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I'm glad the days are getting longer because it seems I'm leaving work later too.

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The beginning of curry beans and rice. Soooo good.

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I've been told by more than one person that I should read Murakami and I even have one of his books but I've just never found the time. But the design of this one is so beautiful that it might jump the queue of books I'm aspiring to read. Such a great looking book.

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Foggy Vancouver. Longer days and I'm finding it hard to find the time to take picture. Tired. Going to bed instead of heading out to take a better photograph.

15-3-9

Georgia Viaduct. There's a rumor they might rip this thing down. Not sure why it was built in the first place. It mostly goes over vacant land. Anyway.

15-3-8

I bought a 20mm lens off craigslist and it didn't work. I checked it but not thoroughly enough. I called the guy who sold it to me and he said I must have dropped it. I didn't. It was broken.

I spent the better part of last night taking it apart to fix it. The aperture blades were sticking. There was a whole lot of really small screws but I managed to not lose any of them and used them all to put it back together too.

I've been feeling like black and white photos recently, so I would have converted these anyway, but the lens still has some colour fringing and isn't super sharp. But it was $200, which is what it was worth if it worked. Broken they aren't worth fixing, unless you've already spent $200 on a lens that you can't use. So maybe I start filling a jar with change and, because of loonies and toonies, maybe I'll have a better 20mm prime by the fall. Though I'm getting picky about these things, it may take a lot of loonies and toonies because Zeiss is German for "expensive" and no one else seems to understand my desire to own a quality 20mm prime.

Maybe it's me.

It's probably me.

15-3-7

Full on spring, no denying it.

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Health & Beauty. And Butcher Shop. One in the same?

15-3-1

There's a hole in the road by my house. Someone thought it would be good to put an upside down table next to it.

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Might be time to dust this one off and take it for a spin. Made in the early to mid 50s, it's lasted 60 years or so, I need to do my part to make sure they keep on making film for this thing.

15-2-25

CS

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Steelhead trout head.

"I'll just take this into the back and get it filleted for you."

"Why?"

"You want to do it yourself?"

"I think that's part of the poetry of it, no?"

"Huh. You're the first person to not want us to fillet it for you."

"That's unfortunate."

For the record, way too much butter in a saucepan with finely chopped shallots until the shallots are about 2/3rds cooked. Pour over a fillet, salt and pepper to taste, and bake for 15-20 minutes. Some might like to add lemon juice to the sauteed shallots. I don't. But I wouldn't tell you that you were wrong if you wanted to.

15-2-21

4 hours in the wood shop. Cut list and design semi-finalized. I'll be making 20 of these next week. Should have build time down to 2 hours each by then.

15-2-20

Tonight's line up.

15-2-19

Spring green.

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I like that this one used to say "Stop 'the oilsands'" and now it's been upgraded to simply "Stop 'Harper'".

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It's only a matter of time before the capitalists realize that little plot of land where Ken Lum's East Van cross is is worth millions and millions of dollars and could situate a 15 story building of 200 square foot micro condos at market rate. The digger is kitty corner now...

15-2-12

17 of the last 18 days were shot on film. Real, old fashioned film. Some with 35mm, some with 120. Mostly Kodak but there was some Fuji in there too. The Mamiya was a tank of a camera to haul around but I like it. It's a good camera. And I like that old equipment still works after years of use. I'm not one to upgrade my digital equipment too often, my camera is 6 years old, that's ancient in the world of digital cameras, but it's starting to show signs of wear. The autofocus is sometimes temperamental. Some of the dials don't do what they are supposed to do when you ask them to do it, or at least not the first time. Of course there's technology involved here too, the scanner I use is alright, it could be better, so I'm left longing for new technology to maintain my old technology. Anyway, I'm back onto digital after today for a bit but I'm certainly happy with the film experiment.

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