DEER! COUGAR!
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bunnyloveAs I said in my last post I went to my families cabin for my vacation. I wish I were still there, but I did miss mum, the kitties, and all of you. While I was there I took a crap load of pictures with my new camera. I had way too much fun with it. One of my favourite features on it is the 'stitch' feature where you take a sequence of pics and then your computer will automatically put them together to form one big long photo.
These are the ones I did:
The first one is a view of the reef at low(ish) tide from our place.
This one is a view from the point of the reef going along the bay and onto the beach. I was in front of my aunts cabin when I took this.
My dad's birthday is on the 4th and I kind of want to get one of these developed, but I don't know where I could go to get this done as one big long photo, I don't want it broken up. Anyone know who can do that or if they can? Maybe I'd have to get it done poster size.
When we got to the first island (we have to take a water taxi to ours) I was so lucky to get a shot of this eagle flying overhead. It was gorgeous, I haven't seen one like this in years. The next two are just shots of making our way up to the cabin.
The night we arrived our neighbours in the next cabin invited us over for burgers and this was the view of the sunset from their deck.
The next day was basically just settling in and doing absolutely nothing.
The first black and white photo is my aunt and uncles cabin, the second is of just giant feather (almost a foot long) I found. I'm betting it came from an eagle or hawk or something. I saw this one big hawk fly by a few times, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
This darling girl's name is Snaps. She's a pit bull cross (I can't remember what) and she just loved this fallen tree and it's branches. She belonged to another person staying/working on the island.
This picture... well I call this picture 'Death of a Barbecue. The first night we were there to cook dinner dad hooked up the propane and everything, then he left to go take a shower down at neighbouring cabin (they have it hooked up so that you can actually have a hot shower, such luxury). Anyway, while the corn was cooking away I went back into the cabin to get the salad or something and when I come back out on the deck I see that the whole front of the BBQ is up in flames. At first I'm like 'holy shit' and then I remember the propane tank there and then I'm like "HOLY SHIT" and started screaming for my aunt and my dad to come help. The result is this:
Me (freaking out): THE BARBECUE'S ON FIRE!!!!!!!
Dad (at the other cabin): THEN PUT THE LID DOWN!
Me: NO THE FRONT OF THE BARBECUE'S ON FIRE!!!! ALL THE KNOBS AND STUFF ARE MELTING!!!
My Aunt: I'm coming! *comes running up and looks at the BBQ on fire* You better get your dad.
Me: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *FLAIL*
Put the lid down my ass. Anyway, my aunt managed to get the fire out with a broom and thank god, because the last thing we would need is that sucker blowing up and a) destroying the place and b) killing us in the process.
Now we need a new barbecue.
After our ordeal we did end up having a nice meal of barbecued corn and pan fried hamburgers. We got to watch the seagull budget meeting on the reef and the deer family stopped by for some desert.
My mum made that yummy cake for us to take over. :)
The next day was reef and lagoon day, where I just puttered around the reef and lagoon looking at stuff and taking pictures. There's some really cool ones (I think) that I lucked out on getting. One of my favourites is the raindrop and the crack in the rock that is so smooth. The last one is one of me that I took later that night.
The next two I dedicate tocrack colour aspecting addict![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gremmie_goo, because I thought of her when I took these.
The day after the reef adventures (and there was many... ok, none, but it was still fun) I decided to go down to the beach to look for a new handle to nail onto the outhouse, but not before I got in some much needed reading. I did get a few interesting pics with a crab (sadly no longer on this plane of existence) and of various other things scattered around.
The moon rising over the bay.
I know some of you will enjoying that my aunt taught me how to knit while we were there! I tried knitting in daycare when I was like 8, but could never get the hang of it, but my aunt asked if I wanted to give it a go and I am! So far I'm loving it. I'm working on a dish towel and it's already about 4 inches long. :) I know how to cast on, make a stitch and that's about it. We didn't get far enough for me to learn how to cast off, but I hope I'll be able to figure it out with the book I got (Stitch 'N Bitch). But I think what is most scary is while my aunt was teaching me how to knit,gremmie_goo announced that she wanted to take up a new hobby....knitting. How creepy is that? And we hadn't even said anything about learning knitting, we just started to go for it! And it gets even more creepy, we both bought the same knitting book without each other knowing. o.O
Anyway, here's a pic of the dish towel in progress while waiting at the ferry to take us home:
And like that old saying 'all good things must come to an end' it did. We had to go home. :( I really could have used a few more days up there. I was really starting to unwind and relax and I didn't realize how tense I really was until I got up there. The first two pics are of the cabin and then my aunt down on the beach with all our crap waiting for the water taxi to pick us up. The rest are just the trip back.
So that was my first vacation in three years. I hope to hell I don't have to wait that long until I take another one. I don't know if I could survive. :P Dad will probably go back in the early fall, but going over there during the winter is just horrible, so I hope spring/summer of next year will prove more productive.
Twenty cookies to each of you who read this and looked at the pics. :)
These are the ones I did:
The first one is a view of the reef at low(ish) tide from our place.
This one is a view from the point of the reef going along the bay and onto the beach. I was in front of my aunts cabin when I took this.
My dad's birthday is on the 4th and I kind of want to get one of these developed, but I don't know where I could go to get this done as one big long photo, I don't want it broken up. Anyone know who can do that or if they can? Maybe I'd have to get it done poster size.
When we got to the first island (we have to take a water taxi to ours) I was so lucky to get a shot of this eagle flying overhead. It was gorgeous, I haven't seen one like this in years. The next two are just shots of making our way up to the cabin.
The night we arrived our neighbours in the next cabin invited us over for burgers and this was the view of the sunset from their deck.
The next day was basically just settling in and doing absolutely nothing.
The first black and white photo is my aunt and uncles cabin, the second is of just giant feather (almost a foot long) I found. I'm betting it came from an eagle or hawk or something. I saw this one big hawk fly by a few times, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
This darling girl's name is Snaps. She's a pit bull cross (I can't remember what) and she just loved this fallen tree and it's branches. She belonged to another person staying/working on the island.
This picture... well I call this picture 'Death of a Barbecue. The first night we were there to cook dinner dad hooked up the propane and everything, then he left to go take a shower down at neighbouring cabin (they have it hooked up so that you can actually have a hot shower, such luxury). Anyway, while the corn was cooking away I went back into the cabin to get the salad or something and when I come back out on the deck I see that the whole front of the BBQ is up in flames. At first I'm like 'holy shit' and then I remember the propane tank there and then I'm like "HOLY SHIT" and started screaming for my aunt and my dad to come help. The result is this:
Me (freaking out): THE BARBECUE'S ON FIRE!!!!!!!
Dad (at the other cabin): THEN PUT THE LID DOWN!
Me: NO THE FRONT OF THE BARBECUE'S ON FIRE!!!! ALL THE KNOBS AND STUFF ARE MELTING!!!
My Aunt: I'm coming! *comes running up and looks at the BBQ on fire* You better get your dad.
Me: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *FLAIL*
Put the lid down my ass. Anyway, my aunt managed to get the fire out with a broom and thank god, because the last thing we would need is that sucker blowing up and a) destroying the place and b) killing us in the process.
Now we need a new barbecue.
After our ordeal we did end up having a nice meal of barbecued corn and pan fried hamburgers. We got to watch the seagull budget meeting on the reef and the deer family stopped by for some desert.
My mum made that yummy cake for us to take over. :)
The next day was reef and lagoon day, where I just puttered around the reef and lagoon looking at stuff and taking pictures. There's some really cool ones (I think) that I lucked out on getting. One of my favourites is the raindrop and the crack in the rock that is so smooth. The last one is one of me that I took later that night.
The next two I dedicate to
gremmie_goo, because I thought of her when I took these.
The day after the reef adventures (and there was many... ok, none, but it was still fun) I decided to go down to the beach to look for a new handle to nail onto the outhouse, but not before I got in some much needed reading. I did get a few interesting pics with a crab (sadly no longer on this plane of existence) and of various other things scattered around.
The moon rising over the bay.
I know some of you will enjoying that my aunt taught me how to knit while we were there! I tried knitting in daycare when I was like 8, but could never get the hang of it, but my aunt asked if I wanted to give it a go and I am! So far I'm loving it. I'm working on a dish towel and it's already about 4 inches long. :) I know how to cast on, make a stitch and that's about it. We didn't get far enough for me to learn how to cast off, but I hope I'll be able to figure it out with the book I got (Stitch 'N Bitch). But I think what is most scary is while my aunt was teaching me how to knit,
gremmie_goo announced that she wanted to take up a new hobby....knitting. How creepy is that? And we hadn't even said anything about learning knitting, we just started to go for it! And it gets even more creepy, we both bought the same knitting book without each other knowing. o.OAnyway, here's a pic of the dish towel in progress while waiting at the ferry to take us home:
And like that old saying 'all good things must come to an end' it did. We had to go home. :( I really could have used a few more days up there. I was really starting to unwind and relax and I didn't realize how tense I really was until I got up there. The first two pics are of the cabin and then my aunt down on the beach with all our crap waiting for the water taxi to pick us up. The rest are just the trip back.
So that was my first vacation in three years. I hope to hell I don't have to wait that long until I take another one. I don't know if I could survive. :P Dad will probably go back in the early fall, but going over there during the winter is just horrible, so I hope spring/summer of next year will prove more productive.
Twenty cookies to each of you who read this and looked at the pics. :)
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Date: 2008-08-16 07:53 am (UTC)Gorgeous gorgeous pics! I still love the spiderwebs one the best!
Yeah and the knitting thing still kind creeps me out! *twilight zone music*
I loved this entry! All your entries should be like this! :p
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Date: 2008-08-16 07:58 am (UTC)Um, I have chocolate chip. And I have marshmallows.
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Date: 2008-08-16 09:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-17 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-16 09:27 am (UTC)Andjafhjkfshjkfahs photos!!! So much pretty over there :)
We don't see that kind of scenery over here.
Love the photo of you, you're adorable.
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-16 11:10 am (UTC)I'm glad to hear you got the chance to unwind a bit, and you've got some really gorgeous pics, there. Thank you for sharing. :D
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-16 12:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-08-16 06:19 pm (UTC)Too bad about your BBQ. and Glad no one got hurt and didn't cause serious damage.
Your the second person on my f-list who had a BBQ catch fire.
Nicole
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:37 pm (UTC)Maybe the BBQ's are in some sort of conspiracy...
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Date: 2008-08-16 07:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-17 08:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-16 09:07 pm (UTC)Must be really beautiful there <3
And hah, poor bbq but the story is hilarious :D
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-17 11:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-18 01:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-16 10:21 pm (UTC)what happened to the crab?
Im glad you got a vacation finally you deserved it!
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Date: 2008-08-17 08:38 pm (UTC)Thankies, hon!
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Date: 2008-08-24 02:11 pm (UTC)