Thing's not to dwell on

    Well it's been a year since I had brain surgery for an aneurysm. There were two places, one was fixable and the other one is too small....so far. The list of people to thank is endless really. Janet and the kids for being there, are of course, number one. Dr. M.Kelly and his staff were amazing at what they did and I can never thank them enough. Dr. Fro that first saw me in the ER is a hero, he kept pushing to get tests done because he felt it was more than just a headache. Family, friends and co-workers, too numerous to mention, my deepest thanks go out to you all.

    I find it strange that the farther I get away from the event, the more meaning it has to me. I guess at the time your put into this type of situation you have no real choice about how things will unfold. Kind of a helpless feeling and the same time knowing that your in very capable hands. So, not to dwell on it any longer, I want to thank you all for being there.

    Watch for the next edition of the FASD (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder) magazine issue coming out this spring. They selected one of my northern lights shots for the cover. An honorarium and a few copies will be sent my way, I told them to keep half the honorarium as a donation. (Karma are you paying attention??)

    I've been trying to figure out how a contact on Flickr, Wes Whaley, has been doing some night photography and light painting. I had the general concept down, but the fine tuning was a bit harder. Watching this video with photography by Denis Smith sure helped and I hope to try some of it Sunday night. I love Denis's life story as well.

    Work this week was, for the most part, a daytime drama show. Yes, I did add to it. I was a little pissed at one person's incompetence and total disregard for clients and co-workers, and I let them know it. Kind of like a shotgun blast, a few staff we're in the area a caught some of it as well. I apologized to the two people that were collateral damage, but not the person who started the whole mess.  Now that she is running at the mouth to anyone who will listen (not many), how I yelled at her and adding crap that never happened, she can kiss my ass if she thinks she getting any sort of conversation out of me. Polite is all I have to be.
     Sorry about the rant folks. I just see this girl as a user, everything that happens in her life is someone else's fault, never her own. Never admits she screwed up even when confronted and always the first to deny any wrongdoing. Gerrrr, grow-up.

     That felt better :)


    May 1st. is National Lemonade Day in North America. This is the first time in Canada with Saskatoon being the launch city. You can read all about it on the link above. Sooooo for the BESTEST Lemonade in Saskatoon on Sunday, stop by 5 St. E in front of George Ward pool and Marcus will serve up the finest in toontown. Also speaking of Marcus, he will be on the next space shuttle flight as well!  OK, OK, just a picture of him really. NASA is doing a 'FACE in SPACE' where you can upload an image, and it will ride  with the next mission. You'll be able to print out a 'Flight Certificate' after the mission. There are only 2 missions left for the shuttle program, so get it done now.

    The bike is ready to go, so just waiting for the weather to smarted up. I think we'll get out today on it and maybe get some shooting in as well.

   Have a great week everyone,

   Bruce


PS  Happy Birthday Janet






  

Spring is here???

     By about this time, in years past, Janet and I would have the ice cream ruck 'Mister Tasty" ready if not on the road. This year the cool weather is sticking around a bit longer that normal. I don't miss the truck, I do miss the cash and people (yes, that order). Seeing Saskatoon neighbourhoods from that vantage point is so much different that just driving down a street at 50km.  The "Fuggy Bear" (OK then) as it is called now, as yet to be seen on the street since the new owners took it, I wish them luck.

     Photography Stuff: Summer is fast approaching and with that we can get back to a more normal routine of shooting. We've got a few things planed / booked and I'm sure there will be lot's of unplanned trips as well. We'll be hitting "The Rock" in late July to catch a music festival in St. Johns', NL. Great Big Sea is opening on the 28th. The photo opportunities will be fantastic throughout the trip. I have an uncle who is from there and allot of his family is still there, should be fun getting off the tourist track and into some small towns.

     Now with the bathroom reno's complete it's time for clean-up and getting the house back to 'normal' as it were. Alan is moving out on his own in the new few weeks. I will miss the kid being around, but his room has been taken over. My Pearl drum kit is in the living room which takes up some room. (Janet hates when I play and she watches TV)  Alan's old room will now be a 'Music' room minus the piano (no way am I moving it down stairs) So we'll put up some sound barrier and in no time the new "Partridge Family" will be born. (Of course I'm David)

     Janet got a new computer after she decided to give her old one a 'drink' of water. I can mouse around and everything works, except the keyboard. $80 to $150 repair on a 5 year old computer...hmmmm not sure about that yet. The new machine is complete with Blue-ray and 3D glasses, we'll have to check that out. Windows 7 is another bit of new stuff as well, but well figure it out as always.

     Now to go and change the winter tires over. Pain in the butt, but a few years ago my friend convinced me to try them for a season. I always thought 'All Season' was good enough. WRONG, after one winter, I'll never use the not-so-all season tires again.

Raises finely come through at work, now waiting for the back pay....... can you say "D7000" :)

    

Time to write

It's been awhile for this blog, it seam's the harder I try, the less I post.

The last few week has been interesting to say the least. I have been invited to join several other well respected photogs for breakfast every week to 'talk shop' as it were, that's cool. Missed a few weeks, but will get back there this week.

The other major time consumer is reno's to the house. We we're quoted between $4 & $6,000 to renovate our bathroom. I thought it would be a challenge, but not undoable. I have a great list of friends that have some expertise when I would run into an issue, game on.

The demo was the easy part. Old house, new sizes and codes...great...    It all as worked out for the most part, a couple of mod's here and there because of my stupidity which should work out fine. My finish date has been pushed back twice, ounce because it was allot more work than I realized and the second because I was felling 'under the weather'. I will have a bath with 'Lu' & 'Ann' this Friday, April 5th, 2011. ( LU & Ann are rubber duckies that our friend Luann bought for the new tub, thanks Lu :)

On photography notes: Sold a print today, not that big a deal. This is the type of customer I love. She took some time and really thought about where she was going to hang it, what type and size of frame she needed. I fell bad when people just order whatever size they think will work, just to find out it's too big or small for their need.

Nikon announced a new camera yesterday, D5100. Looks interesting, but waiting for some reviews first. Cheaper that the D7000 which is what caught my eye.

Children's Wish "Exile Island" is gearing up again, just starting to 'anoint' the head Kahunas. It's a great way to get to see some the the very cool boardrooms in this town.

That's it for now, have a great week everyone,

Bruce