We finally got around to painting the apartment. The original colour that could be best described as ‘shoe scuff white’ was starting to make Danielle feel like she was living in an asylum dormitory.

The furniture consists of an X-box and a crate to plant it on.

The green stripe is nice.

 
We found our selves something a little more stimulating. I don’t have the exact HTML hex colour code for these colours but suffice it to say we used a pastel green on the small wall to complement the orange that runs the length of the room. Along the far wall we used a really sharp clean polar white.

What’s with the old school Atari on the television?

 
We had a heck of a time picking out our colours and believe it or not this had nothing to do with the 2 of us arguing with each other about which ones to use. Frankly I was surprised at how in agreement we were, especially considering the eclectic nature of the new look we ended up with.

The problem was I wanted Orange. Just Orange. Not Orange with Yellow in it and not orange with red or blue in it. Finding that elusive shade turned out to be a chore.

There aren’t any pictures of us painting because we did most of the work in our underwear. The end result turned out good. I’m not sure if the land load is going to love it when it comes time for us to move out, but that’s a problem for another time.

• Step One: Have her make a fabulous frozen strawberry dessert cake.

Happy Cake!

• Step Two: Put the cake in the fridge instead of the freezer.

Sad Cake!

 
 
The recover effort was quite successful. It’s less esthetic and more of a functional cake now. It still tastes really good and thats the important part.

I’ve got some good news and some bad news.

I finally received a Star rating on ebay. Go, Augmented Compass!

It looks like the last purchase was a Travel Bug. That means more Geo-Caching real soon.

This weekend we had a good hike through the McCarthy forest all the way across to the Rideau River. On our way we came upon this modern artifact of Ottawa’s civil engineering history.

Geodetic Survey of Canada

This survey point was set into the stone over 40 years ago. It was used as a reference in the original assembly of the hydro towers that run across the Rideau River and over the entire Riverside area.

Thanks to the research done by one of our local Geo-Cachers I was provided with this Map published by the Geodetic Survey of Canada.

The triangle in the Map lines up with the Triangle on the Marker and presumably runs parallel with the power lines.

On a more personal note; This survey marker was probably installed here the same year that my father started to work for the Ottawa Hydro municipality. It was a good day for hiking and we got a couple of good photos out of it.

“Get out of town; I didn’t know you did anything creative.”

I’ve been refining my culinary craft over the past couple of weeks. I’m glad to say we’ve all been quite enjoying the end results.

I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

Colour, presentation, perspective even the lighting, it’s surprising how much cooking has in common with photography. I’ve been amazed at the ability to make people like or dislike a meal by site, sounds and smell alone, without even tasting it.

There sure is something to be said for good presentation even when simply pouring liquor into a glass.

It’s Flambé Not an Inferno