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Old Quarry Trail deer – August 2012

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Ron

Old Quarry Trail deer – August 2012 I hadn’t been out for a walk on the Old Quarry Trail in Kanata, Ontario for awhile so it was nice to be able to walk there again today and find some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails | Tagged Deer, Doe Buck, Feeding the deer on On Old Quarry Trail, Old Quarry Trail Kanata Ontario, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus | Leave a comment

An Evening of Live Theatre at Perth, Ontario

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Ron

An Evening of Live Theatre at Perth , Ontario (Location) Perth is an active community in Lanark County and a place that I visit from time to time to photograph snakes and other wildlife at the Perth Wildlife Preserve. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Perth | Tagged cheese makers, clocktower, cycling tour, dairy farmers, david parry, garter snakes, Grain Building plaque, Lanark County, Live Theatre at Studio Theatre Perth, Maxmillian DIning Lounge, Monument to cheese-making in Lanark COunty, norm foster, Norm Foster "Opening Night", northern water snakes, ontario location, perth ontario, Perth Town Hall, Perth Wildlife preserve, Tay River, theatre performance, visiting perth, water snakes, wildlife centre | Leave a comment

Butterflies – White Peacock – Anartia jatrophae

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Ron

Butterflies – White Peacock – Anartia jatrophae Above photograph from our trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic in November 2009.

Posted in Butterfly species, Carleton University, Dominican Republic | Tagged "porte-ouverte" de la voliÃ©re de papillons de l'UniversitÃ© Carleton, Butterflies, Butterfly identification, Butterfly Show, butterfly show 2012, Carleton University, Carleton University Butterfly Show, Carleton's Butterfly Show, Dominican Republic flora and fauna, live butterfly show, Niagara Falls Ontario, Ottawa Butterfly Show, papillon, papillons de l'UniversitÃ© Carleton, papillons universitÃ© carleton, Punta Cana butterfly, White Peacock butterfly Anartia jatrophae | Leave a comment

Dining at the Canal Ritz

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Ron

Dining at the Canal Ritz My brother and I had had a nice visit with my father in the nursing home. After a bit of discussion our next destination became the Rideau Canal. Being the visitor, he got the co-pilot … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged Canal Ritz, cleome, coleus, flower beds, harvest time, harvesting, Ottawa, queensway, Rideau Canal, UNESCO World Heritage Site | Leave a comment

Ottawa to Montreal before flight to Denmark

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ron

Ottawa to Montreal before flight to Denmark Once Graeme and his brother, Alan, decided to fly to Denmark on a flight out of Montreal, the question then became how to get to Montreal from Ottawa. There are plenty of options. … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Canada Explorer, Denmark, Europe, Netherlands | Tagged air france, american airlines, connecting flight, connecting flights, corn field, cumulus clouds, flight to denmark, Highway construction zone safety cones, international flight, legal speed limit, long term parking, montreal quebec, ottawa international airport, Ottawa to Montreal, ottawa train station, paramedic ambulance, Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport, Rigaud Quebec, security screening, storm clouds, traffic signs, volvo c70 | Leave a comment

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives, Cloyne, Ontario

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Ron

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives, Cloyne, Ontario (Location) The events surrounding the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 have begun in earnest in Canada and the USA but although I have been able to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Bon Echo Provincial Park, Canada Explorer, Ontario | Tagged 40th anniversary, block planer, Bon Echo Provincail Park, books by Denison, Brownie Hawkeye Camera, camera models, cannon ball, child high chair, civil war reenactment, clock on the wall, cloyne ontario, coal oil lantern, doll clothes, E. Leonard & SOns London Ontario, early memories, fishing gear, Free Methodist Church, French and Indian War, horseshoes on wall, Hungarian Goolash war rations, interesting things, Johnson Motor Company outboard motor, log cabin museum, oak switchboard, old binoculars, Old fish net, old hammer, old hatchet, old radio, ontario location, pioneer museum, rations, rations supper meniu No. 4, remington typewriter, research papers, sharpening stone, Sir Walter Raleigh Smoking Tobacco, tackle box, tom irvine, wall telephone, war of 1812, wolfe island, Yukon stove | Leave a comment

Bon Echo Provincial Park – 3AM!

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Ron

Bon Echo Provincial Park – 3AM! 3AM – Outside of the tent, it is pouring rain. Raccoons are making the rounds. Everything inside the tent is dry and I have been awakened by the rain and raccoons fighting over an … Continue reading →

Posted in Bon Echo Provincial Park, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario | Tagged 3am, bon echo provincial park, campsites, chocolate powder, flashlight, hot chocolate, ipad, night rain, Ontario provincial parks, picnic table, pouring rain, raccoons, tent | Leave a comment

Bon Echo Provincial Park – pictographs

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Ron

Bon Echo Provincial Park – pictographs When we arrived at Bon Echo Provincial Park (location) this time around, the first bit of news that greeted us was the news that a “Boil water” advisory was in effect. It wasÂ a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bon Echo Provincial Park, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario | Tagged beach lovers, bon echo provincial park, Bon Echo Provincial Park pictographs on Mazinaw Rock, deepest lakes, denison, fire ban, lakes in ontario, park location, pictographs, suffragist, tnf | Leave a comment

Fort Wellington National Historic Site, Prescott, Ontario

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Ron

Fort Wellington National Historic Site, Prescott, Ontario (Location) I arrived at Fort Wellington today after being a spectator at the re-enactment of the French and Indian War at the former site of Fort de la Presentation on the opposite shore … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Prescott | Tagged 19th century freight activities on the St. Lawrence River, Battle of the Windmill, blockade, british troops, earthen ramparts, Earthen ramparts with horizontal frieze pickets, Fort Wellington, French and Indian War, great lakes freighters, lake ontario, militia, north banks, ogdensburg new york, ontario location, Parks Canada National Historic Site, prescott ontario, re-enactment, smaller boats, St. Lawrence River, symbolic gesture, Thousand Islands, Union Jack on flag pole, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Ron

Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site (Location)

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Prescott | Tagged american group, armed conflict, Battle of the Windmill, british artillery, Hunter's Lodges, Montgomery's Tavern, Prescott, rebels, skirmish, The Hunters, Toronto, upper canada rebellion, windmill | Leave a comment

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Old Quarry Trail deer – August 2012

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Ottawa to Montreal before flight to Denmark

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