Coincidence will have it that I'm in Calgary for this year's Stampede.... I'm not planning on going, but there is still 4 days left.
In honor of the Stampede, I have re-posted the pictures from last year's Stampede HNT: HNT 23 - Ride 'em Cowboy
Other factors have lead me to re-post the photos, and have yet another 'cop-out' of an HNT:
1) I'm still watermarking my photos, and will not be doing anymore for about 2 weeks because
2) My laptop is in the shop for repairs (under warranty, good thing I got the extended 3 yr warranty). The monitor started to occasionally go dark while I was working on it. All my software for adding the watermarks is on my laptop (or back at home in Edmonton) - none of my files are on the laptop though.
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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
HNT 42 - Canada Day HNT reprise
In the currant theme of my post, I have a short one...
more related to HNT than the last....
though much more like the last actual post....
a re-post of last year's HNT: HNT 22 - Canada Day, part deux
Interesting, I this is the 20th HNT post since last year
more related to HNT than the last....
though much more like the last actual post....
a re-post of last year's HNT: HNT 22 - Canada Day, part deux
Interesting, I this is the 20th HNT post since last year
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HNT 28 - Good-Bye Calgary (for now)
Here it is, my last day in Calgary (for now). My last day at work, my last dinner with friends, and my last night. (Second last if you count me posting this before bed on Wednesday.)
On Friday 15 August, I pack up the last of my things, at my boss's place where I have been cat-sitting for the past two weeks while he's out at his mountain cabin. I have a hair cut and colour touch up at Deva Dave Salon, in preparation for a wedding I'm attending in just over a week. I plan to take a final stroll through downtown Calgary, on the look out for Olympic remnants from 1988 for next week's HNT theme (Osbasso, perfect timing for that theme :D ). Then I'll drive to Edmonton where the next phase of my life begins.
As tribute to me saying good-bye to Calgary I thought of some way of getting a photo that could represent that. This is the best I could do with the short time I had available... Me looking south to the Calgary downtown city skyline, from the top of Nose Hill Park (link 1) (link 2)
Monday 11 August was a cool day for summer, which was perhaps a good and bad thing. Good because that might have discouraged throngs of people to Nose Hill Park, thus allowing me to take the photo click through. I still encountered people on the paths, so I was quick with that photo - I was shirtless for a good while, and have some more photos of me as such. Bad, because being shirtless in the (obviously) overcast and slightly windy weather meant that I got a little too cold to wait it out for opportunities for photos with me wearing less.
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
About these photo: Taken Monday 11 August 2008, Nose Hill Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The photo was taken with my camera on a tripod using the 15 second delay self timer, as I was too far to use my remote. The camera was zoomed in to the max to get downtown Calgary somewhat identifiable (the Calgary tower is just to the right of the first tallest building on the left).
(Click through: Due to the public use of the paths around, and the noise from the traffic obscuring me hearing approaching people, I dropped my shorts to my ankles for this photo (yes that is walk to camera, drop shorts and pose all in 15 seconds!). That photo was my second attempt, and better looking as the sun is on me in this one, creating, in my opinion, a more artistic line of shadows between me and downtown Calgary.)
The '(for now)' refers to the high probability that I will be back in Calgary next summer, at the same job, for summer employment. I will also be back to Calgary to visit friends periodically.
Have a great Half-Nekkid Thursday.
Don't forget to visit other HNT posts at:
http://osbasso.blogspot.com/
On Friday 15 August, I pack up the last of my things, at my boss's place where I have been cat-sitting for the past two weeks while he's out at his mountain cabin. I have a hair cut and colour touch up at Deva Dave Salon, in preparation for a wedding I'm attending in just over a week. I plan to take a final stroll through downtown Calgary, on the look out for Olympic remnants from 1988 for next week's HNT theme (Osbasso, perfect timing for that theme :D ). Then I'll drive to Edmonton where the next phase of my life begins.
As tribute to me saying good-bye to Calgary I thought of some way of getting a photo that could represent that. This is the best I could do with the short time I had available... Me looking south to the Calgary downtown city skyline, from the top of Nose Hill Park (link 1) (link 2)
Monday 11 August was a cool day for summer, which was perhaps a good and bad thing. Good because that might have discouraged throngs of people to Nose Hill Park, thus allowing me to take the photo click through. I still encountered people on the paths, so I was quick with that photo - I was shirtless for a good while, and have some more photos of me as such. Bad, because being shirtless in the (obviously) overcast and slightly windy weather meant that I got a little too cold to wait it out for opportunities for photos with me wearing less.
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
About these photo: Taken Monday 11 August 2008, Nose Hill Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The photo was taken with my camera on a tripod using the 15 second delay self timer, as I was too far to use my remote. The camera was zoomed in to the max to get downtown Calgary somewhat identifiable (the Calgary tower is just to the right of the first tallest building on the left).
(Click through: Due to the public use of the paths around, and the noise from the traffic obscuring me hearing approaching people, I dropped my shorts to my ankles for this photo (yes that is walk to camera, drop shorts and pose all in 15 seconds!). That photo was my second attempt, and better looking as the sun is on me in this one, creating, in my opinion, a more artistic line of shadows between me and downtown Calgary.)
The '(for now)' refers to the high probability that I will be back in Calgary next summer, at the same job, for summer employment. I will also be back to Calgary to visit friends periodically.
Have a great Half-Nekkid Thursday.
Don't forget to visit other HNT posts at:
http://osbasso.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
HNT 23 - Ride 'em Cowboy
This week is the Calgary Stampede (billed as the greatest show on earth).
So to honor the Stampede, I thought I'd do a post on a cowboy theme.
I'm not much of a cowboy, only ridden a horse about 5 times, and mostly on trails. I would be interested in riding more, and learning more. Perhaps one day I will. I'd also love to have photos of me naked riding a horse bareback.
A sure sign of my lack of cowboyness is that though in my 3-4 years in Calgary (2.5 years now, 1.5 years before my time in the UK), I've not aquired any cowboy boots. I have the typical stetson hat, and even a belt with a decent size buckle (which has cowboy boots on them - not sure how clear that is in the photos).
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About these photos: Tuesday 8 July 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
These photos were taken using my remote for my digital camera, which was mounted on a tripod. They were taken specifically for this HNT.
Don't forget to vist other HNT posts at: http://osbasso.blogspot.com/
So to honor the Stampede, I thought I'd do a post on a cowboy theme.
I'm not much of a cowboy, only ridden a horse about 5 times, and mostly on trails. I would be interested in riding more, and learning more. Perhaps one day I will. I'd also love to have photos of me naked riding a horse bareback.
A sure sign of my lack of cowboyness is that though in my 3-4 years in Calgary (2.5 years now, 1.5 years before my time in the UK), I've not aquired any cowboy boots. I have the typical stetson hat, and even a belt with a decent size buckle (which has cowboy boots on them - not sure how clear that is in the photos).
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
{Photo temporarily removed for personal reasons}
About these photos: Tuesday 8 July 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
These photos were taken using my remote for my digital camera, which was mounted on a tripod. They were taken specifically for this HNT.
Don't forget to vist other HNT posts at: http://osbasso.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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