Day 053/365 3.12.2010 – Real Jelly Belly’s
Day 053/365 3.12.2010 – Real Jelly Belly’s
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I took the afternoon off work and spent a couple hours at the Vancouver Aquarium with my wife, daughter and mother on her last day in town. Honestly, I could visit here every week and not get tired of it. Now I know it is highly likely that every Vancouverite with a Flickr stream has some variation of this photo but I just could not resist. This Jelly Fish tank is stunning. I kid you not, this is EXACTLY how it looks in person.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 052/365 3.11.2010 – Unexpected Snow
Day 052/365 3.11.2010 – Unexpected Snow
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Ok, Vancouver just finished hosting the 2010 WINTER Olympics with average temperatures of 55 degrees F and absolutely no sign of snow. Two weeks later and I wake up to this. As you can see, the water plants in my pond are in full spring growth mode so I am pretty sure they woke up this morning thinking “WTF?” as well as “hey I am a plant, why am I thinking at all?”
Anyway, what you see is what you get. This snow was gone by mid-day and it is now just wet and rainy.
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Sphere: Related ContentTo Smear ACORN, Cap’n Ed Turns Allegations Into Fact
There’s an ongoing debate between Patterico and the BradBlog regarding the right’s broad and generalized attack on ACORN and the role of the O’Keefe/Giles surveilance tapes. Patterico is going to extreme lengths in an attempt to call liberal bloggers on the ACORN dispute liars, but then has the temerity to allow one of his cobloggers to link approvingly to a post by Ed Morrissey at Hot Air that transforms an unsubstantiated allegation made by a criminal defendant, who Morrissey accepts is a fraud, against two ACORN employees, into fact. Read the rest of this entry »
Sphere: Related ContentDay 051/365 3.10.2010 – Monotone, 1st Pass
Day 051/365 3.10.2010 – Monotone, 1st Pass
Originally uploaded by goose3five
The folks over at Gizmodo have posted a new shooting challenge for the week, “Monotone.” I don’t particularly like this one but I was running out of time in the day to get a picture posted. The good news is that submissions are not due until Sunday, March 14th at 11PM Eastern so you can expect a few more tries before my final photo.
Ok Flickr Folk, anyone interesting in joining me in this challenge?
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 050/365 3.09.2010 – Mixed Messages
Day 050/365 3.09.2010 – Mixed Messages
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I was born and raised Roman Catholic but as I grew older I realized quickly that the only thing tying me to my religion was tradition. As a result I spent many years seeking, reading and learning. Eventually my wife and I met a friend, Ani, who introduced us to Buddhism. Together we took refuge with a simple Ch’an (Chinese Zen) Buddhist monk from Woodstock, NY. This experience sent us down the path where we find ourselves on today, in the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
This photo depicts a dorje – the Tibetan Buddhist symbol representing the ‘thunderbolt of enlightenment’ – sitting atop my mother’s Roman Catholic Bible which was she received upon her first communion and passed down to me upon mine, turned to Psalm 146.
"Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long."
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 049/365 3.08.2010 – Cherry Blossoms
Day 049/365 3.08.2010 – Cherry Blossoms
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Sorry for the delay in posting this one but for some reason I crashed hard last night before I got a chance to pull in my photos.
This picture was taken at the edge of the parking lot at my office where there is a beautiful Flowering Cherry tree.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 048/365 3.07.2010 – Tweetie
Day 048/365 3.07.2010 – Tweetie
Originally uploaded by goose3five
It didn’t take too much time before Gabby decided that the Academy Awards were not for her. Instead, she decided it would be a great night for some crafts.
Meet Tweetie.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 047/365 3.06.2010 – Flow
Originally uploaded by goose3five
To be honest, while I like this picture I would not have chosen it as my photo for today were it not for the unanimous input from my wife, daughter and mother. My first choice was the dogwood but sometimes you just have to listen to reason.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 046/365 3.05.2010 – Hanging Out
Day 046/365 3.05.2010 – Hanging Out
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Another beautiful day today in Vancouver. Normally I would be rushing Gabby off the jungle gym so we could quickly get her to taekwondo or gymnastics. Today I let her play just a bit longer and took the opportunity to take some pictures. That is her friend Viktor in the background.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 045/365 3.04.2010 – Stripes
Day 045/365 3.04.2010 – Stripes
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I decided to take a hint from my Flickr buddy Ken Shelton and try out a challenge on The Daily Shoot. Today’s challenge read, “Striped patterns have a natural pattern that catches the eye. Find some stripes today and make a photo.”
This picture is of a set of skylights atop the 2nd floor of my office building. My office is on the third level so I could simply walk out to get this shot. As you can see, it is a beautiful blue sky day here in Vancouver.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 044/365 3.03.2010 – Nice Doo
Day 044/365 3.03.2010 – Nice Doo
Originally uploaded by goose3five
Since moving to British Columbia I have embraced the West Coast culture as much as possible. Which is a nice excuse for the fact that I have been letting my old gray hair grow to hippie-esque lengths. Well, today was the day I let Sandra “chemically remove” the ethnicity from my kinky Italian locks.
As you can see, Gabby has a skeptical look in her eye as things get under way. The good news is the hair is now straight and Gabby seems to like it.
By the way, this is the first day in over 45 days that I did not take a single photo with my DSLR (this was taken with my Blackberry as you can see). Judging from the quality of this camera phone pic there won’t be many more like this.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 043/365 3.02.2010 – Pot of Gold?
Day 043/365 3.02.2010 – Pot of Gold?
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I am so disappointed.
On my way home from work this afternoon this georgous rainbow appeared and so I whipped out my Canon and started snapping photos out the window of the car. Sadly, I neglected to change my ISO settings from my night time shoot last night. As such, what would have been some beautiful captures now contain 1600 ISO grain.
Ugh.
You live and you learn.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 042/365 3.01.2010 – Warp Speed
Day 042/365 3.01.2010 – Warp Speed
Originally uploaded by goose3five
This photo did not turn out the way I had hoped. I made my way to the nearest high-volume intersection and hoped to be able to capture the headlights of a car passing completely through a left turn. I took a pile of pictures but this was the best one. I decided to post both the color and black and white versions to give you some context.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 041/365 2.28.2010 – Stars and Stripes Forever
Day 041/365 2.27.2010 – Stars and Stripes Forever
Originally uploaded by goose3five
In roughly 1.5 hours the US mens hockey team will face off against the Canadians for 2010 Olympic Gold. This young team of Americans was not expected to make it into the medal rounds let alone play for the gold but timely goals and stellar play by goalie Ryan Miller have us dreaming of the top of the podium.
As an American living in Vancouver I can not stress enough what is riding on this game. Whatever the end result, I am proud of the USA, proud of Vancovuer as a host city (you rocked!) and priviledged to be a part of this celebration of the human spirit.
Now, as I noted on Facebook earlier when I saw this photo from my Flickr buddy jeremylim, I love you Canada, but today I am rooting for your demise.
USA! USA! USA!
P.S. The mask was a gift from Vicky and Gabby for my 41st birthday yesterday.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 040/365 2.27.2010 – My Inspiration
Day 040/365 2.27.2010 – My Inspiration
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I began this morning as I have nearly every other for the past 13 years, looking at this face. This is Vicky. She is my partner, my wife, my best friend, the mother of my only child and my inspiration.
Today I turned 41 and she is the reason I want to turn 42 and 52 and hopefully 102.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 039/365 2.26.2010 – Fun With a Flashlight
Day 039/365 2.26.2010 – Fun With a Flashlight
Originally uploaded by goose3five
I had the idea of playing around with a flashlight in the dark and Gabby joined me wearing this fancy tiara. The result, a creepy/cool under-lit flashlight photo. Too bad it is not halloween.
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Sphere: Related ContentDay 038/365 2.25.2010 – Night Light
Day 038/365 2.25.2010 – Night Light
Originally uploaded by goose3five
My neighbor has this nice mature cherry tree in his back yard that is lit up by a very low powered spot light at night. In order to get the right effect I had to tweak the fill light and exposure a bit.
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