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  1. Stephen Downes

    A Little Patch of Paradise

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    July 9, 2024
    July 9, 2024. A small pond reflects this dense forest along the P'tit Train du Nord trail near Mont Blanc. Woke up not feeling well, so I stayed in for a bit while Andrea started up the mountain. Felt well enough to do 40 km down the trail and back ea...
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  2. Stephen Downes

    Butterfly

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    | 2024366, butterfly, Syndicated
    July 9, 2024
    July 8, 2024. A butterfy in the grass, maybe a cabbage white. Today was spent getting ready and then travelling to Mont Tremblant. This photo was taken as we waited for the ferry at the Ottawa River. https://flic.kr/p/2q3ikR6
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  3. Stephen Downes

    Pine Grove South

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    | 2024366, forest, Syndicated
    July 7, 2024
    July 7, 2024. Pine Grove Forest south, in Ottawa's greenbelt (trail 45). Lots of bugs. Medium dense forest, in lush green with blue sky showing through the leaves. A large tree trunk to the left, and white and orange flowers in the foreground. Forest ...
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  4. Stephen Downes

    Curry

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    | 2024366, curry, Syndicated
    July 7, 2024
    July 6, 2024. Over the last few weeks I've been making curries. I'll make a few day's worth and then have it with salmon. Today we got scallions in the Odd Bunch veggie shipment, so I added those on top. Pictured here is a cauliflower and eggplant cur...
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  5. Stephen Downes

    Paper Lantern

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    July 6, 2024
    July 5, 2024. This is a paper lantern ina tree along the fenceline at the Starbucks on Ogilvie Road near where I worked. I stopped there for coffee after lunch. Worked in the city all day - more progress on CList (and learning a lot about Javascript) ...
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  6. Stephen Downes

    Robin

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    July 6, 2024
    July 4, 2024. This is a robin on the gazebo in the back yard, in low light in the evening. I working in the city today, mostly on CList, but I also had to go downtown for dental imaging. While there I popped into the camera store and bought a 2x exten...
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  8. Stephen Downes

    Bird Antics

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    | 2024366, bird, Syndicated
    July 4, 2024
    June 30, 2024. Some birds frolicking in a tree not far from the walkway in Warwick Forest. We went for a nice walk, my heel hurt again, but we still went to the football game in the evening. https://flic.kr/p/2q2jCJc
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  9. Stephen Downes

    Ottawa River

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    | 2024366, ottawa, river, Syndicated
    June 29, 2024
    June 26, 2024. The Ottawa River east of the airport. Another day in the office working on CList, and I took a quick lunch hour ride along the river. There was a whole set of aircraft flying over, from WWII vintage to modern fighters, so it was hard to...
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  10. Stephen Downes

    Arte

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    | 2024366, art, casselman, mannequin, Syndicated
    June 29, 2024
    June 25, 2024. This is some artwork on display here in Casselman. There's a whole slew of these painted mannequins as part of a community art project (you're supposed to vote for your favourite but I think picking a winner cheapens it). https://flic.k...
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  12. Stephen Downes

    Pond

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    | 2024366, forest, Syndicated
    June 29, 2024
    June 21, 2024. Another day working in the office, working on a project called 'CList'. Over lunch I cycled downtown to get some Hungarian paprika paste. This is from the little forested area just alongside the NRC campus; I notice that there's a bit o...
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  14. Stephen Downes

    Pathway

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    June 29, 2024
    June 15, 2024. I took a couple days to recover after my trip (by working in the office) and then we went out for a Saturday walk in Mer Bleue forest (I fdorgot the battery for my camera so this is just a phone pic). https://flic.kr/p/2q1fYnj
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  15. Stephen Downes

    Shrimp Laksa

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    | 2024366, laksa, Syndicated
    June 16, 2024
    June 12, 2024. Flew back from Ireland today, landing in Toronto, where I had this shrimp laksa at the airport hotel. It was absolutely delicious. It was so much nicer to just hit the hotel on landing than to make my way from Toronto home. https://flic...
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  16. Stephen Downes

    Belfast

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    June 16, 2024
    June 11, 2024. This is the Scottish Provident Building and front of Belfast City Hall, viewed not long after I got off the train. I picked up a hop-on hop-off here to view some of the more far flung areas and I also walked a good 6 or 7 kilometers (on...
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  19. Stephen Downes

    New Suit Jacket

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    June 16, 2024
    June 8, 2024. Here I am taking a selfie in my new suit jacket. One of the objectives of the trip was just this, because I can't get the right fit in North America (all my suit jackets have been of European origin (Nottingham, Glasgow...) but I keep lo...
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  25. Stephen Downes

    Montreal

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    | 2024366, montreal, Syndicated
    June 5, 2024
    May 28, 2024. View of Montreal from our hotel room at the SENS downtown. Caught the train home this morning. Anyhow, yesterday I attended the wrong conference in the morning, and they asked me to participate as a speaker today, which I did - but from ...
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  28. Stephen Downes

    Pine Cones

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    | 2024366, Syndicated
    May 23, 2024
    May 22, 2024. Pine cones phjotographed through the window of the breezeway between the Riverside Hospital and the Professional Building. Andrea was in for a regular check-up. Otherwise, it was a fairly ordinary day on the job doing the newsletter and ...
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  30. Stephen Downes

    Larose Forest

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    | 2024366, laroseforest, Syndicated
    May 20, 2024
    May 20, 2024. Went for a 50 km bike ride today mostly through Larose Forest. It was a very hot day and the ride was roughly have gravel and half pavement. I rode on the touring bike with a bit of a load and felt pretty worn out by the end. https://fli...
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