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I’m definitely not a sports photographer!

July 11, 2010

So it’s that time of the year again. The Tour de France is racing around the country and we made our second annual trek to watch the action. This year the tour came much closer to our house, just on the other side of the Jura mountains. We packed up the kids, brought some water* [...]

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The skies are clearing

April 21, 2010

I hadn’t realized how much the volcano in Iceland was affecting the air around here until I took this picture and realized that I couldn’t even see the Salève Mountains. No wonder they aren’t letting planes fly! The air is getting a little clearer now, and there are some planes in the air again! The [...]

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Genevé International Motor Show – in pictures pt.1

March 6, 2010

I took far too many pictures yesterday. Just under 450 actually. I’ve sifted through them and posted a handful of my favourites. I’m also setting up an album so you can see some of the others. I’d have to say that there was a noticeable difference in attitude at this years Motor Show than last [...]

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Our afternoon at the Geneva International Motor Show

March 5, 2010

Daniel took some time off work today and we all headed to the Geneva International Motor Show. It was loads of fun, and I took loads of pictures. I’ll try to get them ready and post them tomorrow so you can check out all the cool cars. In the meantime I have a small video [...]

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The 2010 Olympics in our hometown

March 1, 2010

Wow! The Olympics have been fantastic this year! Certainly last night was the highlight of the games with the mens gold medal hockey game against the USA! We even got to watch the game which of course made our evening! To this point we’ve been watching the games via the internet. Generally it’s served us [...]

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the Launch

February 13, 2010

Finally after several days of searching, deciding, redeciding, buying and customizing, I have finally arrived at my “new” blog. As you may have noticed I’ve also changed the name of my blog. I liked how Dan put it the other night, “Your twenties were your Serene years, and your thirties will be your (Calamity) years.” [...]

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Happy Canada Day

July 1, 2009

So I found this on one of the forums I read. Test your knowledge. The answers are in the comments. TORONTO – The following Canada Day Quiz was prepared by The Dominion Institute, a national charitable organization dedicated to promoting greater knowledge and appreciation of the Canadian story. 1. Who was the political leader who [...]

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On being Canadian

June 30, 2009

Well I don’t ever write about political stuff on this blog for many reasons. I am about to make an exception to this now. It’s about being a Canadian citizen. So recently the federal government has changed the citizenship laws. These changes mean that any child born overseas to parents who were born within Canada [...]

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