Hong and Holly

Here's our latest video. We enjoyed working with Karr-Hong and Holly. Click here for HD.

HD: Karr-Hong and Holly from A. Hill on Vimeo.

Laptop Euthanasia

When Kev and I moved to the UK we took 2 laptops with us. A spritely classic PC and a new Macbook. 2 years and 6 flights later we are putting one of our laptop's to rest. This last year has been particularly rough for our little HP. Pieces of his shell just started falling off (he is missing 4 now), he started overheating after 5 minutes and would make weird distracting noises. He now has a 20 minute lifespan before he just shuts off for no reason (bless his heart). i've grown a bit attached to him because Mr. Phd has been slow to loosen his grip on the Mac. Anyway as we are packing up our house and trying to not exceed our baggage weight limit we have decided he doesn't make the cut... :( Goodbye old friend.

Another vid I like

I came across this vid while I was editing and found it inspiring. I love when seniors get married. So cool. Made me miss church.

Jet and Myrna from Bong Sare on Vimeo.

Dom Arigato I miss my Gelato!

In Rome gelato is a staple. Without it, it is nearly impossible to endure the heat/thousands of tourists/dry dirty city. Gelaterias are found on every street corner, like pubs in Durham. Most gelaterias double as a bar. So on top of good ice cream you also get a drink. Drinking is allowed on the streets so I spent a lot of time downing my bicardi and gelato while trapsing the city. The flavors are in Italian but they usually put some sort of picture by what you are getting. We quickly learnt the basics for the flavors we liked.

Boat on a Moat

Since we've been in Durham I have thought about rowing on the moat. In the centre of the city there is a castle and a cathedral (you can't miss them and can see them from practically everywhere in Durham) and surrounding the castle/cathedral is a moat. Whenever I am downtown I notice university kids rowing on the water and think I should try... this video shows why I could never get an athletic scholarship... Please excuse the shoty footage (it's not like we are trying to be professional videographers or anything ;) Also disregard Kev's 'accidental' focal points...:)

Boat on a Moat from Kevin Hill on Vimeo.

Geoff and Courtney: Reception

Here is the final vid for Geoff and Courtney. This one was tricky, since the footage is soo grainy. But we've learnt stuff for next time. Here is the vid.

Geoff and Courtney: Reception from A. Hill on Vimeo.

puppy soon!

Anyone who knows us knows that we have been waiting for a puppy for a LONG time. We have been thinking about Sheepdogs since just after we got married and we finally put a deposit on one November 2008. Well our pup have finally been concieved and has a due date of July 24th and will be 8 weeks old and shipped out to us in Canada the second week of September! Yea! So I am pumped. Haven't decided on a name yet: Here are some contenders

Winston (Winny)
Potato
Scotch
Tugs
Linus

Here are pictures of there previous liter at 8 weeks. Aren't they sooooo cute!!!

genie!

This is the latest kitty on the calgary humane website to capture my heart. Her name is Genie and she has some nerve damage to her tongue so she is enable to retract it, but it still works. She is sweet and shy. I like her.

Visit her at the Calgary Humane Society.

Geoff & Courtney: Photoshoot

This is our latest vid, that has been captured, recaptured, recovered, rerecovered and so on, with the death of our hard drive. Again its our first wedding but some of the funner footage. Enjoy.

Click here if you want to see it in HD.

Geoff and Courtney: Photoshoot from A. Hill on Vimeo.

Geoff & Courtney - Getting Ready/Ceremony

Ok, so we shot our first wedding on our trip home, which was a lot of fun and a huge learning curve for both Kev and me. We learnt a few things that we are going to do differently for our next shoot but live and learn. Here is the vid.

Geoff and Courtney's Wedding: Getting Ready & Ceremony from A. Hill on Vimeo.

wedding video I like.

These videographers have some neat tricks, and live in a country where copywrited music is no issue.

first vid on vimeo with purchased musak

Jason and Shannon's Wedding from K Hill on Vimeo.

date with Emry

Upon returning to wonderful brown Alberta, I was able to catch up with Shauna and Emry @ market mall. Here are some pics. Emry was born shortly after we returned to the UK.

for those who love puppies

I love puppies. Here are 2 cute ones. A basset hound and a british bulldog playing tug-a-war.

furriness in spades.

These 2 characters make me smile. Still available at the Calgary Humane Centre. I love there markings!

Momentos

When Kev and I moved to UK we decided we would try and live as thriftfully and as simply as we could, buy only what we needed to survive in our house and try to not accumulate much stuff we would have to ship home later. And in some ways we have stayed true to this goal. Currently we have 2 knives, 6 spoons and 3 forks. (from an orginal 8 each set). The rest of our stainless steel items rusted nearly a year ago... We have 2 pots, 1 frying pan, 4 plates, 4 bowls, and 2 strainers... now for the most part we have been able to get by. It is not uncommon however for Kev and I to eat meals out ususing tupperwear lids ect. The one exception to this rule is our mugs. This collection has grown steadily since our first anniversary when we bought our simpsons steins. These mugs have now become dear to us or mainly me and we be coming home with us (the very thing I tried to avoid)....

daffidols and cobble stones

Warm and sunny day in Durham (true rarity) so I walked round the hood and took some pics...

1. Gas station near my house. Doesn't seem high until you remember its pounds/ ltr.

2. Think I mentioned this before but houses here are generally all brick and in a row, what makes them different is there doors.

3. row of flats on the bloody steep hill

4. Sunshine and daffidols!

5. Message of hope in recession.

A New Jackson Pollock

One of the things we looked into when decided where to live in Durham was how much mold was in our household. Not if there is is mold but how much... when we moved to Gilesgate into what some would say a 'luxury flat' we didn't have mold. But its been 2 years since that. This is our current entry way.

spadeface

I have this super odd habit of checking the Calgary Humane Society's website on a daily basis to see which animals are up for adoption. At first it was just to see if there were any sheepdogs or bassets that my family and I would be interested in adopting, then it grew into a curiousity to see which animals would be adopted. The animals that are least likely to be adopted are bunnies (lots of them) and black and white cats. Random I know. Also dogs that are 9+ (who gives up there dog when they're 9!). Anyway one such kitty is Lexi who is 2 but I just call her spadeface. She is so cute, but I live in the UK so it probably won't work out for us... Anyway she has been on the website for 2 months now, so we will have to see what happens.

gander @ a goose

This is my latest addition to the corduroy farm: 'goose' made for a little Zoe Zecher who has a nickname 'goose'. This little guy was whipped up rather quickly (2 days) but I like his style. On to my next project... :)

my skin hurts

Of reccent Kev and I have been confined to the house due to our illnesses. I am trying to remember the last time I left our little flat outside of going to my GP down the street (half a block away). I have a mild yet strange chicken poxy thing and Kev has a full blown (pardon the pun) cold. There are scratches and tissues and all things unpleasant. Today I will venture to Tesco (across the road) and touch nothing (except that which I buy) and come home to watch endless hrs of TV. I don't feel sick anymore but I should rest up and take care of hubby till the spots clear up (starting to clear now). Something interesting of note is the first time I had chicken pox was in England in 1988 on fam vacay. Coincidence? I'll let you be the judge...

elephant

In my spare time I have taken up a new habit of fashioning small corduroy animals out of scrap material and taking pictures of them. This is one such elephant. Kev says its a girl elephant cause it doesn't have tusks, I may add a bow to her trunk...

crisps

Walkers crisps bear a striking resemblance to Lays potato chips with one major difference. NO CRAZY FLAVORS. Below is a real ad of the new crisps available. I've sampled most of the crisps now, and can say with great certainty that they taste like their name... ps why are people eating squirrels over here? And yes chili chocolate is disgusting.

cordurhino

Corduroy was invented in along time ago in Manchester, which is pretty close to where I live now. But regardless of the distance from its birthplace it is a hard fabric to come by. This rhino is made from some corduroy trousers I found at a charity shop. He is my first stuffed creature and I'm not sure yet what to do with him.

NES forever : Emry's gift

Awhile back I made this play mat, it consisted of some hard work, dmc thread and a few sore fingers. The design is a patchwork of what I can remember from the game, and sprites found online.

art, food and tv

Back into the blogging world. Needed an outlet to unleash some new projects, rant on subjects and express all things ashley...