August Dragon Boat Races and Victoria

I spent the afternoon downtown with my 35 mm Canon EOS Elan 7e and my little Canon digital It was a hot, very sunny day. This is the sunken Knot Garden in Centennial Square. One of my better digital shots. I hope the 35mm was better able to handle the bright light. I used up the TMax (black & white), a Fuji Superia 200, and a Fuji Superia 400. I was trying to shoot old brick buildings in the Capital Iron area of town with the black and white. I used the color films on more buildings and on the Dragon Boat races in the Inner Harbor. I do not have very high hopes for any of these, considering how my digitals turned out.

August Fruit preserving

The tree is loaded with plums this year. I have found a rum pot recipe and hope to get one started in a day or two, using plums and black berries, for starters.

Two days ago I picked a bag of plums and froze 6 1/2 pints of plum sauce. The tree is just loaded with fruit and its all ready. We have been eating fresh plums with frozen yogurt for dinner every night. Yummm.

Today I picked a 3.3 kg pail of blackberries, washed and froze 3 litres for pies. I must call Sheila and tell her the blackberries are ready. There are lots of green ones to come yet. So, maybe the end of next week.

I got another 256 mp CF card for my camera, ink for the Epson 1280, and batteries for the Canon EOS Elan 7e. London Drugs sells used cameras. Hmmmmm..

Its a week since we got back from our trip. We seem to have done so many things at home in the last week. I am reading War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. A good oldie.

August

We are just back from our trip to the Ford Model T Inter- national Meet at Cochrane, Alberta. There were T's there from all over the US. The tours were mostly long days, well organized, scrumptious food, good company, but some crummy weather. We were caught in a hail storm upon returning to the hotel after our feast of barbequed pig.

This photo is shot from our 1915 T Speedster (no roof, no doors, no windshield) This is in Kananaski country. Beautiful scenery, but we did not have time for photo stops.

After the meet we continued on to Wadena, Sask. for the Town's centennial homecoming and spent a week there. We returned home via the Fraser Canyon - old No. 1 road. More spectacular scenery, but no official photo stops, again, as we have to get home asap. Good trip!

We missed the chemical spill at Lake Wabamun, but saw the beginnings of the forest fire at Spences Bridge.