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Well here we are January 1, 2014. Needless to say I could not find the time in 2013 to put up a year in review of photo, so I have had to settle for the first couple minutes of 2014. I kid you not there are fireworks going off outside of my house right now… I just can’t see them because of the ice fog that surrounds the City
This is just a small compilation of the photos I took in 2013, the people I met, the animals I saw and the places I went.
Had a quick break from shopping down here in Edmonton to meet up with some long time friends who I haven’t seen in a couple years.
We took off in search of Big Lake just outside of St. Albert. On the way there however we were interrupted by a bull moose on the side of the highway. ON THE SIDE OF THE ANTHONY HENDEY.
The trail system that leads to Big Lake offered lots to see. Here is a couple photos from the walk.
It was a lovely fall day.
This past Saturday was what I would consider a good productive winters day in Yellowknife. It was an equal mix of pleasure and chores.
Like a typical Saturday the day started at the Yellowknife Dump. For those that doesn’t know; the Yellowknife Dump is one of the last dumps in Canada that you can still salvage at. The reason being is because Yellowknifers like there dump and the treasures.
My find this week at the dump was a big one. One that I’m sure you’ll probably question. It is a couch. A nice couch though. On a side note this is not the first time I have brought home furniture from the dump. The office chair I use in my home office was a dump find 6 years ago… it still works. The key to getting furniture at the dump is to: 1) make sure it is semi clean, 2) Leave it outside in the freezing cold and kill anything that might be alive and 3) clean it with a big combination of upholstery cleaner and Frebreeze.
After the dump, friends and I wandered the highway in search for some wildlife. In finding what looked to be an animal trail, turned out to be a trapline of sort. It was a well packed trail done by snowshoes. The area was really beautiful despite seeing no animals.
After getting home from the hike and tending to the bread that was rising in my kitchen I ventured back out to do some yard work. Mainly digging out my trailer. I hadn’t moved it since the fall and I needed to put new, bigger, tires on it. Ones that would allow me to pull it through the bush better when getting firewood. It was a lot of shovelling.
I then took it to my parent house where I put the new tires on.
At about 10pm last night we went out looking for the Auror but thanks to the snow we didn’t see any.
What did you do?
These images below are from two completely different Facebook Ads for different Facebook Pages. While they have different reach there is a similarity that can not be missed. Everyone who has interacted with the ad has also gone through the photos on said page.
People love photos. More to the point, people like connecting with a visual element. Why do you think memes are so funny. They are pictures with captions.
So if you are a manager of a Facebook page, put the effort into posting more photos. Even if you are still sharing a link. Your post with a photo is going to get more reach than just the link by itself.
Try it and you’ll see what I mean. (Mashable does a really good job at it and I’ve started to do it with YkOnline.ca)
I’m working the new job this week, I’m two days in now. It is going quite well, I think, but at the end of the day I’m exhausted. Hence a lack of my side projects like writing.
So without to much talking here are some photos I took from my drive from Fort St. John to Yellowknife.
