Tag Archives: Ottawa

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

The Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ron

The Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) May 26th, 2012 – I had dropped some members of my family off on one of the side streets so that they could start looking at what was being offered for sale at the Annual … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged 5 inch wingspan, Canada, Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora cecropia, macrophotography, North America's largest moth, Ontario, Ottawa | Leave a comment

Ottawa Race Weekend – Marathon – Sunday May 27th, 2012

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Ron

Ottawa Race Weekend – Marathon – Sunday May 27th, 2012 It looked like a nice day for a marathon.Â Temperature not too hot, light breeze and some cloud cover.Â I had decided that I would photograph the participants near to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged First aid station, Hot air balloon over Ottawa, marathon, Ottawa, Ottawa Marathon, Ottawa Marathon 2012, ottawa race weekend, Ottawa Race Weekend 2012, Ottawa Race Weekend May 2012, photos of runners, Police on motorcycle, running, spectators, volunteers | 4 Comments

Am I on the right track? :-)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ron

Am I on the right track? 🙂 April 18, 2012 – The winds, that I discussed in an earlier post , have now headed east and the sky is blue, so off I go again to photograph the Magnolias at … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails | Tagged 165 Benjamin Boake Trail, Abondoned Tires in wetland area, Adder's tongue, bark of poplar tree - balsam poplar, bark of Yellow Birch, blossom, blue sky, Carling Avenue, Communication satellite dish, digital image, Ducks Unlimited, duckweed, early spring, Erythronium americanum, ferns, forest floor, fronds, Fungi on tree, Garbage cans by golf course, Goldenrod gall, Golf course fairway with sand bunkers, green leaves, Greenbelt Trail, Hover fly, image, Marshes Golf Course, megapixeltravel, Nepean, Olive-Backed Thrush, Olive-Backed Thrush (Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus), Ottawa, Ottawa Valley, pathway, photo, photograph, Polypore on tree, Railroad track, Reflections on water, sky, small telescope, Swainson's Thrush, trail through the woods, trees, trout lily, Trout Lily Erythronium americanum, white tree blossoms, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, White-throated Sparrow, white-throated sparrow zonotrichia albicollis, Wild Plum bolssoms, wild plums, Yellow Adder's-tongue, yellow flowers | 1 Comment

Marlborough Forest , Ottawa – O’Neil Road Access Point

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ron

Marlborough Forest , Ottawa – O’Neil Road Access Point AfterÂ our visit to the Cedar Grove Trail, we decided to head north along Dwyer Hill Road and check out the O’Neil Road Access Point.Â

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Marlborough Forest, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged BBQ, Decorated rural mailbox, digital image, Dwyer Hill Road, gravel road, image, marlborough forest, megapixeltravel, O'Neil ROad, Ontario, Ottawa, photo, photograph, puddles in road | 1 Comment

Just a short trip … really!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Ron

Just a short trip … really! I was working on some more uploads from our recent Cuba trip, looked out the window, saw that the sun was shining and decided that a short trip around the neighborhood with camera in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Shirley's Bay | Tagged Black Chipmunk, brown coloration, chipmunk, chipmunks, cowbird, Deschenes Rapids lookout, digital image, Downy Woodpecker, eastern chipmunks, eastern gray squirrel, gray squirrel, Hairy woodpecker, image, megapixeltravel, mlanistic, Nepean, northern flicker, Ottawa, Ottawa River, photo, photograph, red winged blackbirds, ring-billed gull, Shirley's Bay, song sparrows, tree sparrows, wildlife sightings, woodpecker | Leave a comment

Varadero, Cuba – Heading home

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Ron

Varadero, Cuba – Heading home Our pick-up for the flight home was scheduled for pretty early in the morning so we were up before sunrise. We were supposed to have a wake-up call, breakfast delivered to our room and porter … Continue reading →

Posted in Caribbean & Mexico, Cuba, Varadero | Tagged air canada, air canada flight, breakfast in bed, departure gate, departure tax, Embraer 190 cabin, flight home, flight information, gravel pit, heading home, High Peaks Region Adirondacks, immigration emigration, Ottawa, plenty of time, porter service, race track, security check, St. Larence River, strikes, tarmac, time listings, Varadero Airport, varadero cuba, wake up call | Leave a comment

The Winter Quiet of Mer Bleue, Ottawa, Ontario

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ron

The Winter Quiet of Mer Bleue, Ottawa, Ontario Wednesday was one of those heavily overcast, foggy, misty kind of days with the temperature hovering around the freezing point. I was on the east side of Ottawa on other business and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Mer Bleu Bog, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged birch tree, bog, cattail, chickadees, embankment, Labrador Tea, marsh, marshland, Mer Bleue, nice walk, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, peat bog, photography, planes, pocupine, Porcupine, snowshoe trail, snowshoe trails, snowshow trail, winter | Leave a comment

Winterlude 2012 – Ice Sculptures

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ron

Winterlude 2012 – Ice Sculptures Feb 6th – 2012 – One day of +6C temperatures and clear blue skies with lots of sunshine took a quick toll on the smaller sculptures out in the open by the fountain in Confederation … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged clear blue skies, colder temperatures, Confederation Park, dripping wet, heat wave, ice sculptures, National Capital Commissiion, National Capital Region, NCC, Ontario, Ottawa, warm temperatures melt ice sculptures, warm weather, winterlude, Winterlude 2012 Ice Sculptures | Leave a comment

Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society GIANT AUCTION – March 4th, 2012

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Ron

Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society GIANT AUCTION – March 4th, 2012 Update: March 4th, 2012 – The 2012 version of the OVAS GIANT AUCTION is now over. To see what happened, take a look here: Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged Annual Giant Auction, aquariums, auction forum, auctions, Encan, forum link, forum page, general discussion, Giant Auction, Jack Purcell Community Centre, lots of fish, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa valley aquarium society, OVAS GIANT AUCTION, plants, tropical fish, wrasse | 1 Comment

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