Sometime between 7 and 8 there was a break in the rain, at which point I ventured to our front porch armed with my D70 and macro lens. Here are the results.
Water droplets + macro lens = fun!
What a thunderstorm we had yesterday! Our power was out from 7pm until 5am the next morning. We managed to save one tub of ice cream from certain demise, thank goodness.
Sometime between 7 and 8 there was a break in the rain, at which point I ventured to our front porch armed with my D70 and macro lens. Here are the results.
Sometime between 7 and 8 there was a break in the rain, at which point I ventured to our front porch armed with my D70 and macro lens. Here are the results.
House project #1
There's not very many renovations that we have to do, but this one is a no-brainer. In the main bathroom, there was a hanging light... in the bathtub... right in front of the shower. If I were to stand under it, I would probably hit my head. So, we decided that it should go.
On Tuesday night, we went to Home Depot and picked up a fancy shower lamp. After playing with the breakers for 30 minutes, we finally shut off the power to the bathtub light, and I proceeded to remove the light fixture.
I got the light down, but realized that I would need to buy an insulated housing for the new light, as it was recessed, and would be sitting beside insulation in the attic. I almost called it a night, but decided to replace our front hall light fixture with the less gaudy cracked glass globe I had just taken down. We are much happier with this change, but there are still about a half-dozen more light fixtures to go.
The following night, I went back to Home Depot to get geared up for the attic. I bought the insulation box, and a mask and coveralls. It's fairly risky posting a picture like this, so i'm trusting all of you to be nice. :)
Unfortunately, not having a ladder of the appropriate height, I had to wait until Carolyn came home, so that she could bring a ladder from her parents. It was about 10pm by the time I first went up into the attic. Figuring it would be a quick job, I wasn't too worried.
Before I continue, I thought I should mention that fibreglass is not at all as fun as it looks. Also, balancing on two joists in a stiflingly hot suit is also not fun. And the nails coming through the roof were downright nasty.
Anyway, I imagine it was around 10:30pm when I saw the light. And by that I mean, I touched two seemingly dead wires together and created a spark, and melted some of the wire. Fortunately this happened inside the insulation box as I was feeding the wires through. It was shortly after this that I had Carolyn call our good friend Ryan, who happens to know a thing or two about electricity, and a bit more about not getting killed.
After he showed up, he determined that that light must have been running on two circuits, and I had only shut off the one. (Feel free to ask him about the details) Seeing as I had broken the second circuit, we were ok to proceed. Now we were at the interesting part... fitting object A into slot B.
Two hours and a few curse words later, the new light was installed. Isn't it pretty?
Here's a sneak preview of Project #2. Carolyn got a headstart on this while I was stuck in the attic. Bye bye plaid.
On Tuesday night, we went to Home Depot and picked up a fancy shower lamp. After playing with the breakers for 30 minutes, we finally shut off the power to the bathtub light, and I proceeded to remove the light fixture.
I got the light down, but realized that I would need to buy an insulated housing for the new light, as it was recessed, and would be sitting beside insulation in the attic. I almost called it a night, but decided to replace our front hall light fixture with the less gaudy cracked glass globe I had just taken down. We are much happier with this change, but there are still about a half-dozen more light fixtures to go.
The following night, I went back to Home Depot to get geared up for the attic. I bought the insulation box, and a mask and coveralls. It's fairly risky posting a picture like this, so i'm trusting all of you to be nice. :)
Unfortunately, not having a ladder of the appropriate height, I had to wait until Carolyn came home, so that she could bring a ladder from her parents. It was about 10pm by the time I first went up into the attic. Figuring it would be a quick job, I wasn't too worried.
Before I continue, I thought I should mention that fibreglass is not at all as fun as it looks. Also, balancing on two joists in a stiflingly hot suit is also not fun. And the nails coming through the roof were downright nasty.
Anyway, I imagine it was around 10:30pm when I saw the light. And by that I mean, I touched two seemingly dead wires together and created a spark, and melted some of the wire. Fortunately this happened inside the insulation box as I was feeding the wires through. It was shortly after this that I had Carolyn call our good friend Ryan, who happens to know a thing or two about electricity, and a bit more about not getting killed.
After he showed up, he determined that that light must have been running on two circuits, and I had only shut off the one. (Feel free to ask him about the details) Seeing as I had broken the second circuit, we were ok to proceed. Now we were at the interesting part... fitting object A into slot B.
Two hours and a few curse words later, the new light was installed. Isn't it pretty?
Here's a sneak preview of Project #2. Carolyn got a headstart on this while I was stuck in the attic. Bye bye plaid.
House photos
I've finally had a chance to sit down after a busy week. The move on Friday and Saturday went amazingly well, and the housewarming on Sunday was even better. Thanks to everyone who helped and who showed up! We had such a good time, and I imagine we will have more parties, once we get our own BBQ (thanks to Carolyn's dad for bringing his). Here are a couple of photos from last weekend.
This is our house. This is the first picture we took of it when we arrived with the keys.
A photo of the backyard. Lots of green space!
More backyard.
A deceivingly cute bunny. They seem to hang around our backyard a lot, eating our plants. I like chasing them.
A leaf from our maple tree.
This is our house. This is the first picture we took of it when we arrived with the keys.
A photo of the backyard. Lots of green space!
More backyard.
A deceivingly cute bunny. They seem to hang around our backyard a lot, eating our plants. I like chasing them.
A leaf from our maple tree.
Yay house!
The house has closed! It is now officially ours, and we shall head out shortly to pick up the keys. Happy happy happy!
Laurel Creek Conservation Area
Ryan and I went to Laurel Creek Conservation area last week for a quick photo session. We weren't around long enough for sunset unfortunately. I wasn't too pleased with most of my shots, but here are some acceptable ones.
I like the silhouette of the tree in this one. Maybe I should try desaturating it like Richard did here.
The Ontario flag, flapping in the wind. Moon visible in bottom right.
