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    Snowbirds

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    | 2020365, cfsnowbirds, snowbirds, Syndicated
    May 7, 2020
    May 7, 2020. Today the Canadian precision flight team called the Snowbirds flew by Casselman as part of their cross-Canada morale-boosting tour. Do you see that tiny dot with the stream behind it? No, that's not it, it's a kite. But below that, do you ...
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    Geranium

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    May 7, 2020
    May 4, 2020. Just a dull day, cold and rainy, too many Star Wars references. Normally by now I'd be planning and looking forward to summer vacation, but not this year. I'm hoping we at least get summer, but who knows? https://flic.kr/p/2iYFUwF
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    Sprint Growth

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    May 7, 2020
    May 5, 2020. Cool and clear, with a sign of sprint in the trees. Today was meeting day, which always leaves me a bit drained (this happens in person too). Taking a research ethics course. https://flic.kr/p/2iYDftc
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    Taking Off

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    May 3, 2020
    May 3, 2020. There was a stiff breeze today making biking diffifult, and the fresh gravel on the back roads can be traveled only by the slow gravel bike, but it's all worthwhile for photos like this. https://flic.kr/p/2iXiCWh
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    Larose Forest East

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    May 2, 2020
    May 2, 2020. I had a great day today. In the morning I wrote a big new chunk of my ethics book. In the afternoon it was a 40 km ride on the gravel bike over gravel, dirt, mud, etc., in the east Larose forest (it doesn't appear on maps, but it's a bug s...
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    Julia

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 29, 2020
    April 29, 2020. This is our shy skittish and sultry Julia doing her best not to pose for the camera. I had almost no energy today, and so it was a low-productivity sort of day. https://flic.kr/p/2iVMJDv
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    St. Albert

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 28, 2020
    April 28, 2020. Had a meeting this morning, then did some links, then prepared my notes and recorded a presentation on video, basically the presentation I might have given last night (but wouldn't have; it would have come out different). Last night, of...
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    Sparrow

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 27, 2020
    April 27, 2020. Cool, windy and rainy. Worked on the ethics paper, OLDaily, and preparing (and delivering) a seminar for Curt Bonk's class. I like working with Curt; it's always quite relaxed and there's quite a bit of the unexpected. https://flic.kr/p...
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    Ontario Forest

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 26, 2020
    April 26, 2020. Today was cooler, windier and cloudier so I went on a shorter bike ride along a dead-end road in a local forest. Other than that, I did some more work on my ethics paper and, um, that's it. https://flic.kr/p/2iUJ2US
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    Castor River

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 25, 2020
    April 25, 2020. This is the Castor River just east of Embrun. This afternoon I cycled 34 km there and back to check on family (everyone's doing fine). In the morning I spent a few hours working on the ethics paper (there is a great similarity between e...
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    Charlemagne

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 24, 2020
    April 24, 2020. lean and lanky, Charlemagne overflows out of the picture frame. More ethical codes today, plus a meeting. It looks like the weather is finally turning. Also, broke a filling on a tooth. Life today is filled with small stories like these...
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    New Slippers

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 24, 2020
    April 23, 2020. My slippers were the first major casualty of the quarantine. These are Costco slippers. They're actually soft shoes, and should last longer than my leather moccasins. Work today was focused on my ethics paper again - the review of ethic...
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    Kitty Teeth

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 22, 2020
    April 22, 2020. This was actually late last night but I wanted to share it. We have kittens just coming of age and need to schedule The Operation for them. The vet needed to be sure they were old enough, so she asked us to send a photo of their teeth. ...
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    Snow and Cedar

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 21, 2020
    April 21, 2020. Couple of meetings, ethics paper and newsletter. It snowed today. Bleah. To get my revenge, I scheduled my annual bicycle tune-up. https://flic.kr/p/2iSYfDU
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    Hanging Base

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 20, 2020
    April 20, 2020. This is an image from No Man's Sky, where I built this hanging base this evening; my 'exotic' class ship is doing a fly-by.During the day was some project work plus newsletter posts. I was sleepy all day because I accidentally took some...
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    Kitties at Play

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 19, 2020
    April 19, 2020. I spent most of the day working on my ethics paper - lots of progress today. Cold, windy and rainy outside. Meanwhile our kittens are maturing too quickly - they need The Operation but we're having trouble finding a vet who will do it. ...
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    The Big Blue Sky

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 18, 2020
    April 18, 2020. The sky was the star today, a brilliant blue with enough cloud to make it interesting. This is a turkey vulture in the sky over a farm just west of Casselman, taken on my 27k bike ride on the gravel bike. Other than that, we went for pe...
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    Snow Squall

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 16, 2020
    April 16, 2020. We took a quick trip into Costco over the lunch hour, and as I waited in the car and Andrea went in I got to watch a mid-April snow squall roll through. More stuff on the ethics paper today, especially in the section on care. Big highli...
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    Mourning Dove

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 16, 2020
    April 15, 2020. Yes, it's another bird from our back yard, but with the weather bringing snow there's no getting out for a bike ride for a few days. I spent a bit of time on the ethics paper as well as the usual curation and collecting of links. https:...
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    Kitty Barrier

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 15, 2020
    April 14, 2020. As you can see there's quite a drop behind the stair rail. Now add racing kittens on a slippery floor, and you have a hazard. Rather than waiting for one of them to fall (could be as much as 15 feet) we've woven a kitty barrier all arou...
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    Rewiring

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 13, 2020
    April 13, 2020. I've given up on the idea that Bell will ever give me decent internet, and ordered cable internet (100 gown, 10 up) from a local provider. But they're not sending people into homes to set it up, so I have to figure out the wiring for my...
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    Female Cardinal

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 12, 2020
    April 12, 2020. The grackles descended on the feeder again today but the other birds held their own, including this female cardinal (her mate was not far away). I spent the day on my ethics paper, which has been sadly neglected over the last few weeks....
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    TP in Good Supply

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 11, 2020
    April 11, 2020. We did a Costco run today. I'm pleased to report that there was a plentiful supply of toilet paper in stock (if you look you can see some in the photo). Andrea wore her home-made plaid face-mask into the store and I waited in the car (w...
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    Charlemagne and Me

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 10, 2020
    April 10, 2020. Another cold and rainy day spent indoors with Andrea and the cats. This is Charlemagne enjoying naptime. I added some material to my ethics paper/book and did some newsletter posts and otherwise had a quiet day. https://flic.kr/p/2iP3zyV
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    Robin

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 9, 2020
    April 9, 2020. Today was the end of four weeks working from home. Spring is slowly arriving - today's robin is a sure sign (today's snow was not). https://flic.kr/p/2iNC5bf
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    Creek

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 7, 2020
    April 7, 2020. I got out for a 29 km ride this afternoon. It's probably the last nice ride for a bit as the weather is turning - maybe even some snow for the long weekend. Two meetings today, one blog post written, and the usual editing for the Quick G...
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    High Falls

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 6, 2020
    April 6, 2020. It was nice and almost warm out today, so I got out for a nice 22 km ride over lunch. This is a view of High Falls with Casselman in the background. Today was spent updating online research, adding to the ethics document, and writing new...
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    Not Having It!

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    April 6, 2020
    April 5, 2020. Today was a generally wet day outside, so I stayed in and worked on newsletter posts for most of the day and wrote an article. The kittens, meanwhile, have been romping through the household, causing Lexi to express her, um, displeasure ...
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