What Is That Town?

I've had a few people ask what town is captured in the last photograph of my Randomography: Flight post.


As I wasn't sure myself, I googled London, Ontario, clicked on "Maps", and started a slow search north, checking maps against the photograph. And now I know what town it is.

Drum roll, please...

The town is Clinton, Ontario.

Project 365: Week 4

Twenty eight days in! Wow! This project is a whole lot harder than I first anticipated. However, carrying a camera with me everywhere has helped me capture shots I would not normally have taken (see previous blog posts for some of them).



You can also see the pics here or here.

Teacher's Back!

It's eight o'clock Friday morning. I unlock and open the classroom door, step through and turn on the lights.  Immediately I notice something different.  Inwardly smiling, I walk over to my desk, deposit my gear and get ready for the day.  Turn on the SMARTboard and laptop, write the date in English and Ojibway on the chalkboard, and put up the "Inspiration Board" (chart paper that we as a class jot down ideas for writing).  Then I jot down the morning bell expectations on the chalkboard:

1. Attendance
2. Please put ALL desks back the way they were before I left or face the wrath of Mr. K.
3. Quiet Reading

At the 8:55 AM bell the students come in, glance at the board, and proceed to the dictionaries to look up the word "wrath".  Without complaint, all the desks are quietly and promptly moved to the original seating plan.  They continued on with taking their own attendance and quietly read until the morning office announcements were completed.  Then, with a "Good morning, grade seven and eight!  It's good to be back...", we promptly went into the math lesson for the day.

It was good to be back, even on a Friday.

Monthly Photo Challenge: Light & Shadow

Randomography: Flight

For Fi

The little video screen on the plane kept scrolling through a map showing where we were and the altitude at which we were flying, ads for exotic locations and, oddly enough, silly jokes. So this is for my oldest Sprout who always rolls her eyes at my bad puns and goofy jokes.

What kind of tree has fingers?

Check the comments for the answer!

Regrets

This weekend I fly back to my hometown to be with my family to bury my grandmother.  I have two regrets.  The first is that I wasn't able to say goodbye before she passed on.  It has been almost two years since I have last seen her and I wish I had been a better grandson and stayed in touch.  The second is that I have a pitiful amount of photographs of my grandmother to help my family remember her by.  Over the past five years as my love for digital photography has grown, starting with a point-and-shoot and graduating to an amateur DSLR, I've been designated as the family photographer.  So, when we travel south to visit family, I take loads of pics.  And yet, I have few pics of my grandmother.  How sad is that?  Well, add that to my photography goals.  Take photos of everyone in my and my spouse's family whenever I can, and take the best ones possible. 

But first, spend quality time with my extended family.