Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

It's my favourite time of year in blogland, time for 

december views

old and busted vs new hotness

This morning I was so excited, I had just obtained four packs of expired 779 and I was anxious to see if they would yield anything. I carefully warmed the film to room temperature and placed it in the camera. It spat out the dark shield and I squealed a happy sound. I thought for sure it was good. The first test pic came out with a little brown around the edges, just enough for art sake, I thought. Then the excitement turned to worry as my camera stopped spitting out images. I tried two or three more shots.... nothing, so I opened it up stuffed the two shots that were jammed back in and reshot. This became the drill over two packs, and then eventually a third. To say I was dissapointed is an understatement.

I know the risks, and I accept them but there is something of a buzz kill when things don't work out the way I planned. I came home and went to  put the few shots that were at least somewhat developed into the scanner. When I opened the lid I found another polaroid from my last scanning session. I turned it over and remembered I had purchased some of the new 600 film from Beau Photo. Now I won't say I 'll never buy expired film again (come on, I'm a polaholic, that's what we do!) but when I compare the old and busted 779 against the new hotness of the latest version of the 600 film, I have to say, the new hotness is coming up roses!

Post script: Now that the sting of dissapointment has worn off I'm totally thrilled with what I got out of the 779, they are beautiful in their own right. :-)

stay tuned

Well if anyone is still out there and possibly wondering where I might have gone....
I'm still here.
Summer is time spent with my family, and I've been doing that full on.
So no time for blogs or facebook or polaroid clubs. I've been biking the miles long arbutus corridor, making multiple trips to the library, skimming stones on the ocean blue, and enjoying all the festivals this city of festivals has to offer. I've kept my preteen up late watching the night sky glow with fireworks and watching him glow as he inches ever closer toward being a young man.
This is the best summer staycation I have had in a long long time and it's not over yet.
Lately I've got a hankering to shoot with a camera that requires more than one hand to hold. I'll be out on my bike looking for interesting material to shoot and enjoying the last breathes of an all too short rainforest summer.
Meanwhile here in blogland I'm making some changes a bit at a time, so expect this page to look a little odd for a time until I get it all sorted.

Mobileography

I am so elated, I just recieved word that PhotoHaus Gallery accepted three of my images for their "Mobileography" show starting July 15th and running through August. One of my goals this year was to get my photos into a gallery and I've done it! yippee! for those of you out there who are too far away here are the three.... 

all contain water or more precisely, rain water, my favourite subject matter.

:-)

on a cafe table

Just added this to my shop yesterday.  I am always surprised and pleased with the things you can do with water and a camera.  Good thing I live in a place that has no shortage of the wet stuff.

one thing leads to another

You know that saying, "one thing leads to another", I've been living proof of that today.
It all started with me getting dressed this morning and realizing I had to do the laundry because I had no clean undies left.  So, I sorted the clothes, and while I was doing that I remembered that I needed to add new things to my etsy shop today. Once I got the laundry in I sat down at my desk to enter a photo or two to my shop and I saw there was mail. I answered the mails and found out I'd forgotten to send in some very important forms for my son's summer camp application. So I went to print out said forms which led to me discovering that I had no ink in my printer, so, I had to go to the drug store to get some ink.  While I was there I remembered I needed to send something so I needed to get some stamps.  Stamps and ink in hand I returned home to print out my forms and there on the computer was another message DON'T FORGET TO GET A SITTER FOR THE WEEKEND! So, I callled the sitter and booked her for the weekend which led me to remember I needed something to wear which made me think of the laundry I had forgotten. When I got to the laundry room my neighbor was there and she was terribly stressed over finding out she and her children had lice. Which then led me to come home and search for some really helpful articles I had on how to rid ones self of the little buggers, and now it's nearly three oclock. The laundry is stil not done, the ink is not yet in the printer, the forms still not sent in, and the sitter?, well that's the one thing I did get done and it's a good thing too because after a day or two more like this, I'm going to need a break!

chill my friends, have a great week.

Arghhhhh We be Pirates!

Arrrgh! Twas an amazing weekend playing pirates with me best friend and our scurvy boys. We made those scallywags walk the plank and tossed them into the drink!

Every year for the past five or six years I've been participating in the "Boat for Hope", a Variety Club sponsored activity for children with disabilities. It is so much fun and gives our little guys a much needed and appreciated lift. They really do become pirates for the day sailing the high seas, swashbuckling and sometimes even captaining their vessels.  There are so many people who give so much of themselves to make this event happen I cannot  even begin to thank them enough. So I am putting out a call to anyone out there who feels so inclined to go to their site and give your support in what ever way you might choose, if you choose to.

Thanks and have a great week.