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Merrickville, Ontario

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Elgin Street Infrared Walk-Around

Elgin Street Infrared Walk-Around So, I was a few minutes early to a friend’s birthday party on Elgin; I had a camera in my bag. What happened next was extremely predictable…

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Upper Jock River Canoe/Kayak Race – April 2011

The photos in this post are for the 2011 Upper Jock River Canoe/Kayak Race. March 31, 2012 UPDATE: – The 2012 race is now over. I have uploaded my photos from the 2012 race here: 2012 Upper Jock River Canoe … Continue reading

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Almonte, Ontario – A bit of History and Architecture

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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Upper section of Great Falls – Almonte, Ontario

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

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.

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

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

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

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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