Good bye Isabelle, Hello Kristin

14 August 2010

Wow! Time flies when you're having fun! It is hard to believe that six weeks has already passed and we are saying good bye to Isabelle. It has been a real treat having Isabelle as our "surrogate" daughter for the summer, but I am sure she is glad to be back home again. And Kristin is happy to be back home, too.

Good bye Kristin, Hello Isabelle

03 July 2010

On Saturday morning, we put our first-born and only daughter on a train to Montreal as part of the YMCA "trade in your kid" program. Actually, it is part of the YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE) program, and she'll be living in Otterburn Park, about 20 minutes east of Montreal, for six weeks.

Jakob Plays at Barrie Jazz & Blues Festival

21 June 2010

Jakob helped close out the 2010 Barrie Jazz & Blues Festival as part of a piano recital in the rotunda at Barrie City Hall. He, along with Marc Widner's top students, played on the nine foot Yamaha grand piano (apparently a $178,000 piano) that was on loan from Yamaha for the Jazz & Blues Festival.

On Newstands Again (this time in Black & White)

16 June 2010

Around the time I submitted some single images to Color magazine, I also submitted a few portfolios to B&W magazine. Back around the end of April, I received an email informing me I was a "B&W Excellence Award winner!" There was no mention of which portfolio had been selected, so I had to wait until my copies arrived in the mail today to find out.

A whole new web site

06 June 2010

A bead of sweat drips from my brow... but it looks like I pulled it off. The Clements Family web site has just had a massive overhaul. Basically, the entire underlying framework has been rebuilt (upgraded from the ancient and no longer supported Joomla! 1.0.13 to 1.5.18, and that 0 to a 5 in the middle is really important).

Long Weekend in Montreal

25 May 2010

For the Victoria Day weekend, we travelled by train to Montreal with Grandma and Grandpa S. and Jocelyn. The 4.5 hour train ride was quite comfortable, getting us to downtown Montreal -- and about 3 blocks from our hotel -- around 9:00pm on Friday evening.