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Tim Horton’s Dragon Boat Festival – Ottawa June 2013
Tim Horton’s Dragon Boat Festival – Ottawa – Saturday June 22nd I’m at Mooney’s Bay Park again today for the full course of dragon boat racing. The team that my wife is on, the CFUW – Ottawa Dragonauts, survived their … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged black & red umbrella, blue umbrella, Bosco Samuel, carousel, CBC Radio Canada Dragon boat team, CFUW - Ottawa Dragonauts, clowns, dragon, dragon boat festival, dragon boats, dragon head, dragon tattoo, friday night, hairdos, night races, Ottawa, Ottawa Tai Chi, photo session, Pirate ship, purple hair, Redbrook, shoreline, snapshots, spectators, Tai Chi Fu Fan, Tai Chi Sword form, tim horton, Tim Horton's Ottawa Dragonboat Festival June 21 - 23 rd, town crier, umbrellas, volunteers, zodiac boat
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Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival – Friday night
Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival – Friday night We were at the Friday night event because my wife was a member of the CFUW-Ottawa team that was one of the top sixteen pledge ($) raisers and as a result they had … Continue reading
CFUW, Ottawa – Dragon Boat Race Preparations
CFUW-Ottawa – Dragonboat Race Preparations My wife is a member of this year’s entry into the Ottawa Dragonboat Festival weekend events and Wednesday was their last practice day on the water at the Rideau Canoe Club. Since the weather was … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged boats, Canadian Federation of University Women, choppy waters, docks, dragonboat festival, dragonboat race, Fund rainsing for charities, morning races, open waters, organizers, ottawa group, practice session, race preparations, rideau canoe club, rough waters, spectators, thundershowers, Tim Horton's Ottawa Dragonboat Festival June 21 - 23 rd, weather forecast
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Ottawa Race Weekend – Marathon – Sunday May 27th, 2012
Ottawa Race Weekend – Marathon – Sunday May 27th, 2012 It looked like a nice day for a marathon. Temperature not too hot, light breeze and some cloud cover. 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
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Land Battle Re-enactment of French and Indian War at Ogdensburg, NY July 24th, 2011
July 24th, 2011: Land Battle Re-enactment of French and Indian War at Ogdensburg, NY For this event I have broken the activity into two sections. This post covers the land battle portion. If interested in our other postings of the … Continue reading
Posted in New York State, Ogdensburg, USA
Tagged artillery, black powder, cannon, cannons, combatants, costume, fire power, Fort de la Présentation, Fort La Presentation, French and Indian War, july 24th, mussle loader, ogdensburg new york, opposition, participants, plains of abraham, priority targets, re-enactment, spectators, uniform, uniforms, water battle
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Saturday night РGatineau, Quebec Balloon Festival/Festival de Montgolfi̬res de Gatineau 2011
When I left home Saturday, it looked like it might be a perfect night for a balloon launch at the Gatineau Balloon Festival (See my previous post for more Festival details) but, as it turned out, I guess that the … Continue reading
Posted in Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer
Tagged balloons, clouds on the horizon, colour combinations, dinosaur, Festival de Montgolfières de Gatineau 2011, festival details, fire hydrants, gatineau balloon festival, Gatineau Hills, gatineau quebec, heavy artillery, launch, organizers, perfect night, saturday night, setting sun, spectator, spectators, Tweed Ontario, weather, winnipeg manitoba
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Rome – The Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium)
Rome – The Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium) After the visit to the Vatican, we hopped back into the tour bus, traveled along some ancient Roman roads past old bridges, past many ruins and monuments and arrived safely at the site of … Continue reading
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Tagged access points, ancient roman roads, Anfiatro Flavio, arches, coliseum, Collosio, colosseum, corridors, doorways, Emporer Vespasian, entertainment functions, executions, Flavian Amphiteatre, Flavian dynasty, gladitorial contests, Italian 5 cent euro coin, Medieval, old rome, passageways, public spectacles, ROman Architecture, roman brick, roman colosseum, roman empire, Roman Forum, ROman ingineering, Rome, seating areas, spectators, staircases, tourist attratcion
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Sloan – Canada Day in Kanata 2011
Sloan – Canada Day in Kanata After surviving my trip downtown into the ‘sea of red’, I returned home, had a short rest, enjoyed a nice BBQ meal with friends and then headed over to Walter Baker Park in Kanata … Continue reading
Mediæval Fair at Osgoode, Ontario – 2010
2010 – Another year has passed by and once again Graeme and I find ourselves visiting Osgoode, Ontario to enjoy the jousting, the archery, the dancing and the costumed folks taking a step back in time to the mediæval days … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Osgoode
Tagged anvil, archery, armor, arrow, arrows, Canada, catapult, celtic music, celtic sea, chess ganme, clothing styles, colours, competitions, dance displays, dexterity, entourage, fair grounds, gaelic music, horsemanship, images, Irish music, jousting, knights in shining armor, knihgts, knot carver, lance, lances, long bow, maidens, mail, medieval games, musicians, Ontario, Osgoode, photographers, photos, saddles, spear, spectators, step back in time, tilting, wood carver
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Mediæval Fair at Osgoode, Ontario – 2009
July 12th, 2009 – My son, Graeme, called me to tell me about the Mediæval Fair at Osgoode, Ontario. Weather was great so out I went. A really good experience. One group were shooting at targets with their long bows … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Osgoode
Tagged applause, archery, banter, crowd, eastern ontario, entourage, exceptions, good experience, horses, knights, lances, long bows, opponent, osgoode ontario, ouch, society for creative anachronism, spectators, spoils
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