Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

July 19, 2024. Looking at the back of the stands at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. We were there for the RedBlacks game (which we won!). I worked from home today, and after work set up the bicycle for my trip starting tomorrow. Here's the set-up video and if you want to follow my trip as I upload more videos, here's the playlist . https://flic.kr/p/2q59URG

July 17, 2024. This is the latest photo of my self-starting potato in my office. I've given it some dirt and lots of water. I'll be away for a couple of weeks so who knows whether it will make it. But I'm giving it the best chance. https://flic.kr/p/2q5b9cz

July 14, 2024. This is Rideau Street at the Bay. It was so hot we went mall walking instead of hiking, bought some essential stuff, and stayed cool. https://flic.kr/p/2q5bEnk

July 13, 2024. This is the St. Lawrence River near the Long Sault parkway. It was a bright brilliant and very hot day today, and because people were driving so badly I decided to stick to off-road bicycle trails, so I went from the Lost Villages memorial to Upper Canada Village and back, roughly 50 km. https://flic.kr/p/2q3YvE7

July 12, 2024. We drove home from Tremblant today, sadly. But we were back early enough that I could get out for a short ride. This is a fenceline I see every time I do the St. Albert loop. https://flic.kr/p/2q41mQh

July 11, 2024. This is the Riviere Rouge at Brebuf, which I finally visited by bicycle. That wan't my plan, but there was a lot of construction on the P'tit Train du Nord trail between Tremblant and Labelle, so I took an alternate - and much longer, and much hillier - route back. Almost 70 km, but more importantly, about 400 m elevation gain. https://flic.kr/p/2q3MynU

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 east of Tremblant. Felt better in the evening. https://flic.kr/p/2q3imUJ

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

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 is mostly pine with a mix of birch and maple. https://flic.kr/p/2q2QuAc

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 curry on top of a serving of salmon with the scallions. So delicious! https://flic.kr/p/2q2R4jq

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) and then visited Mum and Bernie after work; they appear to be doing OK. https://flic.kr/p/2q2BpCT

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 extender. It doesn't work on the 24x200 but it does work on the 180-600 telephoto, which gives me ridiculous magnification. I tried it out on the monopod in my office (no way I can hold it steady by hand) and took this low-light photo. https://flic.kr/p/2q2CcDN

July 2, 2024. Like the title says; it's a lily. Rest day today, worked from the home office working on CList and doing some reading. https://flic.kr/p/2q2zU1B

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