annual pumpkin carving extravaganza!!

Ah Halloween...the time of year when candy is cheap, i'm told i'm too old for trick or treating, and pumpkin carving is the name of the game!! You may be aware that over the past few years (i hope this link works...!!) i have enjoyed the challenge of carving a pretty sweet design on my pumpkins. This year was no exception. On Tues night, i got together with Pammer and Kristi and the festivities began!!

Look! i found a new hat!!

Here's Pammer hard at work

Giving the thumbs up to my carving companions

All our hard work on display!!! From left to right...Kristi's crazy face....my Statue of Liberty...and Pammer's crazy monster man

I was mostly happy with how Lady Liberty turned out...had a few problems with her nose falling off and I had to fish around in the "leftover" pile to find a piece that might work ok...oh well such is the way it was...Now you may be wondering why i decided on this particular pattern...well, it was in tribute to the trip to NYC that Pammer and I took earlier this year!

Happy Halloween!!!

Mazzy and me....one year!!!!

This post is a couple of days late, but better late than never. Last week, October 16, was my one-year anniversary with Mazzy!!! YAY! what a great car Mazzy is, and what adventures we've had over the past year...trips here, trips there....and most importantly, he makes driving FUN!!!!

I love my Mazzy!!!!!

weekend in Harrison

So this past weekend Pammer and I were up at Harrison Hot Springs for a leadership retreat with our church...the retreat and sessions were amazing, as was the weather. After our last session concluded Sunday afternoon, I had to take some pics before heading home.

I like these first two, because in the first one, the foreground is blurred, while in the second one, the focus switched

Here's Pammer enjoying the view


We made a detour on the way home and found this new community under development. After navigating the paved roads, it was time to follow the gravel road, up to where some people are going to have some pretty sweet views once their houses are built up there...

I love sunshiney fall weekends!!!!!!!

a fabulous fall day for fotos

Summer is my favorite season, but I must say, fall isn't that far behind (well, not rainy fall).The weather has been amazing lately....cold and sunny, which i love because it sooooooooo beats the rain, and it also makes for some great photo opportunities. Part of my drive to work is through some farmland (far beats sitting in a traffic jam) and lately i've been gazing longingly at the fields in the morning...they are so beautiful, with the sun just peaking over the trees, the frost and low fog...and if i wasn't about to be late for work, i would pull over just to stare a while longer!! Well by Friday afternoon I had made up my mind: the fall sunshine was to last a couple more days and I had to get up at a reasonable hour on Saturday morning to take Mazzy in for his 1 year check-up (that's my car, if you didn't know...next week is mine and Mazzy's one year anniversary).....so why not get up a bit earlier and go shoot some photos? You can always tell what i'm passionate about by whether or not i'm willing to sacrifice sleep for it :)
So i ventured out this morning, braved the cool temps (just a couple of degrees above freezing) and got some shots i'm fairly happy with!


the frost makes it look very wintery in this photo!!

After a dentist appt and a few more errands, it was still gorgeous and sunny out, so Rebs and I decided to go for a walk in the park. This is what i've now concluded: sunny fall day + long weekend = people in good moods!! Almost everyone I walked past in the park offered a cheerful hello! Well i guess that's what sunshine in BC in October will do to you!! Anyway here are some shots from my stroll through Fishtrap Creek...i love the colours of fall!!

i was actually quite impressed that i captured this dragonfly as well as i did...those buggers know how to move!!!
And this little duck was having a great time in the water, frolicing about
I love that someone stuck this leaf on the fence

Well, it's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, so i'm off to bake some pumpkin pies and watch the Canucks game!! Have a great weekend!!