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    Donuts

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 19, 2021
    January 19, 2020. We picked up our new snowshoes today and on the way I stopped into timmies for a couple of apple fritters and a coffee. It was a good day today as I managed to get an SSL site to load automatically in a Docker container. https://flic....
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    The Weight

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 18, 2021
    January 18, 2021. Today was clear and blue and cold. The snow the fell over the weekend lies heavy on the trees, bending them double or twisting them into contorted shapes, like these just past the park along the tracks. I did a presentation on OBS tod...
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    Aftermath

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 17, 2021
    January 17, 2021. Because of the deep snow we couldn't go for a hike, so this is a scene from my short walk around town after the snowfall. On the bright side, our new snowshoes will be ready for pickup on Tuesday. My big accomplishment for the day was...
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    Snowfall

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 16, 2021
    January 16, 2021. We had the most substantial snowfall of the year today. I thought I would go out and get some nice photos in the woods but just got stuck in the driveway. So this is a photo of our back yard. Besides digging out the car and going for ...
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    Nation View Farm

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 14, 2021
    January 14, 2021. I walked over the bridge into town and turned up this lane for a shot of the Nation View Farm. I spent a lot of time rebuilding Docker images after some of the binaries for my old image disappeared from the repository. It was one litt...
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    Screaming Tree

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 13, 2021
    January 13, 2020. This is another photo of the Gloucester branch of the Ottawa Public Library. I'm sure it was not intentional, but I can't help being reminded of Munch's The Scream when I look at it. Hence the title. I was on a walk while we were at t...
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    The Birch Forest

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 12, 2021
    January 12, 2021. My walk today took me to Du Boise St and along this birch forest. A regular work day today; I spent the morning working with CovidEA and afternoon working on a VR project and catching up for yesterday's missing newsletter. https://fli...
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    Snow on the Tracks

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 11, 2021
    January 11, 2021. It was milder today but this was accompanied with a bit of a snowfall that was at times heavy during my walk. I had an internet outage but was able to do some writing this morning and coding this afternoon to preserve a reasonably pro...
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    Wier

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 10, 2021
    January 10, 2021. This is the wier in Casselman, with ice and snow forming around the edges. It was a cold day and it looks even colder in the water. I focused pretty much all day on gRSShopper - I have a bee in my bonnet about making the havester work...
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    Moose and Monster

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 9, 2021
    January 9, 2020. Spotted during my daily walk. I'm not sure whether the moose has even been on Sesame Street, but I think the monster was (Sesame Street was after my childhood viewing age). Another classic type of day: I recorded a video (Learning Next...
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    Trunks

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 8, 2021
    January 8, 2020. These are some trees growing along the railway line spotted during my daily walk. I had such a good day today, I recorded a video about next.js where things mostly just worked, I did some coding this afternoon which also just worked, a...
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    Bridge Over the Nation River

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 7, 2021
    January 7, 2020. This is around four p.m. - the photo is a bit darker than it was actually outside, but the sun is still undeniably setting behind the bridge. Today I learned about Javascript templates - these have existed since 2016 but I found about ...
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    Wood

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 6, 2021
    January 6, 2020. I know it's a favourite of people who go back to the land but I'm not a fan of wood heating. It's even more polluting than oil or coal. It's selfish. Anyhow. Today I spent the day working with fetch() and managing JSON data, all in the...
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    Shopping Cart

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 5, 2021
    January 5, 2020. Today's photo is the humble shopping cart, n iconic symbol of today's society. This is a Costco cart, left abandoned at the side of a road. In addition to a lunch-hour trip to the store I worked on fixing issues with gRSShopper's page ...
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    Coalwater

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 4, 2021
    January 4, 2021. On my one mile photowalk (a new habit!) I captured these backhoes near the edge of the town, proof that Casselman is continuing to grow. First day back at work. I spent the morning attending to an IRAP thing and the afternoon fixing is...
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    Feeder

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 1, 2021
    January 1, 2021. The text inside reads "If you want one I will make you one." It's along the tracks a couple blocks from my home, near where I took a photo yesterday. Aside from that, my day was spent working on gRSShopper and playing video games. http...
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    Frozen

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 31, 2020
    January 31, 2020. There's a bit of brush between the road and the tracks a couple blocks down, and that's where I took this photo. It's the remnants of a mountain ash berry cluster. Good day today; I wrote a post saying Ontario finance minister Rod Phi...
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    Downey Woodpecker

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 30, 2020
    December 30, 2020. The back yard bird feeder attracted a downey woodpecker in the middle of a snowstorm this afternoon. I made a couple of bad videos and worked on the newsletter a bit. https://flic.kr/p/2knhKV9
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    Mask

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 30, 2020
    December 29, 2020. I was downtown on Rideau Street for a (socially distanced) meeting and captured this bit of topical artwork. It was cold and breezy and I didn't want to linger, and in any case, Costco (my time actually inside the new store) awaited....
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    Eastern Greenbelt Trail

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 28, 2020
    December 28, 2020. Andrea and I went out for another 10 km hike today along the Eastern Greenbelt Trail. This time we were able to traverse the 'winter trail' portion through the marsh - the ice creaked a lot but held firm the entire way. https://flic....
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    Ballet

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 28, 2020
    December 27, 2020. This is a sparrow coming in for a landing from below. I spent a little time working on the newsletter and most of the day playing No Man's Sky. https://flic.kr/p/2kmxTuD
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    Sparrow

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 28, 2020
    December 24, 2020. It's feeding time again at the bird feeder; this sparrow is waiting its turn. Another quiet day that I spent rehearsing the process and making a small edit to gRSShopper, in preparation for more major work later. https://flic.kr/p/2k...
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    Christmas Selfie

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 26, 2020
    December 25, 2020. OK, it was actually taken December 26, but (as Imgur knows) Christmas Day is selfie day. I'm not one for big toothy grins, but if you look closely you can see the hint of a smile and a twinkle in my eye. https://flic.kr/p/2kkW3We
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    Mum

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 26, 2020
    December 26, 2020. This is my mother, whom we visited today for a (sort of) Christmas. She's opening the (delicious) cookies Andrea baked (soft moist ginger snaps with chocolate fillings). We had St. Hubert barbeque take-out -- the first time in quite ...
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    Woody

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 22, 2020
    December 22, 2020. We had to make a trip into the city today to replace some medications that had run out, so we made it a Costco run as well, which means I was out walking looking for something to photograph. This is what I found. other than that, it ...
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    Sparrows in the Cedars

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    December 21, 2020
    December 21, 2020. I tried getting a close-up photo of the sparrows by standing near the bird feeder, but this is as close as they would come. Quiet day today spend mostly doing newsletter posts and catching up on email. https://flic.kr/p/2kjaN4t
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