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    Feeders

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 31, 2021
    October 30, 2021. I set up the new feeders to get ready for another winter of bird watching. No activity yet but I'm hopeful. I intended to work today but mostly took the day off and puttered. Installed Windows 11 on my Alienware and then tried to make...
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    Sussex

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 30, 2021
    October 29, 2021. This is the band Sussex playing at the start of tonight's RedBlack's game. They also played at half time and we both quite enjoyed them. They can sing! They can probably also play footbakk better than the RedBlacks, who ran their seas...
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    The Dealership

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 30, 2021
    October 28, 2021. This is the inside of the Honda dealership on St. Laurent. My plan was to be there all day and write my graphic task application. But I got a call from Mike Rochford and we ended up having lunch at Swiss Chalet, which was a nice surpr...
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    Brush

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 30, 2021
    October 26, 2021. This is brush on the side of the highway. I like photos like this because of all the detail. Had my semi-annual performance review today, which went fine, and created another course video and began to look at the problem of creating a...
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    e21 Symposium

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 30, 2021
    October 27, 2021. This is a screen shot from the e21 Symposium, in which (as you can see) I took part. I actually watched or listened to the whole symposium today (including while I drove into the city and back for groceries - as usual, Andrea goes int...
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    The Other Side of Sunset

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 30, 2021
    October 25, 2021. This is a photo looking east during sunset. Normally, we think of the red sky appearing in the west, but there are days when the whole sky seems to change colour and this was one of them. Another photo posted several days after the fa...
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    Nuts

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 26, 2021
    October 26, 2021. What are these? We found these nuts in the forest where we walked Sunday, near Cornwall and the St. Lawrence River. We still don't know what they are. Super-tired today. I did some work on the course, including an engaging noon-hour d...
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    Guindon Park

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 24, 2021
    October 24, 2021. My back was doing well enough today to allow for a 6 km hike in Guindon Park, near Cornwall. It was a nice clear fall day and the colours were brilliant and crisp. https://flic.kr/p/2mE6UmG
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    Frost

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 24, 2021
    October 23, 2021. This was the first frost of the year, as viewed on my front lawn early morning. I'm still not up to cycling, but we did drive into the city for more bird supplies, including a stand more more bird feeders, a tube feeder, and some seed...
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    Charlemagne

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 22, 2021. This is Charlemagne on the top shelf where I sit in the kitchen. You can tell I've been really busy when I fall behind uploading photos and when those photos are mostly cat photos. Today was a better day, though, as I put some of my m...
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    Costco Flower

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 20, 2021. I had two long meetings scheduled for the afternoon following my online course presentation so we went to Costco first thing in the morning, where I took this photo of a late fall flower missing a petal. Loved the light, loved the pal...
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    Diced Tomatos

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 21. These are tomatos that I diced for supper. I have these in a soup with a serving of tuna, some vegetables, sliced mushrooms, and hot spices. Trying to keep it healthy. Though since I haven't really moved for the last 10 bays because of my b...
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    The Day of Three Presentations

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 19, 2021. I started the day with an early morning meeting, then had an hour, then game three presentations back-to-back-to-back, including the one where I am pictured here speaking to the Open Learning 20201 conference about eliminating the nee...
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    Grey Monday Geese

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 18, 2021. The weather has turned and the geese are flying south in greater numbers. This is a view outside my front door - that was about it for my outside time today as I've been setting up the tasks for the course and preparing presentations....
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    Winter Flowers

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2021
    October 17, 2021. These flowers in the front yard barely resemble flowers any more as fall weather sets in. I have been *incredibly* busy this week with my online course - most of my work is self-inflicted as I can't resit trying to add new features to...
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    Grey Sky and Condo

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 17, 2021
    October 16, 2021. Vis is a view from our seats at the RedBlack game out the west end zone. You can see the condo (which, if I ever have to live in a condo, is where I want to live), the threatening skies, and most importantly, the roof over the north s...
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    Cat ina 4D Box

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 16, 2021
    October 15, 2021. This is Charlemagne enjoying his time in a cardboard box. If you look closely you can see the little holes in the cardboard the cats have created while kneading. Two course videos today, including a live session, along with one about ...
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    Geese

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 16, 2021
    October 14, 2021. Geese in the sky, flying south for the winter. Today was a two-video day for the course, plus a bunch of other odds and ends. Working on this course is taking up a lot of my time - it's all worth while though. I truly think I'm saying...
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    The 6428

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 14, 2021
    October 13, 2021. Waiting at the tracks in Casselman, in the rain, at the end of my bike ride, for the train to go by. Very productive day today - I wrote a blog post, solved a number of technical problems, made a course video, and more. The only downs...
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    Mini Wheats

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 13, 2021
    October 12, 2021. This is a look into a box of Mini Wheats. I have a baggie full of these once a day, near the end of the day, mostly for the fibre. Today I was focused almost completely on my first major session of the course - I had one person in the...
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    Castor River

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 11, 2021
    October 11, 2021. I just stopped to take a photo of the Castor River along rte 650 when this family in a canoe came by. It was perfect timing on a perfect day when I went for an easy 47 km ride to Embrun to visit family for a bit this afternoon (the ha...
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    Geese

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    | 2021365, geese, Syndicated
    October 10, 2021
    October 9, 2021. On a leisurely 60 km ride to Maxville today I discovered the secret landing sport for geese! They're not on the river this year, they're all here! This is just after I startled then and just before the entire lake of them took off, cre...
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    Spider

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    | 2021365, canada, casselman, ontario, spider, Syndicated
    October 10, 2021
    October 8, 2021. This is a very healthy spider sheltered just outside the downstairs bathroom window. I liked the way just the centre strands of the web were lit up by the sun. Tough day today as I couldn't figure out why my presentations weren't displ...
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    St Albert from the Bridge

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 10, 2021
    October 7, 2021. This is a view of the flag over the francophone memorial at St. Albert as seen from the bridge over the Nation River. This was another quick 25 km right to keep my mind clear as I continue to work on the course, combining a set of 'Bui...
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    Fog

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 10, 2021
    October 6, 2021. Early this morning we had a think fog covering everything, one of the thickest I've seen in some time. I couldn't linger to enjoy it as I had an early morning meeting and then was back working on the course. It's really coming together...
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    Nation River

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    | 2021365, nationriver, Syndicated
    October 10, 2021
    October 5, 2021. This is the Nation River where township road 700 ends up against it. I was getting really tired and found a brisk 25 km bike ride to be the perfect remedy. The day started with a couple of meetings, the recording of a number of videos,...
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    The 915

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    | 2021365, Syndicated, train, via
    October 10, 2021
    October 4, 2021. Running way behind uploading these photos of the day. catching up. The reason is that today (Monday) was the start of my online course, which has swallowed most of my time as I whip a 2018 version of the MOOC database into 2021 shape. ...
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    Forest in the Rain

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 3, 2021
    October 3, 2021. It was a steady drizzle but a nice day to walk in the forest. Everything looks different when it's wet. I got some reading done and worked on a literature review for my upcoming presentation to the Open Learning conference. Also watche...
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    Purple Finch with Rain

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    October 3, 2021
    October 2, 2021. Rain. This female purple finch greeted me first thing this morning. No bike ride because of the rain, but I was able to spend most of the day working on my online course, getting the website sorted out, setting up the Activity Centre, ...
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