Claudia Bouvette
February 3, 2024. This is Claudia Bouvette in concert a the Quebec Carnival. Easily the coldest concert we've ever been to. We spent the day enjoying Carnival. https://flic.kr/p/2pwhk8Y
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Quebec Carnival
February 2, 2024. We spent the day driving to Quebec City today for the opening on Quebec Carnival. Though it's a Canadian institution, this is the first time we've even been to it. We got out passes this evening and retreated to the hotel in the face... -
Wittgenstein
February 1, 2024. These are some of my Wittgenstein books on the shelf in my office. I think about them often, partially for the ideas, and partially for who Wittgenstein was. He is the one I think about when I ask myself what sort of philosopher I sh... -
Tuna Time
January 31, 2024. Lunch time at the home office. These two know what that means: it's time for a tuna treat. That's Julia on the left, more reserved and skittish, and Emma on the right, eager, energetic, and ready to pounce. Most of my focus was on my... -
Ganesh
January 30, 2024. This is a statue of Ganesh in my home office, a reminder of my visit to India in 2012. The helmet is a souvenir from an Argos football game in 2014. Practising with my 50mm lens (the lens cap arrived today). Way too much iso but at l... -
The Railway Bridge
January 29, 2024. This is the railway bridge through Casselman, as seen today on my daily walk ('daily', like 'AI', is more aspirational than real, but I persist in trying). This view is, of course, completely obscured in summer. Back with the 24-200 ... -
Odd Bunch
January 27, 2024. These are vegetables that were delivered to my home today by a company called Odd Bunch. It's a subscription delivery service that finds vegetables that are either too odd or too old to be sold in grocery stores and sells them to cus... -
Office Lamp
January 26, 2024. This is the hanging lamp in my office. It's the first photograph from my new 50mm Z-mount lens. Every photographer needs a 50, and with a new camera came the need for this new lens. It goes down to f1.8 which makes it really good for... -
Focus Bracketing
January 25, 2024. These frozen cedars in my hedge are my first attempt at photo bracketing. To do this, you have your camera take multiple images, each focused slightly differently, then you combine them into a single image. In theory, photoshop does ... -
Spruce
January 24, 2024. I pointed my camera outside the side window and captured this image of spruce trees between the houses. It was an indoor day today spent mostly puttering on the computer. I was pretty itchy all day; it reminded me of last summer but ... -
Montreal
January 23, 2024. The view looking north from the 21st floor of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel looking up College Avenue to McGill University and Mount Royal beyond. It's just before five and the dusk has fallen, but it's not yet night. I spent the day her... -
Duck Buck
January 22, 2024. Art in a gallery on St. Paul St. W. in Old Montreal. I took the train here today to attend a Mongo DB workshop starting first thing tomorrow. https://flic.kr/p/2ptXFyR -
Larose Forest
January 21, 2024. Snowshoeing in Larose forest. It was a chilly -10 but I'm figured out how to stay warm in this kind of weather and so we has a nice outing in the snow-filled woods on a brilliant clear Sunday afternoon. https://flic.kr/p/2ptKHQ1 -
Olives
January 20, 2024. Olives at a booth at the show. After a visit to Costco and the Shoppers for meds we went to the Home and Remodelling Show at the EY Centre. It was worth the time to find out what it would cost to fix the siding on the front of our ho... -
Char
January 19, 2024. This is our cat Charlemagne. He's a big softie. The lens I'm using isn't really suited to low light - I had to take dozens of shots before I got one that wasn't fuzzy (it doesn't help that the cat is fuzzy). Today I had one meeting a... -
Solar Cells
January 18, 2024. This is an array of solar panels as seen from behind. They're alongside the tracks a few blocks from home. I took this photograph on my daily walk at lunchtime. I liked the clean lines and almost monochromatic look of the scene. Up e... -
Starshine
January 17, 2024. The red from the rising sun was reflected in the snow coating the trees for only a few moments this morning before it climbed above the clouds. As a result I had that "Good morning starshine.." song in my head all day. Longish day wo... -
Car
January 16, 2024. I went to visit my mother and Bernie after work today; this is my car in the parking lot at the residence where she lives. It gives you a picture of the weather we're having - cold, icy, and on the way home, a lot of fog. Just an ave... -
Tesla Coils
January 15, 2024. Frosty cold today but these Tesla charging stations are working fine. I was up at 3:00 a.m. for my meeting, got a bunch of work done in the early hours, and went to the local Metro, where these power stations are located, in order to... -
Snowfall
January 14, 2024. This was the back ward today - bare trees and plenty of snowfall. A pretty good storm is brewing. I stayed indoors all day and worked on my European project, making a ton of progress. I'm also waking up early because I have a 4:00 a.... -
Oak Leaves
January 12, 2024. I photographed oak leaves from below against a fading blue sky that's beginning to haze over as a winter snowstorm approaches. Had a longish meeting this morning and spent most of the day reading for newsletter articles. No, I don't ... -
Centretown
January 11, 2024. This is some artwork on a fence around a vacant lot at the corner of Bank and Lisgar in Ottawa's Centretown. It's the site of a future condo, supposedly, though the fence is old enough to be seen on Google Maps. I was in the area to ... -
Snowmen and Reindeer
January 10, 2024. I spotted these porch decorations on the second of my 'daily' walks this year (it has been tough to get motivated). I spoke a bit with the owner who said he bought the reindeer but that his wife made the snowmen after he cut the wood... -
Snowfall
January 9, 2024. Working from home today because of the impending weather. It arrived around lunch time in the form of a good old fashioned eastern Ontario snowfall. A couple of meetings, and reading for my newsletter. A bit melancholy today - could b... -
Office Day
January 8, 2024. This is my office in the city. There used to be a lot more green but my plants all died during the pandemic and I never replaced them. These days I'm, in the office two out of five days, which makes it hard to find a routine. Not sure... -
Jeff Banister
January 6, 2024. This bobblehead is from 2016 when I was able to attend a Texas Rangers game in Arlington. The game was April 19, vs the Houston Astros. I was there fgor a conference and was treated to a rare Dallas snowstorm. Anyhow, today it's Janua... -
Tomlinson
January 5, 2024. Tomlinson is the name of the company that owns this equipment, of course. It's a Caterpillar 335 Excavator sitting on the lawn at NRC waiting to be used in some of the construction currently being undertaken. I don't actually know wha... -
Sunset Tree
January 4, 2024. We had some blue sky and sun today, which I wanted to capture in a photo, but I was in the office until almost sunset, so the trees were all a red orange, as seen in the photo. Still learning the new camera; it's about as good as came... -
Cedar
January 3, 2024. Testing how well my new camera (a Nikon Z8) works. It works like a dream. This is the cedar hedge beside the house. Today was a work-at-home day spent mostly working on my newsletter, registering for a Mongo DB conference, and setting... -
Turkish Lamp
January 2, 2024. While we were in Barrie over Christmas I bought this lamp from a shop featuring Turkish rugs, dishes and lamps. The sparkly shade appealed to me. Anyhow, it now sits here in my home office, adding to the general ambience. Today was a ...
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