tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74085288746562726172011-08-02T13:31:37.517-07:00alisonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408528874656272617.post-22622527060903697092010-09-08T15:22:00.000-07:002010-09-08T15:50:24.367-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVTfNZcb8I/AAAAAAAAAJU/8bpXDAJMYvI/s1600/IMG_0976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVTfNZcb8I/AAAAAAAAAJU/8bpXDAJMYvI/s400/IMG_0976.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgNg6K9oRI/AAAAAAAAAKE/m9n0pCogOLw/s1600/IMG_1243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgNg6K9oRI/AAAAAAAAAKE/m9n0pCogOLw/s400/IMG_1243.jpg" width="267" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVU0bAo_RI/AAAAAAAAAJc/sRqjOXf_QyQ/s1600/IMG_1183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVU0bAo_RI/AAAAAAAAAJc/sRqjOXf_QyQ/s400/IMG_1183.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVVdshqE8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/nDWvEZWn6AU/s1600/IMG_1205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVVdshqE8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/nDWvEZWn6AU/s400/IMG_1205.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">on saturday, ryan and i went to the 143rd saanich fair with my friends amy and heather. i hadn't been to a fair since i was a child, and seeing the incredible breeds of rabbits, ducks, geese, pheasants, llamas, alpacas, horses, etc was truly amazing! ryan and i filled my 16gb memory card on my new camera and drained the battery rather quickly! (ryan, my parents and my new in-laws rob and jeri bought me a canon EOS 7D and a 50mm f/1.4 lens - i'm a very lucky girl!)&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgBXSxJ47I/AAAAAAAAAJs/UD8neMKxkEo/s1600/IMG_1437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgBXSxJ47I/AAAAAAAAAJs/UD8neMKxkEo/s400/IMG_1437.jpg" width="267" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVS8Zh8B7I/AAAAAAAAAJM/25HcNYSdorE/s1600/IMG_0964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIVS8Zh8B7I/AAAAAAAAAJM/25HcNYSdorE/s400/IMG_0964.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>we ate fair food - hamburgers, onion rings and hot dogs with fries, elephant ears (beaver tails) and a wonderful new fair food we'd never encountered: a lavender lemonade sorbet "freezie". it was FANtastic! ryan and i are going to try to replicate it one day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgKdjat5JI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Z_32quH3BSU/s1600/IMG_1454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgKdjat5JI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Z_32quH3BSU/s400/IMG_1454.jpg" width="242" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgMHiAGnDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/_fuTXt77PTw/s1600/IMG_1470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgMHiAGnDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/_fuTXt77PTw/s400/IMG_1470.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1044461190"></span><span id="goog_1044461191"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgPs2wp56I/AAAAAAAAAKU/usywXGT79NU/s1600/IMG_1540_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgPs2wp56I/AAAAAAAAAKU/usywXGT79NU/s400/IMG_1540_2.jpg" width="267" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgO7JEyU6I/AAAAAAAAAKM/tJO7dMlB7n8/s1600/IMG_1532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIgO7JEyU6I/AAAAAAAAAKM/tJO7dMlB7n8/s400/IMG_1532.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>the food and flower portion of the fair was neat too! huge tomatoes, incredible blackberries the size of walnuts! rooms were filled with baking contest submissions, homemade wine and local honey and honeybee demonstrations. it was a wonderful day revisiting where food should come from (and smell and taste like)!<br />more photos from the day posted on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ampage/">flickr</a> site.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408528874656272617-2262252706090369709?l=alisonheartsryan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408528874656272617.post-13402724712959105882010-09-03T22:23:00.001-07:002010-09-08T13:37:23.305-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIHeE_zvRNI/AAAAAAAAAIU/eBQaAbzsVes/s1600/alisonryanblog-1040.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512931596307481810" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nOCxxk3viGQ/TIHeE_zvRNI/AAAAAAAAAIU/eBQaAbzsVes/s400/alisonryanblog-1040.jpg" style="cursor: hand; 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display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they will have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment.”</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hugh b. cott, adaptive colouration in animals (1940) </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photos by <a href="http://www.jamiedelaine.com/" target="_blank">jamie delaine</a>.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">blog posts: <a href="http://jamiedelaineblog.com/post/2750/sunshine-coast-wedding-alisonryan-part-i" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://jamiedelaineblog.com/post/2794/sunshine-coast-wedding-alisonryan-part-ii/" target="_blank">part 2</a>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">veil and feather hairpieces by myra callan of <a href="http://twigsandhoney.com/" target="_blank">twigs &amp; honey</a>.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">vintage umbrellas rented from <a href="http://www.bellaumbrella.com/" target="_blank">bella umbrella boutique</a>.</span></span></div></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408528874656272617-1340272471295910588?l=alisonheartsryan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alisonnoreply@blogger.com0