I secretly want to live on a farm!

Seriously, it’s been a fantasy of mine since… forever

I doubt I’ll ever live on a farm though, because I know first hand how trying to live out your poorly thought-out dream can become a nightmare.

I don’t know the first thing about farming, I hate the smell and I don’t like dirt.

Maybe I’m just in love with the idea of living on a farm.

I took these lovely and dreamy pictures on my last trip to the States last month.

Another reason why I love the Aldergrove-Lynden Border Crossing are the farms that dot the way.

And the mountains with their snow… they were just being begging to be captured.

The silo in the picture on the left has a neon green star at the top (click to enlarge), I wonder what the story is behind that.

So I can’t live on a farm, I think I’ll settle for living in a converted silo… in the city.

Colourful farm equipment makes me happy.

Church signs in Lynden always makes me smile; even when it’s about crying.

It’s been a gorgeous sunny day!

It’s just the perfect day to bundle up in your warmest and go for a nice long walk by the seawall.

I’d love to do that, but it’ll already be dark by the time I get off work.

Sunset is at 4:16pm, we’ll get a total of 8 hours and 26 minutes of daylight today.

December is our darkest month.

Here are ten pictures, taken at night, that I love today.

The Tower Bridge and the environs on a drizzling night, taken from the London Bridge

Looking up the atrium at The Centre

Work’s over, now the rush to get home.

Port Metro Vancouver

The Selfridges sign on Oxford Street.

I call this the Night Tower.

Cambie Bridge at 10:00pm on a summer night.

The DLR train entering Canary Wharf.

Waterfront Station from Canada Place.

Fireworks!

It’s been raining nonstop for several days now, or maybe weeks.

I don’t mind the rain that much anymore; I just wish I could be outside without getting soaked.

Oh well, I’m sure the rain will let up after April, try as it may, it can’t rain forever.

Here are ten random pictures (of people), I love today.

The ketchup guy sitting inside a sculpture at Robson & Jervis.

Snap happy P.

Remember summer? Yeah, those were good times.

I’d like to walk in her shoes.

Red!

Hey, that’s me!

Masked.

Hanging out at the Louvre.

The Reader.

And again.

For months now, I’ve been looking for the perfect bag for my ‘gear’.

I was looking for an alternative to the typical camera bag, a stylish alternative, if you would.

I find that the typical camera bag is either bulky, ugly or screams “rob me; I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment in here”. Most of these camera bags are geared towards professional photographers, and most of the ones for consumer use are a weird triangular shape or looks like a bucket.

I’m going on vacation on Saturday and I’m bringing with me; my camera (with lens attached) and two other smaller lenses.

I don’t want to carry two bags; I want a bag/case that fits inside my (large) hand bag.

Like I said, I spent months looking for the perfect bag. It became a bit of an obsession, I looked and looked desperately. I’d sneak away in the afternoons browsing shops. I looked in seedy places. I couldn’t tell anyone because even I knew I was being ridiculous.

I googled “alternative to camera bags” and ‘met’ thousands of people like me. Most of the alternatives suggested were messenger bags.

I learnt about luxury camera bags like the Bellingham and the Brady Bags.

I considered getting a cosmetic bag, I actually got a cosmetic bag, I hated it but my camera and lenses fit.

About a week ago I went to camera shop at Aberdeen Centre and saw the Lowepro Terraclime 100.

It wasn’t love at first sight; it’s still a messenger bag – what had me looking was the padded wrap it comes with.

It’s also eco-conscious, made of recycled PET bottles, a portion of sales of each bag goes to Polar Bear International.

It’s spacious enough for my camera, an extra 50mm lens and my wallet.

I don’t mind carrying my stuff in it if I’m going somewhere specifically to take pictures. It comes in green, black and plum, I chose green.

I like it so far after several days of light use; I guess we’ll see how it performs on vacation. I’ve used the wrap more often than the actual bag.