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A new week

Last week was exhausting. First there was the Canadian Election where the Liberal's won the most seats and get the first opportunity to form another government with Mark Carney as PM. While I was hoping for a majority of seats for the Liberals in this round, I'm relieved at 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.

We see the world horizontal

I was thinking today about why I still post all my microblog photos (and most of my toot pictures) at a 1x1 ratio. And I think I figured out the reason.

In the vast majority of cases portrait is just wrong. In the vast majority of cases I think that …

Blue Jays win

I almost, almost, turned off todays game after a couple innings. Just yesterday I watched them get blown out late in the game and then this was the start.

I decided that I wanted to get back into watching baseball in May and that I may as well watch Toronto …

When the Flowers Poke Through

Spring is rapidly coming to a close, and I haven't had a lot of time to take photos, or even sit down and record my thoughts.

So for now, here is a photo of some of the first photos that I took of flowers popping up in April.

A Sandpiper

I was on the Nova Scotia Bird Association site trying to figure out exactly what bird this is.

I'm pretty sure its in the Scolopaciadae family, but there are a few that look really close to the same, so if you know what it is, send me a note on …

Another tulip

Because why not.

Now this one is long dead-headed, but it was still a pretty picture.

Bugs like tulips

I haven't seen a lot of bee action around the tulips this year. I'm not sure if its the time of year, my timing or the flowers.

I have seen a lot of smaller flying insects in and around them though.

Buckets of tulips

All of the tulips are popping right now. I am taking lots and lots of pictures and just limited on time. I added over 366 photos yesterday [*], which sounds like a backlog, but maybe I will clear them all out today.

tulips in felt Buckets

The aforementioned buckets of flowers (some of them)

[*]This …