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Due to the increase of worthless slimy dirty rotten scum trying to sell their wares or get link to their sites on this blog, I've opted to turn ON comment moderation. I hope this doesn't come as too much of a headache for you all, and I will try to respond very quickly to the comments left. When a comment is posted, I get an email, and I can approve the comment from that email. Since I carry mobile computing devices, I'm able to post a legitimate comment within a few hours at the most, usually within minutes. I've had to do the same to my personal blog, and nothing gets under my skin like some dirtbag trying to cash in on the effort that I as blogger put into each post, to drum up their stupid business. To me, it's borderline minor theft.

Personally I love comments on my blog. I love to hear what others think about the content that I put forward. But don't try and use the efforts that we put out blogging, creating interesting content and generating traffic, to sell your crap. Spam commenters, you disgust me and you are so done leaving your smelly crap on this here blog! Eat that!

We now return to regular scheduled programming.

12 Hours in Duluth, MN 1/5/10

8 AM: Nice cold drink of water

9 AM: Check the voice mail

10 AM: My tie

11 AM: Quick check of the weather...

12 PM: Enjoying the view

1 PM: My ship just came in

2 PM: Hi

3 PM: Self-explanatory

4 PM: Self-explanatory 2

5 PM: Yea, sure... I guess...

6 PM: Daddy...

7 PM: Downtime

8 PM: The last remains of Christmas...

12 Hours Calgary Jan 5 2010

8 am: Making lunch



9 am: Looking at the snow falling



10 am: Tea Time



noon: Walk in Eau Claire Park



1 pm: Chocolate Break - Dove Fortune 'Go on a road trip'



2 pm: Research



3 pm: Mail run



4 pm: A view of 8th Ave & 7th St SW



5 pm: Walking home, so happy I don't have to drive



6 pm: Supper time - Home made borscht style cabbage soup & cheese



7 pm: Game time



8 pm: The view from our living room balcony window

12 Hours in (and around) Strathmore Alberta Canada

8am - first look out the bedroom window 9am - left over kid's breakfast. Homemade jelly. yum.
10am - a game of peek-a-boo

11am - I was doing a family portrait session today. We were supposed to drive to a location down this road. No problem, we improvised.

12pm - just wrapping up the shoot. Saw lots of these, and many more downed trees.

1pm - 2 hockey bags, 1 Xtracycle, and off to skating practice we go. 1 less minivan......

2pm - was a good practice.

3pm - late lunch. Homemade tomato soup, homemade garlic croutons. Incredible.

4pm - all 3 kids in the cart at the grocery store.

5pm - placed an order for a particular wine. Realized I've never tried Bourbon. I'll need a few more "samples" to make up my mind.

6pm - driving to some friends for dinner. Road side stop, contrast caught my eye.

7pm - after dinner, playing with the kids on the floor.

8pm - kids in bed, Heineken on tap, in the garage, surrounded by my bikes. Ah, the un-wind.

Skybub, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Brian emailed these to me to post for him. Thanks Brian!

0800 My morning ritual ...coffee and the internet. 0900 Breakfast.

1000 Reading the Washington Post.

1100 Folding the Laundry. Hooray, clean knickers!

1200 Good dental hygiene.

1300 The Saturday Market.

1400 Arriving at Mainz train station.

1500 Heineken Cup Rugby at the Porterhouse Irish Pub in Mainz. Munster (Ireland) vs Treviso (Italy)

1600 French Marc and Irish Brian.

1700 Guinness is good for you.

1800 The next one is even better for you.

1900 More rugby. Brive (France) vs Leinster (Ireland)

2000 On the train back to Wiesbaden

12 Hours in Duluth, Minnesota, USA

8:00 Gluten-free chocolate, blueberry pancakes.
9:00 Senior Citizen nap time, 17 year-old Tazz and 12 year-old Ciro, on their heated bed and kitty quilts made for them by my sister.

10:00 Peeling and coring apples for another batch of apple butter.

11:00 Getting the bike ready for a ride.

12:00 Heading out for a ride, cemetery by our house with fall colors.

1:00 Enjoying the ride.

2:00 Almost home, mostly peak colors today.

3:00 Dash Riprock loves his frisbee.

4:00 Getting ready to winterize the oak wine barrel turned rain barrel.

5:00 Gluten-free loaf of bread is done.

6:00 Driving to a dinner party.

7:00 Italian themed dinner party. Italian wine, meats & cheeses and olives for starters. Five more courses to come.

8:00 Mike and Scully keeping an eye on things at the party.

12 Hours in Nelson, British Columbia

8am: Green tea for two


9am: Still drinking tea, watching light come in through the front window


10am: Teaching my husband the fine art of bed-making


11am: A walk through our neighbourhood of Fairview in the fall


12pm: Walking past a mural on the way home from brunch


1pm: Facebook & cheese


2pm: Cleaning house


3pm: Making an arrangement with berries from our tree & dried wedding flowers


4pm: Drinking juice, admiring the flower arrangement


5pm: Cleaning the hot tub. Gross.


6pm: Listening to local radio & deciding what to have for dinner


7pm: Grating carrots, drinking chai


8pm: Dinner tonight: veggie soup, yellow rice & croquettes

12 Hours in Fairbanks, Alaska

8am: The sunrise view from the balcony

9am: email, Happy Light and coffee

10am: Watering the orchids on my work table

11am: Heading downstairs for lunch

12 Noon: Chopsawing wood for painting frame supports

1pm: Making exterior frames for small paintings

2pm: Checking the email...again

3pm: Hanging out in the studio

4pm: Going to take a nap with Fromage

5pm: Woke up

6pm: Walk in the garden. The moose ate my sunflowers.

7pm: Driving to a party

8pm: The bonfire

Once again, thanks to Jeremy for putting this together. I'm glad to be a part of it and excited to see how everyone's 12 hours were, thanks for reading and sharing! Here is 12 hours in Ottawa, ON.

0800 - suburban backyard

0900 - brewing.

1000 - Little office work

1100 - Morning Skate = empty park

1200 - Pedal swap

1300 - Loading the panier

1400 - Arrive at brother Arjun's

1500 - Brother Arjun shares

1600 - Meet brother Zac at the coffee shop: reading.

1700 - still reading

1800 - another friend shows up, totally forgot to take a picture (sorry!)

1900 - Cycling, phone break

2000 - A very serious Jam Night.

Facebook Page

I took the liberty of making a Facebook page for the 12 Hours in Photos site. It's at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/12-Hours-in-Photos/309903335723?ref=ts
I added Jerome as admin also but am not sure if he's gotten that yet. Check it out, become a fan, show all your friends the link to the site for your photos!

12 hours up and rolling again!

Okay, welcome back to the 12hrs in photos project.

If you’ve just stumbled across this blog and want in, leave a comment, or email me (you can get that in my profile I think) and we’ll sign you up as a contributor to the blog so you can take part.

There are a few changes to the project, but it will still retain its original idea, or even be closer to its original idea.

First a quick rundown/refresher of what the project is.

12 hours in photos. A picture an hour, from 8am to 8pm, all on the same day, from all over the world.

Totaling 13 photos, you start by taking a picture that would be show what your day looks like at 8am, your local time zone. Then 9 am. Then 10 and so on and so on. You can certainly take several pictures, pick the best, but the idea is to share one single photo that best describes what you are doing at that time, on that day. You, viewing my photos, could see what a day in my life looked like in Southern Alberta. We, viewing your photos, can see what a day looks like in Alaska, or New Zealand, or California or wherever it is that you are lucky enough to call home. The unifying theme is that these photos are all taken on the same day. It’s kind of a means of documenting what happened in the world on one particular day, while taking part in producing that document and showing what happened in your part of the world. It’s fun to know that when the hour hand is pointed up, you are snapping photos with a bunch of other people, some of them maybe thousands of miles away, and you’re doing it for the same reason. You’ll be able to see what they were taking pictures of when you were taking your pictures. And visa versa. If you scan through the blog, you’ll notice that we’ve been putting the time above the photo, and then also a brief description of the photo. Let’s keep with this theme.

Now, I am going to tighten the clamps on the project a bit. Here’s how:

· If you can’t participate in the project on a particular day, please refrain from posting, and simply wait until the next time the project rolls around. The idea of the project is the unity that it creates. A huge part of that unity is the fact that we're all doing it on the same day. This is not just a place to dump pictures of a random day in your life.
· Please stick to the format. Obviously if you missed an hour or something, it’s not going to be a huge deal, and slight variations are okay, but before posting, ask yourself, how far does this stray from the intent of the project. Be warned, if it’s too far off, the post will be removed.
· If you can’t make the project or the day doesn’t work for you, please don’t submit a post saying that. While we wish you could have made the project, we want the reading of the blog as a project to be clean and consistent.
· Post only one photo for each hour. That will be a total of 13 photos. I know that sometimes you get like 7 great shots in a matter of minutes, all different, all excellent. In this case, pick the one that you want to share to represent that hour.

I know this seems very harsh, but in the theme of the project, I think it’s for the best.

Now, Eero came up with a great idea, and that was to select 4 dates throughout the year, and have the project run on those dates. I love that idea. So, here are 4 dates that will carry us through the next year of the project. Dates may change for the year following this, but for this year, here are 4 random dates. Actually I’ve given two on the weekend, and two during the week, so they’re a little less than random but whatever.

· October 17th, 2009 - Saturday
· January 5th, 2010 – Tuesday
· April 17th, 2010 – Saturday
· August 12th, 2010 – Thursday

So there you have it. Looks like we’re ready to roll. Please' if you know of others that might be interested in participating in the 12hrs project, have them email me - jeromebikeATgmailDOTcom. The more the merrier! I’ll add them as a contributor, and we’ll all get to enjoy their photos.

I look forward to seeing what the future holds for each one of us and I’m stoked to be working with everyone again.

Cheers!

It's been a while

Wow- quiet on here... Anyone have a hankerin' for another 12 hours in the near to somewhat-near future?

52 Minutes in Photos - Anchorage, AK

I decided that these images were too cool not to share! As I mentioned before, I am an aviation weather forecaster in Anchorage, AK. Because I work in a windowless room, miles from the airport that I forecast for most, I use "webcams" strategically placed around the city to get an idea of what the weather is doing in places that I am not.

The camera that these images were captured from is especially useful for monitoring the formation of fog over Cook Inlet... which often develops when the sun rises. Not only do these images show how fast fog can take over, they also show the full moon... something I have never seen on the web cams before! I was amazed at how quickly the moon moved in to - and out of - the picture.

9:15am

9:26am

9:38am

9:46am

9:55am

10:07am

On a clear day, Mount Susitna (aka. the Sleeping Lady) is visible on the camera and looks like this...


Here is another view of today's fog...

10:23am

Want to know that it looks like now? Check here... http://www.borealisbroadband.net/webcamultiview.htm

12 Hours in Sioux Falls, SD

These are cell phone photos. I don't apologize for the quality. I live blogged the day on The MinusCar Project.

8AM - good morning.

9AM - D.A.R.E. - Drug Abuse Resistance Education

10AM - mmmm...coffee

11AM - better do some work.

12PM - a service provider brought us pizza for lunch. We suggested he come back and do this for us for Christmas.

1PM - pizza's done.

2PM - Super Smurf has been a companion for 20 years.

3PM - this week's tasks...and my cup. I painted it myself.

4PM - Yeah, I recently watched Hudsucker Proxy. Again.

5PM - Friday night, by the mall, sit in traffic. Where's my bike?

6PM - dining out w/ The Boys.

7PM - more dining out w/ The Boy 6.

8PM - home, where the Christmas tree remains a curiosity for The Boy 10.

December 12, Fairbanks, Alaska

8:00am. Coffee and art magazine.

9:00am. Fed the wood stove.

10:00am. Working on a project.

11:00am. Tucked Henry in for a nap----he has a cold.

12:00 noon. Meeting family for lunch.

1:00pm. Driving home.

2:00pm. Watering the orchids.

3:00pm. Sunset in the North.

4:00pm. Taking a nap.

5:00pm. Making dinner.

6:00pm. Hanging out with my 18 year old cat.

7:00pm. The last of Henry's birthday cake.

8:00pm. Watching a movie.

12(10) Hours of Ava

First post... my subject needed to get to sleep early - so we have 10 hours of Ava. Not as precise as every hour on the hour... but...

12 Hours in Suburbia : NorCal

6am - Up early, beautiful moon

7am - Sipping coffee, staring at the tree (Civia head badge)

8am - Burning DVDs

9am - Playing with the pups (this is Chloe)

9am - Playing with the pups (this is Winston)

10am - Running errands (this is Michael)

11am - Hanging out at Peet's

12pm - Taking a break on the way home

1pm - Siesta time (this is Pablo)

2pm - Shower time

3pm - Reading time (The Story of Edgar Sawtelle)

4pm - Weekend bike maintenance part I

5pm - Weekend bike maintenance part II

6pm - Dessert (homemade vegan chai spice cookies & tea)

12 hours - Strathmore & Rockyford Alberta

8am. I've been at work for over 1hr already. This is my desk. It's where the magic happens. 9AM. Parts lists waiting for review. Not as exciting as the colors make them look.

10AM. Coffee with Cory. I think I'm one of only a handful of people on earth who can actually understand him. He is a neat guy though. And, he's my friend.
11AM. A fixie that distracts me on my desk. Even made it to FGG once.

12PM. My friends, those are indeed real vegetables, just as foil wrapper said.

1PM. My addiction.

2PM. Someone driving by the office just as the blizzard started rolling in.

3PM. A shop tour looking for some parts.

4PM. Snow starting to stick to the office windows.

5PM. Gas station sign I pass right as I leave work. 6PM. Very slow drive home. That's a U-Haul truck with a trailer in the ditch. Cops making sure we all slow down.

7PM. After dinner. At least it didn't say "that wasn't chicken".

8PM. All 3 children in bed. Now, enjoy some of the good stuff.

12 Hrs in Colorado - Paul

8:00 AM Getting ready for the ride to work



9:00 AM Chilly,gray morning but a wonderful ride!



10:00 AM An "Office Space" moment



11:00 AM Stacey was checking out my tires looking for
some ideas for her winter bike commute




12:00 Lunch - Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore!




1:00 PM Back from lunch, behind my office




2:00 PM Too much free time or perhaps the result of
a pint of ale at lunch? Hmm....




3:00 PM Bribing desktop support to install a new program on my computer.




4:00 PM Co-workers start flying out of the office to start their weekend





5:00 PM Heading back to Boulder




6:00 PM The Boulder Courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall, a great place
to hang during the holidays.




7:00 PM The facade in front of the REI store. It was a tough choice for a Friday night, tango lessons, or a program at REI on climbing in the Himalayas.
The Himalayas won out this time.



8:00 PM Wrapping up the climbing program at REI

I failed....

Kurt's Pugsley grin!

No 12hr in photos for me today...*sigh*...I had some good reasons though. I'm headed to Baja early next week and I had to finish up a big pile of work in the AM, had festive lunch with a friend and then helped my buddy Kurt build up his Pugsley.

Because we had a pretty good snowstorm the Pugsley build effort started at 2pm and wrapped up at 10pm. Of course there was a 2hr "test ride" in there somewhere, but that's essential when you are taking a bike on a trip far away from the nearest LBS.

We'll do a 12hr in photos down in Baja. It will be much more scenic than shots of the inside of my apartment!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season...=-)

We'll be camped where the arrow is pointing.

Juneau, Alaska

To add to the pictures of bicycle riding in the frozen Northland ...

9 a.m. The view at breakfast. Yawn.

10 a.m. The trip to the post office is becoming a daily chore for me. I don't mind at all. :-)

11 a.m. Riding into the Mendenhall Valley on the Dredge Lake trails, mouth agape.

12 p.m., heading back toward the highway on some nondescript road. Mouth still agape.

1 p.m.: Life's good between Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

2 p.m.: An interpretive photo of the Hard North Wind. It brought in a blast of frigid air from Canada, gusting right in my face. The temperature was probably about 25 degrees. The windchill couldn't have been warmer than 5.

3 p.m.: Alpenglow on the distant mountains.

4 p.m.: The last bit of daylight and a really bright planet over Auke Rec. I'm not sure which planet it was - a bright one.

5 p.m.: The self-portrait I took after my sad attempts to take a photo of the moon. I don't have a proper camera for night shots, so you'll just have to take my word that it was the most amazing full moon I have ever seen. The Hard North Wind was tearing clouds of snow off the mountains. As the moon rose, it illuminated the ridgelines with this soft, intense glow, almost as bright as daylight. I couldn't take my eyes off the moon, which was rough because I was back in the traffic of Juneau proper and it was rush hour.

6 p.m.: Having dinner with Geoff, our friend Christina and a couple of our parasitic cats.

7 p.m.: Trying to figure out what's going on in my friends' children's play. At this point, my head was nearly as fuzzy as this picture.

8 p.m.: For seven-hour rides in the freezer, there's no better recovery food than a huge spread of Christmas cookies.

Edmonton, AB

Here's 12 hours in and around Edmonton. I'm missing one picture because I was working but I think you'll still get the idea.0800 - meeting friends at the diner for breakfast. Poor fellow had a rough night.

0900 - Diner. Friends. Bike.

1000 - Preparing to build a new front mudflap out of a yogurt container for those near useless "quick release" fenders.

1100 - Brief test ride in the snow for the new mudflap. Better than no mudflap.

1200 - making lunch

~1300 - Neighbours roof, a little later than 1300 actually, I took a nap after lunch (the way they do in pre-school).

1400

1500 - Pilot costume. A little early to dress for a 1700 flight but it's cool because the earlier I get ready the more time I can spend at the coffee shop before work.

1600 - My cup has wings because I'm a pilot.

1700 - Or a little after 1700. It's tough to take pictures inside the cockpit during a night flight. So this is the moon from 19 000' on the way to Fort McMurray.

1800 - Empty aeroplane waits for passengers

2000 - Saying goodbye to aeroplane

12 Hours in Calgary

8:00 am Good Morning Calgary

9:00 am Emptying the Work Dishwasher

10:00 am "Working"

11:00 am View from my Desk

Noon - Heading out for Lunch

1:00 pm Liquid Lunch

2:00 pm Snowing

3:36 pm The Office

4:00 pm Slipping & Sliding

5:00 pm Home Sweet Home

6:00 pm Supper Time

7:00 pm Eggnog Time

8:00 pm Online

12 Hours in Duluth Minnesota

Enjoy :) (Yes, there are a few extra)

8 AM- Sunrise over Lake Superior

9 AM- Getting tire fixed at Sears
Caption "Hey kids, you can color with crayons or watch this HUGE tv"

10 AM- Snowplows at the ready

11 AM- Frozen in time

12 PM- Reflection in muddy ice

12PM 2- The walk

12 PM 3- Ice, not rock

12 PM 4- ???

12 PM 5- Big Links

12 PM 6- XXX

12 PM 7- It all came back...

1 PM- Blue train and the "Short" train

2 PM- Smiles

3 PM- Merry Purple Christmas

4 PM- Crazy Grandma :)

5 PM- Cold tree

6PM- Leaving an undiscolsed location
under the cover of darkness (and fresh snow)

7 PM- Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

8 PM- Good Doggie

8 AM- Lake Superior Panorama

No "12 Hours" for me today...

Today didn't quite go as planned... I was supposed to have the day off but ended up getting called in to work because of a sick co-worker. I'm Carrie... an aviation meteorologist in Anchorage, AK and I am brand new to the group and excited to be a part of the project. I'll do a 12 hour shoot ASAP! In the meantime, here are a few images that exemplify my day...

Klyuchevskoy volcano, on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Ash from Russian volcanoes enters Alaskan air space a handful of times each year and can be a significant impact to air traffic. This picture was taken on Dec 8th and sent to me by a Russian volcanologist.

Kluchevskoy volcano today... there was a bit of confusion as to whether or not the volcano erupted. The above image from a monitoring webcam just shows a large steam plume.

The Loireborg

The Loireborg: 381 feet long. Brand new boat, built in 2008, coming in for a load of beet pulp pellets from General Mills

An early post to 12 hours tomorrow!... JK, but I wanted to post this cool (ha, get it...) picture I took out my window at work today anyhow, look for more pics tomorrow!

Interesting- the launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mycLENL-mA
Wagenborg Shipping: http://www.wagenborg.com/

Those Crazy Elves!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Friday December 12th?

I've sent everyone an email. Does the 12th sound good for the next installment? In case you hadn't recieved it, the email I sent is this:

Hello Everyone,

I hope that you all have had a great summer and are starting to get into the swing of the changing seasons.

Shall we pick a date for installment number 3 of the 12 hrs project? There are several new members and I think it’s about 21 people currently. If we were all to make it, it would make the whole project that much more fun.

Anyway, I’ll throw the date of Friday December 12th out there. If it’s too soon, please let me know. I was thinking that it’s not so close to the Christmas that we’ll all be running with last minute preparations, and a Friday seems to be a good day to take pictures.

Let me know what you all think. If you have a suggestion for a different date, let us know. If Friday works, please confirm.

Same dig as before. 13 pictures starting at 8am until 8 pm your local time zone. As close to on the hour as possible, but really that’s not too important. It just nice to document the day in a progressive manner.

Let me know if you have any suggestions or further input.

Again, I certainly enjoy being a part of this and love sharing in a fun project with so much talent.

Peace.

New installment coming.......

......keep an eye on your email. If you're not already part of the group and want to be, email me.

Cheers.

at a moments notice- try a 12 tomorrow- saturday!

It's been quite quiet in here as of late. I know this is short notice, but give a 12 a shot tomorrow! We'll see how it goes.
Jeff

May 9: Juneau, Alaska

I'm a bit late on the draw myself. I missed Saturday, so I waited until my weekend rolled around. Here is 12 hours of Friday, May 9, in Juneau, Alaska:

7 a.m.: Breakfast on the porch.

8 a.m.: Heading out with a Spring King Salmon Derby ticket in my pocket.

9 a.m.: Lots of people on the rocks, hoping to hit the jackpot.

10 a.m.: This vessel is cool - a buoyant bicycle (tandem no less!)

11 a.m.: Brian gets a few hard hits but no bites. It's a slow day for salmon fishing.

12 p.m.: Driving back, denied. I have to let go of my dream of fresh grilled King for lunch. "Well, it was a beautiful day to be on the water," Brian said. Too true.

1 p.m.: Alternative lunch - big tuna salad and all the strawberries I can eat.

2 p.m.: Going for a walk with my friend Geoff K. and his baby girl Paige.

3 p.m. Paige starts to fuss and it's time for Dad to turn around. Time for me to strap on the snowshoes and head high.

4 p.m.: Reaching the top of the Douglas Island ridge.

5 p.m.: Heading down, still walking.

6 p.m. Going home.

Rockyford Alberta, Jeremy

Today was a very boring, sadly typical Saturday for me. Working on my house renovation. Blah.

8am - A very rare day when I can see the ceiling above my bed at 8.

9am - Sizing up the days work:replace upstairs hand railing
10am - Demo is done! Dusty too

11am - Air hose
12pm - View from my porch where I was cutting my wood
1pm - Progress
2pm - Installing the last few railings
3pm - Done

4pm - a neighbor brought me a gift he found. Nitto handle bars! yeah.
5pm - Cleaning up tools
6pm - My lovely wife made a typically delicious dinner (she is the worlds greatest chef!!)
7pm - At the playground with my 2 boys. Love those little dudes.
8pm - evening coffee

May 3rd, 2008: Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia (taken by Sarah from Calgary, Alberta!)

8:00 am

Welcome to Vancouver! I awakened to rain...a typical scene here in BC.....quite a change from the snow we are supposed to have here in Calgary tomorrow!

9:00 am

Mat's eye view from our morning yoga class at Open Door Yoga studio in Vancouver. I needed my daily fix & so I dragged my sister along with me. Randy taught a great hatha class...with a twist!

10:30 am
A very grumpy puppy glaring at me from the dashboard of his car as we leave the studio...maybe I can pass on some of my good prana to him?!


11:00 am
Packing the luggage into my versa as we prepare for the drive to the ferry terminal. The spring blossoms are abundant in the city right now.


12:00pm
The rain is heavier as we sit in the lineup waiting to get onto the 1pm ferry over to Vancouver Island...will we make it on?

1:00pm

Yes!!!! We made it! And the rain is now gone...replaced instead by sun & the beautiful scenery of the surrounding Gulf Islands.

2:00pm

My macro lens found lots of interesting shots on the upper deck as well.

3:00pm

Clouds starting to settle in again as we approach Victoria

4:00 pm

Dad enjoying his afternoon cup-o-tea like a true Brit!

5:00pm

Birch tree as seen from our balcony at the Royal Scot Hotel in Victoria

6:00pm

At the Royal Jubilee Hospital visiting my Grandpa....this is the chapel on the hospital grounds. Very quaint.

7:00pm

Flowers in the garden of our hotel as we return from the hospital & head into the restaurant for some dinner.

8:00pm

Catching up with my good friend Tammy at Irish Times pub in downtown Victoria. The nachos and Organic Chilean Wine (...not what you'd expect at an Irish bar, I know!...) were surprisingly good :)

Saturday 3 May 2008

I lost track of time and my mission so I don't have photos taken on the hour for 12hrs...=( I did take a bunch of photos though so here are 12 in chronological order. Sorry - best I could manage!

May 3 :: Calgary, Alberta

Taking the folding bike out for a spin.

The Palliser from our 6th Flr window.

Running errands

Done errands, heading for a coffee, but just had to stop to admire this construction site.

mmmm, Caffe Beano has good lattes.

A stop on the way home.
Vik waiting patiently on his 'Big Dummy'

One more bike ride in the early evening.

On the way home again, over the Bow River.

A little R&R, well actually a lot. The guys are watching 3:10 to Yuma.

Rushing my brother through Wailing Caverns in WoW.

Time for bed. The city is unusually quiet tonight.

May 3rd, Duluth, MN

8 am Just waking up to the light that makes it though the red drapes

9 am Fill'er up (@ 3.55 a gallon... ouch)

10 am Lost... I should have listened to the signs...

11 am Two horses enjoying the sunny day

12 pm Made it to the camp, old bike waiting for a rider

1 pm Water is a little high...

2 pm Perspective

3 pm The work is done...

4 pm On the road again...

5 pm Pumpkin Leaf

6 pm Animal Cracker Massacre

7 pm Card Shark

8 pm What's black and white and red all over?
This old truck...

May 3, 2008 - Sioux Falls, SD

8am - breakfast of champions.


9am - load up for an errand running adventure.


10am - haircuts, farmer's market, electronics recycling.


11am - electronics recycling was closed. This was on the way. I've been VERY curious about train grafitti. This guy tagged the whole car!


12pm - local bike shop, lunch and then...


1pm - U6 soccer.


2pm - outside the office supply store to buy printer paper I saw this rare for my town rig. (Hi Jodi!) Yes, our large big box toy store has no webkinz. The mall does, ugh.


3pm - back home. New for us this year is a CSA. Here's the first shipment which we picked up at the farmer's market.


4pm - first lawn mowing of 2008.


5pm - standing in the shower thinking.


6pm - supper. Dessert, rather.


7pm - Quadre: French Horn Emsemble.

May 3rd...

I like it... This saturday should work well, I'll be helping at my daughters summer camp for girl scouts, we're having a spring cleaning and maintenance, so I should have a ton of options!
I'm good to go!
Jeff

Apr 23, Vancouver BC, Condo on Beatty St

Apr 10 in Calgary

April 10th Storm on Lake Superior- Duluth

Also check out the video, first wave got my feet...
http://picasaweb.google.com/ujjc001/LakeSuperiorWavesAtBrightonBeach41008/photo#5187786046188827218

Shall we chose a date?

I'm anxious for another 12hrs, anyone else? With the weather changing, sun shining and birds starting to sing, I'm in the mood to see what's going on in all of your parts of the world.

There was some mention of putting the project up on flickr. What are all of your thoughts? I kind of like the idea of the blog, just because I think it's easier to see all of the entries at once, but that may just be my ignorance to using flickr to it's fullest. Let me know what you all think.

Once we pick a date, I'll email everyone with the particulars. Do you know anyone else who might be interested in participating? Have them email me (jeromebike at gmail dot com) and I'll add them as a contributor. We've already got several new members that weren't involved with the last one, and that's exciting!

I look forward to, very forward to, doing this with all of you again. Cheers.

I am a ghost

Sheldon Chumir Centre

Calgary's newest health care facility, opens April 1st

Late night flight

Over Jacksonville Florida.

Pivot in the Fog

Tutu Cute

Good to be Nome

Duluth's Shoreline

That's not the beach, that's the ice. It looked pretty interesting, hence the picture.

Thank You

I just thought I'd say thanks to all of you who post here. I love stopping by and admiring your works. Sometimes one can get lost in the photos. You are very talented Photographers. Love it. Cheers!

A view of Duluth

Sunday afternoon I went for a short bike ride. I ended up in Superior for a while and snapped a few pictures. 35 Miles later I was back at home.

Spirit Mountain

Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge

West Duluth

Bloom

March 17; Dallas Arboretum; Dallas, Texas

The Bow

Mango & Cheese

Lower Mount Royal - Calgary, Alberta- Canada

The New Girl...

...she's from Texas.

I'm very excited to be in the presence of such great talent. I love all of your photos.

Winter perspective. Goldstream Valley, Fairbanks, AK.

Anxiously waiting...

Espresso

organic espresso - Bodum cup

Ice

Glenmore Reservoir - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Anchoring Tension Rods

McLeod Tr Overpass - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ramp

McLeod Tr Overpass - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Compressed

McLeod Tr Overpass - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Trail Closed

Glenmore Reservoir - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

12 hrs anyone????

Date? Leave your feedback where you know to. Gather up as many others as possible. Have them send me an emailer over the interweb. jeromebike at gmail dot com.

Cheers.

1.30.08, Arriva, 11th Ave SE, Calgary

-38C (-36.4F)

The sunrise after a very cold bike ride to work. Brrrr!

Footprints in snow. Prairie Creek State Park.Calif.1.28.08

A cold winter day in Calgary, -31C on 1.28.08

Watching the dogs run.

Watching the start of the 400 mile John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.

Frosty Tree. 1.25.08

Fischer Ranch. McKinleyville. 1.23.08

Old shacks on Mad River Rd., Humboldt Cty., Calif.1.24.08

My new bike. 1.23.08

This isn't much of a photo, but I love it anyway. It's a 1963 Raleigh that I bought Jan. 23 for $40. Restoration has begun!

Dry Lagoon Beach.Humboldt County. Calif. 1.21.08

I'm posting this week's photos with the dates, but doing so in a single evening. So, yeah, I'm cheating.

Yesterday

What a day.

those dam turbines...

Old 6 foot tall turbines from the Waterbury, VT dam.

Mad River Bluffs.McKinleyville, Calif. 1.11.08

to powdercoat or not to powdercoat...

It's no longer really a question. I started to sand and prime and realized things were beyond my control. It's off to the painter.

Off to Work

thawing january sun

Sunrise in Waitsfield, VT. Outside the door of the shop that I work at.

50 degrees is an amazing thing.

I call this "Oops..."

A calm, cold day along Lake Superior, 01.09.08

mainely a small journey...

It all seemed like a normal family car camping trip. Set up the tent, unpack the car. This campground was in a particularly overdeveloped part of the Maine coast. Lots of places had video arcades and swimming pools. We felt lucky to have found one that felt pretty much like a state park but was still close enough to the beach to bike with our 16 month old. We started walking down the road.

At first it was like any other standard campground. But then we began to notice the little people.

...and their animal friends...

bzzzzzz!

flip flop

Zib zib zebra. My son insisted that these zebras live in our campsite. The owner ok'd it as long as we put them back. As strange as it may sound, I wouldn't have dreamed of putting them back anywhere other than exactly where they came from. These critters were proof that if you do anything well it can feel right. Walking around was actually kind of amazing, not because of these creatures. Normally I see such things strewn around lawns willy-nilly and roll my eyes. But the person who had placed these had really found their places. It is the first really good use of lawn ornaments I have ever seen. Seriously.

End of another day 1.08.08

Images from the Lakewalk on a warm afternoon

View from Moonstone Beach at sunris.Humboldt County, Calif. 1.7.08

William A. Irvin at night

Lamborghini Tractor

It even looks fast standing still!!

Lewis Lofts, 11th Ave & 2nd St SW, Calgary

A nice winter day in Calgary

Labor of Love

A hand-hammered copper rivet of the B-17.

Immediate Seating Available

Snowbiking, Northern Minnesota 1.5.08

Plastic in bin at recycl. center.McKinleyville, Calif.1.5.08

A photo a day is rather challenging. I'm sure if this is even worth posting, but I can always make up for it in the coming days!

Chinook Arch

This is the reason we reached 6 degrees Celsius (43F) today. 3 days ago it was -24 C (-11F) in the morning. The Chinook is always accompanied with a Chinook arch. These arches can look spectacular. This picture doesn't do justice to what I was today. Just gives an idea. The real deal must have been about 100 kms long.

Fence.1.4.08

Kensington C-train Stn, Calgary 1.04.08

Birds at Canal Park Beach- 1.4.08

Klopp Lake. Arcata, Calif. 1.3.08

The "lake" is actually part of the wastewater treatment marsh in Arcata, located a few miles from my town of McKinleyville.

Picture a day?

I had an idea, how about we all just try to take a picture every day- if you do, great, if not, no biggie, but try and then post it here. I think it will be fun and will keep the group moving forward, rather then just a one day shot at getting pictures. This might keep them coming in at a rather constant flow. I'll post one from my ride in this morning. Please let me know if you like or dislike the idea.

Cheers.
Jeff

Ice Rocks on the Shore of Lake Superior

Christmas bike ride from McKinleyville to Trinidad, Calif.

To counter my overindulgance in gravy, meat products and adult beverages, I snuck out of the house today for a bike ride.



I wanted to test out Lance Armstrong's statement that "it's not about the bicycle," so I used my old five-speed Schwinn Suburban. The odd thing about this bike is that it has something called a front freewheel. The front chain ring spins even when coasting. This allows the bike to change gears even when you're not pedalling.



I headed north along the Hammond Trail.



The trail extends from one end of town to the other and was built on an abandoned railroad right-of-way. Here's a small section of the Hammond Railroad track.



It was cool and gray. There was light rain on and off. This is the view looking north from the Vista Point in McKinleyville. In the distance is the seaside village of Trinidad. That was my destination.



The way this sign is written, I can only assume it's intended for tandems. Right? So I rode recklessly down the hill rather than walk.



I was making good time on the Suburban. It's a very pleasurable bike to ride.



This was the biggest hill I had to climb. Big whoop.



I was wet and cold when I reached Scenic Drive, but in good spirits. This is the view looking south in the direction I came from.



I carried my bike down to Luffenholtz Beach and admired the surf.



We've had a lot of rain. as is evident by the amount of water in Luffenholtz Creek.



When I got to Trinidad, there was a massive present waiting for me!



The next stop was the Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse...



...then the Trinidad Pier.


The crab fleet took Christmas off.



Some history.



Then I pedalled home. Although the total trip was only about 21 miles, I'll wager that it's the longest single trip this old bike has ever been on.

A Journey

Everyone is invited to document "A Journey" with photos and post them on this blog anytime in Decemember. You can define a journey anyway you want, provide whatever text you want, and post as many or as few photos as you want.

You can do one journey or several. Have fun!

An idea

Perhaps we should come up with another project. I'm sure someone else could come up with a better idea than me. But, just to get the ball rolling, I'll toss out the following:

The theme for December could be "A Journey." You could document any trip you make. Maybe it's a trip home for the holidays. Or maybe it's a Saturday bicycle ride to the beach. Or a visit to the post office. A trip from one side of the yard to the other. Or maybe you could get creative and interpret "A Journey" in your own way.

Being that December is often a busy time for folks, we could keep this thing loose and flexible. You could post one "journey" for the entire month, or one "journey" every week of you desire. The number of photos per "journey" would be up to you.

Any thoughts?

Victoria - Montréal, Québec, Canada

8am Back Alley View



9am Landlord's Backyard



10am Rosemont



11am Le Cagibi (old Esperanza), St. Viateur, Mile-end



12pm Print Studio View (L'Atelier Circulaire)



1pm Downtown, biking to work



2pm Studio



3pm Window view, St. Henri



4pm Window view, St. Henri (again)



5pm Visiting another studio in St. Henri, view of the Lachine Canal



6pm New restaurant, Clark and Prince-Arthur



7pm Vacant space in Mile-end



8pm Milano's in Little Italy

Eero, Fairbanks, Alaska

8:00am, Sunrise

9:00am, Arriving at work

10:00am, Cutting out pieces of arctic hat

11:00am, Coworkers at the sewing machines

12:00, the mitten pattern...

1:00pm, the pattern racks

2:00pm, outlining a pattern

3:00pm, Driving to the ski trails

4:00pm, Fading daylight over the aspen trees on the ski trail

5:00pm, in the studio

6:00pm, Choosing classes for next semester and drinking wine

7:00pm, Playing with photoshop

8:00pm, An interesting shot to finish the 12 Hours....

BRITTANY - Fairbanks, Alaska

8 a.m. The sun is peaking over the horizon.


9 a.m. Wrestle with the dog.


10 a.m. The Cabin. Chillin'.


11 a.m. Woo-hoo! I'm outside in the snow!
I haven't showered in five days so I'm wearing a bandana!


noon: At work, getting ready to start studying.


1 p.m. Hitting the books.


2 p.m. World History 100 students can't wait to take their midterm.


3 p.m. Exam-time. Everyone passes! (I hope).


(almost) 4 p.m. Exam is done! My fellow TAs are thrilled.


5 p.m. Getting ready to run some errands.


6 p.m. The drive home.


7 p.m. Reading and Romance go hand in hand.


8 p.m. Caribou steak for dinner. Yum.

Jeremy, Rockyford AB to Great Falls MT

Different than what I planned, this was not a typical day. At any rate, it was my November 8th, 2007.

0800 Kick Ass Coffee. That's actually the name. Certified organic and amongst the best on earth.

0900 All packed up, ready to hit the road.
1000 St. Mary's Church in Cluny Alberta
1100 Vulcan Alberta, need I say more

1200 Contrary to popular belief, road trips with a 3 and a 1 year old can be fun
1300 40 minute line up at customs to enter the US
1400 Sweetgrass hills, taken 10 miles into Montana
1500 Flag leaving Shelby
1600 Statue outside of our hotel room
1700 Explorers at Portage on the way to Applebees
1800 Still waiting for dinner to come
1900 Mackenzie river, from the Applebees parking lot
2000 Boys asleep in bed, the days true reward, Fat Tire Amber Ale

Sarah- Calgary, Alberta, Canada

8:00 am- very sweaty & energized after 2 hours of Ashtanga @ the Yoga Shala

9:00 am- opening the main studio @ the Yoga Passage for today's classes

10:00 am- cleaning the men's washrooms!

11:00 am- Shelly & AJ leaving the studio after her morning Hatha class

12:00 pm- unpacking a new shipment of books that arrived earlier this morning

1:00pm- re-adjusting the heat in the main studio after the packed lunchtime class

2:00pm- Mom returning a dvd @ Casablanca while Samantha bops her head to the music

3:00 pm- having tea & goodies at Monica's. Bella was showing off her latest hairstyle & red Chanel lipstick

4:00pm- Stopping for fuel @ my favourite Husky station on MacLeod Trail

5:00pm- eating a very quick dinner & gazing up at my newly hung chandelier

6:00pm- arriving back @ Yoga Passage for night #1 of the David Williams workshop

7:00pm- taking a 5 minute break to stretch our legs & strike a pose

8:00pm- even though tonight was just a discussion, we still had to get at least one asana in there!

Smudgemo - Berkeley, California

A little setup. My 1yo has the flu and had gotten up three times before 3:30 am. By 4:00am I was fully awake and rarin' to start this project, unfortunately worked from home and the bulk of this work is at home instead of across Berkeley and Oakland.

0400 San Francisco Bay before dawn.

0500 Chandelier Decoration

0600 Kid Art - Professional Art

0700 Sunny CA - SF Bay

0800 The Floor of My Home Office

0900 Working From Home

1000 Still Not Sunny

1100 Off to the Pharmacy and Grocery Store for Irony

1200 The Flu Victim's Room

1300 Looking North Out the Back Window

1400 Art Chair

1500 Looking East Out the Front Window

Karen - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

8am In the Office

9am SAIT Campus, Out and About

10am Tea Time on the Roof

11am SAIT Campus, Student Residence, under construction

noonish, Answering Phones

1pm On the way to the pool for a lunch time swim

2pm Back to Work

5pm Walking Home

6pm Catching Up

7pm 10th Ave & 2nd St SW intersection, out the window

8pm Editing

Doug, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

I need to preface my pictures with this, I didn't think I would be able to do this because of the nature of my work. I work with vulnerable adults. I am mandated by the State of Minnesota to protect the privacy of these individuals. Walking around with a personal camera doesn't fall under acceptable practices. At the last moment I decided I could meet the mandate and discreetly take part in this experiment. Here's what I came up with:0800 Arriving at the office.

0900 A little sunny inspiration on my desk (made for me by a client with developmental disabilities).

1000 Art work created by clients. On the walls on my way to the office to get key for a company vehicle.

1100 Client "coffee outing" at a local fast food establishment.

1200 Return to the office, more client art work creations on the walls.

1300 The best I could do under the circumstances at this time of day.

1400 Stopped in at our nurses' office. She collects antique medical equipment.

1500 Catching up on payroll sheets and having a snack before cycling home.

1600 Work day is done. Changing into cycling clothes in the large stall in the Men's washroom.

1700 My commutes are currently training rides as well. One last shot before sundown.

1800 Riding in pitch black through Superior Municipal Forest.

1900 Catching up on some blogs with my best buddy, Tazz, my 15 year old cat.

2000 Discussing dinner plans with Dash Riprock.

Jack – McKinleyville, Humboldt County, California, USA

10:45 a.m. – Much needed cuppa joe after late start



11:30 a.m. – A worker operates an Ingersal Rand PF-3200 paving machine a few blocks from my house.



2:30 p.m. – A photo of Mill Creek Falls taken after I realized that I'm supposed to take photos and several hours have gone by!



6 p.m. – Box office at Mill Creek Cinema



7 p.m. – Short on time and all out of ideas, I place a wig on my poor dog's head

Jeff C. - Duluth, Minnesota

8 am- Shower "Rubber Ducky"

9 am- Reminded of the need to rake leaves "Procrastination"

10 am- Morning Tunes

11 am- Lunch

12 pm- So Dirty

1 pm- Wasted Space

2 pm- Tossed aside

3 pm- Who put that boat on top of that building?

4 pm- I'm empty...

5 pm- Duluth, it's really not that bad...

6 pm- Dog training

7 pm- Dishes done, sink shiny...

8 pm- I'm pooped out

Vik - Forest, Ontario Canada

0800 - cup of tea.

0900 - St. John's Church

1000 - cultural awareness training

1100 - course material

1200 - dream catcher

1300 - chicken soup

1400 - painting

1500 - course cont'd

1600 - aboriginal artifacts

1700 - bike ride

1800 - laundry

1900 - reading

2000 - dishes

Sean - Three Hills, Alberta

Great pictures so far everyone! I'm glad I could be a small part of this. I'm a Flight Instructor and unfortunately I only had one short flight scheduled today, so not as many flying shots as I had hoped for.

08:00 bike ride to work

09:00 Looking out the office window
10:00 I've been writing this email for over three weeks.

11:00 preparing next Tuesday's ground-school lesson.

12:00 Lunch Break

13:00 Some light reading to finish off the lunch break - Transport Canada's quarterly Aviation Safety Letter

14:00 The hangar floor where the mechanics are letting me help a bit this afternoon

15:00 Preparing for a flight
16:00 Three Hills Municipal Aeroport

17:00 Sunset - time to put aeroplanes away

18:00 The gruelling 5Km commute to town in the dark

19:00 Supper

20:00 Evening coffee is finished

Eleanor. Wellington, New Zealand

8 am. The first cup of tea is always the best.

9 am. Online time.

10 am. Mmmmm. New chain.

11 am. Goodbye nasty old cluster. Hello dirty hands.

12 pm. Quick trip to the bike shop via the park.

1 pm. Lunch!

2 pm. Maybe I won't ride it. I'll keep it in the garage all clean. Just to look at.

3 pm. Ukulele break.

4 pm. Classic Wellington singletrack. The handiwork's holding up so far.

5 pm. Peeling off the sticky threads and getting respectable.

6 pm. At Unity books to help launch a novel.

7 pm. Rebecca and I are quite good at helping.

8 pm. Walking home along the wharf.

Background for those new to the "Project"

Some back ground from Jeremy's original post on his bike blog.

"Well, it's not my idea, just one that I would like to relay to all you who ride and blog and take pictures. Here it is:

A picture an hour, for 12 hours, from people all over the place. Many of you know that this comes right from FGG and their 24hrs of Fixed Gear Gallery Forum. They did a project where different people would take pictures of their day one hour apart. Regardless of whether or not it was about bikes. Just a series of pictures to share little parts of your day. I was thinking if we could band together and pick a date in the future, giving ourselves enough time to get as many people in on it as possible, and even set up a designated blog where people could upload their photos. We could have as many contributors as possible. I've met several bloggers, many other bloggers have met or already know other bloggers, and if we could get them all involved, we could get a pretty neat project on the go.

I think it would be really cool to have a blog that you could go to and see what November 20th (arbitrarily) would look like from 8am to 8pm (arbitrarily) from places all across North America.
The more people could get together on this, the better. While there are some logistics to work out I think it could be pretty neat.

Some of the logistics I am thinking about would be this: If we could get all those interested as members of a shared blog - 12 Hours in Photos - (I've named one, but if we didn't use that one my feeling wouldn't be hurt) so that after the pictures have been taken, we can all upload them and have them there. We should come up with some protocols on how they are labeled (probably your name and where you are from as the title?) and limit the verbage. Actually I think for it to be a true photo project, we should not have any verbage. Simply 12 pi