49: 300,000 Clicks!

This is my boyfriend (in yesterday's PAD) car. He just passed 300,000 kilometers today on our way to the country. He's never had a car for this long, so he was very excited. Good thing we were in the country because we simply stopped just on the side of the road and took pictures.

Today was gorgeouscompared to yesterday. Freezing cold, but their had been freezing rain and CRAZY winds (up to 110 kph) yesterday. There was a 70 (!!) car pile up outside of the island of Montreal. One person died, and two major injuries if I recall correctly. Due to the wind being so strong, there were sudden white out conditions on the highway. Naturally, everyone slows down. However, roads were already icey, and this resulted in this horrific accident. There was another huge accident outside of Ottawa I beleieve.

For you warm weather people who never see snow, a white out is when the snow is blowing so much, you can't see anything except white. It can be very disorienting if you are walking because you can't even tell what is up or down anymore.

I was going to do errands and go to my last lecture yesterday. Needless to say, I did neither. The pictures in today's paper of people getting litteraly swept off their feet made me glad I didn't.

Yes I know weather is erratic and unpredictable, but this winter has been simply ridiculous. Yes, I blame this on global warming. I'm tired of having ice covered streets and sidewalks. March weather in january, and January waether in February.

One suggestion: stop idling your car! So often, I see cars running with nobody in them. Yes I know it's nice to go to a warm car, but few minutes of cold isn't going to hurt anyone, and you can cut your cars emissions! Every little bit helps at this point.

48: Oops!

Oops! My bad! Day late, dollar short.

This is my boyfriend. This was taken last summer (ahh. summer *sniff* *sniff* come back!!) up on the Mountain as we call it in Montreal.

47: Toasted head

Ok, not so good picture. Good wine though!

Got a study break coming up. One whole week to do nothing but study! And comment on PAD's!

46: Toys for Boys

One has to love a boyfriend who says, take a picture of my new router! Then, when in another bind, take a picture of my tools! He recently lost all his power tool to theft, and has been in the process of replacing them, so there you go!

45: Passing

Not much to say about this.

So I will rant and rave about Valentine's Day instead.  One has to be weary of a day that can be abbreviated to VD.  That being said, I find Valentine's day just one more example of how the masses can be manipulated with pretty colours, advertising, and mass marketing.  In my books, loving someone makes Valentine's Day every day, not just one day that happens to also coincide with a massacre.

That being said, if you like Valentine's Day and want to celebrate, please do.  I'll just pass...  Happy Valentine's Day ;-)

44:Trekking

My boyfriend, determined to find the lost lake, at the beginning of his quest.  He did find it, but hadn't brought his camera, so maybe I will join him next time he goes to find it!

43: Shark Attack!

Just when you thought it was safe because the river was mostly frozen over...

So, wandering around getting more of those cool ice pictures I like so much while making sure not to break through the ice, I notice this funnt thing sticking out of the ice. Low and behold, it looked like a shark fin. As far as I am concerned, this is a blatant taunt to the fact I didn't get to go diving anywhere this winter. Oh well. Hoefully thi summer!

Show in RAW, little dissapointed in the exposre. The sun was shining on the snow behind it, so the actual ice sculpture is a little underexposed. Some RAW stuff and then levels, curves, desat with channel mixer and then a blue curve on top to give it that blue hue.

And remember, sharks are out friends and greatly misunderstood by the mass populace. They are actually quite friendly! See! They can be our companions!