Acceptance feels good [Quick Post]
Today I got a call from the Canadian Forces recruitment office with a job offer for me. I am so excited about this and can’t wait until I go and serve for my country. My enrollment ceremony is on June 22nd and I leave for basic on July 10th. I am glad that it’s 4 months away because that will give me a enough time to lose some weight and I have started doing just that. I need to lose about 60-80 lbs. before then to be in the healthy range. I won’t be done basic until October 15th and after that I think I will be going to Vancouver for Navy training, but that is just a guess. Oh I should mention that I am going to be doing Naval Communicator. I will be basically working with the ships computers and maintaining communications between other ships and land base.
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2010/06/26/butterfly/">Butterfly</a> - [/caption]It has been some time since I posted a photo. I just got a new DSLR camera, the Nikon D5000, and have been playing with it.
This photo is from a trail in the north end of Oshawa, right behind the airport (also known as Butterfly](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2010/06/201006080011.jpg)
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2009/12/11/bare-feild/">Bare Feild</a> - [/caption]I was doing some hiking just north of Oshawa in a conservation area called Purple Woods when I took some amazing photos. This is the last photo.
This is a very bare field about 200 m south of purple woods.
Click the image to download. Bare Feild](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2009/12/200912050051.jpg)
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2009/12/10/puff/">Puff</a> - [/caption]I was doing some hiking just north of Oshawa in a conservation area called Purple Woods when I took some amazing photos. One more to go.
Just had to take a photo of this puffy plant. Not sure what its called.
Click the image to download.
... Puff](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2009/12/200912050041.jpg)
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2009/12/09/back-off/">Back Off</a> - [/caption]I was doing some hiking just north of Oshawa in a conservation area called Purple Woods when I took some amazing photos. More coming soon.
Got this nice picture of this baby tree.
Click image to download Back Off](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2009/12/200912050031.jpg)
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2009/12/08/ice-crystal-leaf/">Ice Crystal Leaf</a> - [/caption]I was doing some hiking just north of Oshawa in a conservation area called Purple Woods when I took some amazing photos. More coming soon.
Just north of Oshawa got a little dusting of snow over night, nothing that lasted long. Got this nic... Ice Crystal Leaf](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2009/12/200912050021.jpg)
![<a href="http://ben.hovinga.me/2009/12/07/first-snow-fall-in-canada/">First Snow Fall in Canada</a> - [/caption]I was doing some hiking just north of Oshawa in a conservation area called Purple Woods when I took some amazing photos. More coming soon.
Just north of Oshawa got a little dusting of snow over night, nothing that lasted long. Got this nic... First Snow Fall in Canada](http://ben.hovinga.me/files/2009/12/200912050011.jpg)