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The last couple of days have been exciting with the Caplin rolling into Holyrood Beach.  It brought all types of fishermen, kids, seagulls, squid and whales.  The caplin are expected to be there for another few days so if you haven’t taken a drive out yet it is worth your while and while you are there if you want the best fries you have ever tasted visit the yellow Garfield’s chip truck.  Yummy!

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As many know we bought a house last August and we are involved in major renovations.  Part of this is landscaping.  I have been cutting back the weeds, wild roses and thistles since April and slowly I am winning.  However it is taking the good out of me and I keep saying that we need to rent a goat.  Every time I mow I say I am nearly dead and that maybe even a cow would do the job.  Well I didn’t think Tony was really listening until I went out to the truck to once again get the lawn mower and found I had a choice in equipment.  Mower vs: horse?

Just kidding this is Trigger the neighbourhood horse who got out of his pen.  You should have seen my expression when I walked out of the house to come face to face with him.  As my sister said “where are you living?”

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Changing up the post a little from birds to what they eat.  Love the bird pictures however it depresses me a little that my pics do not even come close,  so why try.  While I was taking a break from home renovations I saw this little guy trying to make his way across the broken out concrete step.  One small step for us one giant step for him.

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That is the question!  The other morning I woke up to an incredible sunrise so donning my fashionable pjs I grabbed my camera and went out on my front deck and set up.  I waited a few minutes until the sun looked like it was catching the Earth on fire and snapped away.  When I came in I started looking through and generating HDR pics.  I have only done HDR a few times and am a complete novice so I am not even sure I have the setting to its best.  I just keep playing with it until I see something I like.  Compared to regular shooting I think I still am a fan of natural.  I like HDR better when other people do it and on cloudy days to give the clouds texture and depth.  Oh well that is my opinion anyway.  By the way this sunrise was in Conception Harbour taken from Kitchuses.

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Why would I, or anyone for that matter, post this same damn shot again?

Well, a new show on da CBC, Republic of Doyle, nearly inspired me to get out shooting again. After the first episode, I said to the misses “Man, St. John’s looks beautiful… I’d love to shoot in such a vibrant and colourful place!”

Ah, but it’s January… and I say nearly because it was freezing cold and windy in town today. In short, I wimped out after clearing the driveway. So it was a quick visit to the archives, and a bit of dicking around in Lightroom, and there you go.

So this new show is pretty good… only thing I could criticize them for is going a little mad with the saturation, and perhaps only shooting when it’s sunny. Alas, that would make me a bit of a hypocrite.

Randy Misc Rants n Stuff Narrows, Republic of Doyle, still not as saturated as tourism stuff

Well it has been requested many times to post anything, so here it goes.  My new house is coming right along and I hope to be in it for Christmas.  On Sunday we got a little taste of the winter weather and what everything will look like for us this Christmas.  We drove back to Mt. Pearl on Sunday before it got too bad and went out again on Monday morning.  I was so pleased to see how the drive reminded me of a Dolly Partonish Colorado Christmas movie type…  It inspired me to blast the Christmas music in my car as I saw the trees heavy with new fallen snow and the sun coming up over the mountains.  Here are a couple of pics.

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