Time flies when you're... busy.

It's the common excuse around these parts - haven't had time to post anything lately because I've been too busy. It's an excuse and it's also the truth. With school winding down I've been inundated with studying, exams, and placements; hardly any time to get out and do any cam work.
Truth be told, I probably don't even have time for this now. I start another placement tomorrow evening and should probably be getting some sleep. Sleep has been super important lately. Sleep and coffee.
I might not get many chances to post much more until the end of this month so here's some stuff from lately


"Green Anaconda" : An older shot re-visited in the realm of green. Robbie loves green anacondas lately.

Robbie's been enjoying driving classes lately. Always a good photo op.

First one of these for the season. Shot this so long ago there was still ice in the river.

Kiki. B&W. Had to.

Bella. She could usually care less about most stuff.

Another one of these. I'd like to get out and do some more of this type of shot at night soon.

We've been having trike lessons lately too. Robbie has been showing me how to ride one. It's pretty hard.
I'm too tired now to keep posting so I'm going to end off with this one and a few words that aren't my own. If you have kids, you'll understand. If you don't, you will.

"Encourage your children's deepest joys
not their superficial desires.
Praise their patience,
not their ambition.
Do not value the distractions and diversions
that masquerade as success.
They will learn to hear their own voice
instead of the noise of the crowd."

A few things

"There are a few things you must know
to become a wise parent.
You must know that you are going to die,
for then you will be able to truly live.

You must know when you have enough,
for then you will be content.
You must know how to laugh,
for then you will find healing.

There are many things you need not know.
You need not know everything your children think or do.
You need not know their secret dreams and hopes.
You need not know how life will unfold for them, or for yourself.

Live your own life,
with all your heart,
with all your mind,
and with all your soul.
There is no need to live theirs.
They will do that wonderfully
by themselves."

The ice is melting

As most Canadians do when the sun comes out and the snow starts to melt, we went out to enjoy some of the warmer temps over the weekend. Spent some time out on the ice of Lake Superior at Sliver Harbor.


While the ice was still over 2' thick in most places, there were spots that looked a bit more sketchy and probably a touch dangerous. Not a place to let your kids wander around unsupervised I would imagine. I guess not every parent is responsible. The 2 kids in the above shot just wandered over to us while their parents sat over 100 yards away seemingly without a care in the world.

These pressure ridges can be highly unstable; 2 feet thick in one spot and near nothing just feet away. Meg performs an unsafety check while we debate the pros and cons of trying to cross to the other side. We opted to stay put.

That doesn't mean common sense applies to everyone. We had a good time watching these guys attempting to find safe passage across this ridge. They got a little wet but didn't go through.


Supposedly someone fell in near here earlier this month. She was pulled out.

It has to be said though that late winter ice is unpredictable at best. Lake Superior is no joke and it will kill you if you end up in the water. A local man found that out the hard way this week while venturing out onto the ice not far from here.

I think I'm done with venturing out on to the ice for another season. I'm not a big fan of cold water and I would rather not die for some photos. Cheers to spring, cheers to good times with good friends and cheers to free ice fishing desktop backgrounds that you can click on and download full size.

Peas.