Monthly Archives: October 2010

Ottawa Flickr Outing

A nice group of about 25 Ottawa Flickr photographers got together at a local restaurant tonight to discuss just about anything but mostly just about anything camera related. My preparation for our upcoming trip took a turn for the better … Continue reading

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Another Fall day in Kanata, Ontario

Another Fall day in Kanata, Ontario Today I took my car into the Canadian Tire store thinking that I wouldn’t have too long to wait for them to do a wheel balance. Turns out that their wait times for tire … Continue reading

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Pakenham’s 5 arched stone bridge, Pakenham, Ontario

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Hog’s Back Falls, Rideau River, Ottawa, Ontario

Hog’s Back Falls, Rideau River, Ottawa, Ontario Still lots of water flowing over Hog’s Back Falls on the Rideau River thanks to the near record rainfall levels in September.The Autumn colours of the leaves along the Rideau Valley are changing … Continue reading

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Butterflies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Butterflies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario As the week progressed the number of people coming to see the live butterfly display at the greenhouses of Carleton University increased. By the time that the Thanksgiving weekend arrived, the people who got to … Continue reading

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Carp Star Party

Carp Star Party Look up, way up! That is what over 100 people with 20+ telescopes where doing tonight. After quiet a dry spell of cancellation due to cloudiness the last public star party of The Royal Astronomical Society of … Continue reading

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Moths at Large, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario

Moths at Large, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario Tonight was the vernissage for the new exhibit “Moths at Large/Papillons de Nuit: Plus Grande Que Nature” at the Canadian Museum of Nature and I had the pleasure of being there … Continue reading

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Update on progress

UPDATE: As Graeme and I get this new website/blog format up and running, we are moving a great deal of photographic material over from other locations and consolidating that photographic material into this one site.  In order to maintain our … Continue reading

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Butterflies Day 5, Carleton University Butterfly Show, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Butterflies Day 5, Carleton University Butterfly Show, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario I decided to hang out with the butterflies again today. It was raining outside so what better reason to find somewhere dry to take the camera. Lots of people, … Continue reading

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A little walk – theme Autumn colours, Kanata, Ontario

A little walk – theme Autumn colours, Kanata, Ontario Four days of photographing tropical butterflies in the Carleton University Butterfly Show has been fun but for a change in pace I took my father (92 y.o.) out for a little … Continue reading

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