Skip to content

Monthly Archives: March 2010

Day 68: More: More Nick!

Monday, March 8, 2010

(Wallpaper sized, mostly, and all shot with a Canon Powershot 100sx. EXIF on demand!) Yeah, I am wearing my dinner.  So? It’s pretty easy.  You wanna see how I do it? Awww, you were foolin’ me!  You already knew how! Come on, put up yer dukes!!! Whoa! A whole knew canvas I haven’t done yet!!! […]

Filed in Family, Humor, Life at Home, PAD 2010 | | Comments (0)

Day 67: More Nick!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Little Lugnut Plots and Plans… I’ll give this cake three fingers and a thumb! (Wallpaper sized, and all shot with a Canon Powershot 100sx. EXIF on demand!) Hmmmm…  What should I do now? I know!  You’re not going to be expecting this! RRRAAARRRR! Okay, the show’s over.  Back to the cake. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Filed in Family, Food, Humor, Life at Home, PAD 2010, Photography | | Comments (2)

Day 66

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Leslee’s birthday is today.  I took her out for breakfast.  She made a pot roast for dinner, Kirsten made a nice cake, Harlee wouldn’t eat, and Nick made faces… (Wallpaper sized, and all shot with a Canon Powershot 100sx. EXIF on demand!) The Cake in Question! Harlee and her hot cross bun… Just an “artsie” […]

Filed in Family, Food, Holiday, Life at Home, PAD 2010 | | Comments (2)

Day 65

Friday, March 5, 2010

A few more shots from the new Sigma 600mm… Goose looks left. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks right. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks low. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks from up high. (1/1500, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose never did find little Cait…! Just a […]

Filed in Life at Home, PAD 2010, Photography, Wildlife | | Comments (2)

Day 64: A New Lens in the Family!

Friday, March 5, 2010

I won an Ebay auction last weekend:  A Sigma 600mm Mirror Lens for $76.09, including postage.  These usually go for $200 to $300!  This one has an Olympus OM mount on it, but I have an OM to Canon EOS adaptor.  It came yesterday and spent the night on the front stupe.  Leslee found it […]

Filed in Life at Home, PAD 2010, Photography, Wildlife | | Comments (1)

Day 63

Thursday, March 4, 2010

A quick trip to Helena today.   I came back along the frontage road along the Missouri River.  It is narrow but always a nicer view than the freeway… This is a three photo image stitched together in MS ICE, from top to bottom. (1/60, f8 40mm, 100 ISO) Another as wallpaper… (1/60, f8, 20mm, ISO […]

Filed in On the Road, PAD 2010, Photography | | Comments (2)

Day 62

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

More Canadian Geese wallpaper! (1/1000, f8, 235mm, ISO 400) (1/250, f8, 250mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Filed in Life at Home, PAD 2010, Photography, Wildlife | | Comments (2)

Day 61: March 2nd, 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

It is Train Time again!  Here is the daily grain train heading out to the Malting Plant north of Great Falls.  This is from the upper overlook below Rainbow Dam and Falls. (1/750, f8, 130mm, ISO 100, cropped from a single photo) The trains like to play hide-and-seek through the hillocks and cuts along the […]

Filed in Life at Home, PAD 2010, Photography, Railroads | | Comments (1)

A few of my favorite things!

Monday, March 1, 2010

My favorite firearms animation: How a .45 works!  From the original engineering drawings! My favorite trick to play on animals in the Antarctic… My favorite social networking site… My favorite undersea souvenir… My favorite “how do I get to work?” question… My favorite pink, California approved rifle, starring Kalashnakitty! My favorite barbeque! My favorite pickle! […]

Filed in Humor, Motorcycles, Railroads, Vintage | | Comments (1)