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    Canadian Traffic Jam

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 11, 2017
    October 10, 2017. Team meeting in the morning and then a drive to the School of Public Service in the afternoon where we reviewed the draft of a paper I'm writing about the research project earlier this year. We're also looking at a new project with th...
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    Common Yellowthroat

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 11, 2017
    October 9, 2017. I'm calling this a female Common Yellowthroat, which is a type of warbler. It's perched in our apple tree in the back yard. I spent some time today submitting my Chinese visa application and working on server virtualization. http://ift...
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    Thanksgiving

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 9, 2017
    October 8, 2017. I spent the day working on an XAMPP server for gRSShopper, some writing and messing around with audio. In the evening we went to Embrun for Thanksgiving Dinner with family. My mother isn't in the picture (the one where she is present i...
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    Lansdowne Park

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 9, 2017
    October 7, 2017. I was planning to go for a bike ride but the rain and cold put an end to that idea. So we went to a movie at Lansdowne Park - Blade Runner, 2049, which featured beautiful crisp video (far batter than the CGI-based films) and an interes...
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    Fall Colours

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 7, 2017
    October 6, 2017. Another view of the back yard. Fall has arrived and the trees are changing. The warm weather seems to have faded the colours somewhat (out on the highway the red leaves are all a smokey red instead of bright red). Good day, got some ed...
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    Four O’Clocks

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 5, 2017
    October 5, 2017. These are late season bloomers, and just to be difficult, night bloomers. i caught these in the backyard after I got home from the office. http://ift.tt/2fW89HP
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    Construction – Day 3

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 4, 2017
    October 4, 2017. It's still a bit difficult to drive into the garage, as you can see. Maybe if i had a Jeep. I also need to replace the shingles on the front of the house - this had nothing to do with the construction, except now it has to wait until I...
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    Construction – Day 1

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 4, 2017
    October 2, 2017. Actually, the construction has been taking place all summer, but it finally reached the front of our house. The road, and part of our lawn, is now a gravel pit. Eventually it will have sewer lines. http://ift.tt/2xixRsu
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    Construction – Day 3

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 4, 2017
    October 4, 2017. It's still a bit difficult to drive into the garage, as you can see. Maybe if i had a Jeep. I also need to replace the shingles on the front of the house - this had nothing to do with the construction, except now it has to wait until I...
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    Construction – Day 1

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    October 4, 2017
    October 2, 2017. Actually, the construction has been taking place all summer, but it finally reached the front of our house. The road, and part of our lawn, is now a gravel pit. Eventually it will have sewer lines. http://ift.tt/2xixRsu
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    Chrysler

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    | 2017365, chrysler, ontario, Syndicated
    October 2, 2017
    October 1, 2017. It was a beautiful fall day so I cycled to Chrysler and St. Albert, another 50 km ride. It was a bit windy but after a summer of cycling I felt strong and the ride really was effortless. I listened to the last Jays game of the year whe...
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    Heavy Horses

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    | 2017365, horses, metcalfe, Syndicated
    October 1, 2017
    September 30, 2017. We spent the day at the Metcalfe Fair, a cool crisp late September day warm enough in mid-afternoon that I had to take off my jacket. These were some of the horses on display - just after this shot something went wrong with the blue...
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    Sweet Pea

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 30, 2017
    September 30, 2017. The sweet peas are finally blooming. We got a total of three blossoms. That's not exactly the production we were hoping for. Presented the MOOC Aggregator in the office. http://ift.tt/2yfBd4r
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    Alex

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 30, 2017
    September 28, 2017. Photo of the day would be impossible without cat photos. Pretty busy day coding and creating slides. Git the gRSShopper API working. http://ift.tt/2yPFyZw
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    Construction and Hard Rain

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 27, 2017
    September 27, 2017. Our warm spell came to a screeching end this afternoon with a violent thunderstorm. meanwhile, we're having heavy construction on the road in front of the house as we get new sewer lines installed. Combine the two, and you get this ...
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    Wasps’ Nest

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 26, 2017
    September 26, 2017. We heard chicadas in the back yard today in 30+ degree temperatures, the warmest September I can recall. Got some stuff done today, in addition to attending three meetings. This beauty is a wasps' next in the eave of one of the shed...
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    Krups (Again)

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 26, 2017
    September 26, 2017. You may remember when I bought this coffee maker three years ago. This is it today, still as shiny as the day we bought it. Still works really well too. http://ift.tt/2xJRX2T
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    Foliage

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    | Syndicated
    September 26, 2017
    September 24, 2017. Kind of a frustrating day today, The bike tires were too large for the rims. The bird stickers weren't stickers. I was afraid to try the tool that unclogs the shower drain. Oh, but the Blue Jays won big and Jose Bautista played prob...
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    Geese

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 23, 2017
    September 23, 2017. Back on the Russell Trail today, trying to make the stretch from Vankleek Hill to Rigaud. Th trail was in really bad shape here and eventually I got a flat. Fixed that, but overfilled the tire with compressed gas, and got another fl...
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    Geese

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 23, 2017
    September 23, 2017. Back on the Russell Trail today, trying to make the stretch from Vankleek Hill to Rigaud. Th trail was in really bad shape here and eventually I got a flat. Fixed that, but overfilled the tire with compressed gas, and got another fl...
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    Caledonia Springs

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    | 2017365, caledoniasprings, Syndicated
    September 22, 2017
    September 22, 2017. Yesterday the CBC meteorologist said we should take today off. So I did, and went cycling between Plantangenet and Vankleek Hill, on the Russell Trail. This is Caledonia Springs, about half way along, which was once the site of one ...
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    Digging

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 21, 2017
    September 19, 2017. Finished the Poland paper today. Yay! On the way home, took a detour to find a photo around the outskirts of the town. I've been agonizing over the colour of the sky in my photos. Of course we all love that bright blue. The problem ...
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    Monarch

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    | 2017365, butterfly, monarch, Syndicated
    September 18, 2017
    September 17, 2017. I spent the day working on the Contact North paper. I really wanted to be out cycling, but work takes priority. On the other hand, had I been away, I would have missed this beautiful monarch butterfly in the back yard.
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    Parasites

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 16, 2017
    September 15, 2017. Andrea found this. If you look closely, you'll see a caterpillar underneath the white figures of wasp larvae feeding on it. Just a few minutes earlier, it was quite plump (I saw photos). Circle of life.
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    Pile of Sticks

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    September 14, 2017
    September 12, 2017. While I continued work on the Olland paper, Andrea set about deconstructing the buckthorn bushed at the back property line. Buckthorns are invasive and need to be eradicated. Though I'm more of the laissez-faire type when it comes t...
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