So the day has arrived. Time to get the cake out of the fridge and present it in all it’s glory 🙂 . A nice quiet party for the 4 of us. Oh, and the cake was quite good, if I say so myself. Even the birthday girl liked it. Success number 2!
It’s that time of year again, when my absolutely brilliant wife celebrates her 20th birthday. The rest, as she puts it, is just more years of experience :). This year, the boys and I, decided it would be good to make our own cake, instead of running to a store and getting one there. So I got Jamie Oliver on my iPhone and picked a cake that I know my lovely wife, Kasia, would love. A coffee and rum cake.
OK I’m not a baker, by any means, and after reading the list of ingredients, and the instructions… about 25 times, just to make sure I understand everything, I had eureka moment…. this baking stuff is like putting together an IKEA furniture. Just follow the instructions, and use the appropriate tools…. this is going to be easy. Ah famous last words, you might say…. Nope, not this time. It was actually quite easy. Everything just flowed as it should. Maybe we weren’t as efficient in the kitchen, as a proper cook/baker would be… and apart from some spills and a little flower fight (we’re men after all) all came out very similar to what the picture of the cake looked on the iPhone. Success!!!
The cake is chilling in the fridge right now, waiting for tonight festivities. Just hope it doesn’t taste like saw dust 🙂
Happy Birthday Love! Maybe you be 20 for ever!
Recently we had a great pleasure to photograph a lovely family at the Astotin Lake. I have to say, it was a wonderful time, and beautiful weather. Time filled with laughter and happiness. There is really not much I can say about the experience, only that it was one of those times when I really love being a photographer. My wife felt the same. It did not matter that one was shooting with Canon, and the other with Fuji. It did not matter what lenses we had. It was the beautiful family in front of us, and our ability to capture the fun, the smiles, and the love.
I’ve been privileged to photograph the Wala family. Last year in during one of those gorgeous fall days, we took a stroll through the University of Alberta campus and did some family photos. A sunny day, happy family, what could be better?
Mac
As my lovely wife mentioned in yesterday’s post, we took a quick trip to the Elk Island National park. Yes it was completely empty. Only evidence of living things in the park was their tracks left in the white blanket of snow. We did spot a lonely bison, and three elks crossing a frozen pond, but because the setting sun hid behind clouds the world became dark really quickly. I decided that my fish eye needed a bit of an exercise, so I took it with me. Since there was not much of a sunset I trained it on my family. I have to remember to take it with me more often. Enjoy!
Mac
This was such a great session. Beautiful day, beautiful family. Can’t say much more. So enjoy!
