Market Place or Eating Our Way Through Copenhagen

It was our plan to go on a "Food Tour" of Copenhagen while we were there. But after checking in with the hotel desk we arrived at the conclusion that a visit to the market place close to the Amalienborg Palace would end up accomplishing much of what we wanted at a cheaper price. The market place was visual treat. I felt like a little kid in a candy store. Of course candy was being sold by a chocolatier there as well.There were butchers and cheesemakers etc. and best of all a deli that sold an amazing variety of open faced sandwiches one of the most popular and common foods in Denmark.We had a fabulous time and I highly recommend it. The market place was both indoor and outdoor with two glass enclosed buildings with vendors stalls as well as outdoor with fruit vegatable and flower sellers on the outside. It was well worth the visit. The sandwiches were delicious! God's love and blessings to all, chris All images were photographed with a Canon 7D mkII. #TeamCanon

Admiral Hotel

When we were in Copenhagen we stayed at the Admiral Hotel which was a converted grain storage building built in 1787. Our room was very warm and comfortable. It had huge wooden beams supporting the ceiling which gave the room a historic feel. We had a room on the second floor with a little balcony that had great views of the harbor with its working boats, water taxis and sight seeing boats. The lobby had large scale model ships in glass cases scattered about adding to the nautical theme of the building. This was important as the building is right on the harbor and ships could pull alongside the pier to load and offload their cargo. The hotel was centrally located and was two blocks from Nyhavn one way and three blocks from Amalienborg Castle the other. It was also just across the bay from the opera house. The hotel was originally built as two warehouses for the trading company, Østersøisk-Guineiske Handelskompagni. It was later taken over by the trading firm by Pingel, Meyer, Prætorius & Co. The buildings were finished in 1787 to designs by engineering officer Ernst Peymann. The building was taken over by the Swedish Crown in 1788 and put into use as grainaries. The two buildings were later connected together in 1885 to make one long building. It was converted for use as a hotel in 1978 and remodeled in 2004. We had a good time photographing our hotel and the views from it of the opera house and of the new ski slope being built across the bay. Can you spot the ski slope? Its the truncated cube. A large silver building behind the workboat in the images below. Lacking mountains for a ski area they decided to build one. Have a great day and God bless, chris All images were photographed with a Canon 7D mkII. #teamcanon

Christmas Time in Nyhavn

The first stop on our short three city tour of Scandinavia was Copenhagen. One of the must see stops in Copenhagen is Nyhavn especially at Christmas time when it is all festooned in white christmas lights and the edge of the canal is lined with vendors booths selling all kinds of treats to delight and warm the palette. Nyhavn is a hand dug canal that was built from 1670-1673 by the Swish king Christian V. It was built as a transport canal between the harbor and the city center to enable merchants to more easily get their cargo to market. In the 1960s and 70s the area was the cities red light district. It has since been cleaned up and is a major tourist attraction for the city. It is lined with restaurants and shops and was one of our highlights of the trip. We really enjoyed all of the decorations and sampled Glogg and Abliskivers. Lenore is holding a sample in one of the images below. We also stopped and looked at the locks of love on the famous "Lover's Bridge". God's love and blessings to all, chris All images were created with a Canon 7D mkII. #TeamCanon

Construction Remodel by Western Gray Construction Company

I will say one thing for Western Gray Squirrels is that they are a determined lot. I love my small knot hole feeder. It's perfect for small birds, chipmunks and even the Douglas Tree Squirrels. The opening size of the knothole is just perfect for them and it keeps the Jays and big squirrels out. Just recently I noticed that the Western Grays have rekindled their desire to get into the feeder. They have remodeled the outside of the opening to the knothole by chewing all they way around the edges of the opening. They have a long way to go before they will fit! Here is a Yellow Cheeked Chipmunk looking out from its newly remodeled feeder. God's love and blessings to all, chris Photographed with a Canon 7D mkII camera and a Canon 100-400 IS v.1 lens. The camera settings used were AV mode, ISO 800, F 8.0 at 1/25th of a sec. There wasn't a lot of light judging by my slow shutter speed. I have barely scratched the surface of my images from Scandinavia. I'm a bit intimidated by the shear volume of images. #TeamCanon

Break in the Storm

Yesterday evening close to sunset there was a break in the storm. Lenore suggested we walk down our road to the gate and back. The lighting along the way was fantastic with pinks and soft oranges illuminating the clouds. After our walk I went back into the house and grabbed my camera and caught just the very end of the soft light. It was really cool to see the contrast between the snow covered trees above the snowline and the dark green trees in the lower elevations below. What a beautiful way to end the day. Right now it's raining out and the snow is melting away. God's blessings upon you, chris All images were created with a Canon 7D mkII and a Tamron 18-200mm lens handheld or sometimes braced against a tree. #TeamCanon

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Last night we were given the gift of snow. It has been snowing off and on ever since and we have presently a little less than four inches of snow on our deck railing. Snow isn't that uncommon here in the Coast Range of Northern California. The ridge top where we live gets snow that usually doesn't last long and melts off fairly quickly. Though one year we did get a good sized storm that dropped over two feet of snow. God bless and stay safe, chris All images were created with a Canon 7D mkII. #TeamCanon