Pic Spocket

Our good friends Eric and Lyne from Quebec were visiting few days ago for the weekend. We went to visit ‘The Henry Ford’ Museum in Detroit.

The Henry Ford is really something to see. Of course, there are cars and other vehicles there, including some very rare pieces like the limousine in which JFK was shot. But it’s much more than cars or even planes. There is also machinery, famous homes, and other artifacts and inventions from American History. More details on the museum on Wikipedia.

On a Friday this early in the year, the museum was very quiet, good for photo opportunities. The only drawback was the very low light situation. This called for big apertures and high ISO settings. Here are a few samples. As usual, more are available in the album linked below.

The weather is really coming around here after a cold weekend last week. We stopped by Jackson Park last Saturday to play with Newton.

He really needs to spend some of that energy he has! He really enjoyed the outing, except for the car ride. We brought the camera with us. Here’s a few shots taken that morning.

More in the album below.

Last Tuesday, we went to see this cute Golden Retriever puppy in London (ON). We had no choice but to bring him back home with us! The little bugger takes all of our time and energy right now, so I had no chance to post this news before now.

He is 8 weeks old only, which gives us a chance to teach him good manners from the beginning (if we don’t mess up!). That also means we have a lot of work on our hands! The little ball of energy can be a little demon at times. It’s too funny to watch him move and jump around because he is still kind of clumsy.

Here are a few pics of ‘Newton’. Isn’t he cute?

Just installed new rims on the Mazda 3. My summer tires died last fall and I needed a new set this spring. I decided to upsize the wheel diameter from 16″ to 18″ in the process.

Last weekend was just awesome in South Ontario: sunny and above 20 degrees celsius. I cleaned the car, rubbed a clay bar on the body and applied a new coat of wax. Ready for summer!

While the car was clean, I drove around for an hour to find a few spots to take pictures of the result. I think it turned out pretty nice. See the pics below.

For the fellow mazda 3 owners, here is the fitment information:

Wheel:	Falken Torque 5
Finish:	Gunmetal finish with machined lip
Size:	18″x7″
Offset:	+42 mm
Tires:	Falken FK 452 in 215 / 40 R18
Suspension:	Original

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Spring is just around the corner and we can’t wait to take advantage of it! Last year, we went several times at the Ojibway Park (5-10 minutes drive from our home) in that period. It’s a nice place for birding and see all kind of other wildlife. We’ve seen some white tail deers, groundhog, chipmunks, snakes, bats, etc.

Preparing for the season, I’ve looked through last year pictures and decided to put some in our photo album. Here are a few samples from the Ojibway Park in spring of 2007:

Birds

Other Pictures

Also, we went 2 times to look at the migrating birds at the Point Pelee National Park. This is a bit further from home (maybe an hour), but it is worth it. It is a very well known spot for birding. Here are a few pictures from there as well:

I am sure we will visit these 2 places again this spring. More pictures from last year can be found in the respective albums, in the “Fauna related Outings” section.

Ojibway	Point Pelee

I am still adding some albums in the photo gallery when I have some time. Few days ago, I have added pictures of butterflies and dragonflies taken in the course of last year.

Here are a few examples and the link to the full album: