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    Pride

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 27, 2018
    August 26, 2018. We attended the Pride parade in Ottawa ready to brave the rains that never came. I have dozens and dozens of colorful photos that I'll post later. Meanwhile, here's one from Bank Street just after the parade. https://flic.kr/p/2auzHnR
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    St. Elmo’s Friar

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 25, 2018
    August 25, 2018. 25x50 Day 20. Cycled to Maxville and back via St. Elmo (pictured here) and Moose Creek. This is the St Elmo's Presbyterian Church. I walked around it... it needs some rehab work. https://flic.kr/p/2anncay
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    Cat’s in the Bag

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 25, 2018
    August 24, 2018. I was downtown this morning to review a funding proposal, then back in the office for the afternoon to finish the work on gRSShopper. This is Lexi, the cat in the bag. https://flic.kr/p/27FSRV5
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    Wet Cat

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 25, 2018
    August 22, 2018. Was up to Plantagenet in the morning to launch a project, and then worked from the home office this afternoon. That's how I spotted the neighbour cat lurking in our back yard. I really like working in the home office; I wish I could do...
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    Crabapple Tree

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 25, 2018
    August 21, 2018. This is the crabapple tree in the back yard, looking much better this year than it did last year. Somewhere in the e is the goldfinch nest. https://flic.kr/p/2arz2Da
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    Forest Edge

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 25, 2018
    August 20, 2018. Falling behind in uploading photo of the day - catching up. Today - Monday - was busy; things are heating up again. Mostly work on gRSShopper. https://flic.kr/p/2amznSN
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    Curran

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 19, 2018
    August 19, 2018. 25x50 Day 19. Another beautiful day for cycling and I went almost 70km to Curran and back. This is the Paroisse St-Luc in Curran. https://flic.kr/p/2abc4wd
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    Vultures

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 18, 2018
    August 18, 2018. 25x50 Day 18. I didn't notice them at first but there are two vultures on the roof of this abandoned pioneer home at Glenburn.I cycled 73km to the Ottawa River at Wendover, the first time I've made it to a river from home. https://flic...
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    Praying Mantis

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 17, 2018
    August 17, 2018. Got some work done on the gRSShopper content reader and also some blockchain research. This is a praying mantis that appeared on our doorstep. https://flic.kr/p/296ttBq
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    Damselfly

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 15, 2018
    August 15, 2018. This beauty (specifically, a male male marsh bluet (Enallagma ebrium) damselfly) was hovering around the back yard. Today was a warm damp day I spent catching up on paperwork, doing blockchain research, and following ball games - a so-...
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    The Chrysalis

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 15, 2018
    August 14, 2018. Today wasn't a very good day. Not because I got nothing done - I actually got quite a bit done. But there was the fire alarm and I got wet waiting out in the rain and I was really tired in the evening and I couldn't get my photo taken ...
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    Boneset

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 13, 2018
    August 13, 2018. This is a newcomer to our back yard this year. "Eupatorium perfoliatum or boneset is a common North American perennial plant in the aster family." Today was a beautiful summar day; sadly, I spent most of it in an office. https://flic.k...
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    Autumn Joy

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 13, 2018
    August 12, 2018. It's not autumn yet, and that's why these sedum flowers have not yet turned pink. But they're getting close. Today was a wipeout - I was up till 2:00 a.m. after the football game, and up early, and took a nap, and went to bed early - d...
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    Caledonia Road

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 13, 2018
    August 11, 2018. It was a beautiful day for a ride Saturday and I took advantage of a light wind and cool tempratures to post my best speed of the year. Then, in the evening, we watched our RedBlacks defeat Johnny Football. https://flic.kr/p/28Ywqxq
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    Elderberries

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 10, 2018
    August 10, 2018. You have to look closely but there are nascent elderberries growing here in the red twigs that used to hold white flowers. Had a couple meetings, got a new CPAP mask, and worked on gRSShopper Chatter until the internet dies at the offi...
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    Japanese Beetles

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 8, 2018
    August 7, 2018. It was back-to-work day today, wading through 500+ emails and sitting in on a meeting. This is a pair of Japanese Beetles getting it on in our back yard. https://flic.kr/p/LbsVxK
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    Tent Caterpillars

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 6, 2018
    August 6, 2018. I put the back wheel from my old bike onto my new bike and was able to get out for a 57km ride. Sadly, I also had two flat tires (but these had nothing to do with the switch). It was *very* hot so I didn't pause a lot for photos. This w...
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    White Coneflowers

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 5, 2018
    August 5, 2018. These are backyard flowers, which means a day spent inside. Today I worked on installing Mastodon's perl module (failed), setting up boxes with Zeit Now (partial success), watching a Champions game online (success) and a Jays game (loss...
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    Little Tomatoes

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 3, 2018
    August 2, 2018. I headed out on my bike ride and lost a spoke not even 4km in. The bike shop replaced it under warranty, but it was a lost day. Here are our tomatoes beginning to bear fruit. I agree that I should have spaced them out more, but on the b...
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    Goldenrod

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 3, 2018
    August 1, 2018. Took a rest day from biking and finished up my analysis module for gRSShopper. This is in our front yard - we have very impressive goldenrods lining the front walk. https://flic.kr/p/MDFe6C
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    The Ladderarians

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    August 1, 2018
    July 31, 2018. There are several crosses on display like this around the region characterized by ladders and sometimes arrows. This is the largest and most ornate of them. I've tried to find information on them online and had no success, so I simply re...
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    LaRose Forest

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    July 30, 2018
    July 30, 2018. 25x50 Day 12. I did a loop through LaRose Forest to Bourget and Pentland. Beautiful day for a ride. This is where I had lunch. https://flic.kr/p/MwdCJW
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    Sunset Rainbow

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    July 30, 2018
    July 29, 2018. We had a thunderstorm pass over just at sunset, producing this rainbow that got fainter as the sun actually set. This was captured with my wide angle lens; I'm not sure what the black is on the left; it's not a smudge, maybe some reverse...
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