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July 29, 2022. This is the Ottawa river with two people kayaking in pretty windy conditions. We drove home from Mont Tremblant today. My legs (especially my quads) are very sore. We'll probably return to Tremblant in the fall. https://flic.kr/p/2nBctah

July 28, 2022. This is Andrea on the granite about half way down Mont Tremblant on the Grande Brule trail. It was a 7 km walk in which we went up about 60 metres and down about 660 metres, all along quite a rough and tricky trail. My legs were literally rubber by the time we got to the bottom; Andrea was fine (and in fact had done the more difficult Johannssen path two days earlier). It was hard, but totally worth the effort. https://flic.kr/p/2nB9QLF

July 27, 2022. This is a black vulture, part of the birds of prey show at Mont Tremblant. We saw the show a few years ago and this bird (as well as the owl) was new. We wandered around a bit on top of the mountain but otherwise had a relatively easy day. https://flic.kr/p/2nBavLh

July 26, 2022. This is a pond along the side of the Le Petit Train du Nord trail. I cycled 97 to Riviere Rouge and back. My front derailleur broke somewhere along the route; of course, I was as far away as possible when I noticed it. But it wasn't a major impediment. Some of my best moments are cycling along that train with the late afternoon sun on my back in the stretch just south of Labelle, and this year was no exception. https://flic.kr/p/2nBbk5S

July 25, 2022. Today we returned to Mont Tremblant for our annual visit, driving up in the morning and walking around the townsite in the afternoon. We missed the Blues Festival this year, because it was scheduled too late (I like to book accommodations well in advance). We were also disappointed that the Gondola passes are no longer included in the room rates, a fact that is very well hidden on the website. https://flic.kr/p/2nB8LS2

July 23, 2022. Cycled through Embrun to see if anyone was home (they weren't) and down to the end of the NY Central trail in Russell, where I took this photo. Nice easy 58 km today (I also did some yardwork). https://flic.kr/p/2nAcUQX

July 22, 2022. We received a notice from the village office today telling us to cut our grass and remove noxious weeds. I think we may have a very different definition of what counts as a noxious weed. Less productive today, wrapping things up preparing for vacation. https://flic.kr/p/2nAaovt

July 21, 2022. It's too bad the RedBlacks lost today because we had a great crowd on hand, absolutely filling the north side stands (they still can't fill the south side, which should be noted as they design a rebuilt north side - we need our roof. Today I investigated NeutrolinoJS, an application design app. I also looked at Steampipe today. https://flic.kr/p/2nA9W1w

July 20, 2022. Out for a quick bike ride to St. Albert (the bridge still isn't closed) and took this from the outside wall of the St. Albert cheese facroty. It's just a bit of background from a big image of a cow, and we see a 'Pop Silo' - the artist's homage to a series of brightly painted silos in the region. Today's video was an investigation of Dock's web3 user authentication system. https://flic.kr/p/2nAbibG

July 19, 2020. A view of a fresh batch of donut holes at the Tim Hortons. I thought they looked more attractive than usual. Continued exploring Moodle 4 today, this time working with MoodleNet. https://flic.kr/p/2nA9QeS

July 18, 2022. Lexi knows that if she goes to the kitchen tap and waits, someone (usually me) will turn on a nice stream of cold water for her. I have a week of work and then a lot of vacation, so I can't start anything big, but can do a video about installing Moodle Net. https://flic.kr/p/2nA9NdH

July 16, 2022. This is PorchFest in Vankleek Hill. Cycled 105 kilometers there and back today in 30 degree temperatures under a blazing sun and hot dry dusty wind. It was a good day overall, and it's nice to have my first century of the year. https://flic.kr/p/2nyQDLr

July 15, 2022. Charlemagne (orange) and Julia (not orange) sleeping / sitting together on a chair. Friday, the last of the corrections for my paper are done, two interviews complete, an article for OEB (which accepted my proposal) is done, feeling good. https://flic.kr/p/2nyQCaR

June 14, 2022. As I understand it, this is a new Ford parts provisioning centre, located here in Casselman, just on the other side of the highway. So Casselman officially has an industrial district. https://flic.kr/p/2nyQBjN

July 13, 2022. Took off a bit early this afternoon and went for a 50km ride to Avonmore, where I spotted this flower across the street while having a snack at Barkley's store. https://flic.kr/p/2nyNFJt

January 12, 2022. We are becoming experts at growing milkweed. This plant is almost as tall as I am! That doesn't mean we're awash in butterflies, though. I think I saw one earlier this year, that's it. It's like they don't exist any more. So terribly terribly disappointing. https://flic.kr/p/2nyNDS2

July 11, 2022. This is my back yard. We've had a lot of rain this year and where in previous years our back yard has looked like a desert, this year it looks like a jungle. Don't know what the neighbours think, but honestly, manicured lawns are over-rated. https://flic.kr/p/2nyNCww

July 10, 2022. We went for our hike around the Baie Noire segment of Parc national de Plaisance. Nice day, warm and clear, and we did 8 kilometers stopping frequently for photos. This will be my last hike with the old shoes; my feet have been sore and my toenails bruised. https://flic.kr/p/2nyjt1W

July 9, 2022. This is a nice house along Dunning Road near Navan. I went on a nice long ride today up to Pendleton, along the Prescott-Russell trail toward the city, and then back down Dunning through Limoges. Beautiful day for a ride. https://flic.kr/p/2nypzVi

July 8, 2022. Just a local cow sheltering under a tree. Still way behind uploading photos. Still completely focused on this article. Also, the charger for my best camera stopped working, so I'm relying on my Fujifilm X-T200 now. https://flic.kr/p/2nyqU9g

July 7, 2022. One of our local red winged blacjbirds. I'm *really* lagging behind uploading daily photos. We got back from Toronto, got fibre internet, and I've been totally engrossed getting my article written. https://flic.kr/p/2nypyqK

July 6, 2022. It took three trucks and half a day, but we were the first in our neighbourhood to get hooked up to fibre internet. Bell hadn't even been advertising it yet; I just checked for availability and there it was! It's connected now and I am living the dream. Also, to make this a full day, I got my fourth Covid booster. I need to do more writing but with a slight vaccine headache I'm not sure how easy that will be. https://flic.kr/p/2nwAuo9

July 5, 2022. These are day lilies in our back yard (I'm still wondering why people move out to the country and then try to make their yard resemble a city as much as possible). I spent a full day writing today. https://flic.kr/p/2nwD2DL

July 4, 2022. We had some time this morning so we took a wander around the city, then got on the train for home. This is a view of Lake Ontario out the window. I got a fair amount of work done on the train - the wireless was OK until people started streaming, but then I just used my phone as a hotspot. https://flic.kr/p/2nwAqBB

July 3, 2022. After a very disappointing burger at the hotel the night before, this pasta was a welcome surprise. We had one more game of baseball weekend, another loss - but nobody is blaming the Jays for anything this weekend, as we all learned (once again) that there are more important things than baseball. Still, I'm glad there's baseball. And also things like a good hotel meal. https://flic.kr/p/2nwAqKV

July 2, 2022. We got our bobbleheads. There were two games on Saturday and the giveaway was the first day. There were some nervous moments in a long line, as they were only giving them out to the first 15,000 through the gates. We were in the 200 level for game 1, which was fine, and in the 100 level for game 2, where the seats were a lot narrower than I remember (did they change? was it me?) and it was pretty uncomfortable. A couple of losses, but that's baseball. https://flic.kr/p/2nwBFDm

July 1, 2022. This was the scene at the ball park on Canada Day. We took the train first thing in the morning, arriving in Toronto early enough to catch the game (it's four hours from Fallowfield; you can't do that to downtown Toronto in a car). We were way up in the 500 seats, but I've always wanted to be there for a full house on Canada Day. https://flic.kr/p/2nwCLHi

June 30, 2022. The view from our seats at the RedBlacks game. It ended in another loss, with the team a bit ragged, but it was still entertaining. After the game we did not go home, instead staying at a hotel near the train station in preparation for a busy few days... https://flic.kr/p/2nwv29k