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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Winter Returns to Ottawa – Moving Day With A Twist
Winter Returns to Ottawa – Moving Day With A Twist Wednesday of this week, I was able to chip away the last of the ice pack that had been covering my driveway for most of the winter. Then, Wednesday afternoon, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged assisted living, forest hill, friday morning, hectic activities, kanata ontario, long term care facility, moving day, nasty weather, nightfall, old age needs change, Old Quarry Trail parking lot, ottawa ontario, quarry trail, queensway carleton, Queensway Carleton Hospital, retirement residence, Snow on bench, Snow on roads, snow plows, transfer time, weatherman, winter returns, winter storm
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Bicentennial of the War of 1812
In my previous post, I indicated how there are seasonal changes to what people are thinking about based on the frequency of visits to certain of our blog entries. In similar fashion, the celebration of historical events can trigger increases … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged anniversary, Battle of the Thousand Islands, Bicentennial of the War of 1812, Castillo de San Marcos, celebration, Fort George, fort niagara, Fort York, forts, French and Indian War, guelph ontario, historical events, New York State, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ogdensburg new york, ontario location, photographs, plains of abraham, reenactments, St. Augustine Florida, symposium, Thousand Islands, toronto ontario, uniforms, war of 1812, water battle, Youngstown
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Trafalgar Travel Talk Show – Ottawa, Ontario
Trafalgar Travel Talk Show – Ottawa, Ontario Last summer, my wife and I toured Italy with a Trafalgar tour group. Not surprisingly, therefore, we received an invite to their “Travel Talk Show” which took place this evening in Ottawa. In … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged Arc de Triomphe, causeway, eiffel tower, focal length, Giant's Causeway, nick howard, Northern Ireland, ottawa ontario, presentation style, sister company, telephoto lens, tour group, tour of italy, trafalgar tour, trafalgar tours, Trafalgar Travel Talk Show, travel talk, travelogues, wide angle lens
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People are thinking about Spring
People are thinking about Spring One interesting thing about having a blog that includes lots of photos is the insight that it can provide into what the general population might be thinking about or planning to do. In the Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged bird watching., birds, cuban vacation, current events, cycling, Dominican Republic, dominican republic vacation, florida vacation, local events, mexican vacation, ottawa biclycle club, ottawa bicycle club, registration forms, registration time, rideau lakes, river races, RLCT, tulip festival, tulips, upper jocck river canoe and kayak race, vacation locations, winter festivals, winter vacation
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60,000 views and climbing
60,000 views and climbing Before digital cameras and blogging, I would take photos, have them printed, look at them a few times (maybe) and put them away in a box in a closet somewhere. Now, since Graeme and I started … Continue reading
The Winter Quiet of Mer Bleue, Ottawa, Ontario
The Winter Quiet of Mer Bleue, Ottawa, Ontario Wednesday was one of those heavily overcast, foggy, misty kind of days with the temperature hovering around the freezing point. I was on the east side of Ottawa on other business and, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Mer Bleu Bog, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged birch tree, bog, cattail, chickadees, embankment, Labrador Tea, marsh, marshland, Mer Bleue, nice walk, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, peat bog, photography, planes, pocupine, Porcupine, snowshoe trail, snowshoe trails, snowshow trail, winter
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Winterlude 2012 – Ice Sculptures
Winterlude 2012 – Ice Sculptures Feb 6th – 2012 – One day of +6C temperatures and clear blue skies with lots of sunshine took a quick toll on the smaller sculptures out in the open by the fountain in Confederation … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged clear blue skies, colder temperatures, Confederation Park, dripping wet, heat wave, ice sculptures, National Capital Commissiion, National Capital Region, NCC, Ontario, Ottawa, warm temperatures melt ice sculptures, warm weather, winterlude, Winterlude 2012 Ice Sculptures
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Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society GIANT AUCTION – March 4th, 2012
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society GIANT AUCTION – March 4th, 2012 Update: March 4th, 2012 – The 2012 version of the OVAS GIANT AUCTION is now over. To see what happened, take a look here: Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Annual Giant Auction, aquariums, auction forum, auctions, Encan, forum link, forum page, general discussion, Giant Auction, Jack Purcell Community Centre, lots of fish, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa valley aquarium society, OVAS GIANT AUCTION, plants, tropical fish, wrasse
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