Jan 10th Photo/355

Yesterday was a practice day for my daughter at the 49 Degrees North. My husband and I had to work on timing for the TeleDaze race so it was a busy day. I did get to ski with my little niece, well actually she is a cousin by marriage but she calls me her aunt. We skiied the "animal" trails on Chair 3. She was so funny. I do miss five year olds. We were skiing along when I saw deer tracks and pointed them out to her. She said she thought they were bear tracks and I told her I didn't think so. I continued to try to persuade her and she that they were deer tracks. Finally, after she continued to argue with me so I finally said, "Well, maybe they are bear." She looked at me and said, "No, you're wrong, it can't be. Bears are hypnotized right now." To make the day just that much better, I also ran into a lady I went to high school with who I hadn't see for a number of years. It was great to run into her up there and now we are talking about planning a girls night out for the old MLHS girls. All and all, a great day!

Choosing a picture for today proved to be a very difficult task, but finally I decided to post our ski boots by the fireplace as it was very wet on the mountain and on days like that, we have to dry our gear out by the fire. The white boots were also my Christmas present from my husband. My first pair of new boots. Note: You can also see the knee brace that I wear when I'm skiing too. It is the black thing tucked into my boot.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, manual, no flash

Jan 8th 2009 Photo/357

Jan 8th led us to "The Great Thaw". Water was everywhere. We were fortunate as we haven't experienced any real flooding from the creek, but Western Washington is under water. I chose this photo in contrast to a week ago when we were buried with snow. Easy come-Easy go!

I wish I would have played with my light meter a bit more as this was on my way to the work and the white balance is a bit off in the foreground. Oh well.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, auto

Jan 6th Photo/359

Jan 6th was a real challenge to photograph. I was really getting tired of snow and ice so I looked a Becky Higgin's suggestions and still couldn't decide. Finally, as I was reading my email I decided to photograph the email from the school district, once again telling me that my daughter was on extended vacation due to snow. At that rate, I thought she might graduate from the 6th grade when she was 18.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, auto

Jan 4th Photos/361

Jan 4th brought us to Schweitzer so my daughter could ski race. It was a miserably cold day that started with snow. This was her last race at Schweitzer as she is planning to hang up her bib this year and retire. I played lodge mom for the day since I tweaked my knee when I slid on the ice while I was shoveling snow one night while my husband helped the coaches. It was a fun day!

Here I go again. I can't decide which racing photo to use so I guess I will wait on the day too. I will probably use the race suit image, but it is vertical and the 365 Kit will only accommodate horizontal images. I may just print the vertical image smaller so it will fit the album and the embellish around the image.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, manual (which didn't work out so well)

Jan 3rd Photo/362

Jan 3rd my daughter had ski racing practice at 49 Degrees North and then we drove to Schweitzer for the first ski race of the year. We drove from 49 to Sandpoint to stay the night at the Super 8 so that we didn't have to get up so early on Sunday morning to drive up the mountain. Later in the evening we had dinner at Panhandler's Pies with friends and then came home and watched a little TV. What was really funny is that we were given a room with three queen beds and there were only three of us in the room.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, auto

Jan 2nd Photo/363

January 2nd brought me back to work for the first time since Dec 17th, 2008. When I came back, this photo was the view from my office window.

Nikon Coolpix 2200, auto

Jan 1st 2009 Photos (Happy New Year!)/364

Even though we had a record snowfall in Spokane during the month of December 2008, it continued to snow into January so we welcomed 2009 with additional snow and with the snow the need for snow removal on our farm. Currently, I have chosen three photos for January 1st's entry. I cannot decide which photo to use in my album. One is my husband digging out snow for drainage and to provide space for future snow removal and one is of our house covered in snow. Currently, I am favoring the picture of our house or Larry removing snow. I may wait to decide as we get more snow although today it looks like spring has come.

Canon Rebel EOS XT, auto