Cowboy Festival

Last weekend I went to the Red Bull Soapbox races and got some great pictures but put them up on my facebook page. I also tried to go to the Pow Wow but when I rode out there the traffic was unreal and I really just wasn't up to dealing with that, so I didn't! Today there was a Cowboy festival in Mckinney. The photo group had a meetup planned for that so I went. I got a couple of good shots but even though today was the first day of Fall, it was quite hot, up to 97F in fact. Here's a few from today, nothing too exciting but it was fun nonetheless. Now next weekend should be fun, motorcycle races on a road course. Its been a long time since I shot a race that I had good access to.

Italian Car Show

Today I went to an Italian Car show at Nash Farm in Grapevine, TX.  Its a great place for this event actually with these wonderful works of art on display through the farmyard and under trees.  However for photography, today, in all its wonderful glory, was horrendous for pictures!  I really need to get a polarizing filter if I'm going to keep going to these kind of events.  A nice overcast day would have eliminated the harsh shadows and bright spots peaking through the trees.  Oh well, I should stop complaing about today's weather, cause it was fantastic otherwise.

Anyway, here's a bunch of shots from today, with the lighting and the people everywhere, I ended up trying to focus on labels/badges and ultimately the wheels.  This is a sample.

Nova Scotia Trip

I've been back home for a couple of weeks but had to travel then got busy with work.  I had posted several pictures on Facebook but wanted to spend a bit more time processing some of them.  The trip home was great, it was Dad's 90th birthday and we had a party for him.  I got to spend lots of time with family as well.

This little stream was just off the trail close to my parents place.

We also took a couple of trips, Dad and I went to Fisherman's Reserve, just a little ways past Lawrencetown Beach.  I remember we used to go there we we were younger just for a drive. 

My sister's and  I, along with my niece Megan, took a road trip to the Valley.  I had been to Hall's Harbour on a previous visit and wanted to go back, and also take a trip to Blomidon.   On the way to Blomidon, we past by this fishing pier.  It was the peak of the day, probably the worst time to take a picutre, but the tide was pretty much at it's lowest so it kind of illustrates that.  The tides here in this part of the Bay of Fundy are easily 35 ft high, and maybe a bit higher.

 

 

So we made it on to Blomidon, I guess on the way we stopped at the winery and the cheese place, good thing as we got to walk all that off on the beach (mud flats?) at the provincial park.  Its a pretty amazing place and it cool at low tide but when the tide starts rolling in (literally) its time get get off the beach.

We kept on our way, stopping at the lookoff then eventually to Hall's Harbor and lunch.  The tide in Halls Harbor is up to 45 ft I believe, but was already well on its way in.  We ate lunch at a resturaunt just to the left of this picture, so it kind of illustrates the view we had while eating fresh seafood on the deck, under an umbrella, with a cold beer in the hand, listening to the accents of the tourists trying to figure out what countries they may be from.

I have other pictures of the trip, the canoe races on Lake Banook, Downtown Halifax, the Titanic graves, but like I said several of them are already on Facebook.

Arielle

Ryan bought himself a kitten several weeks ago.  Its a shelter kitten and as often the case they need some additional care.  Nothing too serious but just typical kitten ailments.  She seems to be doing quite well but I think she will always be a small cat.  I took this picture a few weeks ago .  We were trying to finish up her medicine and she became a bit timid around me, understandably.  But when she "hid" in the laundry hamper, I couldn't resist.