Calgary Zoolights

Last night we (Branwen, Logan, Rowan, Bill, and myself) went to Zoolights at the Calgary Zoo. Hopefully the pictures give you an idea of what we saw and experienced there. Essentially, a section of Calgary Zoo is decorated with Christmas lights and you can wander around there after nightfall to enjoy the sights. As one can imagine it was difficult to take photos under these conditions (nevermind the -10 C temperatures), but I think my G5 did admirably. For those that care, I mostly operated my camera on full manual: aperture at F2.0, shutter speed 1/40s, and ISO 400. All of the photos are direct from my camera.

Update from Calgary and walking with Rocky

Hello again astute followers of the Flamie Blog. Just wanted to let everyone know that life is proceeding very well in Calgary with the Martindales. It has been a wonderfully relaxing time with good company, food, celebration, music, and ofcourse lots of presents. No particular event stands out, but it has just been excellent here. During the giving and receiving of gifts I was blessed with a wonderfully warm and comfortable hand knit sweater from Rowan, lots of new music, some comics based on Firefly, too many other wonderful gifts to mention here, and an iPod Touch! Holy crap, I didn't expect to get that. It is amazingly cool. I suspect the initial fascination with the touch screen and the accelerometer stuff might wear off, but it is still an amazing useful toy. With wifi and applications available to do almost anything you could want, it is so much more than just a portable music device. Fun fun fun... Anyways, today I went for a short walk with Rocky (the Martindale's dog). There was fresh snow on the ground from this morning and it was very misty/foggy in the low areas. All in all, a very refreshing walk.