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Monthly Archives: June 2011
What’s in the news this week? Mail Delivery Resumes, Royals Visit Canada, Fireworks, Fireworks and More Fireworks.
Some royal visitors are coming to Canada and spending Canada Day in the Nation’s capital (an understatement!). Their arrival should completely clog up the streets of downtown Ottawa on July 1st (Canada Day) and add to the party mood that … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Canada Day, celebration, fireworks, kate middleton, Ontario, Ottawa, prince william, Royalty, visit to Canada
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Lake Superior/Lac Supérieur – Katherine Cove/Anse Katherine
Lake Superior/Lac Supérieur – Katherine Cove/Anse Katherine Katherine Cove is one of only a few beach areas along the east edge of Lake Superior where the water can actually become reasonably warm during the summer. The cove is sheltered by … Continue reading
Bill C-6 – An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services/ Loi prévoyant la reprise et le maintien des services postaux
As the debate surrounding Bill C-6, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services/ Loi prévoyant la reprise et le maintien des services postaux appears to be coming to an end (not holding my breath), the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Bill C-6, debate, house of commons, opposition, parliament hill, Parliament of Canada, vote
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Invitational International Chicken-Rib Cook Off – Sparks Street Mall, Ottawa, Ontario
Last night, in the House of Commons, the politicians were debating the future of Canada’s postal service – see previous post. (UPDATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011 – 8AM – Debate has gone on all night and is still going on! … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged aroma, BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs, chicken sauce, closing time, competition, festivities, house of commons, Invitational chicken-rib cook-off, june 24, limousines, Malldel la rue Sparks, Ontario, Ottaw' Historic Outdoor Pedestian Mall, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, photographers, politicians, poulet, prom night, rib cook, rib sauce, ribs, s postal service, Sparks Street Mall, street mall, teams from Canada and the United States, weather
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Postal Strikes, Lockouts and Government Involvement
June 23, 2011: The official title: An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services/ Loi prévoyant la reprise et le maintien des services postaux (C-6) The background is simple, sort of. Some postal workers began rotating … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Canada, conservative party, conservatives, debate marathon, filibuster, Gatineau, government involvement, house of commons, Kanata, legislative process, liberals, lockouts, majority government, new democrats, Ontario, opposition parties, Ottawa, parliament, parliament hill, peace Tower, post office, postal strike, postal strikes, postal workers, storm rain, walkouts
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Maplelawn Public Garden revisited – June Blooms
The forecast was for rain and the skies were overcast but I decided to go out and revisit Maplelawn and photograph some of the late Spring/early Summer blossoms.(location)
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged flowers, garden, Maplelawn Public Garden, NCC, Ontario, Ottawa
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Butterflies, damselflies and hoverflies
It was a nice day on Friday so I took a bit of time to enjoy the sunshine and lay around in the vetches photographing whatever happened to be in the area. I hadn’t even left the parking lot before … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Butterflies, damselflies, hover flies
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ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster Tonight was a clear night with several visible ISS flybys. Using the GH2 for the first time I mounted it on my telescope mount to track the stars so that only the ISS itself was … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged amp, astrophotography, big dipper, constellation, europe, flybys, GH2, hercules cluster, iss flyby, jitter, Lumix GH2, north america, northern sky, russia, telescope
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Alan Playing Softball – GH2 Video vs. 40fps 2MP
Alan Playing Softball – GH2 Video vs. 40fps 2MP So I gave my brother Alan a ride to his softball game and took some pictures of him at bat. The first time he was at bat I used the GH2′s … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged 20mm, blur, GH2, high speed, iq, Lumix, photos, resolution image, sharper image, shutter, softball game
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Hockey’s Over! Bring on the Heat of Summer
Winter sports: The hockey season ended last night!!!!!! Boston Bruin fans are happy. Vancouver Canuck fans are not. We attended the first game that Chris Kelly played as a Boston Bruin. He is probably pretty happy today! Bruins vs Senators … Continue reading
