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That time we went on boat

We went out in a friends boat this past weekend with no real goal. He wanted to go for a ride, and so did my big guy. So we made a plan that morning.

The water seemed relatively calm and I wanted to see puffins. I have never seen one …

This site needs a change

I think its time to make a change to this site. I'm not nearly as much of a fan of the big front page, with all the pictures, as I was when I built it. So I think I will be making some changes to it to make it "better …

Free, Free, over the lea



A Swing Song

Swing, swing,
Sing, sing,
Here! my throne and I am a king!
Swing, sing,
Swing, sing,
Farewell, earth, for I'm on the wing!


Low, high,
Here I fly,
Like a bird through sunny sky;
Free, free,
Over the lea,
Over the mountain, over the …

Spring has Sprung

I haven't been active on this site for a while, and I'm not promising now that is going to change, but I took a picture of this pretty flower and I thought I would share.

The first big Snow of 2024

Every year I think that we are going to be better, and every year I'm disappointed. See, there was a major snow storm this weekend, but you wouldn't know it if you drive, only if you walk. The roads are clear, but the sidewalks are a disaster.

Not only that …

All Over Again

Four years on and I still think that no one really gets that our response to the pandemic is a root cause to a lot of the "there aren't enough workers" calls in so many industries, this is especially the case for professions that are women led, like teaching, nursing …

Halifax Winter

I'm still, still, working on a workflow that doesn't include lightroom, but does include editing RAW files. For most of last year I have been only editing the JPEG files using the default windows editor and that's it.

That works fine, but most of the time the results were, meh …

Backyard Wildlife

I have the finally figured out how to work out an updated workflow for this site. There was a strange number of random issues that just started to break making is a pain to update and therefore I just stopped.

So, now that I have that figured out, I will …

Backyard Wildlife

Its not everyday that you see a hawk eating a starling in your backyard in the middle of the city.