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    Around Santiago

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    July 20, 2015
    July 19, 2015. Jet lag day. Up bright and early at 2:30 in the afternoon. Walked 7.5 kilometres up and down hills in and around Santiago de Compestela, a beautify and lively city in the hills of northwestern Spain. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1HKrihk
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    Santiago de Compostela

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    July 20, 2015
    July 18, 2015. Arrived in Santiago de Compestela after an extra-long trip from Moncton (sadly my flight to Madrid was delayed 3 hours, depriving me of an afternoon in that city). I had a chance to walk around for a bit in the evening getting to see a S...
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    Tables

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    July 20, 2015
    July 17, 2015. Got a bunch of stuff done in the morning, arrived far too early for my flight, and spent quite a bit of time doing more stuff in the airport, including looking at these tables and the reflection of the airport between me and them. From F...
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    Tiger Lily

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    July 16, 2015
    July 16, 2015. Another gem from the front yard, this beautiful tiger lily is the first of what will be several dozen in the front yard this year. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1Jl3tN0
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    Air Conditioning

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    July 15, 2015
    July 15, 2015. It has been the hottest week of the year, so of course this is the week they hauled the old air conditioning unit off the top of our office building and hoisted a new one onto it. Made for good photos. But inside it was hard on my office...
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    Iris

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    July 14, 2015
    July 14, 2015. This is the iris in the front yard garden. No, this is not shot with flash at night, rather, trhe iris is in bright sunlight, which makes the background dark by comparison. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1I0IB2T
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    Cora’s

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    July 13, 2015
    July 13, 2015. A quick trip to Fredericton and a productive working lunch in Cora's on Queen street. If you order the blueberry pancakes, be careful - with the layers of cream cheese, it comes out like a large cake. Thankfully, I was not the one who or...
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    Point Fort Folly

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    July 12, 2015
    July 12, 2015. For the third year in a row, I made the 75 km bike ride to Point Fort Folly and this time found it with the tide fully out. It was a particularly rouygh ride today - there's a 15 or 20 km stretch of dirt road near the point, but whis yea...
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    Petitcodiac Bridge

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    July 11, 2015
    July 11, 2015. This is the old rail bridge over the Petitcodiac, as seen from the Salisbury side, taken on my bike ride (56 km) today. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1guKVTN
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    Over-exposed Roses

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    July 11, 2015
    July 10, 2015. I liked the way the sun caught the roses and took the picture with my phone. Unfortunately the roses didn;t come out that well. But still, it was a very nice scene. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1guKXLc
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    Bedroom Curtains

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    July 11, 2015
    July 9, 2015. Back home, early night, pretty exhausted, took this photo of the bedroom curtains before going to sleep. One day I'll be glad I have this photo and remember what they looked like. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1JWUJT8
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    Wakefield, Quebec

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    July 10, 2015
    July 8, 2015. Wakefield, Quebec, on a beautiful July summer day. Meetings through morning and noon, but I had a couple hours in the afternoon to walk around before heading back to the city. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1HkNr7S
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    Wakefield Mill

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    July 9, 2015
    July 7, 2015. This is the hotel where I stayed for the all-day Portfolio retreat, as seen bright and early in the morrning. I spent pretty much the rest of he day inside the building, alas, missing a beautiful Gatineau summer day. Good meeting, though,...
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    Snarky Puppy

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    July 9, 2015
    July 6, 2015. Arriving at Ottawa Airport, waiting for luggage, and I spotted this puppy which was the model for this advertisement. So I couldn't resist catching a snapshot. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1CrDOFA
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    Backyard Roses

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    July 5, 2015
    July 5, 2015. Thunderstorm day today, so I was around the house most of the day. In the back yard a thicket of rose bushes has developed; it's a very impressive bunch of roses, and I'm not sure what we can do with them. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1G2arEC
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    Honey Bee

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    July 4, 2015
    July 4, 2015. Back home, did the Salisbury loop, this was some queen anne's lace up on Lutes Mountain. And a bee. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1JFWeox
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    Nation River

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    July 3, 2015
    July 3, 2015. Meetings this morning, bt I had time to get out this afternoon and go back to Casselman for another look around. It's about a 30-40 minute drive from NRC's Ottawa office. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1CguzIn
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    Ottawa Night

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    July 3, 2015
    July 2, 2015. Spent the day in meetings in Ottawa, and then drove out to Casselman in the evening. Not much time for photos, but here's one of the scene outside my hotel window in the evening. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1Ta7fjE
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    Kiesza

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    July 1, 2015
    July 1, 2015. Canada Day in Ottawa. This is actually the first time I've every done it Ottawa style. This is Kiesza (far right) who led off the show at Parliament Hill with Hideaway. Brilliant day today walking around in thunderstorms and taking a pile...
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    Mystery Rose

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    June 29, 2015
    June 28, 2015. We're not sure exactly where this rose came from, but as we were 'decluttering' - loading old magazines into the car, to be specific - we stopped to look at this tiny rose that volunteered its way into our front garden. As you can see pl...
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    Honeysuckle Rain

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    June 29, 2015
    June 29, 2015. Spooted the find misty raindrops on the honeysuckle beside the house on the way to the office. I live these bushes - they are surviving, even thriving, in harsh growing conditions, they have nice flowers, and as we'll see, they'll soon h...
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    Honeysuckle Rain

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    June 29, 2015
    June 29, 2015. Spooted the find misty raindrops on the honeysuckle beside the house on the way to the office. I live these bushes - they are surviving, even thriving, in harsh growing conditions, they have nice flowers, and as we'll see, they'll soon h...
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    Mystery Rose

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    June 29, 2015
    June 28, 2015. We're not sure exactly where this rose came from, but as we were 'decluttering' - loading old magazines into the car, to be specific - we stopped to look at this tiny rose that volunteered its way into our front garden. As you can see pl...
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    Wrong Way

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    June 27, 2015
    June 27, 2015. Wrote an article expressing my frustration with the declining standard of government around here. Forgot to charge the phone this morning, then found a flat on the bike, fixed that while the phone charged, then got another flat, so I sim...
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    Edith Cavell

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    June 26, 2015
    June 26, 2015. Quiet Friday, letting me recharge a bit. I took this photo on the way in to work today - it's the side of Edith Cavell school, with a brand new mural. I like it. A lot. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1GOvcao
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    Empty Swimming Pool

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    June 26, 2015
    June 25, 2015. This is the swimming pool at St Patricks, where I go for spin class. I don't use the pool at all, and I don't like swimming at all (because I get all wet). But I've never seen the pool completely empty like this, so I thought I'd take a ...
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    Lupins

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    June 26, 2015
    June 24, 2015. Work day, nose to the grindstone, catching up on paperwork and making slides. These are lupins, they grow like weeds here, especially on sunny slops by highways. I like then. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1dlhUHO
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    Dental Implements

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    June 23, 2015
    June 23, 2015. Started my day at the dentist - just a cleaning, but any day someone scrapes your teeth with a metal implement is not a good one. Still, I had a reasonably productive afternoon. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1QOQzQU
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    Rain

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    June 23, 2015
    June 22, 2015. Steady rain all day, but I was indoors in meetings all day, so it's a wash. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1QOQzQQ
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    Round of 16

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    June 21, 2015
    June 21, 2015. Cool and rainy. Australia defeated Brazil 1-0 in a taut opportunity-filled game. Good crowd. That's the end of FIFAWC 2015 for Moncton. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1IsQgl4
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