Playing with the camera

It has finally warmed up outside so I ventured out to take a few pics. I got a book on digital photography for Christmas and wanted to try out some of the tips from it. Aperture settings looked like fun so I gave it a try. This is from the fence along our road to the house. We live down in the creek valley, so often the snow stays on the fences cause it is protected by the wind. Which, oh by the way, is supposed to blow 100 km/h tonight. You know it is bad when the water in the toilet bowl is moving!!

Yeah it is here

My camera came in a week and a half ago, but I've just been too busy with basketball to get around to using it much, I took some pics of Rylan's game and I am pretty happy with the job it did indoors. This is one of the reasons I went with this camera and it seems to live up to the billing. Now that Christmas holidays have officially begun I can finally find some time to take some more pictures. I haven't done any shopping yet for Christmas so Monday is the day to get everything done. I hope that it is not too crazy in Lethbridge (yeah right), my intentions are to get an early start. The big shopping news for us is that Wal-Mart is now open 24/7. I don't think I have it in me though, to go shopping at 3 in the morning.

A Win

The high school basketball season has finally started and our first game was last night. The girls played really well. I've been coaching some of these girls since they were in grade 8 and now they are in grade 12, so it is fun to watch them playing ball in their senior year. It is going to be a fun season!!

Trying to Relive the Old Days

This past weekend was our annual alumni weekend basketball tournament. This is a weekend that on one hand I look forward to and on the other hand I dread. The reason I like it is because I still enjoy playing basketball and believe it or not our games do have flashes of the old days (once in a while). The reason I dread it is because on Sunday I usually feel like I've been run over by a truck and it makes me a little sad because it means next year I will be a year older. The competitive side of me makes my try hard to keep up with the young kids and there were several times on the weekend when my mind told me I could get to the ball before somebody else, but the body doesn't quite react that fast. But it was a fun time and all the bruises and the sore muscles today are worth it.