Weeeeee!

This was taken the weekend Jason and Jenn came out to camp. Looks like Kevin is having a great time.

Feeding The Birds

In less than 5 minutes Kevin and Mark had the Chickadees eating from their hands.

Dinner Is Served

Jason and Jenn cooked my birthday dinner. Yummy.

Relaxing at the Docks

They spent a lot of time feeding the ducks.

If A Tree Falls In The Forest...

We all heard this dead tree hit the ground.

Seagull

I don't like seagulls (aka shithawks). However I do like this picture. I took this while the kids were feeding the ducks.

Happy Birthday To Me

My birthday was Saturday. We celebrated on Friday with cake (made by Mark) and gifts. My mom gave me a gift card from Future Shop. (I'll figure out what to buy tomorrow.) Derek gave me Tetris for the Nintendo DS. Mark spent several days making me a birthday banner (check out my mom's blog), a Caramilk bar, a bottle of diet Pepsi and a book of chore coupons. Jason and Jenn gave me a wind chime for camp (pictured above). Jason (and Jenn) cooked all day and did the dishes on my birthday. Kevin is going to serve me breakfast in bead next weekend. It was a really great weekend (at least for me it was). If we could have had a campfire it would have been perfect, but there was a fire ban on this weekend.

Full Harvest Moon

Last night (after the storm) was a "Full Harvest Moon". I had the settings at f8, shutter speed 1/1600 and ISO 400. I didn't crop this picture at all. It is also the second closest perigee of the year (357,175 km). The closest was back in February (356,884 km). Next month is the "Hunter's Moon" at the third closest perigee of the year (357,410 km). (November's full moon is called a Beaver Moon. Where do they get these names?) If you want to learn more about upcoming celestial events, check out this website http://www.skyscapes.com/SkyInfo/upcomingcelestialevents.htm
(Dave - I should have bought your tripod off you when I had the chance.)

The Storm

A storm rolled in tonight. The first picture is of just that. I'm almost embarrased to put the second picture in. But with a little practice I should be able to take better lightning pictures.

Norm

Meet Norm the gnome, our new camp resident. (courtesy of Derek)

Female Mallards

Once again we went to camp this weekend. These are two of my favorite photos. I think they are pretty good. Dave, what is your assessment?

Split Rock Lighthouse

We are heading out to camp soon so I won't be posting for a few days. Here is one last shot from our trip to Duluth. We stopped at Split Rock Lighthouse on the way home. It is 187 km sw of here on Highway 61. This is one view from the lighthouse. I wasn't anyplace where I could get a good shot of the lighthouse itself. Maybe on our next trip.

Duck

I don't know what species this duck is, but he/she was at the aquarium.

Another Stingray

This is the boy stingray. He lives in the Pirahna tank. This picture was taken through plexiglass so it isn't very good. :-(

Water Table

This water table was at the Aquarium. It is actually the Great Lakes. On the left of the picture you can see a little bit of "cloud formation". Press a button and it rains. The whole thing mimics the water cycle. Very cool. Kids can't seem to get enough of this.

Bogey

Bogey is from Anchorage, Alaska where he was found having fallen out of his nest after trying to fly too soon in his life. He was saved and nurtured back to health, though injuries to his wing prevent him from being reintroduced to the wild. Bogey has been with the Aquarium since 2001, and has now fully grown to an adult eagle. (Bogey got his name from the place he was found, a golf course! )

Aquarium

This is the Stingray Touch Tank at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. There are four female Stingrays in this tank. The lone male was moved to the Pirhana tank because he was nipping at the females. Their stingers have been removed so it is quite safe to touch them. Their 'skin' feels like sandpaper, not at all slimy.

Snowy Owl

This is from the Winnipeg Zoo. Isn't he cute.

Another Birthday Pic

Fore!

New Toy

I bought myself a new 'toy' today. It's a Garmin c330 GPS. I've only had it for a few hours so far, but I can tell already that it's better than the last one (which I returned today).
We are heading to Duluth on Monday, so I will see how well it works.

Happy Birthday Mark

Mark's birthday is today, but we started celebrating yesterday by going go-carting at Wildside. Mark won both races.

Wascally Wabbit

Isn't he cute? He likes to hang around my van at camp, eating greens. He is very small, must be one of this years young.

Thief

I caught this Wiskey Jack (Grey Jay) stealing from the neighbours dog dish.

Grizzly

I wouldn't want to tangle with this guy.

Flower

I took this picture in Winnipeg. I don't know what kind of flower it is though. If anyone does know, please let me know.

Fire!

This is one of my favorite pictures from our vacation. At the Manitoba Museum there was an exhibit about forest fires with this picture. When you stood next to it you could hear a forest fire.

Happy Birthday Emily

We just got back from Winnipeg yesterday, so over the next few days I'll be posting pictures from our trip. The reason for our trip was my sister-in-law's birthday. I won't tell you how old she is, but suffice it to say, she is older than me. :-)

The View

On the way back from our last visit to camp we climbed a rock cut on the side of the highway and took pictures. That's my mom taking a picture of me.

Railing

The finished product.

This Week At Camp

My mom and I built a railing around the deck this weekend. We are handywomen!