Tag #dogwood52
“… So I can write a blog!” That was the gist of our aprĂ©s-ski conversation the other day at Mount St. Louis, over beer, of course. Nothing stupid was said, worth writing about, anyway, so the only thing I have… Continue Reading →
… and trying to find our way out of the city of GyĹ‘r and back to the Danube Bikeway on our route to Budapest. This was early morning with nobody around to ask directions. Nobody could speak English here, anyway…. Continue Reading →
and even NASA is baffled. Mysterious circles have appeared on Arctic sea ice — and even NASA is baffled – National Post   But I think I had the answer 2 years ago when my titanium S.E.T.I. hip detected intelligent coded… Continue Reading →
Is someone or something out there? or is this just something in my head? Then this ancient clock-tower chimes every hour. No problem for Chantal… she’s wearing earplugs. But that noise again… someone walking up the stairs? We’re alone in… Continue Reading →
We hiked at Blue Mountain last week for the annual High Park Ski Club hill climb. Photo at the top of the page is the guy hanging on the wall over the fireplace in Wasaga Beach. The guy below, John,… Continue Reading →
On the last day of our cycling trip in May, we arrived at our hotel in Maestre, which is the mainland part of Venice, Italy. Chantal and I were chatting and waiting for the desk clerk to come out from… Continue Reading →
I wonder how many people take a lot of shots on their smart-phones or even cameras, and never off-load the images onto a computer. Next question… how many people actually work with the images on the computer? In the old… Continue Reading →
At the beginning of January, I started a new 52 week photo challenge (#dogwood2017) and the first week’s assignment was rule of thirds. Although the rule of thirds is a compositional thing, I had a very definite idea of what… Continue Reading →
… and I was one of the survivors! (I have a t-shirt to prove it). Yes, I made a photo for every one of the 52 weeks of the #dogwood52 photo challenge. It’s been one of the longest projects, work… Continue Reading →
The expression “dog days” refers to the hot, sultry days of summer and with the rising, at sunrise, of Orion’s dog, the dog star Sirius. Well, that’s a nice scientific explanation, but to me, it means just plain “lazy”. Remember… Continue Reading →
This is a summary of my next 10 weeks of the Facebook #dogwood52 photo challenge. Week 21 Artistic: Fantasy I had in mind here to practise my photoshop skills with compositing and a grungy background. All photos were made by… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me what happened to my #dogwood52 photo challenge. “What!? I’ve been keeping up to date every week.” Then I realized that she’s not on Facebook, so she wouldn’t see the weekly… Continue Reading →
As many of you know, I had a hip replacement operation in November, and although the recovery’s been easy, it was tough being holed up in the house for 6 weeks, then with limited mobility after that. Thinkin’ stir-crazy! But… Continue Reading →