Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

June 29, 2026. Iceland, Day 5. Recovery Day. This is a fledgling robin busy molting its baby feathers to reveal it's full colours. Apt. I spent the day at Reykjavik campsite recovering, doing nothing but reading, writing, and eating a lot of food. By the end of the day I felt human again. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/nrUMs29

June 28, 2026. Art Museum. Iceland, Day 4. Spent at least a little time admiring the art while I stopped for an emergency break. A rough day today, and I bailed part way through (but late in the afternoon) and went to Reykjavik campsite. Still ill and tired. I will probably rest here for a day even if I feel good to go. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/EVTOAgI

June 27, 2026. The watch. 1991 by Timo Solis. Stands above the Hafnarfjordur campsite where I've been all day, doing nothing. I'm under the weather and really needed a rest day. This isn't the best place for that, as there are no services, but it will have to do. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/YQHhgfr

June 26, 2026. Iceland, Dar 2. Nardvik to Hafnarfjordur. Cool, but not too rainy, wind at my back. Most of the ride was along the major highway. Caught a cold, naturally. Trying to balance the physical exertion with the various meds I'm on is a trick. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/mYzI5iy

June 25, 2026. I'm in Iceland now, in a tent, and recovering from an Odyssey that took me from below the equator to the edge of the Arctic Circle. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/KQecFr6

June 23, 2026. Union Station. After a bus ride, two flights, and the UP train, I'm at Union Station in Toronto, there to catch a train to Ottawa, from which I'm supposed to drive home (don't bet against me just booking a hotel room and then driving home and thence to Montreal tomorrow. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/yh7mF6p

July 22, 2026. Andes. Took the bus back from Cuenca to the coast and had a much better view of the mountains. It really is spectacular scenery, with steep slopes and narrow winding river valleys. Taking the red-eye to Toronto tonight, then the train home tomorrow. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/LTUDKx5

June 21, 2026. Cuenca. Went for a long slow walk through the city today, taking great care not to injure my knee (don't want a repeat of last year). #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/cM5FeNZ

June 20, 2026. Cuenca. I'm in a little pub & restaurant in Ecuador's third largest city watching their team in the World Cup. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/K4XNSfw

June 18, 2026. Guayaquil. Switched hotels today, spending time exploring a different part of the city. Most of the day, though, was focused on preparing my talk #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/P8Y4wte

June 17, 2026. Iguana Day. I gave my online talk this morning and then went for a walk in Guayaquil where I spotted this beauty. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/F9EVt2O

June 16, 2026. Plane Day. This is the international concourse at Bogota. I'm on my way to Guayaquil, Ecuador. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/12lwHni

June 15, 2026. Train Day. I spent yesterday getting my bike packing gear ready for Iceland, and today travelling by train to Toronto to catch a flight to Ecuador, where I will be keynoting in a few days. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/sVUOANv

June 13, 2026. Went for a longer bike ride today in the hot sun, including a stop to visit Bernie and the kids. :) The ride left me pretty worn out, and caps about 1,100 kilometers of training rides in preparation for my Iceland trip. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/HX3kyuf

June 10, 2026. Another normal day - writing, coding, cycling. I take big ski photos like this so they look better as backgrounds to my cycling posts. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/8goSmxC

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June 7, 2026. Moth. Today's walk was back in the familiar forests of the Mer Bleue bog, in Ottawa, where we spotted this moth disguised as a dead leaf. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/oztjdkZ

June 6, 2026. Let's go RedBlacks #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/AHaJMf9

June 3, 2026. Scene from the biking trail at Mont Tremblant. We started early in the morning - Andrea went for a hike up the mountain while I cycled to Labelle and back. Then we drove back home. It made for a pretty long day - it's about a 2.5 hour drive each way. As an experiment though it was a success. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/3H5Gh6R

June 1, 2026. A typical day - newsletter, coding, bike ride. This cluster of flowers was by itself on the roadside just north of St. Albert. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/atQCsK3

May 31, 2026. Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea). We went to one of the new trails just opened up near Alexandria and were rewarded with this sighting. It was a nice day for a walk, a little cool, with showers in the distance but nothing but blue sky where we were. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/ft34pMS

May 30, 2026. I went for a nice long ride today, along the Crysler trail (pictured), down to Finch, and then back up along the gravel roads to St.Albert. It was a beautiful day and a great ride. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/BPEg8Cz

May 29, 2026. Football under the cranes. It was a cold evening but we got to enjoy our RedBlacks in a romp over Montreal. I know it's only the preseason, but there's room for hope, right? The cranes, by the way, are building an undersized arena; then our football stands will be replaced with something smaller, uglier, and without a roof. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/tRh2JCl

May 28, 2026. Blue sky and pines. Another new typical sort of day - writing OLDaily, coding CList, going for a bike ride. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/vo9Ablw