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  1. Downes

    They Might Be Chives

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    June 1, 2016
    May 31, 2016. Scene from the backyard in Moncton. Last year we leveled it, and this is what came up this sprint. Did some more painting and work, but I'm going to have to come back again in mid-June. From Flickr http://ift.tt/282V7cC
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    Wainscoting

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    May 31, 2016
    May 30, 2016. This photo doesn't really do it justice, but this is the remodeled front entranceway to the Moncton house. I repainted it all and added the wainscoting to give it a nice 1920s feel. It was an all-day job but I think the results were worth...
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    Balancing Act

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    May 30, 2016
    May 27, 2016. Lexi spends far too much time on that railing as it is - as you can see, there's a 12 foot drop on the other side. And now she is becoming far too relaxed up there. Normally I'd say "she's a cat, she won't fall," but it's Lexi, a cat with...
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    St-Hubert

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    May 30, 2016
    May 28, 2016. Back in moncton after a night flight, back to painting, and back to St-Hubert Barbeque for supper. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1RFfq3F
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    Old and NewM

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    May 30, 2016
    May 26, 2016. Shot of the woods beside the gas station at Saint-Lazare on the way to Casselman from Montreal airport. Flew in (on points) from Moncton in the afternoon to visit the dentist in the evening. Getting a new crown. From Flickr http://ift.tt/...
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    Kent

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    May 30, 2016
    May 29, 2016. Another cold and grey Maritime day, another day of painting and renovations, and a visit to Kent for more supplies. Pretty much done the wall painting, started on trim. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1RFfWic
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    Blossoms

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    May 26, 2016
    may 22, 2016. Back to painting. These apple (?) blossoms are actually on the neighbour's yard, but they are what I see outside the dining room window. As I paint. From Flickr http://ift.tt/20HHjyt
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    Café Codiac

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    May 26, 2016

    May 24, 2016. Wake up. Go to Café Codiac (wall art, pictured). Do a newsletter. Go home. Paint. Evening: watch a movie, then Game of Thrones. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UyE17
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    Ladder

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    May 26, 2016
    May 20, 2016. Painting the living room roday. Fell off the chair and landed on the walker, giving me a monumental bruise. This is the scene from the parking lot at the Kents where I decided to buy a ladder to replace the chair I had been using. Back to...
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    Dead Plants

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    May 26, 2016

    May 23, 2016. Wake up. Go to Café Codiac (dead plant, pictured). Do a newsletter. Go home. Paint. Evening: watch a movie, then Game of Thrones. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UysyQ
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    Homestead Road

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    May 26, 2016
    May 22, 2016. Beautiful day for a bike ride, so I did the Salisbury loop up Homestead Road. This is the view from the top of the hill. It was pretty painful, even though it was only 55 km. Maybe too early in the season? Or maybe because I wasn't dresse...
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    Daffodils

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    May 26, 2016
    May 19, 2016. Back in Moncton. Painting again. A lot of the front garden was disrupted by the renovations but these daffodils have survived. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1XAnuKc
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    Storm

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    May 26, 2016
    May 25, 2016. Took the day off, a little overwhelmed. Just let the day go by and watched things happen - good things, bad things, happy things, sad things. A lot of ups and downs for a day in which I did nothing. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UzbA6
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    Café Codiac

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    May 26, 2016

    May 24, 2016. Wake up. Go to Café Codiac (wall art, pictured). Do a newsletter. Go home. Paint. Evening: watch a movie, then Game of Thrones. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UyE17
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    Dead Plants

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    May 26, 2016

    May 23, 2016. Wake up. Go to Café Codiac (dead plant, pictured). Do a newsletter. Go home. Paint. Evening: watch a movie, then Game of Thrones. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UysyQ
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    Storm

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    May 26, 2016
    May 25, 2016. Took the day off, a little overwhelmed. Just let the day go by and watched things happen - good things, bad things, happy things, sad things. A lot of ups and downs for a day in which I did nothing. From Flickr http://ift.tt/27UzbA6
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    Homestead Road

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    May 26, 2016
    May 22, 2016. Beautiful day for a bike ride, so I did the Salisbury loop up Homestead Road. This is the view from the top of the hill. It was pretty painful, even though it was only 55 km. Maybe too early in the season? Or maybe because I wasn't dresse...
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    Blossoms

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    May 26, 2016
    may 22, 2016. Back to painting. These apple (?) blossoms are actually on the neighbour's yard, but they are what I see outside the dining room window. As I paint. From Flickr http://ift.tt/20HHjyt
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    Daffodils

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    May 26, 2016
    May 19, 2016. Back in Moncton. Painting again. A lot of the front garden was disrupted by the renovations but these daffodils have survived. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1XAnuKc
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    Ladder

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    May 26, 2016
    May 20, 2016. Painting the living room roday. Fell off the chair and landed on the walker, giving me a monumental bruise. This is the scene from the parking lot at the Kents where I decided to buy a ladder to replace the chair I had been using. Back to...
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    Cleaning

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    May 19, 2016
    May 17, 2016. Back in Casselman for a brief visit, including an appointment at the dentist for a cleaning. I thought it was an appointment for a crown. Nope, that's next week. Accomplishments: - teeth cleaned From Flickr http://ift.tt/1W4De9c
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    On the Highway

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    May 19, 2016
    May 18, 2016. Busy day today. Started with a presentation to the Canada School of Public Service Moodle Connect conference, in Gatineau. It's also my mother's 80th birthday so Andrea and I bought her a nice bouquet of flowers and drove up the road to E...
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    Notre-Dame-du-Portage

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    May 17, 2016
    May 13, 2016. Took a 45 km bike ride down the coast from Riviere du Lopu, though Notre-Dame-du-Portage and to Le Kamouraska. After the ride, drove to Moncton (seeing a moose and a lynx en route). From Flickr http://ift.tt/1rRvaM9
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    Back Yard

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    May 17, 2016
    May 15, 2016. Painting day today. This is the back yard of the Moncton house. Accomplishments: - painted kitchen and downstairs bathroom From Flickr http://ift.tt/1rRvbQi
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    Boul des Anciens-Combattants

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    May 17, 2016
    May 16, 2016. Another day of painting (only half done a room so no 'accomplishment') and then a flight to Montreal to return home to Casselman, just temporarily. This is the Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants on the far west side of Montreal Island, lin...
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    Cattails

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    May 17, 2016
    May 14, 2016. Day of rest in Moncton. Went to see Captain America: Civil War. Meh. These are cattails from last year lining the highway outsie the movie theatre. Nice weather. Cold. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1rRv87h
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    Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

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    May 12, 2016
    May 12, 2016. Back on the highway headed for Moncton to finish the last of the work on the house. I stopped for a bit at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, about 100km downstream from Quebec City, to take this evening shot overlooking the Saint Lawrence River. Acco...
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    Market

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    May 12, 2016

    May 11, 2016. Had a lunch-hour meeting at Play, a café at Sussex and York, and so had a nice walk through the By Ward market. From Flickr http://ift.tt/23LPbzL
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    High Falls

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    May 10, 2016
    May 10, 2016. Today was simply a gorgeous Ontario sprint day - brilliantly sunny and warm (albeit 20 degrees cooler than Malacca was). I spent the day in the office coming to grips with my new role. Coming home this afternoon I took some time to smell ...
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    May Buds and Cedar

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    May 9, 2016
    May 9, 2016. Back in the office today after a month away - one plant lived, but the begonia appears to have died. Pretty quiet day; making plans for the future. From Flickr http://ift.tt/24IkRM9
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