.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } it's all in the presentation © Raffaella Loro It's so close, yet so far. Tonight I have to pack for my little vacation in Salt Spring, which I'm hoping will allow enough time and weather moderate enough for some great picture taking....

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } balcony view... © Raffaella Loro I am told that the Winter Solstice will occur twenty two minutes into the morning on the 22nd of December. This is a momentous occasion for me because I have been struggling with the ever shortening days...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } tree topper © Raffaella Loro Despite attempts otherwise, I have not successfully completed a blog post in months. I would like to blame the weather, but really the culprit is my internal editor - which has been a force to be reckoned...

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Walking to work this morning, tightly bundled up in my coat, scarf and toque, I thought to myself... it's not that cold outside. I can put up with a winter like this, it's only temporary after all. But that made me think even more... How often does the state of temporary turn into something more permanent? I currently work in a job that...

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I don't usually get to the level of frustration where I want to stomp on my computer (it's not good to blame the technology that feeds me), but tonight is one of those nights. After spending a fair amount of time in the past couple weeks laying out a beautiful photo book, I tried to upload my book so that it could be...

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New blog header a result of a couple minutes work with brushes courtesy of this site. Fabulous stuff here... New blog header a result of a couple minutes work with brushes courtesy of this site. Fabulous stuff here... ...

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Every morning as I walk to work I come up with any of number little interesting tidbits that I tell myself that I'm going to blog about. Then I get to work and become caught up in the tasks that are involved in my happy little job. I don't take the traditional coffee break, so I constantly tell myself that I'm going to...

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I got tested and the diagnosis is in...Modern, Cool Nerd 78 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 17% Dork For The Record:A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.You scored better than half in Nerd...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Robson Square... © Raffaella Loro Second week of my new job, quite tired as I've been slowly readjusting my body to these early mornings. But that's really nothing new and exciting. I'm enjoying my new position, it's similar to work I've done...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } he loves me not... © Raffaella Loro The weather keeps on reminding me that the summer is coming to an end. This saddens me, because in a way I feel like I didn't get enough summer. At least this past weekend and...

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something I overheard today.girl: "I prefer platinum over yellow gold. I think I'd like a platinum ring."boy: "Are you crazy? Platinum is much too important in the construction of space vehicles to squander on a ring."It's official. Romance is dead. ...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Visigoth Vest... © Raffaella Loro After several weeks on the road I have returned to Edmonton and I am becoming reaquainted with the festival city and the kitchen cupboards in my apartment. I've been busy looking for work, editing photos from the...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } rainy day wedding... © Raffaella Loro Here I am with one successful wedding shoot down and my tummies a grumblin, it could be from all the chicken noodle soup I ate for a snack earlier tonight but I'm going to chalk it...

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As I get older, more and more of my friends are becoming property owners... purchasing condos or full fledged houses on varying sizes of lots in various locations across the country. I've been roaming between a number of different residences for the past few years, none of which I was particularly fond of or exclusively mine. I've always wondered what kind of home...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } life and death of a sunflower... © Raffaella Loro This evening, in a regular fit of antisocialness I watched Deepa Mehta's film Water that I had picked up at the library this afternoon. It was a good choice to watch this movie...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I'm not overreacting... © Raffaella Loro It's been yet another day, successful or unsuccessful, depending on your outlook on life. I woke up early to discover that the internet was still out (it was out for twelve hours) much to my shock...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } public display of transit affection... © Raffaella Loro Today I'm feeling anything but useful. I've edited some photos here and there, but I've got that taste of limbo in my mouth... like I'm just waiting for a certain amount of time to...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } whale watching © Raffaella Loro I've fallen back into the habit of not going to sleep early. It's not good, because it will just mean that my body will have to readjust to different hours all over again when I go back...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the fence that divides © Raffaella Loro As glad as I am to be living in a city and visiting other cities, there is something reassuring in going for a walk down the quiet streets of my hometown. The sun was slowly...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the new pink slipper © Raffaella Loro Some of us might remember the scene from The Sound of Music where Julie Andrews (Maria) and Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp) are singing in the gazebo after they discover their mutual love for each...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } city of glass © Raffaella Loro I'm midway through my West Coast adventure... and I must admit to being a little weary of travel right now. After spending six months as a jet setter I was actually enjoying the quiet evenings I...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } hot hot heat... © Raffaella Loro In an effort to escape the recent heat wave that has hit the city of Edmonton, I recently spent 12+ hours in the backseat of a Jeep Rubicon in the lotus position trying to achieve inner...

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It's been too long since my last post. I suppose my heart just hasn't been into posting lately. I've been adjusting to life in the new city, which really hasn't been that difficult but it's enough of a change to put me into one of my introspective moods where I start to consider the wonders of the universe, but I don't feel like...

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I have had the misfortune of being afflicted with a sinus cold during what might end up being the hottest part of the summer. It's most annoying. I'd very much like to be done with this whole being sick thing. I thought I might leave it behind me when I turned 24. Apparently I was mistaken.I am now officially moved to the city....

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the look of a long distance phone call... © Raffaella Loro One more post from my little white beast of burden...Just wanted to announce that after today there will be no more long distance calls with the beau. I will not be...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } low pressure system around the eyes... © Raffaella Loro This may very well be my last blog post from my little white beast of burden, as this laptop is going to be returned tomorrow. It was fun while it lasted... I got...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } make your bed and then lie in it... © Raffaella Loro Tonight, while I make half-hearted attempts to pack, I have been pausing to read the introduction to The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson. It's interesting to read what he has written...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } stepping it up... © Raffaella Loro Tonight I am doing what I do best... which of course consists of a lot of sitting and procrastinating on the computer. I did come home with full intentions to start/continue my packing, but I was...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } freestyle... © Raffaella Loro I've returned from my trip and I'm enduring the scorching heat with the rest of the world. It's crazy hot out. I have loads and loads to get done over the next couple of days... since I will...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the view... © Raffaella Loro I've been up since six, unable to sleep... unwilling to believe that it is Friday already and my mini vacation is almost over. I won't quite say that it has been a whirlwind trip, but I still...

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I'm a bad sister... I was in transit yesterday and I neglected to call to wish my sister a happy birthday.will she ever forgive me? ...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } my blue heaven... © Raffaella Loro I'm finishing packing while listening to cheesy music on the radio (Corey Hart, Never Surrender). Very soon I'll be off to Vancouver for the World Urban Forum and lots of photography.Here's to an enjoyable flight and...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } life and death of a dandelion... © Raffaella Loro Tomorrow I'll be in Vancouver... walking around looking for photos to take. The first thing I'll be doing is buying a map and maybe even looking for a larger camera bag. I haven't...

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I don't care if the summer solstice is not until the 21st. The season has officially started for me. I have just received my first two mosquito bites of the year. I was hoping to avoid all that. I don't care if the summer solstice is not until the 21st. The season has officially started for me. I have just received my first...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } guardian © Raffaella Loro I'm getting my fill of major sporting events through roundabout ways lately. Last night I went to sleep with the sounds of the World Cup, which my brother had recorded using his HDTV satellite receiver and then transferred...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } red slippers of doom... © Raffaella Loro Today I decided to break in a new pair of shoes (purchased on sale of course) in preparation for my Vancouver trip. The shoes are pretty red leather flats (yes I wear leather) and add...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } moisture is the essence of wetness... © Raffaella Loro Today was sinfully hot.Hot like hell if you get my drift. It was almost a punishment to be outside. I'm not complaining though, I just wish that I had brought a hat with...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } escape route... © Raffaella Loro There are the occasional days when I find myself with a surplus of energy. This weekend was a little like that. Aryn told me that I had deceived him and he wondered what happened to the girl...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } please be seated... © Raffaella Loro I'm heading off to bed now after an activity filled weekend in Kamloops... having just met Aryn's family and attended his sister's convocation all in one fell swoop (apologies to my own sisters whose respective convocations...

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Today after work I'm off to Kamloops to meet with the parental and sibling units of my beau. I'm steeling my nerves in anticipation of being perceived as less than adequate for the prince-like only son.But should things go awry I will be able to hide behind my camera and new lenses.Unrelated... my brother showed me this little clip of The Evolution of...

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I'm gearing up (in more ways than one) for my upcoming trips to Kamloops and Vancouver. I plan to photograph up a storm with my new lensies that I've acquired thanks to a recent contest win (my first) and an upcoming wedding shoot. I'm most pleased and excited. I'll be meeting up with a group of Vancouver photographers (Vandigicam) while I'm in the...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } field trip... Some days when I come home from spending an entire day around children I feel old. Today was not one of those days. Instead I'm feeling rather young and spritely. My class went on a field trip today, to visit...

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quite often I try to make things work and I swirl around in a frenzy of worry, ideas and solutions... my mind spinning like a centrifuge until I can achieve some clarity. tonight was a little bit like that. ...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } give me a warm shoulder... The past week has been a busy one. I haven't really had a chance to write in length about the several things that I wanted to write about. Tonight, however, seems like a perfect night to catch...

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I won a photo contest yesterday... well not entirely by myself. It was a collaborative effort with Aryn. The winning photo is not really one of my favourites. In fact out of all of the photos I/we submitted the winning photo was my least favourite. But I'm not complaining... we won $500 at McBain Camera. I won a photo contest yesterday... well not...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } careful orangement This afternoon was the second part of the school talent show. It stretched for a monstrous two hours... which can seem like a really long time on a Friday afternoon. Some of the acts were, as can be expected, substandard...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } one stone solution Yesterday I made my photography wishlist (again. I'm not finished yet, but the list is fairly comprehensive. I cried silently and tearlessly when I saw the total. In response to this newfound faux stress I've decided that I need...

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Something's wrong with the main page of my blog template. The sidebar is showing up at the bottom and I don't know why since I didn't make any changes to it.hmm... how annoying. ...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pure of hands This morning I came across this poem...You begin this way:this is your hand,this is your eye,this is a fish, blue and flaton the paper, almostthe shape of an eyeThis is your mouth, this is an Oor a moon, whicheveryou...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } with the sound of wedding bells no less...(dramatic pause)not mine of course (despite my numerous ads in various foreign country clubs). Today I was booked for a wedding in August and I am very excited. The couple is very interested in a...

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