Category Archives: Home and About

Posts about activities around home, trip planning, and short trips.

War of 1812 Bicentennial

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Ron

Less than three months until the calendar page is turned to 2012. Throughout many parts of Canada and the United States, re-enactors and historians have been planning for many, many months for the various events for the bicentennial of the … Continue reading →

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A Drizzly Day in Kanata

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Ron

It’s a Drizzly Day in Kanata so … after a couple of days of photographing butterflies at the Carleton University Butterfly Show, I decided to spend some more time today cataloging my music collection (mostly cassette tapes but numerous CDs … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Ron

Day 2 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011 I dropped by Carleton University’s Nesbitt Building greenhouses late on Sunday afternoon. This blog relates to what I saw and photographed on Sunday.  For more info about the show, … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Ron

Day 1 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011 Today’s post provides a visual glimpse at some of the things that I saw and photographed on the first day of Carleton University’s 12th Annual Butterfly Show. For more … Continue reading →

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Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Ron

Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011 Well, it is that time of year again. Carleton University’s Biology Department opens their greenhouse doors to the public this weekend for the popular annual live Butterfly Show. The butterflies fly free … Continue reading →

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Ottawa Fat Cats vs. Brantford Red Socks

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Graeme

Ottawa Fat Cats vs. Brantford Red Socks Currently Ottawa’s only Professional Baseball team, the Fat Cats were taking on the Brantford Red Socks for this year’s championship. It’s the forth game in the Payoff series I was fortunate to get … Continue reading →

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Gatineau, Quebec Balloon Festival/Festival de Montgolfières de Gatineau 2011

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Ron

(UPDATE: Saturday, September 3, 2011 blog entry – Balloons didn’t launch in the evening but it looked promising for awhile. Photographed other things instead.) September 2, 2011:It’s that time of year again and the Festival de Montgolfières de Gatineau starts … Continue reading →

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Audubon Bird Call

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Ron

Audubon Bird Call: They’ve been making these since 1947! I took a break from uploading images of music cassette covers to our website and went for a visit to our local thrift shop to see if they had any more … Continue reading →

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International Fireworks Competition at Lac Leamy

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Ron

Since returning from Italy three weeks ago,  I have had my camera out of its bag only twice. When I saw Wagboy’s fireworks photos in  a Flickr posting, I decided my shutter finger needed some exercise and off I went … Continue reading →

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Astronomy Camping at Nirvana

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Graeme

Astronomy Camping at Nirvana Nirvana is a nice dark sky zone known to Members of RASC where one can go for astronomy. That weekend there were over 9 of us out there, from planetary observers to DSO (deep space objects). … Continue reading →

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