" petting zoo is small but well maintained and the animals seem happy enough. Again, Nara was a bit confused about her role in all of this chaos, but she had a good time.

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June 2011

James

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:09:05 -0800

James

My Sister adds a second...

28 Days Old (4 Weeks!)

It's amazing how much babies change in the first few weeks. James is already up to 10 pounds and has developed a very large bald spot on the front of his head. He still mostly sleeps, but there are brief periods of awake where he is looking around a little.

I find it difficult to image splitting time between two children, but I'm sure you figure out a way to make it work. We went out for a nice stroll around the neighborhood - the Williams household now has a double stroller (bassonet + upright) as well as an agressive single stoller. All three kids had a good time on their walk.

And a bit of video. James and Marcus are almost two years apart. Can you spot the differences?

Thanks again for the visit!

15 Days Old - Our First Visit with James

We wanted to come over sooner, but our daughter was sick and it's not very nice to bring a sick kid over to another house where there is a new Baby. James Philip Vincent Williams was born on Sunday Feb. 13th. Marcus couldn't be happier!

Marcus was running around and kind of scared us with how much further we need to go with child proofing our own home. James on the other hand was a surprise - mostly asleep and so light! It's amazing how light a newborn baby is compared to 10 month old.

A little bit of sunlight and James woke up for a little bit of a visit. He's still in the mostly sleep stage so there wasn't a lot of awake and interacting.

Time to update the family portraits! Mom is doing really well after having the baby and Marcus is reacting well to a younger sibling.

I was really impressed with how well Jeff and Diana could conceal there exhaustion. Just the idea of a second baby makes me want to take a nap.

Thanks for the visit! Welcome to the family James!

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James

February 2011

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:03:49 -0800

February 2011

Life with a Baby

Guess Who is Crawling

Guess who is learning to crawl? Nara figured out how to stand up and glide on furniture first, but once she did that she really figured out crawling. Now she is doing a little bit of both - she is often faster crawling, but she walks when she can.

Going to The Pool

Of course I don't remember the first time I went swimming - I think I was in swimming classes before I started Kindergarten, but I'm not sure. Now it's not uncommon to see babies who can't yet crawl in the pool with their parents. Nara seems pretty happy with the pool - I wouldn't say relaxed, but happy to be outside.

I think her favorite is when she can do a little walking and a little licking at her own pace. We booked in a swimming class which taught us how to play with toys with her and some skills to help her get acclimatized to being in water. She isn't so much into the balls and boards yet, but she does like the watering can and splashing. She isn't super keen on her head under water, but she doesn't yell when it happens.

It doesn't take long for a really tired Nara. It's not a slam dunk, fall asleep in the car on the way home, but she does often nap for longer than usual after.

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February 2011

Hong Kong 6

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:30:40 -0800

Hong Kong 6

First Trip to Hong Kong With Nara

Happy New Year!

We got off the plane in the morning and that evening was New Years. Even though I was tired, I decided that New Years was too good to pass up so I went down to the Star Ferry Terminal. I arrived around 6pm and the place was already full - tripods and camera everywhere. A kind photographer let me stand next to him and we waited for 6 hours for the fireworks to start. People were really nice - I saw an MacBook Pro charging three iPhones that had run low on batteries and lots of people were "saving" spots when another person needed to go to McDonalds for food or a drink. I was quite civil. Tour boat after tour boat left from our location and near midnight high end boats arrived for the party going on above us.

Fireworks from buildings were quite cool. There wasn't a lot of variation, but it was certainly cool to see.

The neat part was what happened next. Three hundred thousand people all decided to leave at the same time to get on the same MTR.

The crowd was dominated by young (univeristy aged) and there were certainly patent. Unlike Vancouver post fireworks crowds, there didn't seem to be much alcahol involved. The crowd poured into the streets and got caught in a traffic jam. We probably stood there for 15 minutes waiting for humans in front of us to get out. Once we got moving, I saw the extent of the crowd - streets were packed for blocks and blocks.

Nathan road was curb to curb people and there was a long line up just to get into the MTR station. I decided to walk to one of the further MTR entrances and the line up was much better. The MTR wasn't crazy and soon enough I was home in Mong Kok ready for sleep. Helen and the Grandparents watched the fireworks on TV - they may have had a better view.

Walking Around With Nara

Apartments in Hong Kong aren't huge so it's common to go for a walk to get some space. Nara was often in a state of shock and awe when we went outside so I decided to take some photos of her and the world. In all of these photos, she is strapped on my chest (in a soft carrier) and I'm taking photos by putting the camera behind my shoulder and just randomly shooting - no preview.

Helen's Grandparents live in a thriving neighborhood in Mong Kok that caters to walking traffic. There is lots of competition and stores do their best to attract customers with delicous looking products. Nara was of course into everything.

Nara also seems to like birds. One morning I walked up to the bird market so Nara could look at the birds. I think she likes flying birds more than caged birds, but she was still pretty interested in what was going on.

Visiting People

We go to Hong Kong to visit people. Helen's Grandparents live there as does her Aunt Jenny and her family. On past trips everyone was always happy to see us, but we noticed a change this time - everyone wanted to visit with Nara - we were just her care takers!

We stayed with Nara's Great Grandparents who have a traditional (in the 1970's) appartment in Mong Kok. The place has lots of air conditioning, but not a lot of heating so when the weather gets cold, you bundle up (or go out shopping!)

I bought Helen a new camera for her birthday and this one includes video! We took some video of people with Nara.

Nara's Great Grandparents were really happy to see Nara. They have photos of her up and every day wanted to hold her and interact with her. She is a bit of handful, but I think they came to an understanding.

Jenny joined us in Canada when Nara was born so it was nice to get back together. You got the feeling that Nara remembered Jenny, but since Nara can't talk yet, it's hard to be sure.

We had one other lucky meet up - Sean and Catherine happened to be in Hong Kong at the same time as Sean finished up his term at Hong Kong University. We went out for brunch at the Hotel Intercontential - a fantastic meal. Somehow we forgot to take a photo of Catherine! My bad - sorry!

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Hong Kong 6

November 2010

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:49:26 -0800

November 2010

Helen got a new Camera!

A Trip To VanDusen

We have passes to Van Dusen so we can drop by any time we want and not feel bad about only having a short visit. I had been meaning to visit earlier because VanDusen has lots of opportunities for fall colors but the weather hadn't been soon good. Helen got a new camera for her birthday so we just had to get outside and take some photos.

A SLR has a bit of a learning curve and babies have short attention spans, so we didn't get to take that many photos. Being a two camera house will give us new possibilities for taking photos.
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November 2010

December 2010

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:35:41 -0800

December 2010

Sometimes the light is just good.

Sometimes the light is good. In December you don't get many good light days and for some reasons I had the baby and not much more to do. We have a sunny corner in the Condo so I sat Nara down and started taking photos. She seemed to really enjoy it.

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December 2010

October 2010

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:48:47 -0800

October 2010

It's starting to look more like fall.

Nara Discovers Her Feet

Kids are funny. They really don't see the world the same way we do. Obviously they don't have the cultural references or language yet, but they haven't really figured out everything about their bodies. One day Nara found her feet.

We usually dressed her in footed sleepers so naked feet were only available at changing time. That mean that every time we changed her, her feet went in her mouth. Those little hands aren't that coordinated either so there are a number of misses, but she is obviously happy when it all comes together.

Thanksgiving On the Island

When you have a baby, it's important that you don't let the details of life chain you to your house and habit. Going to the Island (when it was just Helen and I) used to be an easy affair - we both pack some clothes and basically go. When you mix in a Baby, it becomes a car filling affair. Even with the effort, it's important to get out and visit people.

We had brunch at the Kingfisher - the local spa/resort. It's an amazing spread so I'm always amazed that people agree to have their photos taken afterwards.

UBC Apple Festival

One year, many years ago, David and I were biking around UBC and we stumbled onto the apple festival. At that point it was small, free and a cool find. Given that fall can be short or reasons to get outside, the Apple Festival turned into a bit of a tradition for me. This year we added Nara!

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October 2010

Photo of the Day: Frosty Deactived Road

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

I loved the light in this shot. It's really hard to show on a small image, but on a larger image (where you can see detail), it's cool. The only real colour is the red "deactivated" sign.

Tagged: frost forest road
From: December 2009

Photo of the Day: Helen Looking Up Mushroom

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The contrast and natural vignetting in this photo really makes me happy. Can't say I planned it, but perhaps I'll look for this lighting more often.

Tagged: flare vignetting
From: September 2009

Photo of the Day: Lantern Raft On Trout Lake

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0800

A number of lanterns had gone out (it was raining earlier) so the raft wasn't as bright as it could have been.

Tagged: lake lantern reflection
From: July 2009