Monthly Archives: April 2011

Almonte, Ontario – A bit of History and Architecture

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

This blog entry will be focusing on a bit of the architecture and history of Almonte. (Location) Although a few photos of the Mississippi River and the Great Falls are included in this post, please refer to previous blog entries … Continue reading →

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A Little Bee-hind in my blogging

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

Started off the morning by extracting Graeme’s car from a rut in a trail that leads into a woodland observatory. He was driving along the trail late at night and found a wet spot. A big hole full of water … Continue reading →

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Upper section of Great Falls – Almonte, Ontario

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

After visiting the Lower section of Great Falls, I moved uphill to the upper section of Great Falls in Almonte, Ontario.

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Lower section of Great Falls – Almonte, Ontario

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

After extracting Graeme’s car from a muddy rut on a bushland trail north of Almonte, I drove to the lower section of the Great Falls parking lot in Almonte, Ontario, expecting to be able to walk over to bit of … Continue reading →

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Getting out of a rut.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

Last night, Graeme was heading along the trail into the Observatory buildings when a nice rut grabbed a wheel and held him there. We looked at the problem in the dark and decided that would have more success getting the … Continue reading →

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Lower Jock River by Richmond, Ontario

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ron

The Jock River flows from farmlands near Munster, Ontario, passes through Richmond, Ontario and continues downstream to where it empties into the Rideau River below Hearts Desire weir. I had previously photographed other parts of the Jock River but not … Continue reading →

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A bit of country air, Richmond, Ontario

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ron

Graeme had a new buddy scope to attach to his larger telescope.  One of the reasons for purchasing this particular model was the ability to be able to attach his camera to it and use it as a 545mm lens … Continue reading →

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Archery – out shopping

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ron

My son, Alan, had decided that he would like to try out archery as a sport. There are no archery supply companies located in Ottawa so I sent out a few e-mails to archery clubs in the area to see … Continue reading →

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Ottawa Greenbelt Trails – Sarsaparilla Trail

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Ron

After dropping off my father following our earlier outing to Ashton, Ontario, I decided that a stop at nearby Sarsaparilla Trail might yield some photo opportunities. I rather hoped that I might get some nice shots of the white-breasted nuthatches … Continue reading →

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Ashton, Ontario – A step back in time

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Ron

Weather was absolutely beautiful today (+12C and bright sunshine), so I picked up my father and off we went for a drive in the country.

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