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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Minolta X-370
Minolta X-370 with an MD ROKKOR – X 45mm f 2.0 lens I am slowly working my way through a large variety of film-era camera gear that I have decided that I will never use. I have also decided … Continue reading
Fixing the TV
Fixing the TV When I was just a boy, quite a few years ago now, we had a console B&W television that stood in the corner of our living room. Every so often, it would stop working. My father would … Continue reading
More Chickadee Feeding on the Sarsaparilla Trail
More Chickadee Feeding on the Sarsaparilla Trail The amount of snow that we received on Christmas Day was not spectacular but definitely enough to turn everything white!
It’s A White One Here! – Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings
It’s A White One Here! – Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Christmas, greetings, merry christmas, Nikon, photography, Stockings were hung by the fires at night, turkey
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Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails
Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails The freezing rain stopped at about midnight and the day started off with some blue sky and temperatures slightly above freezing. This meant that walking the trails would be a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Jack Pine Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged beaver pond, camera settings, chickadees, cloud cover, dim lighting, dripping water, eyesight, feeder, feedstuffs, freezing rain, Hairy woodpecker, Jack Pine Trail, NCC Greenbelt Trails, Nepean, night time, Ontario, Ottawa, outstretched hand, red squirrels, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, woodpecker
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Winter Solstice – One long night
Winter Solstice – One long night Well, hope every one in the Northern Hemisphere feels like they had a good night’s sleep. Certainly couldn’t complain about the sun keeping us up all night could we? December 21st marks the point … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged Chichen-Itza, coba mayan ruins, daylight hours, december 21 2012, december 21st, end of the world, hours of darkness, land of the midnight sun, light of the moon, long calendar, longest night, mayan calendar, Mayan Ruins, north pole, northern canada, Northern Hemisphere, northern lights, northern russia, solstice, southern ontario, sunrise and sunset, tilt of the earth, western canada, whitehorse yukon, winter solstice, yellowknife nwt
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Freezing Rain Strikes Kanata!
Freezing Rain Strikes Kanata! Thought that I might try my hand at photojournalism and sensationalize the reality, hence the title of today’s blog. We are presently experiencing a band of freezing rain which is supposed to last for a few … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged freezing rain, ice on roadway, ice on windows, Kanata, leaf frozen in ice, Ontario, ornament, Ottawa, red lights, weather
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WOW! Three bucks for a carrot!
WOW! Three bucks for a carrot! I was heading over to visit my father when I decided to take a few minutes to stretch my legs on the Old Quarry Trail. Before going to look for deer or turkeys to … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged assistance dogs, assistance programs, breeds of dogs, carrot, CNIB, CNIB Assistance Dogs Program Canadian Guide Dogs For The Blind 613-692-7777, gentle dispositions, golden retrievers, guide dog, Kanata, labrador retrievers, Motorized wheel chair, National Capital Commission, NCC, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa Greenbelt Trail, photo shoot, quarry trail, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virgianus, working dog
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2011 un recensement des oiseaux de Noël, Ottawa/Gatineau
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Quebec
Tagged aylmer, écureuils noirs, île Bate, bernaches du Canada, Binoculars, birding, branches d'un sapin, cardinal rouge, cônes sur les épinettes, Chardonneret jaune, Garrot à oeil d'or, Gatineau, l'herbe à puce, le Club des naturalistes d'Ottawa, le Club des ornithologues de l'Outaouais, Les pierres sous l'eau, mésange, merle d'Amerique, moineaux domestiques, ornithologues, Ottawa, Pic chevelu, Pie-grièche grise, rapides Deschênes, recensement des oiseaux, Sittelles à poitrine blanche, Sumac vinaigrier, Tourterelles tristes, trois étourneaux, un corbeau, un grand héron, un petit ruisseau, un troupeau de canards colverts, une balle de golf empalé
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