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  1. Downes

    Pumpkins

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    October 25, 2015
    October 25, 2015. This is how we buy pumpkins in the country. Go to a farm a couple miles down the road. Pick out the pumpkins we want. Leave the money in the mailbox. Sadly they won't be back in this location next year, so we may have to grow our own....
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    Bones

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    October 24, 2015
    October 24, 2015. Rare day off, Saturday around the house. Got part of the lawn mowed (until the battery was exhausted). The garage cleaned and organized. And Bones (pictured) is up (and Andrea repaired his broken beg). We've had Bones since the very f...
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    The Pumpkin Tree

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    October 23, 2015
    October 23, 2015. I spent the entire day elbows-deep in spreadsheets preparing program quarterly reports and financial projections. I'm learning Excel by using it. At lunch, though, I took a nice walk around the CSEC and CSIS buildings, stopping at a S...
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    View

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    October 22, 2015
    October 21, 2015. The view from my office window. I'm not complaining. Not at all. Sent from my Samsung device over Bell's LTE network. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1hYnMt5
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    Petabyte

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    October 22, 2015
    October 21, 2015. One advantage of being in Ottawa is that I can zip downtown to check out the trade show at the GTEC conference. From Moncton this would require travel authority, a flight, and accommodation. And I would eat to take in the full confere...
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    Casselman

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    October 22, 2015
    October 22, 2015. This is Casselman in the morning, my small town home as I head into the city. I haven't really had the chance to enjoy the town yet, I've been so busy. I do like the new house, though. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1hYnLFx
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    Change

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    October 22, 2015
    October 19, 2015. Election day. Also a Blue Jays home game. The Jays won, and the people of Canada got the change we so desperately wanted. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1OV6v0K
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    La Pocatiere

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    October 22, 2015
    October 18, 2015. I've driven by the town several times, but this time instead of just marveling at the building on top of the hill, I went up to take a closer look. And was rewarded with this gem, hidden off the highway in a small town an hour and a h...
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    Beardsley Road

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    October 22, 2015
    October 17, 2015. Stopped at the Tim Hortons on Beardsley Road near Woodstock, New Brunswick, with a car load of forgotten items and some of Andrea's rocks. Still marveling at the beauty around me during this quick trip to the east and back. From Flick...
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    Opening the Store

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    October 16, 2015
    October 15, 2015. Three meetings today, and on top of that a blood test, after which I waited in the mall to buy a hew hat (lost my old one). As I sat I listened to the woman in the picture talking to a colleague from another store. "Are you happy the ...
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    Saint John Valley

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    October 16, 2015
    October 14, 2015. Drove down the Saint John Valley to Fredericton, and again the light and the clouds and the colours were simply brilliant. Had a meeting on Fredericton, then listened to the Blue Jays game on the way to Moncton - a game, I might add, ...
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    Back on the Road Again

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    October 16, 2015
    October 12, 2015. It was back onto the highway today, first down the road for an afternoon meeting in Boucherville, then on down along to Riviere du Loup. The light was incredible in the late afternoon and evening - this photo doesn't capture it. The s...
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    Underweight Bart

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    October 16, 2015
    October 10, 2015. Back home. I've been worried about Bart recently and especially today as he has lost a lot of weight. I'm concerned he may be I'll, but it might just be the stress of moving. Either way, we're pain special attention to him. Sent from ...
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    Labybug

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    October 16, 2015
    October 11, 2015. I'm not sure what you call a mass of ladybugs, but I'm calling it an inundation. We had lots, and when I mowed the lawn in the back we were swarmed with them. Of course, ladybugs are good bugs, and I'm happy to see them. But, too much...
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    Paris, France

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    October 16, 2015
    October 9, 2015. Another day of meetings, and then there was some time free in the afternoon for me to take a bike ride around the streets of Paris - Robert was kind enough to show me how the rent-a-bike system works, and from there on it was smooth sa...
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    Au Travail

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    October 8, 2015
    October 8, 2015. This morning I joined the throngs headed for work in downtown Paris. The day was fully occupied with meetings at the OIF offices, working to develop a strategy for open educational resources. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1MfWOFv
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    En France

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    October 8, 2015
    October 7, 2015. Arrived in France to this sight, the dome brightly lit in the sunlight. Slept for a while and then went for a short but very civilized walk along the banks of the Seine. That was my Wednesday. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1GxLcvD
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    Back on an Airplane Again

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    October 8, 2015
    October 6, 2015. So I commuted for exactly two days before getting back on an airplane and flying somewhere, this time from Ottawa to Paris for OIF meetings. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1jPXTgD
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    Commute

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    October 8, 2015
    October 5, 2015. I'm beginning to adapt to my new lifestyle. Part of it involves a commute to the office - it's about half-an-hour door-to-door down highway 417 (pictured). As the polite police officer pointed out to me just a few minutes after this ph...
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    Pastoral

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    October 8, 2015
    September 4, 2015. Settling into my new home. This is a pastoral scene from a country road near my home. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1RvfHJ5
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    Back Yard Again

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    October 4, 2015
    October 3, 2015. We went into the city to run a bunch of errands. Andrea now has internet and telephone again. Got back in time to enjoy this lovely fall view in the back yard. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1WFTx9R
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    Office

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    October 4, 2015
    September 2, 2015. This is my new office in building M-50 at NRC in Ottawa. It's actually a lot brighter than the photo makes it look. I haven't moved anything in yet. But I have inherited an unusually large fire extinguisher. From Flickr http://ift.tt...
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    Kitchen

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    October 4, 2015
    October 1, 2015. Back home (where 'home' is now Casselman). This is my new kitchen, as seen from what has become my usual spot in the dining room (where it's nice and sunny and bright). From Flickr http://ift.tt/1WFRcvF
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    Airport

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    October 4, 2015
    September 30, 2015. One last photo from Naples. This is some artwork from the airport. Today would be a day of three flights and a drive home back to Casselman. Photos are ready for uploading but I need bandwidth. Coming soon. From Flickr http://ift.tt...
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    Pompeii

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    September 29, 2015
    September 29, 2015. The scale of the city - and therefore the devastation - is astonishing. There are stadia, amplitheatres, shops, homes, streets on streets on streets - and people, still caught in the moment their last breath was choked with ash. Thi...
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    Naples

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    September 29, 2015
    September 28, 2015. Spent the morning with Ruth Kerr from the EMMA project - she showed me some underground Roman and Greek ruins, and the uplifting cult of the dead at the ossuary of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco. We had lunch on the ...
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    Goodbye Capri

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    September 29, 2015
    September 27, 2015. A morning ferry ride back to the mainlamnd, and it was goodbye Capri. I took a much-needed nap and went for a short evening walk. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1FB19X2
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    Blue Grotto

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    September 29, 2015
    September 26, 2015. More conferencing and interesting discussions until 2, and then I went exploring, first to the top of the mountain, then all the way down to the Blue Grotto. This is just above the cave and basin, looking the other way, into the wan...
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    Anacapri

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    September 29, 2015
    September 25, 2015. Spent the day at the MOOC conference at Anacapri, which is the bigger and less populated half of the Isle of Capri. It's hard to describe, beyond saying it is stereotypically Italian (in a good way). I wandered around a bit after th...
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    Capri

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    September 26, 2015
    September 24, 2015. Flew from Frankfurt to Naples this morning, toox a taxi to the hotel, made it on time for the conference opening, and then we all headed across the bay to the Isle of Capri, which greeted us with warm weather and a glorious sunset. ...
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