We came home from camping to discover that the weird “broccoli” flowers growing in the front flower bed had finally bloomed pink. And what’s more, they were super popular with the bees – we counted a few dozen taking turns combing through the little flowers for pollen. With so many fascinating subjects hard at work [...]

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As I was leaving the house this morning to get on my bike, I noticed a thick shimmering spider web strung between our rose bushes. As I bent down to look I came face to face with something hovering on a nearly invisible web – this enormous 2 and a half inch long Orb Weaver [...]

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I tried hard to drink in every bit of the fast-paced live-action Scott Pilgrim movie, which was packed full of neat little details and sight gags. I completely missed this clever trick in the trailers, but as soon as I saw it in the theatre I got so excited I yelled loudly whispered “LOOK AT [...]

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We headed up the day after Canada Day to Pink Lake, to do our yearly hike around the rare blue-green “meromictic” watering hole. We picked a perfect day for it, too – blue skies and a nice cool breeze.
We saw turtles! And fish! And … leeches. UGH. You’re not allowed to swim in there for [...]

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I managed to compose a much better picture this evening thanks to having a bit more light to work with at dusk. The ISS didn’t stand out as much against the light sky, but at least now you can see that it drew a clear sharp line as it descended into my neighbour’s yard. [...]

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Be on the lookout for this little feathered hooligan, going around from neighborhood to neighborhood taking baths in people’s backyards. (In my replica roman rain chalice! The nerve!) I snapped a couple of pics of him making a mess before flying away.

This is actually how I take a bath, too. Stand up on [...]

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We had a little brown visitor this morning in our back yard, taking nibbles off our tulip leaves and dandelions (can you believe they’re yellow already? In April?) which probably taste of vinegar from Natasha’s latest experiments in green weed-killing alchemy. The neighborhood stray cat has been on patrol lately, but I haven’t seen him [...]

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Anyone want to guess what this is? I think this will be a short-lived game, but I’m hoping the weird sea-creature-esque tendrils (I wasn’t expecting to see them!) throw some people off. To the first correct guesser goes a photo from the pile I’m putting together for a little show in February. (not [...]

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The frost was just extra-pretty the other morning, so I guess I had no choice but to break my latest picture-taking drought and get down to business.

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On our bike ride to Parliament Hill (which was AWESOME), Natasha and I discovered Remic Rapids, a little park area right near Parkdale, along the Ottawa River. As we came up over the hill, we saw a big stretch of standing stone statues. Lots of fun!

There were a surprising number of people down there. I’d [...]

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