The new Bury Me In My Skates T-Shirt design is available by special order only. If you’re interested, please shoot me an email or comment here.

My family has a love of all things on the ice. My oldest daughter figure skates and speed skates, my youngest figure skates, my wife figure skates and I hit the ice in hockey blades. We are at the ring 2,3 sometimes 4 times a week. A few weeks ago my 5 year old daughter [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/02/ice-pirates-new-designs-inspired-by-blades-of-all-kinds/ A couple of weeks ago I took a little bush walk in Sherbrooke Forest near my home. I came back with a number of fantastic photos however, viewed individually or one after the other, they lost some of their appeal and magic. Last week I experimented with uploading an image a day with a one [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/02/storytelling-with-images-an-experiment/ As the title identifies, I’ll be using the image editor GIMP to demonstrate the Threshold and Color to Alpha tools. If you don’t already have a copy, head over to GIMP.org and download one. it’s free which is why I use it .

This is what we’re shooting for:

Threshold The Threshold tool turns your image into [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/01/editing-in-gimp-threshold-and-color-to-alpha-tools/

“What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute. There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/01/dwelling-in-the-desert/ My friends over at Shuttercal.com are having a contest all through January. The winners recieve a XShot2.0. The XShot is a nifty little gadget that allows you take take photos of yourself from a nice distance. It’s a small telescoping device that puts your camera a good ways in front of ya so that you [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/01/introducing-the-bigshot-00/

What can I say, this year is looking good. Another perfect day on my favorite beach. This is Juniper enjoying the crystal clear waters.

Willow came downstairs to ‘help’ me do some home improvement work. She had a red marker with her. She handed it to me “in case I needed” it. I noticed her hands were covered in red marker and I asked if she had drawn all over herself. Of course she denied any such activity. I [...]]]> http://www.littleredplanet.com/2009/12/red-handed/

Willow had her Kindy graduation last week. She’s been in childcare with about 6 of these kiddos since they were infants. They had a very cute little graduation ceremony complete with caps, gowns and diplomas. Next year, she’ll be in primary school.