iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

I had a great time at the 2011 Rally of the Tall Pines in Bancroft Ontario Canada this weekend. Great weather and a good result for Crazy Leo. Thanks to all the volunteers and towns people who make the weekend happen.

My Flickr photo set at www.flickr.com/photos/mattclare/sets/72157628184149659/with/6416075347/
the results are posted at rallyscoring.com/results/2011/TallPines/index.htm

Here are a few pictures of lightning from the storm that came through Burlington Wednesday August 24, 2011.

The convoy hauling six giant beer vats passed our house. You can follow twitter.com/ChallengerMF to track their progress.

This was one of my first attempts at night photography with the DSLR.

My wife Lindsay and I are excited to announce the birth of our first child: Evan Isaac Clare

Evan was born on Tuesday November 16th 2010 at 19:33 at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario Canada. He was born 7 pounds 10 ounces, 8 lbs 4 as of Monday November 22^nd.

His four grandparents, two aunts, one uncle and many others in the GTA have all had a chance to hold him. He’s even been held by one of his three great grandmothers.

Thanks to everyone who have sent their congratulations, cards gifts and love. He’s blessed to be born into such a caring community.

Lindsay and I have setup a private web site with a lot more pictures of us and Evan. If you feel like your one of our close friends who should have access and don’t please send one of us a E-Mail and we’ll be sure to make sure that happens. At a later date I’ll create a post that describes how a leashed a GMail account to a PHP script and private web site to allow us to send updated pictures of Evan from our smart phones so that our close friends and family could see the little guy’s cuteness ASAP but giving as a lot of control over those images.

Lindsay and I had a fun time at the 2010 British car show at Bronte Creek Burlington.

It was fun seeing the all of the British car, including the MGB. Lindsay’s last time in an MGB was when her mother was pregnant. Maybe we should have bought one of the ones in sale so our kid can tell the same story?