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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-16090116308633920562019-10-15T22:35:00.001-04:002019-10-15T22:35:38.545-04:00Chickadee Trail - one more time<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you know, I love nature. I can enjoy it alone but it can be even better enjoying it with others. I've visited Chickadee Trail (at Lynde Shores Conservation Area) many times but when RJ is with me, the enjoyment goes off-scale. This time it was Jane, RJ and yours truly. RJ adds more to our visits than he'll ever know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Conservation Areas in Ontario are common and very popular. You can't camp in them. They're for day visits. Free or maybe a couple bucks for the time you're there. Chickadee Trail at Lynde Shores is first class for families. A short walk where you may encounter deer, raccoons or wild turkeys and definitely chipmunks, squirrels, ducks & geese, blue jays, cardinals, nuthatches and of course chickadees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I realize the RJs days of spending time with Nan & Poppa are slowly closing. But it truly makes me enjoy each day with him to the fullest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 'frozen' Great Blue Heron, with the patience only animals and birds exhibit, awaits his chance at a fish. It came, he got it... as ducks and geese swim impatiently by. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> RJ loves feeding all birds and animals. I grew up in Saskatchewan. Despite this highly populated area of the country that we live in, nature is available more easily than in many areas of our country. It's ironic really. RJ benefits. Someone just has to take our young ones out in nature. A lesson I learned a while ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this instance, RJ said he felt the 'wind' from the goose's wings. Something I never felt. RJ is very observant and very conscious of all that is around him.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Holding your arm out can be tiring. RJ has more patience than me though. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nuthatches are less common at coming to your hand for feed, but a couple did today.The 'upside-down bird' as I call them. They spend most of their lives climbing down trees, rather than up.</span><br />
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Don't we all love chippies? How can you not? Beautiful coloring, stuff their cheeks like there's no tomorrow, and that 'chippie' sound that they're constantly chipping and chipping and chipping. <br />
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I love squaky blue jays. The sounds carries and rings thru your yard or forest. Cheeky, bold... This is my territory. Where's yours?<br />
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We've been to Chickadee Trail enough times that RJ checks certain things out... like this 'fort' that seems to move around a it. <br />
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The 'name ' tree as Jane suggested. The only one that was on the trail. Not 'pretty' to many of us, but the tree will be fine. Only girdling the bark will kill it.<br />
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The 'big white snake' we spotted. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It had been a while since I was out in nature. RJ helps to 'get me out there'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nature is more important to us than we realize I think. 'Forest bathing' is a new thing in some parts of the world. Problem is, our world has changed so much that fewer and fewer of us 'get out there' to receive nature's benefits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been great chatting with you all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bob</span><br />
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<br /><style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-85634866760814712862019-08-27T23:03:00.000-04:002019-08-28T13:56:26.370-04:00Our Garden --- August 2019<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Summer in Canada has a way of slipping by all too quickly. Of course if doesn't, it's just our perception of time... or whatever. In any case, here are a few pics from our garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other day, as we walked 'our' path, Jane was saying how umpteen months of winter are not far away. True. As everyone says, where does the time go? It just goes.</span><br />
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Jane has a touch for presenting things. This is on our garden gate.<br />
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One of our garden clocks... can't rely on it now. It's the time in some other universe maybe. :-)<br />
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-67805032594216410672019-08-10T21:54:00.000-04:002019-08-10T21:54:04.653-04:00RJ's 10th Birthday PartyAugust 10th, 2019<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jane and I went to RJ's birthday party today. He was officially 10 last week. We've been to most of his birthday parties. Maybe all. Jane would know. :-)</span><style>body{font-family: verdana}</style><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main reason I'm posting this is that I'd like to hear from you... about your grandkids' birthday parties these days. How things have changed since my day... 150 years or so ago. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RJ is our our only grandchild, so I do often post about him. But it's their parties these days. Wow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No more simply at a friend's house, simple presents and cake. Now parties are at 'high-tech' places. I'm not saying this new way is good or bad. Things change with time. Big changes sometimes. This isn't our first high-tech party with RJ and I'm sure it won't be the last. Is it happening at your end too?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This time it was at a Virtual Reality venue in our local shopping mall. Here's the overall scene. RJ in the foreground in a blue top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ready to go... In case you're curious... the T-shirt is "Canada's Wonderland 1981" when it started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RJ... on the right... knees up, deeply immersed in Virtual Reality. He kept screaming... who knows what he was seeing? These 'pods' are 9-dimensional. Yah, right. The manager encouraged me to try it. I thanked him of course, but...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So please let me know. Some of you are in 'far off' countries. But I'd love to hear from you all. Is this the 'new' birthday party style? I'm guessing yes but I need you to confirm it for me. From near and far. Please do.</span></div>
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-72536657262449987102019-08-08T19:51:00.002-04:002019-08-08T19:54:25.051-04:00RJ at Oshawa Zoo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oshawa Zoo doesn't pretend to compete with the Toronto Zoo, but it's a quiet alternative, and close by, for locals. It's more of an advanced petting zoo than a zoo, but it's cool. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We enjoyed it. Me, because I shared it with RJ. RJ because he was 9 years old, and could feed pretty much all of the animals. BTW, he's now 10... as of a few days ago. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a bit of bummer summer for RJ. He broke his wrist so no baseball for most of the summer... no hockey skills training... hockey never stops. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Though it looks like RJ is feeding the goats orange juice, it's just the angle. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If I'd gone to the zoo on my own, I would have enjoyed it, but only to a point. Of course having your child, or in this case my grandson along, is the difference between night and day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He's discovering the world at a frenetic pace. All too soon, he'll be spending his time with his friends, rather than with parents & grandparents. Tempis fugit. Life goes all too quickly. No earth shattering news there... but it does catch me off guard now & then.</span></div>
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-91397282230985219242019-07-30T21:05:00.004-04:002019-07-30T21:05:59.230-04:00Lynde Shores CAJuly 30th, 2019<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello again. It's been a while. I finally got out to a nature area again with my camera. With more talk these days about 'forest bathing' I guess I should try to get out more often. More and more sources are encouraging us to get out in nature to rejuvenate our senses. And to take our children and grandchildren with us. Many of us already knew of nature's healthful effects on our state of mind but it seems more are discovering it now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I stepped out of the car, it was this gander's turn to keep watch over the flock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Water levels are high in Lake Ontario so the spillover into Lynde Shores is obvious. You can't get as close to the ducks & geese as you can normally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've always called these snake fences. They line parts of Chickadee Trail. I've always thought they were cool. You used to see more in the countryside but they're rare now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"What you got today?" Squirrels were looking for handouts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were dozens of squirrels & chippies out & about today, all looking for a free meal.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love your puffy tail, bud. Eastern Grey Squirrels are usually grey as the name suggests but many of them are black in areas in Ontario... like in our backyard. :-) But most at Lynde Shores are grey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ducks wander the trail for handouts. This one has some duckweed on his body from the abundance of it in the 'pond' at LS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's a flock of about 20 wild turkeys that frequent Lynde Shores. Today I saw 2. This one on the fence was rather unusual I thought. I noticed when it was on the ground it looked like it had a bum leg. Couldn't keep up with the flock maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite my love of nature, this was my favourite shot of the day. A woman enjoying nature while her husband walked the trail with his camera, with a lens the size of a small car. I spoke to them a couple times in my wanderings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Late stage Mayflowers. One of my favs... though not at this stage. Time marches on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to throw in another one of the snake fence. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bush shadows on the Duckweed in the 'pond'. Looks like algae but it's not. I used to get duckweed for my goldfish when I had a small outdoor setup. I always wondered if ducks like duckweed so I just looked it up on Google. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, ducks do. So do cows and poultry and many other creatures apparently. Google it if you're curious. Probably not that curious... right? Don't blame you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaves of Dog-strangling Vine. The tiny, pink star-like blossoms are the giveaway. If you've ever encountered this in quantity and tried to walk through it, you can agree that it could easily strangle a dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though I can't say it was an exciting day in nature, based on sightings, it was still a good one. They all are. There were 100's of birds... chirping, singing and generally enjoying the warm afternoon. More than I usually hear. This is one of many Mourning Doves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Duckweed surrounding the Water Lily. Tons of duckweed, only a couple Lilies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes it's not the main subject that catches my eye. In this case it was the patterns in the water surrounding the duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here the water patterns emphasize the duck's 'bow' pushing the water forward. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lynde Shores is one of the best nature areas for kids. My personal favourite is still Second Marsh, but it's not as well known to some of the locals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doesn't a bridge sometimes say, "Come to the other side."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost silhouettes. Mama & Papa thinking about their next move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things I love about blogging is that it lets me relive an outing... cementing an experience just a little stronger into my memory... which needs all the help it can get. Since I've posted less often, I'm now reminded of that.</span></div>
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-23572452114932881742019-04-22T20:00:00.000-04:002019-04-23T15:42:24.183-04:00Oshawa Second MarshApril 22nd, 2019<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Easter Monday. Sunshine & bright, blue skies. A perfect day. Speaking of which I figure we get about 25 perfect days a year. Not too hot, not too cold (as Goldilocks would say), no bugs, not too windy, not raining, not high humidity. A glorious day to be out in nature.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hadn't been to the marsh in what seemed ages. It was great to see what nature had in store for me as she slowly awakens from her winter slumber. The early signs are there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was greeted by a Chickadee looking for seeds. I forgot to bring any. Felt bad, especially since the marsh is partially closed so they don't get many visitors these days. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The channel by the berm is clear of tall weeds and grasses now so it's much easier to see any life on it. Trouble is, it's too early for most. I thought the turtles might be out sunning themselves but not a one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is kind of a contradiction I thought. These signs are now on the fence that has as its main sign, "No Entry, Area Closed". Fishermen and a few others of us, just walk around the fence since it's only about 50 feet long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Coltsfoot... a sure sign of spring. The flowers appear before its leaves do. It's one of the earliest spring ephemerals... plants that come and go before the tree canopy blocks the sun. Often mistaken for Dandelions, they'll be gone before Dandelions appear, other than a few maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Black Knot Fungus apparently attacks trees of the Cherry family. Ugly, but not as bad as it looks. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The boardwalk through Ghost Road Bush has lots of bad spots but sections of stronger ones too. The rebuild will be a major one when it's time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Beaver Pond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Work of Pileated Woodpeckers I assume. They don't fool around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another of the spring ephemerals... Trout Lilies. Story is that its name reflects its resemblance to the markings on Brook Trout. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This shot kind of indicates the state of affairs in Ghost Road Bush. School children erected this birdhouse at some point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Vernal pools reflect the blue sky on a day like this. I've seen ducks and tiny larvae in them in other years. Nothing today.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are the early stage of Fiddleheads... I think. It's interesting how many of nature's plants begin their lives in shades of red. That includes Poison Ivy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Horsetail.We're told it has been around since the dinosaur days... 65 million years or so. They were several feet tall then they tell us. These are 4 or 5 inches now. They're distinctive in this 'pagoda' stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I need help with this one too. I appreciate it's hard to tell from the shot, but could they be Giant Puffballs? The shape is right. I kicked the inner brown part and it was almost like kicking air... and brown 'smoke' (spores?) went into the air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the GM Tower. Lousy shot... my batteries died on my good camera, so point & shoot time and trying to get a shot without a viewfinder, but it does show how little water is visible from the tower now. </span><br />
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<br />Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-71963628130924379552019-03-02T20:17:00.003-05:002019-03-03T12:36:34.676-05:00A Winter Walk March 2nd, 2019<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I dusted off a point-and-shoot and took it on a short walk today. Jane took her phone and grabbed some shots too. There's a city park across the road from us, so we sometimes walk there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The creek across the street as it begins to wander thru the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A jet-black stump... I'm guessing a fungus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another stump with fungus... that's starting to turn this stump black.</span><br />
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-61240174898644957742018-12-12T00:53:00.000-05:002018-12-13T23:45:29.374-05:00Calgary - December 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane's brother, Stephen, has played Scrooge at Calgary Theatre for the last 25 years. It's been on Jane's bucket list for years to see him play the role. This was the year. We were there on opening night, with it's special touches, including a backstage tour with Stephen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had a delicious dinner at a Turkish restaurant before the performance, compliments of Stephen's partner, Michael. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The play was first class... professional and heartwarming. No cameras were allowed during the performance, but I grabbed a couple at permissible times. We had perfect seats. Before the show...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane and Stephen and a cutout of Stephen. The similar B&W tops were purely coincidental. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the performance... Stephen removed his wig and asked the audience to participate in "Toonies for Turkeys" to help the less fortunate in Calgary. Stephen initiated the idea early in his career with the help of the cast. With personal and corporate donations, they have raised $2 million over the years. Wow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We stayed at a hotel near downtown Calgary. We'd stayed there before but to our happy surprise this time, we had a couple rabbits join us. They're domestic escapees or were set free by someone, but we loved seeing them. We started to look for them every time we went outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Suckers as we are for wildlife, we quickly found... no surprise... that they enjoyed muffins and buns which we gladly shared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While Stephen was performing, Michael took us to a couple sites in Calgary that we hadn't seen. This is Lougheed House. Some of you will remember the name. An elegant time, when life was simpler. Not necessarily better, but simpler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A "Christmas Tree" in the house. Not one we'd want in our homes, but clever we thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm always looking around, so I spotted this scene outside a library window. My kind of diversion. The green bikes are rentals. Pick up, pay, drop off. Or I guess it's pick up, drop off, pay. Whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is no ordinary library. It will win awards and be a second level tourist attraction in my opinion. But then again, it cost $250 million. That's a quarter of a billion!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is this what libraries in today's large cites have to do to attract us in the digital age? Maybe. If you go to Calgary, check it out. I don't think you'll be disappointed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How things can change. I always took my 'monster' camera on trips before. Not this time. These are all taken with my shirt-pocket point-and-shoot. On an overseas trip I think I'll still take the monster, but I may have to reconsider that even. Maybe it depends on where we go. We'll see.</span><br />
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-91351781480749090832018-10-21T17:35:00.001-04:002018-10-21T19:07:49.068-04:00Algonquin Park - 2016 & 2018Through Jane's Eyes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've been meaning to do this for a long time... share some of Jane's pictures. So this post is just of Jane's captures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We often find different subjects as we roam with our cameras. Jane often captures things I miss or that I wouldn't have thought of. When we do shoot the same subject, Jane's results are often better than mine. She has a good eye. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The following are from this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where we stayed... Spring Lake Resort, 15 minutes from the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oxtongue Rapids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At Peek-a-Boo Rock at the Dorset Tower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rest of the images are Jane's from our previous visit in 2016. We stayed at the lake but the colours we caught weren't nearly as good as this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Algonquin attracts lots of artists. This one took a short break from her work as we chatted with her at Tea Lake Dam, for those who know the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A pretty nice looking pine, considering that it's a fake. Bell Telephone has disguised their cell-phone antennas in it. You can see them at the top if you look carefully... you may need to enlarge the image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A pretty spot near Oxtongue Rapids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A shot we both seem to take on every visit to Canoe Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are their days numbered? This one is just in the woods at the Canoe Lake parking lot. It was still there this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were alone on this lake with this pair of Mallards. After they ate some of the corn we gave them, they were thirsty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">View from the deck at the visitor's center, looking east. The only real color there is just in front of the deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the old airfield. Bear country, though we've never seen one there yet. They come for the blueberries, the reddish shrubs in the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't remember seeing this one but Jane captured it for me. 'Trumpet Fungus'... my name for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll post more of Jane's in the future maybe. It took me long enough to do this set. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We stayed at Spring Lake Resort in Dwight... close to the park. It's a small lake... some would call it a large pond, but it's a beautiful spot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This girl wasn't doing yoga. I caught her taking a picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We missed the peak of red maples but the oranges and golds were ablaze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lichens are indicative of pollution free, clean air. Lichens are common in Algonquin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A moss-covered stump. The moss is brilliant green.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Life from decay. The stump must be providing some of the nutrients the tree needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've seen a pair of Mergansers at the Tea Lake Dam several times. His haircut is flat since he kept diving for snacks. We enjoyed watching the pair as we had some egg sandwiches... and some ham & cheese too. They taste so much better sitting at a picnic table by a river. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A young girl took a couple shots, then sat down to enjoy the rapids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A view we've enjoyed every year we've visited Algonquin. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's gorgeous. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's at the Fire Tower at Dorset... about 20 minutes south of the park. These are taken from Peek-a-Boo Rock lookout. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane offered to take a picture of this young couple and their dog, with their phone. It turned into an 'event'... so I recorded the event while I waited. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is Peek-a-Boo Rock lookout at the tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not many red maples so I included a red jeep. The trees overpower it though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The actual tower. We don't climb it any more. :) We settle for Peek-a-Boo Rock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Canoe at the Art Center in the park. Kids added their art to it. Jane has more patience than me. She described what was on the canoe as I stood by, then I looked at a couple of the more interesting sounding works of art she described. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can't see it well unless you enlarge it, but the one that intrigued me was 'chipmunks skating'... bottom right corner of the canoe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An artist's work on the side of our hotel restaurant... Canada Geese in Flight. It's driftwood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm jumping around a bit. This is at Oxtongue Rapids, from the shelter there, for those of you familiar with the area.</span><br />
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Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-57272966794347131492018-09-07T22:09:00.003-04:002018-09-07T22:09:16.966-04:00"Our" Path & Tree TunnelsSeptember 7th, 2018<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was just going to send a one-off of the tree tunnels on our path but decided on a short post on my blog instead. As nature nuts, Jane and I feel blessed having the trail literally across the street. This is the entrance... a couple 100 feet from our front door. A mini-tree tunnel of sorts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tree tunnels offer comforting shade on a hot day, especially near the end of day, when all the trees contribute, whether they're part of the tunnels or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The path is very popular with dog-walkers, school kids... and the rest of us as well. There are 4 or 5 true tree tunnels on the path, with short patches of sun between them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We often meet others, several who we've met before, and stop for a chat and a laugh. Often we share a conversation about their dog(s). Dog walkers tend to be more approachable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We even run into my barber and/or his wife now & then and catch up on things.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we met our 'buddy' with his Yorkshire Terrier. Usually he had two with him, but sadly he lost one a few months back.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jane a 100 yards or so from home. Many of the trees are Walnuts. We've noticed a real lack of walnut fruit this year. Last year was a bumper crop. Trees are noted for varying their fruit production through the years. The squirrels probably aren't impressed with a minimum crop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The path from our place to the top is just over one mile. We don't always make the 2 mile walk these days like we used to. Depends what we've been up to for the day and how we feel. With this hot summer, walks tend to be late in the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've walked over 2,000 miles on the path. It took over 7 years to do that. I don't record walks anymore. No way I'll ever make 3,000 miles. C'est la vie.</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-73519585742335433222018-09-02T13:52:00.000-04:002018-09-06T19:18:13.995-04:00Back to Chickadee Trail with RJAugust 31st, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today was the last day of the summer that we would share a a full day with RJ. He asked if we could go to Chickadee Trail. The only times I've really been out in nature this summer have been with RJ. These shots are actually from our last two visits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we crossed the bridge to Chickadee Trail, geese followed the food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Depending on the day, and your luck, you can see raccoons, deer, wild turkeys, ducks, geese, chipmunks, squirrels, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">red-wings, blue jays, cardinals </span>and more. You're guaranteed to see something, so it's a popular spot for families. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lots of geese and ducks in the water but always lots on the trail too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Til next time,</span><br />
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<br />Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-18365789743208612772018-08-17T16:19:00.002-04:002018-08-17T17:56:37.932-04:00Another Mix... and a RantAugust 17th, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This post is some shots I took with my phone. In many cases, phones make excellent images. But in many cases they make lousy ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No viewfinder is problem #1. A real camera has a viewfinder so you can see what you're shooting in all light conditions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong, when it's the only camera you have with you, you can get great, or lousy results, depending on the shooting requirements at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ok... rant over. On to my blog with some not bad and some lousy images from my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sparrows don't get to share the limelight often. They're too common. No bright colors. But they entertain us in our backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So do baby bunnies. All baby animals elicit 'ahs' don't they? This one is in front of our concrete garden duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've been to Chickadee Trail several times, but this was the first time we encountered ducklings on the trail. They were eating out of his hand. Momma approved. He threw some to Momma too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can't be sure in the warmer weather if Chickadees will appear, but we were lucky. RJ had 15 visits or so to his hand. He loves it when they do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also saw Blue Jays, Red, Grey and Black squirrels and Red-Winged Blackbirds while we were there. He seemed really happy to see the Blue Jays. He's rather blase about the squirrels, though he does try to feed them. Most aren't interested. Chipmunks think otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some fuzzy fungus. A lousy shot but it was new to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were dozens of ducks. In the water, resting on the fallen trees... and on the trail. RJ throws seed into the water, but most of it sinks before the ducks get to it. They manage to grab some though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A carefree 9 year-old, twirling his bag of feed. I told him the plants were cattails. He asked why they call them cattails. "They don't look like cat tails" he said. Just another of his many questions that I couldn't answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Leaf Miners. I can never get over this. Tiny creatures burrowing their way between the top and bottom of leaf surfaces. No wonder that their trails are visible. Nature blows my mind in 100's of ways. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we got home I suggested to RJ that maybe we should go to Chickadee Trail once more before school starts. He said, "Maybe a couple times."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love nature but I love the fact that RJ does too. To see him enjoy nature gives me as much pleasure as I get from nature myself. Watching a child discover the world of nature is like nothing else in my eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RJ loves his cartoons on TV, his video games, Canada's Wonderland, etc. etc. but the fact that he enjoys nature as much as he does, is heartening. I hope his love of nature lasts all his life.</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-2269108180911955422018-08-08T23:28:00.002-04:002018-08-08T23:28:57.504-04:00Something Different August 8th, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A video instead of stills. When RJ visits us, a buddy of his, JR, lives up the street. I'm all for coincidences... RJ and JR. Go figure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They were doing this dance in our backyard.</span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Something about the 'Fortnite' game maybe. Not sure. But they obviously knew. They did this dance together. "So so different from our childhoods."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought it was really cool, even though I didn't have a clue what they were doing. :) They were both into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's the link if you want to stay connected to the current generation. To them, the Internet and screens are just like a telephone was to us... no big deal. They always existed, didn't they? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RJ keeps reminding me of my past... unbeknownst to him... and he gets me thinking of the future. Even of the present. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The world is changing at a frightening pace. Or, if it's not changing at a frightening pace, it sure as hell ain't like it used to be.</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-81790078898383571822018-07-22T19:20:00.002-04:002018-07-22T19:40:08.925-04:00A Mix from the Last While June-July 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the end of the year, RJ's school had a music concert. The younger ones played recorders. We had similar things called 'tonettes' out west. Any one else familiar with those?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the official concert, some fun in the hallway with a buddy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I still get out in nature once in a while. This was along a creek near RJ's baseball game. It's Dame's Rocket, aka Wild Phlox by some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grasses catch my eye, but I get very few images of them that I like. This one isn't great but not bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My surprise birthday dessert when Jane took me out for dinner. No singing... which is fine with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Garden colors change as the weeks go by. This was a a couple weeks ago. Maybe more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You never know what will catch kids' attention. RJ was intrigued by this mini waterfall in a park downtown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And he loved this. A 'magic' glove with 'special' bubbles that bounced off it. Jane & I were impressed too. Very cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another outing with RJ... to Oshawa harbour. We watched a couple tugboats bring this freighter into the dock. There are two tugboats in the image. One is harder to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never seen a gathering like this. I've only seen one or two at a time before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We ended the day back at the park store for an ice cream cone. Not much choice. They didn't have any of my favourites so I tried a rum & raisin. Not bad but not one I'll add to my favourites list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was good to get out in nature again. Not seeing much of it lately. I must try harder to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bob & Jane</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-29837758491356432772018-07-09T18:39:00.001-04:002018-07-09T19:13:00.506-04:00Bit of this, bit of that... July 9th, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After a short flurry of a few new pics, my cameras are gathering dust again. This is a mix from a few weeks back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of you have seen this one. It was taken on an outing I went on with a camera club a few weeks ago. Actually I'd love to drive a tractor again and take you with me in the wagon. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was on the same outing. This is what I call a "photographer's shot". I take very few of them any more. This and the next one are two of the only ones of this type I've shot in months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a supporter of Second Marsh in Oshawa, and a nature lover at heart, I attended an event lakeside... Lake Ontario. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kit fox. Any baby animal seems to put 'cuteness' off the scale. I think it's so important to expose young ones to young animals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The chance of any of us seeing them in the wild is minimal. So I hope you'd take your young ones to events such as this. I think it's important to a child's development. I'm 'soap boxing' but it's one of my passions that children should be exposed to nature as much as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It gave us all the chance to see a Turkey Vulture up close and personal. They're common in our area now. Referred to as TV's by birders, they catch the thermals and float effortlessly as they drift in circles above us, wings upward in a 'V' shape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not everyone is into nature... sad, but true, to my way of thinking. But maybe you've noticed that the press is stressing more & more lately how important it is that we should spend time in nature. Nature truly restores the soul for me, and millions of others I hope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our way of life doesn't encourage it. With fears of ticks, bears, and whatever else, I do understand. But I think it goes deeper than that. I think that too many people could care less about nature. They're too rapped up in the business of life today. Too many options. Too many choices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're all too busy. But keep in mind, our kids learn what they experience. I think life offers too many options now. Just look at any shelf in a grocery store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm a soap-boxer at times as I've said. No apologies. Think of the kids in your life.</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-32128737103489643712018-06-15T20:00:00.001-04:002018-06-15T20:57:35.012-04:00Fun Fair and MoreJune 15th, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RJ's school had a Fun Fair yesterday. I shared it with him. He had a ball. I arrived later than I told him I would. I expected a cool reception, but he was kind to me. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While I bought some tickets, he went to talk to the firemen at the firetruck. I almost had to tear him away, suggesting we look at some other things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He loves the dunk tank... being the dunkee rather the the ball thrower. He did it 3 times. Go figure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Goggles on, ready for the dunking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RJ's first potato sack race. He loved it. He tried it twice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Poutine time... and sharing more laughs. I sometimes wonder what they're sharing at this age. Their faces say more than words can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was the classic 'guess how many jelly beans' there are in the jar. RJ won. His prize... the jelly beans...998 of them. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was from a few weeks back. Crabapple blossoms on our driveway and steps. I love it. It passes way too quickly though. I may have mentioned that I love them scattered on things, more so than on the tree even. Maybe I'm an oddball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back to Calgary for a few. I joked that you shouldn't zoom in on this one. I zoomed in for you. :) It's the biggest Adirondack chair we've come across. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like to learn the names of common trees. Although this one isn't common in our neck of the woods, I'd heard of it many times. It's an Ohio Buckeye. Beautiful blossoms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was at the garden in the prairies that Stephen & Michael took us to. It's one of my favourites from the gardens. It blends the garden with the prairie. The gates invite you to venture out to explore the prairie. I forgot to include it last time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If any of you are curious how our story with the pigeon is going... P.G. as Jane has named him. He's still around. Jane feeds him faithfully. I do too. Theories vary with stray pigeons. Feed them. Don't feed them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I say let nature take it's course. Jane feels PG must be lonely. She may try to get a local club to help get him back to his home. I figure he'll get tired of living out of a suitcase, and go home when he's ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane said today he was cooing to her when she appeared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time will tell whether he goes home, or decides Oshawa is his new home. My bet is that we're not the only ones he's visiting in town. We all have decisions to make. PG will have to make his. Will keep you posted on PG's decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bob & Jane</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-51683608860965797252018-06-10T19:24:00.002-04:002018-06-11T12:59:40.319-04:00CalgaryMay 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We went to Calgary for Jane's brother Stephen's wedding to Michael. They've been together for 35 years. It was informal and lots of fun. Stephen said beforehand that it would be a party, broken up by a 10 minute ceremony. He called it. It was a beach party theme in casual dress. Everyone had a ball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From left: Minister, Janet (Michael's sister), Michael, Stephen, Jane. So many friends were taking pictures that I only took a couple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was the first trip that I didn't take my big camera along. Just took a shirt-pocket point and shoot, a more capable P&S and of course my phone. It made for a much smaller carry-on. Worked out fine. It'll be the way I travel from now on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We'd been to Calgary before but we found some new sights on our own, plus Stephen & Michael took us to some new ones out of town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our first stop was a garden in the prairie. En route we stopped for a break at Bomber Command Museum. How lucky I was to been born when I was. So many were killed in the war. Too young to die but they died for us. We can never forget.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the gardens... under the Elm archway. As they say, where we are raised is in our blood. The prairie is sure in mine. It's hard to describe the feeling I get when I'm on the prairie. As some wise soul once said, "Thoughts run deeper than words, feelings run deeper than thoughts."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really don't like pictures of myself anymore, though at a distance like this is ok. Don't zoom in. :) Doesn't look like prairie here does it, but behind the trees it sure is. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I drive a 2010 Impala. I've wondered what the new ones were like so I rented this 2018. Great car but not great enough to make me want to save my sheckles to get one. Plus I don't buy new cars anymore anyway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This woman photo-bombed my shot. She's kind of cute though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At a garden park in Calgary. In the heart of the city but very quiet and peaceful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stephen & Michael took us to the Bar-U ranch south of Calgary. The drive was through a mix of rolling hills and prairie. It was originally owned by the Burns' of Burn's Meats fame.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Telephoto lenses really compress the view. The mountains were close, but not 'this' close. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane has water in her blood. It's hard for her to resist dipping a toe into any ocean, lake, river or creek that we encounter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sometimes it's the name of things that grab me. This light colored Wolf Willow bush is an example of that. It reminds me of Russian Olive in our neck of the woods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Checking out the chicken 'coop'... though a small one. The chickens are underneath it here.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm drawn to sculptures. This is an action one to be sure... wolves attacking a rider.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This one would be more my speed. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A cute plaque on a bench. One of the best I've seen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Car2Go... another of today's trends in larger cities. Pick up a car you 'find' and drop it off somewhere else. At least that's how I think it works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A mall in downtown Calgary. It had a very open feel to it. You could see any of the 4 levels from various points. Malls don't usually impress me, but this one did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One section of it had mucho plants and small trees. Very relaxing. You could sit on the borders of the gardens, but hopefully not on the plants, as this sign cutely says. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Calgary Tower is much smaller than the CN Tower of Toronto, but it's just as interesting. Rather than a typical shot of it, I chose a reflection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane spotted these ladies having tea in a downtown park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A 'whack-a-mole' wall in the same park... not really. Signs said 'Please don't climb on the bricks'. Of course all kinds of kids did anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Prince's Island is just opposite the skyscrapers of downtown Calgary in the Bow River. Quiet and no vehicles other than a park truck to tend to the gardens. Seemed to be a favourite spot for geese to raise their brood. Must have been a 100 goslings together in a goose clutch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a street vendors' truck window. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I decided to include this shot, only to illustrate that some shots are only for 'us'. Jane called this 'our' tree, since it's where I parked at the hotel if the spot was free. It's a little memory of our trip that no one else would be interested in. So why include it? Just for the helluva it. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A reminder for us that this trip was maybe on, maybe off. Maybe we'd get to Calgary and have to make new plans to get back to Oshawa. In the end the strike didn't happen. Whew! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back at the ranch. He regaled us with some stories. Lots of them. He sure knew his history of the ranch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another new saying for me... on a cushion in a store. I can identify with this some nights. :)</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-14852279647169394542018-06-02T18:34:00.001-04:002018-06-02T18:57:35.240-04:00Backyard VisitorJune 2nd, 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I brushed the dust off my cameras and have been on a few 'outings' lately. Most important was a wedding in Calgary. Also a trip with a camera club and today a 'Feathered Friends Festival' at Second Marsh. I even took a few shots of our crabapple tree blossoms on our driveway a few days back... even prettier than on the tree itself... but probably only to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll be posting more on my blog over the next few weeks. In the meantime, a quick post of what is to us a very interesting visitor in our back yard. We awoke to a lone pigeon in a tree out back. It took a few seconds for it to register with my brain. What is this? Yah, it's a pigeon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I first spotted him/her in a tree but he was quickly comfortable with things, and was enjoying the seed and water that we put out for our critters. He's clearly banded and belongs to someone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Okay. Saw him. He'll be gone shortly and we'll never see him again. Nope. He kept returning. Two weeks now... and we were away for a week in Calgary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A day after we returned from Calgary, we were on the patio and who was there, but our buddy. He was looking at us with I swear was the 'Where's the food?' look. Jane put some seed out on a patio stone, and I think he was heading for the food before Jane had stepped back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jane has done some detective work re 'lost' or stray pigeons. Fairly common apparently. She called a 'Pigeon Society' with the band details so hopefully we'll hear from someone. In the meantime, we'll feed and water him. He's very friendly. Maybe he'll adopt us for a while. Seems to have already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It feels good to have a camera in my hands again, It's been a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just down the berm, looking east into Ghost Road Bush. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The entry point to Ghost Rd Bush from the berm. There is a well worn path around the fence but I don't think many are using it any more. There really isn't much to see, at least not now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some 'curly grass' along the berm... with its tiny seeds. Just inside the fence off Colonel Sam. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd been wondering for a while just how bad things are in Ghost Rd Bush. I expected worse. It's my favourite area of the marsh.</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-17062181384655192017-12-03T20:44:00.000-05:002017-12-04T19:00:55.806-05:00A December Walk December 3rd, 2017<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We went for a walk today on the path. Chilly, but not cold. With a light mist in the air and no wind, it felt good breathing the fresh air and looking at the ever changing plant life that nature offers on an almost daily basis. There's always something new to see any day you venture out in nature... a small flock of geese flew over as we started out, honking their way to the lake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tree tunnels have taken on their winter dress. Mist makes for good photos, but it also heightens the mood in nature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a bumper year for walnuts. The squirrels find a comfortable perch in a tree, and chomp down on the walnuts. The shells tend to fall at the base of trees. Though they start out as a golf-ball to tennis-ball sized green spheres, they blacken as they age, or at least what's left of them do, once the squirrels are finished with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a while since I took many shots on the path. Maybe that's why I took several today. The rich green of this Garlic Mustard caught my eye. Jane & I were wondering how long it looks this green. Under the snow for a while? How much sun does it need to stay this bright? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you like nature's scents & smells, crush a leaf in your fingers and smell it. Pioneers used it in their cooking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of nature's Christmas decorating... Wild Cucumber seed pods on a Cedar hedge.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As some of you already know, fungi are one of my favourite subjects. These are Turkey Tails.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The arched blue-ish Raspberry canes stand out this time of year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We thought this was unusual. Looks like the tree rotted at its roots, close to the surface. Jane thought it looked calcified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The woods in their December browns. If the white holds off for a few weeks, I'm fine with that. We kicked our way through the leaves like we did as kids. We do it every year. It's still fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A favourite type of shot for me on the path... someone else enjoying the day. The mist adds a warm, cozy feeling to the scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This has to be a perfect home for some small creature... squirrel is the obvious guess, but who knows? It was low to the ground so not a good choice for squirrels really. Maybe it's vacant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The leaves still have some color, but it's softer & more subtle this time of year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last night we went to a Christmas lamp-lighting ceremony down at the lake. Loved it. There are three heritage homes there that date back to the 1800's. This was on a wall. Interesting idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trying to re-create the 1800's as best they could, the lighting was just oil lamps in some rooms... which your nose quickly told you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The ornaments on the tree were home made, to reflect the times. It was a beautiful tree.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This ex-Nova Scotian sang Christmas songs of the day, with some from today as well. She had a beautiful voice. Besides the guitar, she played a Dulcimer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After we visited the houses, and had our picture taken with a period Santa, we grabbed a coffee and went and sat under a gazebo overlooking the lake. Listening to the water lapping the shore, and watching a light fog drift in from the lake made it feel like we were thousands of miles away, in a dreamlike scene. It was wonderful... a feeling of solitude & peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bob & Jane</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506623742118463961.post-17366265827409084542017-11-27T22:50:00.000-05:002017-11-28T19:10:28.432-05:00Teresita<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I met Teresita in El Salvador in 1999. I only spent about 15 minutes with her, but she was one of those people you meet who have a profound effect on you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of you may have seen this image of her before. I've posted it in a few places. Her dress, the way she clasped her bananas and the few dollars she'd collected from them, melted my heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never posted this one. She was a tiny woman, but she had one of the biggest, sweetest smiles you'll ever see. With my limited Spanish I couldn't speak to her directly, but my guide, Irene, helped me. I did buy a banana. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wonder if she's passed away. To me, she's the kind of person who could live to a very old age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She won't make any news reports. She may not affect many lives, but she sure affected mine. It's hard to define or explain. I'll never forget her. Maybe she's a reminder for me that we can all affect others in ways that we can't imagine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A couple short videos of it in action...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With self-driving cars, AI, auto-this & auto-that, there are some huge changes on the horizon. Any attempt to predict what it will all mean is futile I think. The future is always different than our predictions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can understand why some choose to minimize their attention to the world news, in an attempt to try to enjoy life. It's an escape to be sure but one I understand completely. I do it too at times. We are so privileged. Those of us who have food every day, clean water, a roof over our heads, computers, etc. etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We went to Lynde Shores CA... close to home. Despite living close to Toronto, with a population of a couple million, there are many natural areas we can enjoy. Ironically, many more than were near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where I grew up. Moose Jaw and area is beautiful in its own way. In many ways, much better than here. Mainly because of the smaller population. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you follow my blog, you've seen similar shots before. The cattails are crazy high now at Lynde Shores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love coons. There was a time when I'd put a shot like this in Photoshop to take out or minimize the blown out areas. Not today. Maybe next time, but I doubt it. Damn, they're cute.</span><br />
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"Where our cattle are, we have bison there too, so you are cautious there too. We
have one heifer that is quiet and a Holstein
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price selling live is quite good. He (husband Bill) has been butchering very few. We haven't
even been able to eat it because we can’t afford it." lol</span></span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“These are some pics taken at Raymond's pasture. Two
bulls & some of the calves, then the brindle cow, the one I like the best.”</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Did you bring us something to eat, or just that stupid camera again? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought some of you might enjoy these. My next visit to Moose Jaw will definitely include a visit to Aletha & Bill's to see the bison. Then to Ray's pasture to see his longhorns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take care,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bob & Jane</span><br />
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<style>body{font-family: verdana}</style>Bob Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823807840300930965noreply@blogger.com0