Working gas pump, currently dispensing diesel, seen in rural Ontario in June 2008.
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Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
Hawaii Report #2
Friday was our day to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center. When we’d bought our airfare and hotel package, the PCC was listed as one of the possible touristy things we could tack on for an additional price. Since we tend to gravitate toward cultural sorts of things anyway (like Behalt in Amish Country, for instance), we decided to go for it. It wasn’t until after everything was bought and paid for that we read online that the PCC is owned and operated by the LDS church, and that the center is more of a theme park than an actual cultural experience.
Even without booze at the luau, though, we still had a great time:
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Flickr’d!
The photos we took in Hawaii are now posted in a set on Flickr. If you go through the slideshow, it’ll take you about 25 minutes, assuming you don’t pause the slideshow and don’t skip through.
Next on the agenda: scanning the two photos we bought — one before the Orientation Breakfast (OMG cheesy!) and one before Germaine’s Luau (not really cheesy at all). Also, I plan to post some short videos (“moving pictures”) to Flickr, as I think some video we took will adhere nicely to that concept. I’m also going to edit together the 100 minutes of video we took into something a little more watchable.
For those of you who have asked if we’re planning a party to show off our pictures, here’s your Save The Date notice: June 21st, the first day of summer. Start scouring the local Goodwill for your aloha attire!
Happy Birthday To Me
My husband sent birthday flowers to me at work! Aww!
Blast From The Past
This used to be one of our favorite antique / retro stores to frequent, before it went out of business. Now, about eight or nine years later, it is merely an amusing play on words.