Colour Us Rad

These are all of my photos, plus the one photo my sister sent me (the first). I didn't take any during the hike because I was in "walk" mode and not "photography" mode. If you're curious, I recorded the walk with MapMyWalk and you can see the stats and route here. ETA: MapMyWalk 3D video of the route: 4.93 km walk on 06-28-2014 and more walks in Bowness, 01, Canada on MapMyWalk. Find walk Mary-Anne, my sister,...

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Olds Fibre Art merchant mall

This photo was meant to represent what the five of us bought at the Fibre Art Week event in Olds. At least two of them bought more after the photo was taken. :-) I brought cash and only used that, to make sure I stuck to my budget. I bought lots of sock-weight yarn, plus a pattern. We found a darling local bookstore that served tea and hot chocolate. If you're ever in Olds, check out Pandora's Boox and T...

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A visit to an alpaca farm

Susan told us knitters that a local alpaca farm that sells wool was inviting visitors for tours. Add in the fact that she just bought a new car and we had a road trip yesterday. :-) It was great to see a part of Alberta that I hadn't been too yet. It would have been nicer if there had been public washrooms along the way. ;-) A to Z Alpacas has over 300 alpacas and is tucked away beside the Bow River. Our hostess, Leslie, was very gracious and showed...

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Figure Drawing

This post will contain drawings that are not safe for work. I went to a Meetup last night As I put it on Facebook, "Angelina the Artist is at Figure Drawing tonight." The first time I went to a figure drawing event, I was unintentionally introduced as Angelina. It was decided then that my art name is Angelina. :-) It was very interesting. A live band (Sealegs) played, and I really enjoyed their music. They have a folksy songwriter style like...

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Games night

I went to a new Meetup tonight - the group is for board games, and the specific Meetup was women only. Of the nine women there, three were named Angela and one was Angelica. :-) We Angelas all had ginger hair and wore glasses, to boot. Angelica is Hispanic and looked nothing like us. It was a lot of fun. We played Quirkle, Forbidden Island, and Love Letter. I've already RSVPed "yes" for the next all-women Meetups, and one of the other ones as well. One of the Angelas is someone I met at Drunken Knitwits. I drove her to the nearest train station...

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Calgary Zoo, June 14, 2014...

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Selfie catch up

Clearly I was so over the selfie project in the last 8 days. I missed two days after 156 straight days. Blame it on overcast weather, being broody about Father's Day, ruminations on selfies after realizing how easily a fake profile can be created for online scams ... this is a mixed bag, of times when I put effort into it and times I did not. Day 157 - dressed up for a Victorian murder mystery party. I had ringlets...

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Red panda

I went to another "Focused at the Zoo" event this morning. This shot alone was totally worth the price of admission. ƒ/6.3 ~ 1/250 sec ~ ISO 4...

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Chloe Kitty

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Mish-mash

I recently gave Gluten-Free Singles online dating a try and didn't like it. The messages were all the copy and paste generic kind, and some were kinda creepy. There was one guy who had two photos that didn't quite look like each other. I did a Reverse Google Image Search on one of them and sussed out that he wasn't who he was saying he was. The only person whose messages showed that he had read my profile was "Martin from Texas". Yes, the quotation...

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153. MAYA ANGELOU: Phenomenal Woman

153. MAYA ANGELOU: Phenomenal Woman Zen Pencils is an amazing site and I strongly encourage you to check out this tribute to Maya Angel...

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Seven Sisters at Moraine Lake

I went to Moraine Lake and back. That is a long drive for one person. I did invite two ladies from knitting but both had to back out due to other commitments. Next time we'll do it together! It was beautiful and I'll be posting lots of photos. This one is of the "Seven Sisters", seven peaks around the lake. ƒ/13.0 ~ 18.0 mm ~ 1/160 ~ ISO 100 ~ Landscape mo...

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Hello blog

Last week was so busy that I've been doing a lot of relaxing and chilling. And binge-watching Season 2 of Orange is the New Black OMGWTF. Today's big accomplishment was to wash my curtains to get the cat hair off. I also hemmed two sets. So now. after moving in on February 2012, all of my curtains are hemmed. Yesterday I watched a YouTube video on Lightroom workflow and using the Develop module and it ws amazing. I developed a couple of photos...

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Northern Lights June 8 2014

A solar event in the last few days triggered the Northern Lights last night. A friend went out with me, because she hadn't seen them in years. Then she let me crash on her couch when I felt too tired to drive home. A good night! Click on the photos to get a larger version that you can use on your desktop....

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Selfie catch up!

Day 151 - road trip! Taken while parked at a rest stop outside of Bowden....

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Sky over Horseshoe Canyon

My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Moncton, New Brunswick tonight. Yesterday, on a whim, I went to Horseshoe Canyon. I even hiked in it a bit. It was a beautiful day...

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Lightning

I remember a sleepover that was interrupted by a thunderstorm - my friends' mother was terrified of them, and made us huddle with her by the bed. As an adult, I go outside with an umbrella, a tripod, and my camera, to get shots like this...

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Figure drawing

My word of the year is "create" and my inner voice says that I need to draw more. So, last night, I went to a figure drawing event. The model was nude so there is nudity behind the cut, though not explicit. Hopefully this won't all show in RSS readers...

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