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Photos: Hiawatha Park and Radisson
Dec. 25th, 2023 08:38 am
The fog was just perfect in the moment on December 10, 2023. Imagine my surprise to find Google Photos "stitching" three shots together into this.
The fog was just perfect in the moment on December 10, 2023. Imagine my surprise to find Google Photos "stitching" three shots together into this.
Testing Another Avatar
Dec. 1st, 2022 11:05 pmYeah, that one doesn't look great.
I look like a smug know-it-all. I don't remember what I was thinking when I took that one, but I clearly wasn't paying proper attention to either doing the photography or posing for it. So regular usage of that image file is not going to happen.
See you tomorrow.
I look like a smug know-it-all. I don't remember what I was thinking when I took that one, but I clearly wasn't paying proper attention to either doing the photography or posing for it. So regular usage of that image file is not going to happen.
See you tomorrow.
Wildlife: A Turkey in Northern Orléans
Sep. 2nd, 2022 08:34 amSpotted at Bruyère Village in northern Orléans...just sitting there at the time.
(no subject)
Aug. 3rd, 2022 09:41 amI'm still job-searching. Also, scanning loose family photos into the computer for an archival project. This afternoon at about 3 PM, I get Pandemic Vaccine Booster # 2.
More as it occurs to me.
More as it occurs to me.
Checking In - 19 July 2022
Jul. 19th, 2022 10:52 pmI've applied on two jobs today. This after some 20-30 job boards and other relevant web sites checked out over the space of 5-6 hours. Also, practice time on Affinity Publisher because why shouldn't I use a personal, family project as a means of developing desktop publishing/book design skills?
The frustration continues, and I intend to keep putting one foot in front of the other as best I can for as long as I can in spite of that.
(For some reason, I imagined myself writing something a lot more detailed and involved than this.)
The frustration continues, and I intend to keep putting one foot in front of the other as best I can for as long as I can in spite of that.
(For some reason, I imagined myself writing something a lot more detailed and involved than this.)
(no subject)
Mar. 19th, 2022 09:07 pmGot some pix of the construction of one of the new O-Train stations, doubling as the renovation of one of the old Transitway stations here in eastern Ottawa.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/albums/72177720297478784
Also, got some laundry done this morning before I went out for my day's shopping errands.
Rain day, too. Not the worst rain we've had, just enough to keep the spring melt moving along.
Oh, and I got a haircut last week. The CPAP machine mask harness was part of the impetus, the new job search was another reason. Although some people seem pleased with it regardless of the motives.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/albums/72177720297478784
Also, got some laundry done this morning before I went out for my day's shopping errands.
Rain day, too. Not the worst rain we've had, just enough to keep the spring melt moving along.
Oh, and I got a haircut last week. The CPAP machine mask harness was part of the impetus, the new job search was another reason. Although some people seem pleased with it regardless of the motives.
Radio: Liminal Spaces
Mar. 1st, 2022 08:08 pmhttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/liminal-space-popularity-1.6365390
Inspired by this subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/
Inspired by this subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/
Some pix from neighbourhoods I haven't visited in a while. I don't know the photographer personally, but I recognize the neighbourhoods.
Elmvale Mall:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51419740897/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51419740922/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421470250/
The former site of both the Torah School, and Heartwood House (AKA OC Transpo Lost and Found), and other community organizations on Chapel at Rideau Street:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421470215/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421249304/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51420484471/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51420484501/
Elmvale Mall:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51419740897/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51419740922/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421470250/
The former site of both the Torah School, and Heartwood House (AKA OC Transpo Lost and Found), and other community organizations on Chapel at Rideau Street:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421470215/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51421249304/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51420484471/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/51420484501/
Walking Tours
Aug. 11th, 2021 01:50 pmI have really got to do a walking tour of the city. Or pull together enough of my Flickr collection to turn into a story for here.
I just realized: I've had an account with them - through three ownership groups (Yahoo!, Verizon and now SmugMug) - for fifteen years now.
So...yay, me, I guess?
So...yay, me, I guess?
Street Names: A Selection of Imagery
Jul. 12th, 2021 02:46 pmI've written the occasional entry for Spacing Ottawa on the subject of street names, illustrating those entries with photographic imagery of the streets whose names were under discussion. Owing to inspiration from a friend, let me share some of that imagery again here. Some weirder, some more entertaining than others, others in need of a change.
In the same spirit as Toronto's Avenue Road, we have on the eastern edge of Centretown, also known as the Golden Triangle in between the Rideau Canal and Elgin Street, we have...the Driveway:
We have streets named for nations, foreign and domestic. Norway, for one example of the foreign...
For our provinces as decided by the federal government:
Our better-known artists are represented, too, among them the photographer Yusuf Karsh:
And a few others you may have heard of in relation to Canada:
Artists and entertainers from elsewhere, too:
Fictional characters of various origins:
Canada's first female-identifying doctor:
A revolutionary and a doctor who tried to save him from the consequences of his actions:
And there are more to be seen on my Flickr account...
In the same spirit as Toronto's Avenue Road, we have on the eastern edge of Centretown, also known as the Golden Triangle in between the Rideau Canal and Elgin Street, we have...the Driveway:
We have streets named for nations, foreign and domestic. Norway, for one example of the foreign...
For our provinces as decided by the federal government:
Our better-known artists are represented, too, among them the photographer Yusuf Karsh:
And a few others you may have heard of in relation to Canada:
Artists and entertainers from elsewhere, too:
Fictional characters of various origins:
Canada's first female-identifying doctor:
A revolutionary and a doctor who tried to save him from the consequences of his actions:
And there are more to be seen on my Flickr account...
Walking Time - 1 July 2021
Jul. 1st, 2021 08:56 pmI didn't feel like travelling outside my neighbourhood today. But I needed the walking time, so I got it.
2008: Nanaimo Shoreline
Jun. 13th, 2021 08:48 pmI went to Nanaimo to visit relatives, and one afternoon, I took a walk along the shoreline south towards the downtown...
CBC/Ideas: Untold Stories of Ethiopa
May. 20th, 2021 08:09 pmListening to this programme as I type this entry. Per the title on the CBC page:
Maaza Mengiste on confronting the past without 'smoothing out the rough edges of history'
The writer turns to archival photography to explore how historical narratives are created
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/maaza-mengiste-on-confronting-the-past-without-smoothing-out-the-rough-edges-of-history-1.6033285
Maaza Mengiste on confronting the past without 'smoothing out the rough edges of history'
The writer turns to archival photography to explore how historical narratives are created
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/maaza-mengiste-on-confronting-the-past-without-smoothing-out-the-rough-edges-of-history-1.6033285
It's been over a decade since I recorded this image. Not sure if the painting's still there nowadays. I'll have to ask friends who live in Lowertown if they've noticed.
Spaceflight: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
May. 19th, 2021 01:54 pmPhoto sourced from the European Space Agency via Flickr:
I'm a sucker for spacewalk/EVA imagery. Also for logo designs.
I'm a sucker for spacewalk/EVA imagery. Also for logo designs.
