Winter Light ILLUMINATIONS - MORE fun under $5!

Chad and I managed to catch the last 5 minutes of the Winter Light Illuminations festival in Churchill Square. Again, fun under $5 (free!), but without the balmy temperatures...it was -35 and f-ing freezing!

The last 5 minutes was spectacular. Made me think that we should have caught the first 40 minutes of the show. Here are my favourite shots from the five minutes of freezing fun under $5. Most are SOOC: Straight out of the camera. I adjusted the contrast on some to make the sky more black, but most are 'as is.'

Scavenger Hunt

1. Texture

At Wirra Wirra winery in McLaren Vale, there was a 2 story high 'wine bottle' made out of corks (see 'Hangin' in the Vale' post). I love the texture of corks and am a little sad that they are being fazed out, but in the name of better wine I guess I can accept screw-top bottles.

2. Fog

Last night in Edmonton, they held an Illuminations festival in Churchill Square. This was the finale: an acrobat was suspended high off the ground in a spinning wheel, while many fireworks burst around her. I guess this is linked to 'fog' because of all the smoke that was in the sky. Don't hate me for the pathetic connection!

3. Button

This was the first scarf I ever made. I attached the biggest button I could find on it to finish it off.

4. Beverage

Such an expressive face. I sometimes feel like I am dating an Anime character. Chad is clearly not enjoying the red wine in his plastic cup.

5. Seventies

This is a photo of a photo; my mum got married in the 70's. She had a medieval themed dress. You can't get much more 70's than that.

 

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Scavenger Hunt Dec. 4th

This is my last Canadian scavenger hunt before I head Down Under for a 6 week vacay with the family. My next post will be from Adelaide, Australia.

On a more somber note, I am having no luck with cameras lately...I just got my DSLR back from Nikon (very happy), but managed to lose my Nikon Coolpix S600 in a cab in Vancouver on the weekend (very not happy)...Oopsies! I lost a lot of fun Friday night pseudo-family dinner pics and after snapping Granville street at 3am I jumped into a cab and left it on the seat when I got out...Perhaps I had too many Christmas libations...I don't care about the hardware, but I would have liked to have seen the drunken snaps I took...the photos are now memories imprinted in my mind and a little harder to share on a photography blog. The sad thing is that the cash I was going to use for a flash will now go toward getting a new Nikon. Bah humbug!

1. In My Home

2. It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...

Our friend, Kam has created a winter wonderland in his house in Vancouver. I saw the Citadel Theatre's version of 'A Christmas Carol' last week, and thought this guy looked like Bob Cratchett. Where's Tiny Tim?

 3. A Sweet Treat

It isn't a trip to Vancouver without a taster at the Granville Island tasting rooms. This is their winter treat, a chocolate stout. Nice, Nice, Very Nice.

 

4. Time

Movember in December...Chad was proud of his mo. It takes time to cultivate and create a mo that is worthy of keeping into December...he kept it to show his mates in Vancouver. This is the last photo of the mo before it got shaved off.

 

5. Everyday

My favourite place in Vancouver is Spanish Banks. I could look at this view everyday and live right here for the rest of my life. This view is so amazing that I had to include 2 pictures.

 Merry Christmas and a big thank you to our mates in Vancouver who look after us so well every time we visit. You know who you are...

Shutter Love Tuesday: BROWN

I Heart <3 Brown

Brown is my favorite colour, so I couldn't resist this week's Shutter Love Tuesday. Only, I have so many photos in sepia/featuring the colour brown that I couldn't choose just one picture. I'm not in it to win, so I will share all my favourites. Again, my camera is still out of action, so I am pulling from the archives (all photos are from 2010).

#1: False Pretense Story True

Very cool installation at Kits beach, Vancouver

 #2: Oh Myles

Myles the french bulldog. He looks sweet and innocent, but packs a punch.

#3: Tunnel of Love

Jenn and Ali getting down in a tunnel. I love this picture because they look like young, innocent children (they're not).

 

#4: Movember

Posted the spirit of Movember. Chad is growing a mo to support Prostate Cancer research. His moustache will probably end up looking like this by the end of November.

Donate here to support his 'stache!

http://ca.movember.com/mospace/1034422/