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  1. Downes

    Sulphur Cinquefoil

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    June 24, 2019
    June 23, 2019. We have a lone specimen of this sulphur cinquefoil in our back yard (in what is proving to be a bountiful year for wildflowers out back). Quiet, relaxed day today after yesterday's bruising trip on the bicycle, watching my Jays take out ...
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    South Nation River

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    June 24, 2019
    June 22, 2019. This is km 57 in my 62 km ride to Vars today. It's also where I had a flat tire. It didn't take long to repair, though, even after I had been tossed around all day by a strong wind.
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    Foul Ball

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    June 23, 2019
    June 21, 2019. An elevated pitch and he was just a bit under it, sending the ball into the stands. It was a beautiful evening for a doubleheader. @OttawaChampions
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    Geraniums

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    June 23, 2019
    June 20, 2019. More work on publications today, plus an interview with a PhD student looking at attitudes regarding social media (which was quite fun). These are the geraniums now out on the back porch - the one that looks dead is the one that was unpo...
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    Clouds

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    June 23, 2019
    June 19, 2019. I spent the day writing a post and catching up documentation of my publications. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/48109096633
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    Raspberry Flower

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 19, 2019
    June 18, 2019. This is a raspberry flower in our front yard, with the photo taken at dusk. I had four meetings today in what was overall a pretty good day. One of them was a podcast interview that will be released in a couple weeks. https://flic.kr/p/2...
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    On the Land

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 18, 2019
    June 17, 2019. I took a personal mental health day today. No work, no newsletter, no stress, nothing but lots of sleep and a long bike ride in the country on what was a perfect day. https://flic.kr/p/2gg9ixS
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    Glow Fair in the Rain

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 16, 2019
    June 15, 2019. It was a nice plan - go to the Glow Fair downtown and then catch the Cuban National baseball team playing the Ottawa Champions. The ball game was rained out, and the Glow Fair was just rained on. Still, we persisted, taking in as much as...
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    Milkweed

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 15, 2019
    June 14, 2019. We have a bountiful crop of milkweed in our back yard, carefully cultivated over a number of years to provide food for monarch butterflies. Good day today, got some stuff done, including an evaluation report on a funding proposal. https:...
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    The Neighbour’s Backstop

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 15, 2019
    June 13, 2019. This consriction sticks up above a very large hedge between the yards. It reminds me of the backstop we built in our yards when I was a kid (my father and I built it). Ours was *way* better, with four sturdy posts and proper chain link f...
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    Common Ringlet

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 12, 2019
    June 12, 2019. Spent the day catching up on a backlog of recordings, publications, and other stuff that needed to be added to my website. This Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) was enjoying the sunshine in the back yard. https://flic.kr/p/2gdbVXm
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    Dewberry Trail

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    | 2019365, greenbelt, ottawa, Syndicated
    June 11, 2019
    June 11, 2019. I went for a ride on Dewberry Trail in Mer Bleu after work today - I left a bit early because I'm also presenting online tonight at 10 (still in the future as I type this). The morning I spent studying Git some more (it's a brilliant pie...
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    Dinking from the Tap

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 11, 2019
    June 10, 2019. Busy and productive day. After a short meeting, I spent the rest of the day working on revisions to a paper, which I sent off in the afternoon. That was it; evening of rest, including making sure the cat has a nice stream of fresh cold w...
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    Yellow Field

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 6, 2019. What caught my eye was the brilliant shade of yellow-green this field on Anderson Road showed, so I had to get a photo, even though I knew it wouldn't really capture it. More work on reveal.js and Github, and I prepared a set of slides fo...
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    Grass

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 5, 2019. Spent a day working on GitHub - my objective here is to create for myself a rock-solid knowledge of GitHub (which has eluded me for so long) so I can use it for OER projects. This is grass outside the bathroom window. https://flic.kr/p/2g...
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    First Butterfly

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 4, 2019. This is the first butterfly of the year, seen through the screen window. I went around for a better photo, but it flew away before I could take it. Short team meeting, then work on slides.js and reveal.js as experiments in HTML. https://f...
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    Back Yard

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 5, 2019
    May 3, 2019. I had a generally unproductive day today, aside from reading a whole pile of articles for the newsletter. This is our back yard looking out over the gazebo frame. Loving all that green. It should start to make me feel better within a week ...
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    Dogwood

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 5, 2019
    May 2, 2019. This is a Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus Stolonifera) growing in the front lawn under the power pole. Grows into a shrub (if it lives). Watched the ball game (bleah) and studied the inner workings of Git on this cloudy rainy day. https://flic.k...
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    Warwick Forest

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 2, 2019
    June 1, 2019. Went out for a 47km ride today to Berwick and Warwick forest. I would have made it an even 50 but I was in a rush to get home in time for tonight's RedBlack's game. https://flic.kr/p/2g7nYKN
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    Lilacs

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    May 31, 2019. Lilacs in the front yard (ok, technically, the neighbour's front yard, I think). My favourite spring flower. We had a 'town hall' meeting about the new NRC strategy this morning. The contributions from our research centre have taken a ste...
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    Hospital

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    March 30, 2019. This is the corridor outside the sleep lab, where I went for a consult and for a new CPAP. I haven't been able to focus on my work in the office because of conflicts. These wear on me and I find them very hard to deal with. https://flic...
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    Crabapple Tree

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    May 28, 2019. This is the crabapple tree in the back yard, flowering this year after a year off last year. It hasn't always been healthy but I still hold out hope for it. Staff meeting today, another meeting, and a day spent pining for the fjords. http...
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    Home Again

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 30, 2019
    May 27, 2019. Back home for a day of rest and recovery from jet lag after an evening flight from Vancouver. These tulips greeted me on the front lawn. https://flic.kr/p/2g5up5a
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    Gift

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 28, 2019
    May 26, 2019. Spent the day flying back from Vancouver to Ottawa. This is the speaker's gift from the CNIE conference (which is really quite something). https://flic.kr/p/2g3SRib
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    I’m On a Boat

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    May 24, 2019
    May 22, 2019. Gave my talk this morning and spent the rest of the day conferencing. Then visited Jon Dron's boat on False Creek with some friends, sampling fine scotch and white IPA.
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