Kaoru Marie

I hadn't taken a photo all day. I was cleaning up some sewing stuff, preparing to head off to bed soon after. I was about to take another iPhone photo when I somehow convinced myself to dust off my dslr camera and external flash. Sweet Bailey was lounging in his chair and I couldn't resist taking a photo of my darling sleeping cat. Sleeping Bailey I only took four shots (one with the incorrect light setting) and it took hardly any time. Note to self: Use your real camera more often. The iPhone is perfect for capturing in the moment happenings, like this one* Gimme my damn beer! but it can't beat a dslr camera in picture quality, especially indoors in crappy lighting. *Before all the animal abuse groups start contacting me about being a terrible cat guardian, no alcohol was actually consumed by Bailey. He was just licking the top of the bottle.

I've taken a bunch of photos the past several years that get transferred from my camera to my computer and then I forget about them. I figure why not post them for random people to stumble upon every now and then. I mean, I intended for this blog to be about photography, sewing, and calligraphy, so I might as well share some photos....First up in the 'Photo Dump' Series is Ottawa, Canada. **Please excuse the poor quality of some of these photos, especially the ones taken at night. I only brought my old point and shoot digital camera, which doesn't work very well in low light situations.** I went to Ottawa, Canada in Winter 2012 (soon after I started this blog) for a work thing. My first visit to Canada was some time before 2010, when I went to Montreal for several days with a group of friends. I loved Montreal! So I was excited to head to Ottawa even though there wasn't much I knew about the city. The only things I knew about Ottawa were (1) their hockey team is