Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Monday, June 8, 2026

Monday June 8, 2026 Nature

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Monday June 8, 2026

Yesterday was my son' Todd's 58th Birthday.. I guess we are both feeling older... lol.

I spent most of the day working on my Cuenca Kids series of photos, and a couple of Tom Thumb, experimenting here and there with the AI again,.. not always successfully.

In the evening, niece Dawn brought me down a full steak supper, baked potato and all..!! I ate it all, and sure didn't need any snacking afterwards.... and I lost a pound doing that....

Then I slept for 13 hours!! It was cool out and I felt so snug in a warm bed that I delayed the inevitable until 1pm.

It warmed up nicely in spite of a brisk wind with a sunny sky, so I went out on the Gio for a few blocks just to photograph some of the surronding nature in the area.

Tonight I made my cabbage salad for myself and Dawn.

Tonight, after this Blog, I will watch baseball and hockey and try to finish a long Kathy Reichs book. Tomorrow, or the next day, I should have the first 2 of the Temperance Brennan series on hold at the Library and I will make the happy trip on my Gio.

My car has not turned a wheel for at least a month in protest of the high gas prices...

Blogger is really being a royal pain lately...... No captions today.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Saturday June 6, 2026 Churchill Sq.

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Saturday June 6, 2026

Thursday and Friday I did more work on photos for uploading with the Artspace AI photo program mainly. I am really happy with the results but am still trying to figure out the fancy "Canvas" way of doing things. I am trying to correspond with their "help" section to get an explanation of what I am doing wrong...

On Facebook, some site was saying to expect good Northern Lights Friday night, but checks online, and with Alexa, proved that it would have been a wasted trip here,.. plus it was cloudy...

Today, I heard the noises of a parking lot clean-up crew next door and took some pictures. Their clean-up, to our eyes, mostly moves all the dust to the neighbours, meaning us too... Grrrrrrrrrrr

Then, because blue sky beckoned, I jumped on the Gio for a trip downtown. I brought the D5600, but forgot my fanny pack with money, etc. Drat!!! I returned 4 books to the Library, just to give me an excuse to go that direction...

There was a "BeerFest" happening at Churchill Square between the Library and Silly Hall, although I only saw 1 beer tent with a decent line up, and 2 cannabis tents... I happened upon an unusual array of models showing off everyday casual clothes on a runway down the center...

It was good to get out in the sunshine again.

Hopefully Blogger will be back to its usual glitchy self today and I will have less trouble uploading the photos.... But I can already see that it is wishful thinking... 3/4 hour later it decides to cooperate....

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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NOTE that you may click on any photo for an ENLARGED VIEW.

Just blowing dust in the air....

This guy was worse

Dumping dirt in truck creates huge dust cloud.

Luckily a west wind away from us...

Disappointing BeerFest

Final pass by models

Normal clothes being shown

Great difference in models

The kids were cute

Last display of the day

Silly Hall and the fountains

Lots of Grad photos at the Legislature

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Wednesday June 3, 2026 R.A.M. (UPDATED)

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Wednesday June 3, 2026

Sunday, the rains began and didn't stop until Tuesday night. We are not complaining, the moisture was badly needed and the plants and crops needed the nourishment. I also didn't need the humidifier at all, although I did need to add some heat because the temperatures plummeted as well.

I actually borrowed 3 books from Dawn since I did not leave the building... And my car hasn't moved in 3 weeks because of the horrible gas prices caused by that megalomaniac orange idiot down South....

Monday, I waited all day for a suite inspection that did not occur until Tuesday, when they got me out of bed.... the turds...

And Tuesday our water was supposed to have a general cut-off from 11am to 1pm, but we were still dry at 3pm.... the turds...

I spent all day Monday and Tuesday working on photos, 90% using the AI program, mostly to replace backgrounds and/or skies. Most of the time I am very pleased with the first offering. Sometimes I need to play a little more or give up...

Today, the Club50+ had a seniors' outing again to the Royal Alberta Museum. I always take off on my own and was done in an hour, seeing 5 different exhibits, 2 of which were unchanged from last year. The main exhibit was about death, of all things, and was actually really boring. Even though I got many of the same shots as last year, I should be able to do a lot with most of them later using the AI program...

While working on the photos on my laptop (because my PC no longer has PhotoShop) I put my Roomba to work to sweep the house. It actually did a real good job today.

I have many pictures and not much need for a whole lot of descriptions, I hope...

But Blogger is deciding to be completely uncooperative.. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

So, NO pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

UPDATE: With difficulty,.... uploaded the pics Thursday morning....

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