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    Shelf Fungus

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 20, 2021
    May 19, 2021. This is a fungus growing on a cut tree near a small unnamed creek just north of St-Albert. I was able to retrieve my bicycle today from the Russell Fire Station and felt well enough to do a loop to St-Albert and back. I've been pretty pro...
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    Inside Tulips

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 19, 2021
    May 18, 2021. This is a look inside our tulips on the front lawn. It was taken with my new 50 mm lens, a replacement for the one destroyed in my crash on Saturday. The photo also benefited from a polarized filter, HDR and Topaz Denoise AI. After all th...
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    Weir

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 18, 2021
    May 17, 2021. This is the weir on the Nation Rivcer at Casselman. I took a 2km hobble there and back this afternoon to try to work my aching muscles back into shape. Today started out with back-to-back meetings first thing, then I got some project writ...
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    Lilacs

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 16, 2021
    May 16, 2021. The lilacs in the front yard are almost in full bloom. This might have been my 50mm lens's last photo, as it appears to have been a victim of yesterday's crash - the glass just popped out; I pushed it back in to take the photo, but it's n...
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    Farm Equipment

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 16, 2021
    May 16, 2021. It was a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, perfect for a bike ride. I thought I might visit family; there was no answer when I called so I figured I'd swing around Russell and see if they were in on the way back. I never made it past Russell...
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    Apple Bouquet

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 16, 2021
    May 14, 2021. I liked the way this small cluster of apple blossoms were set against the trunk of the tree. This was taken on a short walk during a Costco trip. I had a couple of meetings today and did some project writing, along with the usual newslett...
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    Apple Blossoms

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 14, 2021
    May 13, 2021. I was sure a couple years ago that the crabapple tree was not long for this world, but it has rebounded and this year has given us a spectacular blossom. I finished up the autopost feature today (which was more complex than I would have l...
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    Little Castor River

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 14, 2021
    May 12, 2021. I was able to get away for a brisk bike ride at the end of the day. This is the Little Castor River where it crosses a back road near Casselman. Today was Andrea's vaccine day, so now we're both partially protected (second jabs for both o...
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    Pink Trillium

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 11, 2021
    May 11, 2021. I saw a number of pink trilliums in Forest Park today on a bike ride after work (which for the record was cold and wet). Got some paperwork done this morning and wrote a blog post this afternoon; a good day overall. The 30 km bike ride in...
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    Violets

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 10, 2021
    May 10, 2021. These tiny flowers (see blades of grass for comparison) grow all over our front lawn and back. Far better than plain grass! Today started with a presentation to EDEN, and in the afternoon I wrote a section for a report on AI for learning ...
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    The Trail Looks a Little Wet

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 9, 2021
    May 9, 2021. We went for a hike in Pinhey Forest South today and found parts of the trail a little, um, wet. We had to trek through the brush to detour around this flooded bit. Still, it was a nice day, only a little rain and we found a lot of variety ...
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    Hidden Gem

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 8, 2021
    May 8, 2021. Riding in the rain on gravel today I discovered this hidden gem behind a cedar hedge half way between Tayside and Moose Creek. It's on a little back road called Norman Drive, and there are several other beauties along this rode. Overall, w...
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    The Cap

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 8, 2021
    May 7, 2021. This is my well-worn Blue Jays cap sitting on the shelf behind my chair at the kitchen table. As you can see, the cats use that shelf a lot. Kind of a busy day today, all indoors, as I did a meeting and got actual working versions of gRSSh...
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    Apple Blossoms

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 6, 2021
    May 6, 2021. These believe it or not were in the parking lot at a Tim Hortons. Nice day, a little cool, but good enough for a short walk. Did a disastrous video in the morning, then spent the afternoon figuring out what went wrong in the morning. Yes, ...
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    Crabapple Blossoms

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 5, 2021
    May 5, 2021. The crabapple tree in the back yard has appeared to have regained its health and looks like it will give us a full tree of blossoms this year. If the photo appears a bit dark it's because it was taken outdoors on another cold, wet and grey...
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    Tulips

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 3, 2021
    May 3, 2021. It was chilly and rainy all day but the tulips in the front yard added a nice splash of colour to the outdoors. I meanwhile spent the day chasing down a stupid Javascript problem that came out of nowhere to afflict my web project. It's lik...
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    White Trillium

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 3, 2021
    May 2, 2021. This is a white trillium, Ontario's floral emblem, blossoming alongside the western train in Ottawa's Greenbelt. This is the first time we've walked the trail. I have dozens of beautiful photos from the 13 km route from the Fallowfield rai...
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    Cows

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 1, 2021
    May 1, 2021. I was just riding by on a small dirt road and the white cow to the left came trotting up to greet me, followed by the other two, so I had to stop and say hi. It was cold and windy today but I put 40 km on the gravel bike. My back still bot...
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    More Snow

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    May 1, 2021
    April 30, 2021. If you look closely you can see large white flakes of snow. It didn't stay but that's an indication of how awful the weather was. I finished off what was a pretty hard week by recording a video and learning about the HTML canvas element...
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    Floodplain

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 29, 2021
    April 29, 2021. I got out for a short bike ride after work today along a stretch of the Nation River that appears to have been flooded in the spring. It's just a short stretch and not far from home, but I've been meaning to cycle along it for ages. Spr...
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    Settling In

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 29, 2021
    April 28, 2021. This is Charlemagne settling in on the bed beside me this evening. There's something about watching a cat just happily doing its thing oblivious to the world. I took part in an almost two-hour seminar first thing this morning with a tas...
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    Budding

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 29, 2021
    April 27, 2021. These are buds just beginning to form on some shrubs beside the driveway in the front yard. Not sure what they are. My full day was devoted to preparing for my talk on Connectivism this evening, a two hour presentation with almost an ho...
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    Hyacinth

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 26, 2021
    April 26, 2021. This small flower has appeared on the front lawn, and is at the moment the only flower on the front lawn. Work day today, starting with an 8:00 a.m. meeting (ugh), evaluations, and reading. I'm getting ready for two talks within 12 hour...
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    Trillium

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    | 2021365, Syndicated, trillium
    April 25, 2021
    April 25, 2021. This is a trillium growing in the Pine Grove Forest, the same place where we walked last week (and saw them about to bloom). I had to get right down onto the ground to get this shot. Andrea and I managed about 4 km of slow walking today...
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    Maple Sugar Shack

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    | 2021365, maple, Syndicated
    April 24, 2021
    April 24, 2021. This is a maple sugar shack on a dirt road maybe 10 km from Casselman. I passed it while cycling very gingerly and very slowly on a 30km loop through St-Albert. The back is still tender but this was good exercise for it, the first time ...
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    Screwdriver

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    | 2021365, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    April 24, 2021
    April 23, 2021. This is a Robertson screwdriver, also known as an ANSI Type III Square Center screwdriver. It's one of several I keep handy at my work desk and became my photo of the day for lack of anything else to photograph. Had a meeting today, a d...
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    Nooooooooooo

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 21, 2021
    April 21, 2021. Yes, that's snow on the lawn. It snowed a good part of the day but by evening it was mostly gone and we were headed in a good direction again. I spent most of the day attending the CNIE online conference, which turned out to be pretty g...
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    Almost Tulips

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    April 20, 2021
    April 20, 2021. The tulips are trying, but it has been cool recently and it's hard to start blooming in the snow, which is what we have predicted for tomorrow. Cool and windy today. Indoors at the CNIE conference all day, including giving a workshop th...
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