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I had just stepped in the door, having returned from a satisfying grocery shopping expedition, to find an email message in my inbox with the subject "your beautiful photo."

The message was from a design firm in New York. I was being asked if I was interested in letting them use my photo for an upcoming promotion they were working on, and what compensation I would suggest.

When I was a child and I got really excited I would put my arms together from my wrist to my elbow, scrunch my stomach muscles, and jab my elbows deep down into the euphoric stress created. A high pitched gasp would usually accompany this act.

I suggested that $125 US was fair and heard back within the hour. Damn. Next time I'll haggle.

Of Mice and Men

Jeremy and I visited the wind turbines in Shelburne so he could test out his sweet new lenses and his new Nikon D200, and I could vlog him testing out his sweet new lenses. Much fun was to be had under these industrial wonders.

Don't try this at home, kids!

Another Adventure with Cindy

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Cindy came back home for the weekend, and we couldn't pass up the opportunity to see each other! You'll see the Mochaberry Cafe, GBB's, and Wind Turbines in motion!

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Bigger and Better

Bigger and Better

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Remember that crummy video about wind turbines I made last week? Let's try this again.

My dad came home after some deliveries and told me to grab my camera and get in the car. I hadn't even showered yet.

No hair was cut in the making of this video.

Round and Round

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There's something interesting happening in my municipality. Wind Turbines. All over the horizon. Pure, clean energy producing behemoths. They make me feel great to be alive, like I'm witnessing something historically important.

In addition to their environmental benefits, wind energy developments are providing lease income to farmers and other landowners, tax revenues to municipal governments, and creating investment in jobs in rural communities...source.

This $120 million dollar wind facility consists of 45 GE wind turbines, each rated at 1.5 megawatts (MW) for a total capacity of 67.5 MW..."Once completed in early 2006, the Melancthon Grey Wind Project will generate enough green power to supply more than 20,000 households each year."...source.

Time will tell, no doubt. Maybe they'll be the biggest, most beautiful money sucking embarrasments ever. Maybe they'll kill someone. Maybe they'll get taken out by a tornado, moments after breaking an energy record. It's 2006, and we're figuring out wind energy in Canada!

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