Great post Buelah!!!
You made me laugh with the "flat as a surfboard" line.
I have to find a picture of Nathan Phillips Square for you still. I'll do that tonight maybe. Absolutely send me a note about cameras...not only am I happy to help but I really do love it. Even if they're cameras that I'm not familiar with I get off on doing the research.
Bratnik - I forgot to comment on your camera...Canon EOS - likely a digital Rebel of sorts. Those are great little cameras! That camera can perform every trick in the book...if you know how to use it. I'll try and see if I can find an online primer that can get you thinking about taking control of that camera...aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc. Putting that camera into it's manual mode and creating good exposures is a liberating experience that you can do.
Gotta get to work now...bye!