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  1. Downes

    Back Yard

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    October 9, 2016
    October 9, 2016. This is my back yard full of fall colours. Andrea installed the new toilet and all seems to be well. I played No Man's Sky. Accomplishments: - wrote Diversity and Diversity Training From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dESrfu
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    Son of Bones

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    October 8, 2016
    October 8, 2016. We went to the store for a new toilet and this, Son of Bones. Old Bones lasted 15 years; Son of Bones should last even longer. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dAyKXv
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    Pumpkins

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    October 8, 2016
    October 7, 2016. Waled to the drug store at lunch today (passing b this pumpkin display) to get nasal mist and Strepsils - I've been struggling with a bad throat ever since my cold last week. Ugh. Accomplishments: - Statements-of-work for three small p...
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    Water

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    October 6, 2016
    October 6, 2016. This evening we went to a town meeting where we learned that our septic system will be replaced with the municipal sewage system - at our expense. In general I'm in favour, and I'm not surprised at the cost, but it's not really a good ...
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    Water

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    October 6, 2016
    October 6, 2016. This evening we went to a town meeting where we learned that our septic system will be replaced with the municipal sewage system - at our expense. In general I'm in favour, and I'm not surprised at the cost, but it's not really a good ...
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    Fall

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    October 6, 2016
    October 5, 2016. Part of the display in my back yard, in the evening light. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dOaH9n
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    Exploring

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    October 4, 2016
    October 4, 2016. I found a new footpath into the woods near the office yesterday, and got mud on my pants exploring it today. It occurred to me that none of my managers would ever get mud on their pants exploring a forest at midday. I prefer my method....
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    Shelf Fungus

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    October 3, 2016
    October 3, 2016. Quiet day today, good overall. This is a nice photo from my noon-hour walk featuring shelf fungus growing on a log. Love the colours. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2doeAie
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    Smoker

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    September 30, 2016
    September 30, 2016. This guy is on display in one of the first floor offices in the back of the building where I work. I pass by every day hoping it's not a real skull. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dGa6Tm
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    Red Berries

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    September 29, 2016
    September 29, 2016. No idea what these are, but I saw them on my lunchtime walk through a small bit of forest. Accomplishments: - completed time sheets - wrote 'Open Resources in the Future' (3 pages) From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dhQky1
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    Red Berries

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    September 29, 2016
    September 29, 2016. No idea what these are, but I saw them on my lunchtime walk through a small bit of forest. Accomplishments: - completed time sheets - wrote 'Open Resources in the Future' (3 pages) From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dhQky1
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    Red Berries

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    September 29, 2016
    September 29, 2016. No idea what these are, but I saw them on my lunchtime walk through a small bit of forest. Accomplishments: - completed time sheets - wrote 'Open Resources in the Future' (3 pages) From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dhQky1
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    Red Berries

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    September 29, 2016
    September 29, 2016. No idea what these are, but I saw them on my lunchtime walk through a small bit of forest. Accomplishments: - completed time sheets - wrote 'Open Resources in the Future' (3 pages) From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dhQky1
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    Sedum

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    September 28, 2016
    September 28, 2016. Another gorgeouus fall day. These are thriving in the gravel right next to the back wall of the house. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2duzZca
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    Sedum

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    September 28, 2016
    September 28, 2016. Another gorgeouus fall day. These are thriving in the gravel right next to the back wall of the house. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2duzZca
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    Ottawa River

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    September 27, 2016
    Septemnber 27, 2016. Still under the weather but managed to make it into the office, give a short talk, and have a meeting. I was also able to get out during a simply gorgeous noonhour day to walk along the Ottawa River for a bit. Accomplishments: - pr...
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    Mona Lisa Front and Back

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    September 26, 2016
    September 26, 2016. My ill health lingers but I made it into the office for a full day, getting some travel work done, reading an issue of IRRODL, and preparing for a short talk about myself tomorrow. I also spent a couple hundred of my hard-earned dol...
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    Migration

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    September 25, 2016
    September 25, 2016. Still too sick for much of anything, though I got a little work done on presentation pages while I was watching the ball game. These are migrating geese passing by late this afternoon. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2dc4Zfw
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    Access Way

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    September 24, 2016
    September 24, 2016. They've been building an access way over the railway tracks to build the new subdivision on the other side. You can see our house in the background of this photo. The original plan would have seen it right in front of the house but ...
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    Fallen Leaf

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    September 24, 2016
    September 23, 2016. Still really under the weather but managed to drag myself into the office. Worked on fixing presentation pages all day. Saw this leaf on the way out. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2cBHCuP
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    Vase

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    September 24, 2016
    September 22, 2016. Still sick. Took a picture of a blue jay in the back yard, but there was no card in the camera. Here's a vase. Went back to bed. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2cBGXK9
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    Pengo

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    September 20, 2016
    September 20, 2016. Pretty under the weather today but I managed to get my lunchtime walk in past this wonderful lawn decoration and to update dozens of presentation pages on my website. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2df3Wcw
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    Foggy Morning

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    September 19, 2016
    Septemnber 19, 2016. The camera is still wet from Saturday, and the water has seeped into the display. Fortunately the picture is not affected; it really was this foggy this morning. More, actually. Accomplishments - clean new responsive style for pres...
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    Polly

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    September 19, 2016
    September 18, 2016. Today I took a day of rest - a.k.a. playing No Man's Sky all day. Yep. All day. :) So you get a cat piucture today. From Flickr http://ift.tt/2cjU4RE
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    Cambridge-Clarence Road

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    September 17, 2016
    September 17, 2016. I thought I could dodge the showers but ended up fully drenched today on a shortish 45 km bike ride through LaRose forest. But it wasn't too cold and I felt good through the whole ride so it was a great time anyway. From Flickr http...
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    Fall Leaves

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    September 17, 2016
    September 16, 2016. What caught my eye about these leaves just outside my office was the way the yellow was etched against the blue sky and the way the seed pods were growing. All in all a beautiful vignette. Slow day today, a buit of fallout after the...
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    Wild Grapes

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    September 16, 2016
    September 15, 2016. These wild grapes grow along one of the access roads at NRC. Notice how they're quite different from virginia creeper berry, with which they are sometimes confused. They're obviously thriving, which suggests to me thaat Ottawa has m...
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