Today was a good day :)

Its my birthday today, and I was debating posting anything... but I had such a fun day shooting .. I just have to share a few pics with you,   they are all in chronological order starting at about 7am this morning when I let the dogs out, till around 8pm with my dinner at the Keg :) I think that will be my first food picture on here, which is really quite funny as I didn't cook it .  ( For those that don't know me , I also have a food blog. Links is at the bottom of this page ) So here you are , I hope you enjoy :))

Lunar Eclipse - Winter Solstice 2010

It was freezing cold out , but we had amazingly clear skies here :) I tried using all the fancy settings on my camera , inclusing 30 second exposure .... but none of it worked.  I had to resort to leaning on my truck and snapping away. :)

Hahaha No Zoom Shot :)

The frozen fingers were worth it! Ive always enjoyed celebrating the solstices.. but this one was extra cool !
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A cold winters day

So much for global warming, as I type this half the planet is covered in snow :) An exaggeration I know ... but still I can not remember having this much snow in December before. I was watching BBC news last night, and even England and half of Europe are blanketed in the white stuff. I was going to post some warm and fuzzy pictures from summer, but another snow day seems more appropriate.

Winter has definately arrived :)

Brrrr the last two days have been -10C plus some crazy windchills, so it feels like -20 to -25C .   The dogs however still need to be walked.   As a small bonus for me, Ive found that these freezing days can make for some good shots, providing the camera doesn't freeze lol.   Today was one of those good days.  For the first time ever,  I saw two hawks together in a tree and luckily the battery held out long enought to get a few shots off. 

A bird in your lense is worth two in the bush

The other day i was finally able to get a descent shot of this hawk I seen for the last six months... I managed to get a few fuzzy ones, or long distance shots, but not a nice clear shot :)  So todays post theme is birds :)  I hope you enjoy them, feel free to suggest names or captions for the pics.  Also I finally have editting software , ( after 5 years without lol ) These are untouched , so far ,  other than a crop here or there.  If you have suggestions on editting ,  they are most welcome.