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    Glow Fair in the Rain

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 16, 2019
    June 15, 2019. It was a nice plan - go to the Glow Fair downtown and then catch the Cuban National baseball team playing the Ottawa Champions. The ball game was rained out, and the Glow Fair was just rained on. Still, we persisted, taking in as much as...
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    Milkweed

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 15, 2019
    June 14, 2019. We have a bountiful crop of milkweed in our back yard, carefully cultivated over a number of years to provide food for monarch butterflies. Good day today, got some stuff done, including an evaluation report on a funding proposal. https:...
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    The Neighbour’s Backstop

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 15, 2019
    June 13, 2019. This consriction sticks up above a very large hedge between the yards. It reminds me of the backstop we built in our yards when I was a kid (my father and I built it). Ours was *way* better, with four sturdy posts and proper chain link f...
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    Common Ringlet

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 12, 2019
    June 12, 2019. Spent the day catching up on a backlog of recordings, publications, and other stuff that needed to be added to my website. This Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) was enjoying the sunshine in the back yard. https://flic.kr/p/2gdbVXm
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    Dewberry Trail

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    | 2019365, greenbelt, ottawa, Syndicated
    June 11, 2019
    June 11, 2019. I went for a ride on Dewberry Trail in Mer Bleu after work today - I left a bit early because I'm also presenting online tonight at 10 (still in the future as I type this). The morning I spent studying Git some more (it's a brilliant pie...
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    Dinking from the Tap

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 11, 2019
    June 10, 2019. Busy and productive day. After a short meeting, I spent the rest of the day working on revisions to a paper, which I sent off in the afternoon. That was it; evening of rest, including making sure the cat has a nice stream of fresh cold w...
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    Yellow Field

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 6, 2019. What caught my eye was the brilliant shade of yellow-green this field on Anderson Road showed, so I had to get a photo, even though I knew it wouldn't really capture it. More work on reveal.js and Github, and I prepared a set of slides fo...
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    Grass

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 5, 2019. Spent a day working on GitHub - my objective here is to create for myself a rock-solid knowledge of GitHub (which has eluded me for so long) so I can use it for OER projects. This is grass outside the bathroom window. https://flic.kr/p/2g...
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    First Butterfly

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 7, 2019
    June 4, 2019. This is the first butterfly of the year, seen through the screen window. I went around for a better photo, but it flew away before I could take it. Short team meeting, then work on slides.js and reveal.js as experiments in HTML. https://f...
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    Back Yard

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 5, 2019
    May 3, 2019. I had a generally unproductive day today, aside from reading a whole pile of articles for the newsletter. This is our back yard looking out over the gazebo frame. Loving all that green. It should start to make me feel better within a week ...
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    Dogwood

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 5, 2019
    May 2, 2019. This is a Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus Stolonifera) growing in the front lawn under the power pole. Grows into a shrub (if it lives). Watched the ball game (bleah) and studied the inner workings of Git on this cloudy rainy day. https://flic.k...
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    Warwick Forest

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 2, 2019
    June 1, 2019. Went out for a 47km ride today to Berwick and Warwick forest. I would have made it an even 50 but I was in a rush to get home in time for tonight's RedBlack's game. https://flic.kr/p/2g7nYKN
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    Crabapple Tree

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    May 28, 2019. This is the crabapple tree in the back yard, flowering this year after a year off last year. It hasn't always been healthy but I still hold out hope for it. Staff meeting today, another meeting, and a day spent pining for the fjords. http...
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    Lilacs

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    May 31, 2019. Lilacs in the front yard (ok, technically, the neighbour's front yard, I think). My favourite spring flower. We had a 'town hall' meeting about the new NRC strategy this morning. The contributions from our research centre have taken a ste...
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    Hospital

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    June 1, 2019
    March 30, 2019. This is the corridor outside the sleep lab, where I went for a consult and for a new CPAP. I haven't been able to focus on my work in the office because of conflicts. These wear on me and I find them very hard to deal with. https://flic...
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    Home Again

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 30, 2019
    May 27, 2019. Back home for a day of rest and recovery from jet lag after an evening flight from Vancouver. These tulips greeted me on the front lawn. https://flic.kr/p/2g5up5a
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    Gift

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 28, 2019
    May 26, 2019. Spent the day flying back from Vancouver to Ottawa. This is the speaker's gift from the CNIE conference (which is really quite something). https://flic.kr/p/2g3SRib
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    Vancouver – Wreck Beach

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 21, 2019
    May 20, 2019. Got up at five this morning, drove the truck into the airport and caught a WestJet flight to Vancouver. Took a nap, then walked from my room at UBC down the hill to Wreck Beach - as you can see, it was cold and rainy and the beach was bar...
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    Cattle Castle

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 21, 2019
    May 19, 2019. Today it' known as the Aberdeen Pavilion, but when I worked at Lansdowne Park in the 1970s it was known as the Cattle Castle. We drove into the airport, rented a truck, when to TD Place, visited the Farmer's Market (and aforementioned bui...
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    Isolated

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 19, 2019
    May 18, 2018. I got out on the bicycle today for a 47km ride to St. Isadore and back, taking some side trips on some back roads. Nice ride; it felt good, though it was still too cold. https://flic.kr/p/2fX483B
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    Too Cold

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 19, 2019
    May 16, 2019. Since Monday is a work day, my long weekend started today. Other than being able to sleep in, I didn't get much out of it. Stayed indoors all day, except for a quick Costco run. https://flic.kr/p/SbtJJR
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    Base on an Extreme Planet

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    | 2019365, nomanssky, Syndicated
    May 18, 2019
    May 16, 2019. I've been stranded on an extreme planet for several days now - not because I can't leave, but because I need to survive several days to satisfy a quest. Survival is no problem (I've only played more than 300 hours of No Man's Sky) but wha...
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    Trillium

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 15, 2019
    May 15, 2019. This is Ontario's provincial flower and they're in full bloom right now in the forest down by the river. Today was slow - a dental appointment to start the morning, then working on the paper in the afternoon, with a 12km short bike ride o...
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    May Flowers

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 14, 2019
    May 14, 2019. We're not sure exactly what these are (and yes, we searched) - are they lilies? Scilla? Chinodoxas? No idea. I hope the fly (disguised as a bee) knows. Anyhow, they're growing in the front garden. No progress on the paper today - had a lo...
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    Ash Flower

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 13, 2019
    May 13, 2019. Another scene from our backyard, as the trees are finally turning green. I spent the entire day working on a paper about badges and blockchain. https://flic.kr/p/2euV9Ce
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    Sunday Ride

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 12, 2019
    May 12, 2019. Went for a shortish 38km ride to St. Isadore (where this river crosses the highway) and back. The less said about the Blue Jays game the better. I also edited and uploaded all the photos from yesterday - click here to view the set https:/...
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    One of Many

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 12, 2019
    May 11, 2019. We went to the Chefs Paradise for breadmaking supplies, visited the tulip festival, and had supper with family in the ByWard market. A typical Ottawa day. https://flic.kr/p/2eF5ja1
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    Alex

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    May 11, 2019
    May 10, 2019. It's always hard to get the attention of a sleepy cat, and Alex is the sleepiest. It's probably because he's up at night trying to eat my hair. Good day overall today, with some editing, some project review work, and some reading. Just li...
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