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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Eve Walk w/ The Vanderweits


An Annual Tradition. This Year we went to an Old Growth Forest, however it had a lot of damage from our recent hurricane. My favourite thing I took a photo of, was a crack in a tree that a squirrel used to hide a kernel of corn. However, he used a fungus as a little seat while he pushed it on.

Tree is fully decorated


I think this might be one of the most beautiful trees we've ever had.

Reflections




I spent a couple days messing around a few of the ornaments. I that I had a macro lens to get a little closer, but I am still pleased with the quality of this one.

Poinsettia


A friend of the family brought the most beautiful poinsettia over for a Christmas gift. It has found it's spot appropriately right in the middle of the living room.

Tree is up


This Monday Ian and I spent all morning trying to figure out the lights on our Christmas Tree and this is the best that we came up with. It will look a lot better once we figure out the ornaments too.

Sunday Walk


Went out for a walk with my good friend Emily today. We went to Long Beach over North Mountain, which is my favourite beach ever. The shot i took almost looks like HDR but it's not. Just a really nice day for a walk.

Rediscovered


I found something I haven't seen in about a year while cleaning my room. It's some sort of echinoderm skeleton I found snorkeling off a small island in Cuba. I think it would be a good Christmas tree topper.