gerbia daisies

daisies have always been my favorite flower. ever.

so today, when i saw these, i just couldn't pass them up.

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and i bought them for my mom. and she loved them.

as did i.

so i took lots of pictures.. and decided to share some with you.

memories

rox. me. arnie. at a 'canes game!

canes vs kootney

cant help but miss working with them :)

** picture taken from arnie's website **

makes me smile :)

moki and i. 29.06.09

calgary stampede- july 7

yesterday= CALGARY STAMPEDE with jess and bill= great fun, lots of memories, and craziness :) then again, we dont usually do anything without the craziness :)

we started out our day by picking jess and bill up around twenty to nine. we were forty minutes late :) yay us! jess wouldnt let us get away with that though.. nor would she let us forget it. we headed out to calgary, taking the way that jess said was fastest. only her reasoning was odd and she said it was fast cuz dan has a radar detector. so she said, "you can drive like, 180 and not get caught cuz theres like.. hardly ever any police out here anyways!!" well, thankfully we didnt get caught- although dan didnt drive 180. im still not sure it was shorter though.. but we will go with her idea i suppose!

of course we had to grab some food at the first town we got to- after jess' crazy detour. we stopped at a&w for some yummy breakfast sandwiches and then continued our way.

once we got to calgary we parked the truck at the c-train station, bought some tickets, and boarded the c-train. it took us to the stampede park at fast kilometers per hour! and it was crowded. and it starts off fast and so you almost lose your balance.. im not cut out for that stuff.

anyways, once we got to the park we played a few games and won some stuffed teddies and such. we also walked through the animal barns...

...and took wonderful pictures of ourselves on cute little fake horses. dans "serious riding face" cracks me up. seriously! take a look at the next one.

of course i had to crop it from one of the pictures jess took of us. but this was another "serious riding face" and he was having fun being strange. and he was making us all laugh. so its all good :) oh i do recall him saying, "that better not end up on facebook, jessica!" does this count as facebook?! :)

we went to an arena to watch some horse acts and this was the show riders. they did all sorts of fancy maneuvers and so on with their horses and it was pretty cool.

and then there was a guy who came in with four pretty big horses. they were standing in groups of two, each group behind the next. and then he stood on the backs of the last two and had them walking around the arena and eventually galloping.. except it led to this:

what happened was, one of the horses he was standing on wiped out some how. i didnt see it. i just saw a horse on his back all of a sudden. however, the front four horses kept running and, since they didnt have anyone to control them, the front horse (the one on the right) ended up crashing into the fence. im not sure how he ended up with two legs on either side of the fence cuz quite honestly, when he crashed into that fence he looked like he was going to land on his back on the other side. but he managed to twist himself while falling and ended up like this. im happy to report that all the horses, as well as the rider, were okay! :)

next was the rodeo! the best part, basically. the part we really came for because, who goes to the stampede and not the rodeo!?! there was everything from riding bucking horses to roping calves and barrel racing and riding bulls. it was great and nobody got seriously injured.

just like last year, we got rain. so we ended up going out for supper. and thankfully, when we were done our supper, the rain was done raining. so we spent the remainder of our night watching performances around the park, playing a few more games, and even going on a ride! me agreeing to go on one ride of my choice with dan made him happy. mostly cuz i refused to go on any with him at first! im not a rides person. they make me feel sick :(

we had a wonderful day with the four of us! of course, jess has a bunch more pictures on her camera that ill have to try get a hold of one day. and i got more pictures on my camera too but i was just too plain old lazy to upload them all onto my computer and here. so these will have to do for now!

tonight i getta head to lee's house to help make wedding invitations! its going to be a great time im thinking :) and i cant wait. even if i dont getta see dan cuz of it.

ill be back at dans brother and s.i.l's place 2mrw.. his brother is heading back to the wack for gradmas 90th birthday! wow.

my phone situation is still down the tubes. still dont have a phone. i tried to get a new one and the guy said i could have $150 off! ... the fine print was i could have that off IF i renewed my contract for the full 3 years again. i dont think so mister! telus sucks!!

anyways, hope your all having a great week so far! i sure am :)

june 12- mini roadtrip

instead of giving me a birthday present, dan decided to take me on a mini road trip to waterton on june 12th- our 15 month dating anniversary :) so, around lunch time on said date, dan came to pick me up and we headed out to waterton. we drove through prairie and native reserve and through the foothills before the mountains and finally, the mountains. and- just because- i sat in the middle of the truck the whole way up there :) talk about romantic! ;) oh. and i totally ate chips that he thought smelt and tasted gross. so he refused to kiss me. not so romantic. but hey, doesnt mean i didnt try to steal a kiss or two!

anyways. this is cameron lake. it was our first destination. its a lake approximately 10 miles from the town of waterton. its way up in the mountains. and, there was still ice! dan figured the water was no more than 1 degree! and only that because the whole lake wasnt ice- just near shore. and it was kinda slushy ice. a man even kayaked through it.

on our way back from cameron lake, we came across a bear! dont worry. we were in our truck. MY truck! (i wish.) i was pretty excited that i saw a brown bear. but dan insists that it wasnt a brown bear. it was a "cinnamon black bear". sheesh! technicalities aside, i saw a bear :)

and we also saw a mountain goat. which dan claims was a "nice goat" and if he would have been able to hunt within the park, this one would be no more. hunters these days!

next stop- boat tour. i got to be seventeen years old again since it was half price ($17.00 for 17 and under, $34 for 18 and up! crazy!). the tour took approximately two hours and it went from one end of the lake (in waterton, alberta) to the other end (in goat haunche, montana!). it was pretty cool. the only bummer was we didnt really see any exciting wild life. as in, no bears or moose :( oh well.

during our 25 minute stop over in goat haunche, we took a picture of us on the beach :) i had a great idea that, since this was the last boat tour of the day, we should just "accidentally" miss the boat and stay there for the night. that was until dan showed me the proof that a bear had been very close in the area not too long ago. then i decided there was no way i was staying there for the night.

after the boat we went for supper at a lounge so we could watch the stanley cup game. or well, part of it. (wasnt that hot pink suit NASTY!?!!) i had a blt which was basically just the "l" since half of it had no "b" and half a piece of "t" while the other part had the "b" "l" and "t". 'twas odd but yummy :) i love small towns. we went for a walk after supper to get some ice cream and there was a radio guy doing his radio show live there so there was live music outside and it was just so peaceful and cool and "close knit".

after our walk we drove up to red rock canyon. the mosquitos there caused us only to stay long enough to get like.. four pictures. i decided to share this one with you :)

and finally we pulled out of waterton, making two more stops on our way home. our first stop was to the "bison enclosure". its a huge fenced in area between the foothills and you can just drive in and see the buffalo's in their natural habitats. its cool. we found a herd of at least twenty grazing by a small lake of water. and then we found this buffalo and his friend taking a snooze elsewhere. lucky me got this great picture just as he looked up to check us out :)

our final stop of the day was at the old man resivoire. theres a HUGE dam there and the water level difference on either side of the dam is quite amazing. and shocking.

by the time we made it home we were both quite tired and ready for some sleep. the day was great though. one i would definitely like to repete.

not only did i get to spend an entire day with dan.. i also got to cross one more thing off my "thirty till may 2010" list. :)

a replacement for the withered

i bought these roses for my mom for mother's day a while back and she was so happy with them :) she still has them, despite the fact that they're dead and all bent over. she still keeps them in her white vase on the coffee table. however, last week thursday was my payday. i took my cheque to the bank, took out enough money for my mom that i am now out of debt!!! and then went to pick a new boquet of flowers out for my mom. now her dead roses have been moved to the side table (she claims she doesnt have the heart to throw them out!) and her new ones dominate the coffee table.

i absolutely love that last picture :) and i love my mom! ♥

a pictureful june 09

i woke up, happy i had a day off and had the chance to sleep in. like usual, i had no plans for my day. however, when sitting at breakfast with dad, mom and oma, i learned that dad and oma were planning on going for a drive out west. i asked mom if she was going but she said she didnt feel like sitting in the back all day and not being able to really hear the dutch conversation taking place in the front. so i thought about it for a few seconds and then thought, hey why dont i go too?!. so once that was decided, the four of us packed up and headed out with the plan of being home by 3:30pm.

so we went to this lake (i have no idea what its called) and drove around the campgrounds there, talking about which site we would use if we ever pull our trailer up there for a weekend. mom wanted the ones closer to the lake. dad wanted one higher up the mountain so that he could have "a view"! i told dad there was no way i was going to bike down a mountain to the lake and then bike all the way back up just for his view!"

i just had to get a picture of dad with his hat on sideways. it was so the brim of the hat would cover his ear (he just had surgery on it). but still.. it looked kinda funny :)

on our way out of the park we saw a deer at a watering hole. turns out there were four more on the other side of the road. and later another buck joined him. so we literally sat there for like, twenty minutes...

... before this moose came crashing in!! so we ended up sitting there approximately another twenty minutes, hoping that maybe a bear would come join them?! no such luck. so we left. but hey, you never know! dad said theres bears in those woods!

then at night.. oma decided to take us out to tony romas again for supper! except this time shane even joined us :) we took pictures again..

i promise dan and i arent the only weird ones!!! i mean hey, look at this:

told ya ;)

all in all it was quite a wonderful day! despite the fact that it was kinda rainy. i even more my wonderful rain boots :) and then a guy pointed at them and goes to his girlfriend, "look at her stupid boots! i hope u never wear something like that!!" haha it made me happy :) i like my boots. besides, dan said her shirt was super low so that everyone could see her tattoo going down into who knows where! and he said "i hope you never ever do something or wear something like THAT!" so there lady! :P

have a great day!

henderson lake & june 1st picture

may two.eight.

yes, we spend lots of time at henderson lake.

june one

"jessica actually feels like fishing! weird? definitely."

and so we went fishing... but caught nothing :(

and then our "first of the month" picture for my thirty till may 2010.

its not the best picture ever but hey.. they're memories :)

we probably looked like some great old tourists! yipee!! :D

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and today we're off to court to fight dan's ticket. since he wants to be rcmp and cant if he has x# of demerits (cant remember the amount). well this sherrif gave him a ticket that brought his demerit level too high so he's hoping he can fight it off today and bring it back down. i have my fingers crossed for him! this could change our lives...

as well, tonight im going out with all the girls from my class for coffee at starbucks.

"night out with a group of girls" thirty till may 2010

have a great day!!!

the most amazing sky EVER

i really dont know where to begin except with the fact that last night i was sitting on the couch with dan and i happened to glance out the window. the sky was absolutely stunning! so stunning in fact, that i just needed my camera. i ran for it and perhaps got a little too camera happy!

these are the pictures i got (and believe me, there were way more). i placed them in the order i took them. hope you enjoy them as much as i enjoyed taking them!

i totally, completely enjoy the distinct color layers in this picture

i really think this one is my favorite of them all.

i love how the bottom is completely black and then the sky is an amazing hue of pastel pinks, purples and blues.

its love ♥

i love the thin line of purple in this picture

and if i had to pick a second favorite, this would be it! dont ask why. i just like it.

i have an odd confession about scenery pictures. i hate looking at them. i dont go online to photography blogs that are full of scenery pictures. in fact, i tend to skip over them. i do however, enjoy looking at my own scenic pictures. probably because im the one who took them so i have a guilty pleasure about them. i 100%ly understand if you dont enjoy looking at these pictures. i guess its a had to be there occasion.

my true aim in the photography world is to take pictures of people. i just havent figured out how yet. i can take pictures of people and then i look at them and think theyre junk. and well.. usually they are. theres the odd one that i like. but most i dont. and so, i look at countless photography blogs, trying to collect ideas for lighting, poses and backgrounds.

so i beg of you to bear with me. please critique my work. all of it. i can take it.

if you dont enjoy the pictures, say so. if you do, also say so :)

anyways, enough posts for one day- goodnight everyone!

more pictures of dan and i

so like previously mentioned, yesterday was mom and dad's anniversary.

their 19th anniversary to be quite exact.

and in celebration oma r. took the entire family and danielfur out for supper!

at tony romas, which was quite awesome.

so mel decided to take over my camera and well..

.. allow me to share the three strange pictures she took of dan and i.

may 26.

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dan and john were engaging themselves in a rib eating contest.

"it doesnt matter who eats faster... its who eats the most" quote john.

john actually won! only b/c dan decided he was full and didnt wanna get sick.

and john pushed himself and decided he'd order another serving of "all you can eat" ribs. gross.

i had a yummy sandwhich and was quite impressed with my fries as you can see :)

"haha i love this picture! look mom! he looks like he's like, smitten or something!" quote mel well actually... he was just being a goof. cuz everybody knows thats what danielfurs do best!

so then we try for a normal picture & dan decides to give me some ears.

thanks dan :) ive always wanted to be a rabbit!

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then i took this picture at night. as the sun was setting to be quite exact with you. and to be even more exact, i took lots of pictures. maybe ill share them with you another day :)

this little bird..

... tried to put a hole in our front tree!

and i managed to get a few pictures. even though they're somewhat blurry.

he kept moving!!