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February 28, 2026. Rabbit. Late evening, in the back yard, under the bird feeder. The rabbit is a local resident; we see its footprints all the time. The debris around the rabbit is bird seed scattered there by the squirrels. We have a good population of squirrels here. Not seen in the photo is a cardinal trying to sneak in for a snack. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/JFjZy1h

February 26, 2026. Emma. Getting Emma to be still enough to photograph is an art in itself. Work day in the office today and tomorrow. I'm also having my first-ever ultrasound Friday (purely precautionary). Long, busy week. No photo from Friday because I was so tired and went to bed early. #SDDaily #caturday. URL: https://ift.tt/NiUzevZ

February 25, 2026. View from Timmies. Looking out the window at the Riverside Hospital. As we get older the doctors want to do more testing to anticipate problems before they arise. I don't disagree with this perspective, and not having to pay at the front door makes it a lot easier to do. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/Tk2Ol45

February 24, 2026. Metro. A quick trip to pick up ingredients for this week's curry. Otherwise I spent the day in the home office working on getting my online life sorted. Still waiting for the nice weather. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/f0XZmok

February 23, 2026. Paperwork. I'm pulling together all the stuff I need to make sure I get my pension. I wonder what happens if I don't do it - do they just not pay me? I'm not going to try to find out. But it is the sort of question that passes through my mind. What really bothers me, though, is that this can't be done electronically. It's paper all the way down. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/zBoST5L

February 22, 2026. The forest in winter. Our walk today took us through Pine Grove forest. Conditions were poor; we should have used snowshoes but didn't. Not too cold, though. https://flic.kr/p/2rXXfHB February 22, 2026 at 09:57AM

February 20, 2026. Service Ontario. Worked from home today and took time to go to the local Service Ontario to renew Andrea's ID and my license plates. Half an hour from home, a huge pain if I'm working in the city. Another reason to resist 'return to office' mandates. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/K5LQBVP

February 21, 2026. Red cardinal. Spent the day working on a report while watching the first ball game of the year. Like most indoor days like this, we're lucky to get any photo at all. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/q4Fav8c

February 19, 2026. Cat in a Box. Another day working in the office, mostly on posts and background reading. This is Char in the new box that contained power adapters I'll use next summer in Iceland. #SDDaily #caturday. URL: https://ift.tt/UQbecva

February 18, 2026. Back Road. This is a scene from the Navan Road on my way home from the office. I took the back roads home today because I didn't feel like driving on the highway. It's too stressful and I don't get to enjoy actually living in the country. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/xOi3EoS

February 17, 2025. Bird Feeder. Another day spent working in the home office; this is the bird feeder as seen through the window. It's not a great photo but when I have an office day like this I'm luck to get any photo. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/2sZpq5t

February 16, 2026. Lights. This is a detail of the bright light I use sometimes in my office to ward off seasonal affective disorder. I need light, as bright as possible, to thrive. Winter is hard on me. I can't wait for spring. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/M7R9aDO

February 15, 2026. Branches. Yesterday I spent coding indoors all day, so no photo. Today we got out for a hike in Warwick Forest, but there has been a lot of damage caused by loggers (including an entire adjacent forest clearcut to the ground). That made me sad; I can at least understand selecting logging, even if I don't like it, but wiping out a forest just seems barbaric. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/mLTI8Sf

February 13, 2026. Clarke. Another day in the office today. I consider the office days as lost days because I can't work on anything significant, so I focus mostly on writing posts. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/p3Xm2CL

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February 12, 2026. Costco. Drove into the office today and realized I had left my badge and passkey at home. That's what happens when my routine changes, as it did yesterday. So I went to Costco and then worked from home. Commuting once per day to work in the office is more than enough; I'm definitely not doing it twice. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/R7YZKDF

February 9, 2026. Forest. I'm showing a photo from the walk because I like it so much. And also I spent the full day indoors working (except for the five minutes I took feeding the birds). #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/AoL7u0d

February 8, 2026. Bonus daily photo. A woodpecker in the trees, contemplating the universe. -20 weather (-33 with the wind chill) but in a brilliant bright sun. https://flic.kr/p/2rVGCsD February 08, 2026 at 08:04AM

February 8, 2026. Snowshoeing in -20 weather (-33 with the wind chill) but in a brilliant bright sun. I'm pretty happy with the way I was able to focus on Andrea between the trees. https://flic.kr/p/2rVHYK3 February 08, 2026 at 08:56AM

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February 3, 2026. The view from below. Scene in my back yard. Another day spent looking at VS Code. Getting closer. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/A48GlbV

February 2, 2026. Coding. This is how I spent the day today, staring at VS Code as I migrate my website. Even more importantly, I'm really getting a feel for how ChatGPT does things. It's so good sometimes (and essential for me to navigate AWS or Git) and so bad at others (it is especially forgetful at times). #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/AO5CmD7

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February 1, 2026. It was freezing outside today but we wore many layers and had a nice and relatively warm time wandering around Winterlude 2026 in Ottawa https://flic.kr/p/2rUEzeM February 01, 2026 at 08:59AM

January 31, 2026. Borb. Another day with very cold temperatures and this morning dove is all fluffed up to escape the cold. I escaped the cold by working inside. Still transferring my site to a new VPS. Also finished the last of my Iceland photos. Yay! #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/FH95UWX

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