Boys Weekend

As luck would have it I was able to get away with the boys for opening weekend at Whitefish.  While the forecast wasn't great the week prior, things really shaped up by the time we arrived.  In the end, 5 of us showed up, including CG, who turned the big 40 and Merc., who came all the way from Vic. After the usual gong show upon arriving and getting to the hill, we manged to get some good skiing in day one.  Chris...

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Christmas Tree

With a higher roof this year, we ended up with a rather large tree.  Even after we trimmed it down it was still pretty big. The kids had a pretty fun time decorating the tree and we had enough decorations as well.  I did have to make the tree a little asymmetrical to fit it in the corne...

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old movies

I came across an article today about obscure scifi movies and it got me thinking.  I thought I would post some trailers from some old movies that the article reminded me of. times have sure changed as far as movies g...

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On the Hunt for Snow

This last weekend we headed to Waterton to see how much snow they had.  Greeted with rain on the drive out, we didn't have much hope.  The townsite was pretty bare, but our hopes improved as we headed up to Cameron Lake.  Bad news for those ice climbers out there, things looked pretty thin. When we got to barrier, we did find enough snow to play and there were several cars parked and evidence of skiers out. The Park was out...

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10,000 Lights

We spent last night looking at lights, from two rather different places.  First we stopped by a house that had a light show synced to music.  I'm not sure what was more interesting, the house or the kids dancing to the music.  My brother had planned the evening and we joined him so it turned into a pretty fun event. After some dancing and hot chocolate, we headed to the observatory for an open house.  The younger of...

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Sunsets & Sunrises

We have been pretty lucky this fall and have been treated to a few fine sunsets.  Here are a few of my favorites. ...

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Lethbridge Fires

As some of you might have heard in the news, we had a pretty big grass fire in the Lethbridge area in September.  So big in fact that my In-laws had to evacuate from Coalhurst.  I was taking pictures from one side of the fire, While the grandparents were taking pictures from the other side of the fire. Luckily Coalhurst was spared any damage and as far as I heard, damage was kept to a minimal.  Crazy thing is this...

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Best Americano

I hate to say it, but for 25 bucks, this thing makes a better Americano than my $800 espresso machine.  I origninally got this thing for camping, but I enjoy using it so much that I've kept it in the kitchen. I honestly have to reccommend this to all my friends who enjoy a good cup of joe while camping.  It's the bom...

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Pumpkins

So in rather short notice, I carved 4 pumpkins for the house.  Personally I liked the one that looked like Jack the most. I know that out there in Internet land, one of you has turned a pumpkin into an apple, your talents and innovation are legen.... wait for it....da...

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