Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

February 27, 2025. This is the view outside my office window today. As you can see, winter isn't letting us go just yet. We're in for more snow and cold over the next couple of weeks. This is always the hardest time of the year to stay positive. https://flic.kr/p/2qPbaex

December 8, 2024. Dried and perfectly preserved wild cucumber. We went for a walk along Crysler Trail today, just near the town of the same name. It was a crisp December day, windy and sunny at times, with plenty of birds. https://flic.kr/p/2qyF2eE

March 3, 2024. Our walk today took us to Pine Grove forest. It's still showing the effects of the derecho a couple years ago, and it looks like they removed a lot of the downed trees over the winter. We listened to the Blue Jays lose another spring training game. Relaxed day overall, with an evening spent playing video games. https://flic.kr/p/2pBG6xR

February 18 2024. It was snowing in the forest today where we went snowshoeing, a bit more than 4 km. Not too cold but snowy and blowy. https://flic.kr/p/2pyWwk4

February 6, 2024. This is the Nation River about 5 km from Casselman. I stopped to get a photo while dropping Andrea off at the dentist. Today was mostly a recovery day, catching up on email that had accumulated during our short trip to Quebec City and figuring out how to eat the most recent trove of vegetables. https://flic.kr/p/2pwNKoM

February 4, 2024. We had another fun day at the Carnival today, walking 7 kilometres around Quebec City (including up the escarpment after the funicular stopped running. This is the classic photo of the Chateau in the same style taken by thousands of photographers before me - including me, at least twice. https://flic.kr/p/2pwsw2h

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

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 early today for another morning meeting, but nowhere nearly as early as previously. I'm always a bit pleased when I can have a successful meeting in French. Otherwise, worked on my newsletter and did more reading on the topic of context. https://flic.kr/p/2ptdLVw

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 working in the office; wrote an article about copyright and AI in the morning and attended a long research ethics board meeting (by videoconference - yes, I drive into the city to attend meetings by videoconference) in the afternoon. Also a Costco trip. https://flic.kr/p/2pt2CPv

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 average day in the office, though I did get email from HR reminding me I'm turning 65 pretty soon. The car, by the way, is a 2023 Honda CRV hybrid - I wanted an electric vehicle, but last year they basically weren't available. https://flic.kr/p/2psMvpe

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 get some milk. That's pretty much my day. https://flic.kr/p/2psFfFg

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.m. meeting tomorrow. That's the price of working with Europeans. https://flic.kr/p/2pstaYU

December 4, 2023. Woke up this morning to this. The skies opened up overnight. Worked from home, doing some funding reviews and some writing. https://flic.kr/p/2pjT3h9

March 19, 2023. This squirrel greeted us near the beginning of the Old Quarry Trail in west Ottawa. We did a roughly 6 km loop around the trail. Our timing was good; it was -6 so everything was frozen. Next week, this trail will be too soggy to walk (there were already 'rail closed' markers out. We also web to Cabela in the west end to pick up a bug jacket, some bear spray, an air horn, and other doo-dads for my summer bikepacking trip. https://flic.kr/p/2oocLDr

March 12, 2023. I sniffled and sneezed my way through a hike on Pinhey train in west Ottawa today. There was a lot of debris from last year's storm, as elsewhere, which led to things like this lichen being easily accessible for cool photos. Forgot my camera, and also, was trying 'EideWithGPS' to track our walk, which I messed up, so there's no Strava recording (I want to be able to create maps ahead of time for wilderness rides, that's why the new software, and it's always good to test this ahead of time). https://flic.kr/p/2ontRX1

February 12, 2023. This is Pine Grove forest, still showing a lot of signs of the devastation caused by last year's derecho. We went out for a 6km walk on the snow-covered trail enjoying a beautiful warm February day. https://flic.kr/p/2oh6BnQ

January 24, 2023. This is just an ordinary house I see when I go on my walk, but it's funny how a few trees and some snow make any old house a postcard picture. Had a few meetings today, discussed ontologies and instructional strategies, and gave an informal presentation introducing myself and my interests. https://flic.kr/p/2oe4E9N

January 23, 2023. These are solar panels set up alongside the railway a few blocks from home. One thing I noticed right away when I moved here is how much more solar and wind power is generated here than in New Brunswick. Back to work today, more work on the Protege ontology editor. https://flic.kr/p/2oe28XR

January 22, 2023. Same forest, new week. A warmer hazy overcast day. We snowshoed almost 5 km. https://flic.kr/p/2od1MqK

January 15, 2023. Snowshoeing in Larose forest. Then football. January winter Sunday. https://flic.kr/p/2obBnBz