It was simply TOO cold to go too far yesterday. So I decided to just drive around town instead.

On my way home from my girlfriend’s place I took an alternate route. I was quite happy to come across this old truck and tree.

It’s been a real busy holiday season. Fortunately, I had Boxing Day all to myself and went out exploring with my new GPS. My goal was to find an old house/barn I found in fall. I eventually found it and found many other great finds along the way.

Happy holidays everyone. Stay warm!

For this update, I am going to revisit my trip to Mexico back in February. Even though I was still in “learning” mode with my 40D, I was able to get a few keepers. About 150. Here are a few of my favorites. To view the whole gallery go here: Mexico 2008 Gallery.

This was one of the first few shots I took in Mexico. We were all walking down a back alley and walked by these pallets leaning again an orange wall. Since my girlfriend’s company makes and recycles pallets, I had to take picture. The next day the sand pile was gone and the pallets moved around. Wasn’t nearly as interesting.

My first game of crib in Mexico with my love.

This is probably in my top 5 favorites from Mexico. Unfortunately I wasn’t shooting RAW and the highlights are blown out on the bird. Otherwise this would one of my best shots. This was taken at a small pond near the ocean. Just before this I was taking photos of a 12-15ft alligator from about 5ft away. Good thing it wasn’t hungry. See the gallery for photos.

This was just some of the beautiful surroundings in our hotel.

The last night in Mexico we all (8 of us) went out for dinner just before sunset. It was a great time that I’ll never forget.

For the rest of the photos from Mexico see my Mexico 2008 Gallery.

With it being dark in the morning before work and dark when I get off work I am getting cabin fever. Tonight I decided to step out my front door for a quick photo shoot.

Today on the way home from the city, driving in a snow storm, I decided to take some photos. For the most part I wasn’t getting anything great but then I stopped at the second hunting shack on my way home.

Yesterday’s photo adventure was a failure, somewhat. I was given directions to an old graveyard where some trails lead to a river. Well, I found an old graveyard but the trails didn’t lead to any river. Thankfully someone in an SUV came down the trail to confirm this. I was already at the point of giving up and turning and walking back to my car. I had been walking a good distance already. It turns out I am at the WRONG graveyard. Either way I took a 5 angle HDR panorama while I was there. I plan to find the correct one in the near future and hopefully find the river near by too.

I really like the light and composition of this one but am disappointed with the fence in the background.

This was taken at the first park I stopped at just after getting out of the car. The posts were asking to be photographed.

The weather has been really interesting lately. Making for some great scenic shots.

This is my favourite photo. Something about the light and fronts/snow on the tree is mesmerizing.

This is the second park I stopped at. I took three variations of this shot and this was the best. I really like the blue lights. It’s a shame about the one light inside the structure.

On my way to work today I decided to finally take some photos of this really old hunting shack. During my lunch break I had to get out and snap some more shots. The fog in the air is making for some great scenery.