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Maggie, that camera IS great!!! What beautifully clear photos! The one of you is my absolute favorite. What a radiant face you have.
I never knew beavers were that big! I wouldn't want to meet that guy in a dark alley, I can tell you ;D.
In a former life, I had a summer house on Lake Michigan, so I know what you're talking about with the large ships. They were always farther away from our shore, though. At night, all strung up with lights, they looked like little traveling parties on the horizon. Can't wait to see more of your camera work. Hope you have a blissful summer!
xoxo,
Laura

Those a great photos - I love the vibrant colors in the boats...er, ships.

I just got a new 35mm with twice the telephoto of my own one. I LOVE it. Now, if only I can remember how to use the close up on it (clue: read the manual), it would be perfect.

I find this is a complex issue. I believe the Catholic School Board in Halton should allow the book, but the notion that books are not banned in the public school system in Toronto is ludicrous.

Many books deemed non-pc for issues of race, gender and sexual orientation are routinely taken out of the curriculum or libraries but because they are older and the censorship is coming from the left it is not acknowledged.

Again, I think the Halton school board should allow the book. But the hypocrisy on this one is disgusting.

I didnot read your blog sorry but I will read The Golden Compass to my 4 year old daughter. can't express how sad it make me feal to hear about any type of supression. thanks. Intolerance is Intolerable

I am not a religious man, but I do respect the fact that many do follow a religious belief. However, there are always some members of religious groups who tend to be extreme and want to pose their beliefs on other, even at the expense of the rights of those who follow other beliefs, including those who do not believe in a god. To those of you have banned the Golden Compass in Canadian School Boards, I have three comments. First, the book is a fantasy book, not fact. Second, what ever happened to our freedom to decide what we should read or not. Some material is banned because it promotes illegal acts (and then again many of those types of books are not banned). However, questioning religion is not illegal…it is a natural and I am sure everyone has at one point or another. I have heard that the Golden Compass and the related books in the series are molding children’s minds and thus should be banned. What? Is that not how religion gets most of its followers, by molding minds at a very young age? I have a problem when public taxes pay for schools that have such short-sightedness. If I were a school teacher, administer, etc, I would be happy that the students are reading...period. Schools are meant to be places where students learn the basics (math, reading, writing, etc), but they are also places that should allow students to explore new theories and ideas so that they can become independent thinkers. The banning of this book is just one more example of why schools….all schools should be secular. In addition, the banning of a children’s fantasy book because it brings children on a journey where the religious rulers are corrupt and try to keep people from seeing the truth is really silly….all students need to do is open any history book. In fact the banning of the book actually support’s the idea that this fantasy story is closer to the truth than fiction.