Out for a Stroll

We don't get that many sunny , and reasonably warm winter days, so when we do I go hiking with the dogs...  on the REALLY nice days I go for a stroll to the local grocery store :)  Always used to forget my camera lol !  Not this time :)

Just getting started .. this path leads to a bicycle path.. not that I ever walk on it :) lol 

I love finding these... Naturally Framed Sun Shot 

A couple of doves, all tucked in from the cold

Love frozen streams :) 

It always amazes me that the stream doesn't freeze solid.. even in -30C 

Everything was frozen solid except this patch, weird :) 

Welcome to Canada in February lol 

Random shot of a rotten tree

Heading home..  this is a feeder stream for the creek .

Almost home ..  and found a neat old Chevy truck. 

I hope you have enjoyed tagging along for my stroll :) Please follow the comment link to leave any feedback, critiques or just let me know which one you liked the best :) Happy Shooting !

A good day hiking

The other afternoon , I headed out with a fully charged camera and my dogs for a hike on my usual path ... the weather had been co-operating and I was hoping for a good day shooting , and some exercise.  I got some amazing shots , and got a TON of exercise when I got back to my truck to leave...  It had sunk into the heavy wet snow ,  2 hours of digging later I had to call a friend to give me a quick tow , as night had set in and I couldn't see anything .  lol Its all good , the pictures were worth it.

My boy Ramsey, he just loves to jump thru the snow banks,  its almost always away from me though.  

My other dog Monkey tried the same thing and didn't make it up !! lol  

Ramsey, posing for me .   

The sun co-operated , giving me an amazing sunset.  

I had to walk thru thigh deep snow drifts to get here lol

Amazing colours ! 

and crazy clouds.  

All that aperture/shutter practice is starting to pay off!!  

Its time to go home...

Well not really ,  it was almost another 3 hours after this one before I walked in the door , exhausted .   Shoveling heavy wet snow is insane.   At one point I managed to get myself moving ( I do own a 4x4 with knobby tires ) I went backward about 8 feet and thought i hit a tree.... but it was just the snow packing up behind me into a solid mass.  It was then I called my friend.
Have a great day , I hope you have enjoyed these pictures.
Rich

Happy New Year ! Im back :)

Happy New Year!! 
I'm happy to say my New Year has started off great :)  After the disaster I had on Boxing day :( it didn't look very promising .  I was just about to install a back up hard drive, when my main drive mysteriously FAILED ...  most things were backed up well,  with the exception of the last 4 months.  Some where around 4500 shots were lost.   I managed to dload around 600 from various sites ( not full quality but a picture at least ! ) Then on New Years Eve, when I had given up on it ever working again ... it just started working again!!  The only thing i lost was all the tags i had applied, since i had reinstalled Picassa since :) 
I'm looking forward to my best year of photography ever !  I'm taking about 1000 shots a month now, compared to 100 before I started blogging about food and photos. 
I'll be back to regular posting soon , I have a lot of photos to reorganize now lol :)  Ill  leave you with these shots I just recovered ! 

Have your self a safe and happy year !!  and DON'T forget to back up your important files !!! 
Rich