Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

With the growing season creeping up, I’m thinking a new camera may be in order to take some photos outdoors. A handy list is steering me toward another Canon Powershot. This time it will have Image Stabilization, but I’m also considering a camera where I can attach better lenses, including ones suited to extreme close ups that make for fantastic computer backgrounds.

I got a call on Saturday, my garden plot is assigned, so I should head over and plant something. I have some potatoes from the store that went to seed, so those will probably end up in the ground this week.

Here’s an old photo from August 2006. Yes, those are hail stones.

The spring thaw is underway in Regina. The streets are mostly clear where there isn’t much shade. I don’t have any new photos from the past week, but here’s one from autumn a few years back.

- This tall thing took 2nd place in a contest of about 70 people around Canada. I think it was 70 anyway… maybe next year it will be 700.

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Last night I watched “Scream” [5/10] for the first time ever. Having seen “Scary Movie” before, I had a hard time taking it seriously. I lose more movie watching opportunities by seeing the spoofs before the actually films. That happened with Hamlet, as I grew up watching Wayne and Schuster, and as a result had Hamlet completely spoiled by the Shakespearian Baseball game skit. When he holds up the skull and contemplates death, I saw a catchers mask in his hand. And when Barrymore got stabbed, I thought a breast implant was supposed to pop out like in the spoof.

The snow and ice are creeping backward as March rolls around, taking an extra day to get here this year. The spider plant baby planted the other week seems to be doing well, and we’ve had remarkably little to contribute to the compost this past week (must not have bought enough vegetables, I guess), so I’ve not ventured out onto the balcony again now that the door is thawed.

Here’s some of the greenery in the CBC Regina Galleria, that I saw last weekend. It’s next to an artistic pig. There are several on Albert St. including one in the CGI building’s hall on the main floor, and in front of the Cathedral Freehouse restaurant.