With boughts of hail dampening our spirits slightly I turned to prayer. Praying that the thunderstorms the valley over wouldn’t spill over, and God responded by providing blue sky for our walk down the mountain and the rest of the day. It was amazing. This shot was taken looking back on our way down the…
Read Morevideo: Hiking in the Mountains
A rough compilation of a couple short video clips from this past saturday hiking with Olivier in the mountains near Toulouse. One shot from inside the Cabane de Chérue where we had lunch. [display_podcast]
Read MorePhoto: Cabane de Cherue en Blancnoir
I climbed this mountain with olivier and i had on really bad shoes (which by this point were very wet). This little cabane is where we had lunch before walking around near the summit (never made it… the snow was a few feet deep and we weren’t in winter gear) before heading back down. Slight…
Read MoreUpdated to 2.02 and then some!
Today I had a little bit of down time and was able to go through and finally update several plugins along with my WP software. Also put some new plugins onboard. Notice to the right the snazzy Upcoming events count down list, and also the video podcast below. Not sure how consistantly either will be…
Read Morevideo: CPE Protest Band!
With widespread protests accross France against the new youth employement act. During the protest there was this band, on the back of a truck, and good music.[display_podcast]
Read MorePhoto: Doma in a puddle at night
The last I’ll post to my blog from my trip to Florence with my parents. It was a great trip and this is one of, if not my, favorite photos. The ripples all blurred away with the time exposure that was needed to take a well lit shot. Kind of a bummer. But I really…
Read MorePhoto: Baptistry and Doma on a rainy night
There is something refreshing and cleansing about a rain that happens. That brings about this refreshing breath. I love it, and as much as I enjoy staying dry, it was nice to be out this night taking pictures. It was a new kind of adventure that I have been missing as of late here in…
Read MorePhoto: River Arno, Ponte Vecchio, and Cars at Night Time
A nice long exposure shot of the city. I have a hard time taking images like this in old europe because of the contrast between the modern in the cars, and the old in the architecture. Yet there is something beautiful about it, and it’s simplicty. A 15th century bridge, and a 21st century car…
Read MoreAt the heart of CPE
For those of you completely disconnected from anything French over the last month, there have been a string of protests over a new law (CPE) that changes some rights of young employees. Mainly, anyone under 26 can be terminated during the first two years without cause/notice. Sounds rough, but you need to understand it is…
Read MorePhoto: Merry-Go-Round in Florence
I have a soft spot for any old-school merry go round like this. With the poor weather it came out great in B/W after some minor post processing.
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