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Ottawa, Ontario – January 1, 2012 – Sears Great Canadian Chill – Stopping Kids Cancer Cold

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Ron

Ottawa, Ontario – January 1, 2012 – The Great Canadian Chill – Stopping Kids Cancer Cold Well folks, Graeme and I, were able to get to Britannia Beach again this year to watch and photograph many, many, many brave souls … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged bathing suit, Britannia Bay, Britannia Park, costumes, fighting pediatric cancer, Fund-raising, leukemia, New Year's Day 2012, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, Polar Bear Dip, polar bear swim, Running into cold water, Sears Great Canadian Chill, Speed-o, Speed-o bathing suit, Speed-o Steve, Speedo bathing suit, Speedo Steve, The CHILL, The great Canadian Chill | 4 Comments

A year in review – 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Ron

A year in review – 2011 It’s a damp, cold and drizzly day outside (December 13, 2011 – Kanata, Ontario – +3C and forecast for freezing drizzle overnight) so I decided to start our year end review a bit early … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged 165 Benjamin Boake Trail decorations, 2011 year in review, amazon, astrophotography, Breeding Bird Survey, Butterfly Exhibit, Butterfly Show at Carleton University, chapters indigo, Christmas in Toronto, Christmas Lights, commercial publication, DIGI60 Ottawa Film Festival, exploring the world, Feeding the Chickadees, fireworks, fort niagara, freezing drizzle, French and Indian War, Frommers, Frommers Far & Wide - A Weekly Guide to Canada's Best Travel Experiences, garter snakes, geographic distribution, Great Canadain Chill, image world, interlake, Italy, john wiley and sons, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, kanata ontario, Kingdom of Osgoode, narcisse manitoba, NHL Hockey, nikonians, Noctilucent, noctilucent clouds, ogdensburg new york, Ottawa Bicycle Club Rideau Lakes Cycle TOur, ottawa tulip festival, pbase, photo views, Polar Bear Dip, Polar Bera Plunge Ottawa River, Royal Visit, snake dens, still image, stowe vermont, syracuse new york, track visitors, underground dens, volvo, volvo c70, wiley and sons | Leave a comment

Polar bear dipping (a.k.a. all sorts of names) – New Year’s Day 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Ron

Polar bear dipping (a.k.a. all sorts of names) Unlike sheep dipping which has something to do with sheep, polar bear dipping has almost nothing to do with polar bears. Each year, in the Northern Hemisphere, a certain number of individuals … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged cold water, Fund-raising, New Year's Day, New Year's Day events 2012, Polar Bear Dip, polar bear jump, polar bear plunge, polar bear swim, Sears Great Canadain Chill, The CHILL, The great Canadian Chill | 1 Comment

Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Ron

Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario (Location) Casa Loma is a major tourist attraction in Toronto. The present day attraction is in two sections. The main living area of Casa Loma was constructed between 1911 and 1913 and is connected to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged attraction in toronto, carriage room, casa loma, casa loma toronto, freezing drizzle, garage area, henry pellatt, historical site, hunting lodge, indoor pool, major tourist attraction, ontario location, peacock alley, pool area, spanish tile, stable area, tile flooring, toronto ontario, turret, wine cellar | 1 Comment

Minolta X-370

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Ron

Minolta X-370 with an MD ROKKOR – X 45mm f 2.0 lens I am slowly working my way through a large variety of film-era camera gear that I have decided that I will never use.Â I have also decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged aperture, bayonet mount. micro 4/3 digital cameras, camera gear, camera lenses, digital cameras, manual focus lenses, minolta camera, minolta lenses, minolta x 370, rokkor, single lens reflex camera, SLR, sony | Leave a comment

Fixing the TV

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Ron

Fixing the TV When I was just a boy, quite a few years ago now, we hadÂ a console B&W television that stood in the corner of our living room.Â Every so often, it would stop working.Â My father would … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged Samsung, TV repair | 1 Comment

Christmas Shopping or Bird Photography – Tough Choice!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Ron

Christmas Shopping or Bird Photography – Tough Choice! ‘Tis the season, etc. I’m always a last day Christmas shopper. So, today, with my brother in town for a visit, off we went to the local shopping mall to do some … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged bird photography, Buse Ã queue rousse, Buteo jamaicensis, Carling Avenue, carrying cameras, Christmas, christmas eve, christmas shopping, ditch, fences, hawk, Juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk, malls, natural foliage, Old Quarry Trail Kanata, ottawa ontario, phtographers photographing hawk, red-tailed hawk, Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Buse Ã queue rousse, shopping mall, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus | Leave a comment

Winter Solstice – One long night

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Ron

Winter Solstice – One long night Well, hope every one in the Northern Hemisphere feels like they had a good night’s sleep. Certainly couldn’t complain about the sun keeping us up all night could we? December 21st marks the point … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged Chichen-Itza, coba mayan ruins, daylight hours, december 21 2012, december 21st, end of the world, hours of darkness, land of the midnight sun, light of the moon, long calendar, longest night, mayan calendar, Mayan Ruins, north pole, northern canada, Northern Hemisphere, northern lights, northern russia, solstice, southern ontario, sunrise and sunset, tilt of the earth, western canada, whitehorse yukon, winter solstice, yellowknife nwt | Leave a comment

WOW! Three bucks for a carrot!

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ron

WOW! Three bucks for a carrot! I was heading over to visit my father when I decided to take a few minutes to stretch my legs on the Old Quarry Trail. Before going to look for deer or turkeys to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails | Tagged assistance dogs, assistance programs, breeds of dogs, carrot, CNIB, CNIB Assistance Dogs Program Canadian Guide Dogs For The Blind 613-692-7777, gentle dispositions, golden retrievers, guide dog, Kanata, labrador retrievers, Motorized wheel chair, National Capital Commission, NCC, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa Greenbelt Trail, photo shoot, quarry trail, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virgianus, working dog | 2 Comments

2011 un recensement des oiseaux de NoÃ«l, Ottawa/Gatineau

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Ron

Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Quebec | Tagged aylmer, Ã©cureuils noirs, Ã®le Bate, bernaches du Canada, Binoculars, birding, branches d'un sapin, cardinal rouge, cÃ´nes sur les Ã©pinettes, Chardonneret jaune, Garrot Ã oeil d'or, Gatineau, l'herbe Ã puce, le Club des naturalistes d'Ottawa, le Club des ornithologues de l'Outaouais, Les pierres sous l'eau, mÃ©sange, merle d'Amerique, moineaux domestiques, ornithologues, Ottawa, Pic chevelu, Pie-griÃ¨che grise, rapides DeschÃªnes, recensement des oiseaux, Sittelles Ã poitrine blanche, Sumac vinaigrier, Tourterelles tristes, trois Ã©tourneaux, un corbeau, un grand hÃ©ron, un petit ruisseau, un troupeau de canards colverts, une balle de golf empalÃ© | Leave a comment

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