Springtime on the Caledon Trailway
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Spring has sprung and the stay-at-home father of a ten month old needs to get out of the house. We’re not taking the stroller across the world, by any means. But, we are discovering and rediscovering overlooked places close to …
Posted in Ontario
Tagged beaver, boeing 777, caledon trailway, canada goose, ken whillans, korean air lines, lodge, painted turtle, rail trail, resource management area, wetland
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Doing That Black and White with a Bit of Colour Thing with Photoshop Elements
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Wedding photographers always through at least one of these images in and everyone is awed. In a perfect scenario, it’s the nephew or niece who acted as the ring bearer. The image is black and white, except for the flower …
Posted in Tools
Tagged adjustment layer, black and white, hue, photoshop elements, saturation, tutorial
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Very Cheesy and Corny Ground Beef Roll
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I’m vegan but my family is not. Since becoming the stay-at-home dad recently, I’ve once again found my long lost love of cooking. I also have no job and no money. Therefore, the challenge is to provide some great food …
Top 10 YouTube Videos in 2013 So Far
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Making videos for YouTube is fun. It’s not overly profitable but it’s fun. It can give a visit somewhere a focus as you try to capture something unique and interesting. What’s even more fun is mashing snips of footage together with music, images …
Why I Quit My Job
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I quit my day job recently. Well, I went on a short maternity leave and just never went back. This article is not to serve as a ‘how-to’ and certainly doesn’t serve as advice. I’m writing this for me. I’ve …
Ruby Princess: One Last Look
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Alright, one last look at the Ruby Princess cruise ship before the images and video get packed away on the external hard drive and forgotten. Earlier this month, we put up images of the exterior of the this ship (Ruby Princess exterior). …
Posted in Caribbean, Transportation
Tagged atrium, eastern caribbean, lido deck, movies under the stars, neptunes reef and pool, ruby princess, st. thomas, the sanctuary, u.s. virgin islands
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Ruby Princess – Exterior Images
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The Ruby Princess has been in the Princess fleet since 2008 and is the newest of the Crown Class of ships. The other two Princess ships in the Crown Class are the Crown Princess, built in 2006 and the Emerald Princess built …
Posted in Caribbean, Transportation
Tagged charlotte amalie, crown class, ft. lauderdale, grand turk, philipsburg, princess cays, princess cruise lines, ruby princess, sint maarten, st. thomas, u.s. virgin islands
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Images of Flamingo, Florida
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Located about as far south as you can go by road in the state of Florida, other than the Florida Keys, is a locale known as Flamingo. All that’s left at the end of the long road from the Miami …
Posted in United States
Tagged bald eagle, everglades, flamingo, florida, florida bay, hurricane wilma, national park, willet
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Book Review of The Green Labrynth by Sylvia Fraser
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Transparency alert: The links contained in this article are affiliate links to Amazon. Buy clicking the links and purchasing the book, I stand to profit ever so slightly. When I grabbed Sylvia Fraser’s The Green Labrynth – Exploring the Mysteries …
Posted in Travel Books
Tagged amazon, ayahuasca, cuzco, dmt, iquitos, machu picchu, nazca, peru, psychedelic, shaman, sylvia fraser, the green labrynth
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Images of Limehouse Conservation Area
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It was an icy, muddy day but I was pretty impressed with my visit to Limehouse Conservation Area. The park is near Georgetown, Ontario in the tiny hamlet of Limehouse. The park is located along the Bruce Trail, a hiking …
Posted in Ontario
Tagged black creek, bruce trail, canada, conservation area, georgetown, halton hills, kilns, limehouse, long exposure, niagara escarpment, ontario, water blur
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