Year: 2016
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The Extra Day
in: Travel
Last night we returned from a cruise through the Eastern Caribbean. This was our first sea cruise; we have been on a river cruise but it was a shorter duration and the ship was considerably smaller. We sailed on the Nieuw Amsterdam which can carry about 2100 passengers and a crew of about 900. In…
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One Swell Foop
This winter has been relatively mild. Except this weekend, where the temperatures dipped to -27C. My hope is that this event does not complement Wiarton Willy’s prediction of a late Spring, but rather represents a compression of all the cold and misery of winter weather into just 5 days.
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Battle of Rodent Analyses
The groundhogs have differed in their assessments whether there will be an early Spring or not. Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawney Phil have sided on the early Spring conclusion; Wiarton Willie has taken the contrarian position. Sadly, Winnipeg Willow died in rehab before he could offer his assessment [1]. I guess the pressure just got to…
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Year One
I retired January 9th 2015: one year ago today. As an anniversary, this is as good a one to recognise, if not celebrate, as any other. In modern times, when so many work in regularly scheduled jobs, that point where one decides to stop going to that job — retirement — becomes a life event,…
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Fashion Shoot #5
in: Photography
In the final series of shots I moved away from a high-key to a low-key style. In these shots I did little manipulation, if any, of the colour saturation and contrast, and rather worked more with vignetting to offset the model from the background and embolden the low-key effect. Again I shot wide open with…