urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar Posting more XL pics of my kids eating fruit... Big Head 2008-07-18T22:49:33Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:521728 2008-07-18T22:49:33Z 2008-07-18T22:49:33Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2681140998/" title="Almost hidden"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2681140998_6644ece96d.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Camouflage, I guess...</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:521702 2008-07-16T19:39:48Z 2008-07-16T19:39:48Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2675228146/" title="Namor, of Atlantis"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2675228146_f76fccca79.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Stronger than a whale<br />He can swim anywhere<br />He can breathe under water<br />And go flying through the air<br />The noble Sub Mariner<br /><br />Prince of the deep<br />So, beware you deadly demons<br />Lord Namor of Atlantis,<br />Is the Prince of the Deep.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:521281 2008-07-13T21:40:04Z 2008-07-13T21:40:04Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2665661406/" title="Attitude"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2665661406_6ba4167d24.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Claire, waiting - patiently? - in line to have her face painted at Photo Day today.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:521040 2008-07-12T10:38:30Z 2008-07-12T10:38:30Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2660938238/" title="December, 1969"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2660938238_f5005e0645.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>While going through my Father's things, my Mother found 4 slides - not having a scanner, I held them up in front of my macro lens; this is my brother Steve's 21st birthday - notice the grumpy little guy on the end...</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:520937 2008-07-12T10:29:50Z 2008-07-12T10:29:50Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2660098019/" title="Claire, aprés pool"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2660098019_2d416e1c29.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Claire out of the pool.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:520483 2008-07-05T00:11:16Z 2008-07-05T00:11:16Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2637068389/" title="What time is it?"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2637068389_7261c4e61a.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Love playing with DOF.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:520363 2008-07-04T12:35:35Z 2008-07-04T12:35:35Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2635615851/" title="Red, white, and blue"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/2635615851_af598605b8.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Happy July 4th!<br /><br />Once again, the lovely Karen.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:519946 2008-07-02T12:04:09Z 2008-07-02T12:04:09Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2631048862/" title="Frozen waterfall"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2631048862_16630eb0bf.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>1/8000th of a second...<br /><br />View large <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2631048862/sizes/o/">here</a>.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:519899 2008-06-29T18:15:45Z 2008-06-29T18:15:45Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2621175785/" title="Alex and Claire explore the falls"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2621175785_fd706808fb.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Took a trip to Rock Glen Falls near Arkona today - kids had a blast.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:519534 2008-06-29T12:32:48Z 2008-06-29T12:34:19Z <center><a title="Val_headshot_04" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2619251893/"><img style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2619251893_f986c97398.jpg" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>&nbsp;</p>This is <span class='ljuser' lj:user='anomalie' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://anomalie.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://anomalie.livejournal.com/'><b>anomalie</b></a></span>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:519179 2008-06-28T16:02:02Z 2008-06-28T16:02:02Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2618684470/" title="Alex splash"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2618684470_202d72977f.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Fun with the Super-Soaker...</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:519163 2008-06-27T02:56:42Z 2008-06-27T02:58:06Z <p><em>Your result for The Monty Python Movie Trivia Test...</em></p><h4>King Arthur</h4><p><i>You scored a 92% knowledge on the Monty Python Trivia Test.</i></p><p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/800x441/800x441/0x0/0x0/0/10888998404852924377.jpeg" width="" height="" /></p><br /> <div>King Arthur is obviously the cat's meow when it comes to the group. Well, when it comes to the Monty Python fan club...so are you! You know your stuff and can probably recite the Holy Grail word for word. It's just so great! Monty Python is a great ice breaker. Try it...you obviously have the smarts. Flaunt them!</div><p><a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-monty-python-movie-trivia-test">Take The Monty Python Movie Trivia Test</a> at <a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/"><b style="color:#131313"><span style="color:#ac000c">H</span>ello<span style="color:#ac000c">Q</span>uizzy</b></a></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:518888 2008-06-22T18:05:54Z 2008-06-22T18:05:54Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2601425664/" title="Steve Kost: 1922-2008"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2601425664_ee9d0ced22.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>My Father passed away, peacefully, yesterday afternoon.<br /><br />I love you, Dad.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:518545 2008-06-19T03:09:40Z 2008-06-19T03:09:40Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2591161167/" title="It&#39;s the little things..."><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2591161167_1c87cf640e.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>You have to stop and smell the flowers - life goes on.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:518153 2008-06-14T23:20:48Z 2008-06-14T23:21:10Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/1511613542/" title="Thanksgiving, 2007"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/1511613542_1ae06f3bb0.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>They've discontinued all of Dad's meds today; the only care he is receiving is strictly palliative. We're going to visit tomorrow, but that might be too late.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:517911 2008-06-13T17:21:21Z 2008-06-13T17:21:21Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2576018796/" title="Christmas, 1965"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2576018796_1205657c95.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Those of you following along may have been wondering where my pics of the day have gone - I've been taking them (though I may have missed a few), but I haven't been posting.<br /><br />Those of you following along will also know that my Father is 86, has Parkinson's and is in declining health. He's in the hospital again in Windsor, and the attending physician has let us know that it may only be a matter of days or weeks - perhaps a month at the most - before he passes. His heart has given its all, and just can't keep up anymore.<br /><br />The 'Pic of the Day' will be back - you'll just have to forgive my hiatus for now.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:517656 2008-05-22T12:32:49Z 2008-05-22T12:32:49Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2513828390/" title="Project 365 - Day 140"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2056/2513828390_d9ae70d3f5.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>To celebrate Queen Vicky's birthday, we set off the Family Pack of fireworks from Costco. They were pretty good - some actually fired shells that turned into 'real' starbursts.<br /><br />However, one of the bottle rockets went off course - and blew a hole in our two-man tent...<br /><br />Safety first!</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:517523 2008-05-22T12:23:32Z 2008-05-22T12:23:32Z <div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><lj-embed id="2" /><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2513815362/">Project 365 - Day 139</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/photoplasia/">photoplasia</a></span></div>I went to Windsor today; my Father is in the hospital, showing signs of Congestive Heart Failure - the latest in his array of ailments.<br /><br />Those of you following along will know he suffers from Parkinson's Disease. Every time I go to visit, I bring my camera, hoping I will be able to take a portrait of my Father, or of both my parents - and each time, I find I cannot.<br clear="all" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:517172 2008-05-18T13:23:19Z 2008-05-18T13:23:19Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2501237635/" title="Project 365 - Day 138"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2501237635_24f7450b6f.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Child labour laws?<br /><br />What are those?<br /><br />Alex and Claire helping Jenn and Dana buff up the new acquisition.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:517079 2008-05-16T23:44:03Z 2008-05-16T23:44:03Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2497474209/" title="Project 365 - Day 137"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2497474209_a1f884b9b7.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Alex suffered from frequent ear infections when he was younger, so two years ago he had tubes put in his ears.<br /><br />Since then, he's had to wear earplugs when swimming or in the tub. None of the over-the-counter plugs have really worked well, so today we went and had him fitted for custom ear plugs.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:516776 2008-05-15T22:12:17Z 2008-05-15T22:12:17Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2495065831/" title="Project 365 - Day 136"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2495065831_e6ee7d798a.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Spaghetti al pomodoro e spinaci...<br /><br />Yum.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:516400 2008-05-15T01:01:03Z 2008-05-15T01:01:03Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2492968503/" title="Project 365 - Day 135"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2492968503_ace08fb8ea.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>The studio reception area, taken with a Zenitar 16mm Fisheye on the 5D.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:516349 2008-05-14T04:38:19Z 2008-05-14T04:38:19Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2491654326/" title="Project 365 - Day 134"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/2491654326_78d9df5aeb.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Dr. Deoni stopped by today, fresh from England (via ISMRM) and brought me a little treat. He's making some life decisions at the moment, and it seems this time, we agree.<br /><br />Best wishes and good luck, Dr. Deoni.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:515978 2008-05-13T10:18:03Z 2008-05-13T10:18:03Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2489374674/" title="Project 365 - Day 133"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2489374674_304742e684.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Enjoying the puddles on the playground; one of the younger siblings has some wet fun while waiting for the bell to ring.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:balljar:515832 2008-05-12T02:07:42Z 2008-05-12T02:07:42Z <center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplasia/2484456669/" title="Project 365 - Day 132"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2484456669_cea2c12e8e.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a></center><br /><br clear="all" /><p>Alex today, at the market. Check out the freckles - and those eyelashes.</p>