On our weekend walk Natasha and I were excited to discover that the ducks are back in our neighbourhood and are poking for bugs in a puddle that, during the summer, is normally a tennis court. They didn’t seem to mind having a duck-wannabe floating around next to them trying to blend in.

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Here’s another project I’ve been up to lately…
Remember that post I did about the Bokeh effects in Scott Pilgrim? With a Christmas tree covered in tiny point lights just begging to be photographed, I felt I ought to prove that it works. Here’s a starburst effect I created just by holding a piece [...]

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I just realized this morning that tomorrow’s going to be the last day I’ll be biking into work this season. I’m not confident (or equipped) enough to do a lot of biking in the dark and with the days getting shorter I’m starting to push my luck getting home before sunset. I’ll be switching over [...]

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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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