diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ bld/
 # Testing results
 coverage.json
 coverage.info
+.vs
diff --git a/src/KubeOps/Operator/Entities/Extensions/KubernetesObjectExtensions.cs b/src/KubeOps/Operator/Entities/Extensions/KubernetesObjectExtensions.cs
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@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using k8s;
+using k8s.Models;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace KubeOps.Operator.Entities.Extensions
+{
+    public static class KubernetesObjectExtensions
+    {
+        public static TResource WithOwnerReference<TResource>(this TResource resource, IKubernetesObject<V1ObjectMeta> owner)
+            where TResource : IKubernetesObject<V1ObjectMeta>
+        {
+            resource.Metadata.EnsureOwnerReferences().Add(owner.MakeOwnerReference());
+            return resource;
+        }
+
+        public static IList<V1OwnerReference> EnsureOwnerReferences(this V1ObjectMeta meta)
+        {
+            if (meta.OwnerReferences == null)
+            {
+                meta.OwnerReferences = new List<V1OwnerReference>();
+            }
+
+            return meta.OwnerReferences;
+        }
+
+        public static V1OwnerReference MakeOwnerReference(this IKubernetesObject<V1ObjectMeta> kubernetesObject)
+            => new V1OwnerReference(kubernetesObject.ApiVersion, kubernetesObject.Kind, kubernetesObject.Metadata.Name, kubernetesObject.Metadata.Uid);
+
+        public static V1ObjectReference MakeObjectReference(this IKubernetesObject<V1ObjectMeta> kubernetesObject)
+            => new V1ObjectReference()
+            {
+                ApiVersion = kubernetesObject.ApiVersion,
+                Kind = kubernetesObject.Kind,
+                Name = kubernetesObject.Metadata.Name,
+                NamespaceProperty = kubernetesObject.Metadata.NamespaceProperty,
+                ResourceVersion = kubernetesObject.Metadata.ResourceVersion,
+                Uid = kubernetesObject.Metadata.Uid
+            };
+
+        /* commented pending fleshing this out and improving after confirming event best practices
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create an event for a kubernetesObject that can be applied to the cluster using the Create on <see cref="Client.IKubernetesClient" />
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="kubernetesObject">The object to create an event for</param>
+        /// <param name="reason">A short reason tag, like Created, Updated, Reconciled</param>
+        /// <param name="message">A human readable message to go with the event</param>
+        /// <param name="type">A string corresponding to the event type, Normal or Warning</param>
+        /// <param name="component">The component generating the event, it should be the name of the operator</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static V1Event Event(this IKubernetesObject<V1ObjectMeta> kubernetesObject, string reason, string message, string type = "Normal", string? component = null) =>
+            new V1Event
+            {
+                Metadata = new V1ObjectMeta { Name = $"{kubernetesObject.Name()}.{DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToFileTime()}", NamespaceProperty = kubernetesObject.Namespace() },
+                InvolvedObject = kubernetesObject.MakeObjectReference(),
+                Reason = reason,
+                Source = new V1EventSource { Component = component },
+                Count = 1,
+                Message = message,
+                FirstTimestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                LastTimestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                Type = type
+            };
+        */
+    }
+}