17th
June
2020
You know what qualifies as “fun”, on a hot afternoon? Learning that some of your hardware can do new things, not mentioned in the owner’s guide. Today, while seeking something unrelated on a website, I learned that one of the DSLR cameras in the house is able to carry on intelligent communications with the iPad. Think of this as a feature that didn’t make it in to the final edit. And even better, the utility software came at no extra charge. That counts for something, in our economy. My only regret is that MY camera doesn’t have this capability, but to be fair, I probably wouldn’t rely on it for the kind of photography I practice nowadays (very much random, point and shoot stuff.) After all, isn’t it my goal to fix things in post-process, whenever possible?
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26th
August
2019
Although I no longer watch movies in public spaces, it used to be a thing. After all, we didn’t have much else to do on a week night, with friends. Bring along enough provisions (very discretely) and you could turn a cinema night into a party with close friends.
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25th
August
2019
Today, we had clear skies, with a slight overflight of drone. Or visitors had two buzzy camera-carriers in their luggage, and so without hesitation I gave the go-ahead for an unobstructed overview of the place. The last time we had access to similar technology was back in 2015, and there have been a few improvements in the interim. A lawn, a real driveway, a fire pit. It all adds up.
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1st
March
2019
I don’t always play with some of my toys, often enough. Today,
in an effort to right that wrong, I did a deep dive into the photo bag and came
up with my longest lens. There had been discussion about whether we needed to
add a really long telephoto to the collection, after seeing a wonderful series
of photos involving a fox and a vole, and then just the fox, taken on Signal
Hill in NL.
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17th
February
2019
I never tire of my wild life, here in the country. Let me
parse that again; my wildlife. The number of species found (natively or
otherwise) here on the Island is limited, so when one of my neighbours comes
out of the underbrush, I can usually identify the animal. Not to the extreme of
giving names but, perhaps, in time. So, today the dog went into full alert mode
(think bark and scramble) to let us know that we had company.
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7th
October
2018
I have been warned to check a sudden onset of pneumonia: now that I’ve made it through two nights of sleep, and I have no fever, aigue, etc. I am going to declare myself “on the mend”. The lack of appetite is a side effect.
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31st
March
2018
Try to imagine what it was like, back then. That’s the game I play, any time I run across a collection of old photographs. Doesn’t matter where, or when (although I do enjoy seeing things from my own timeline).
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15th
January
2018
Sixty years ago, the railroad was important. Here, at least. The tracks ran from tip to tip to tip, and trains meandered from vale through vale to vale (we have very few hills here). I was part of all that. And no locomotive seemed more ubiquitous (from my shortsighted perspective) than the GE 70-tonner.
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14th
August
2017
Why don’t I start by showing you a photo that is whimsical. Can’t find a better word. Not sure who to credit for this; it came up on Twitter, but I’m willing to learn basic stained glass skills just to reproduce this in a more appropriate medium.
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11th
July
2017
When the delivery truck arrived, this afternoon, the dog went into his best passive-agressive mode. That’s where he hopes there’ll be a dog biscuit onboard, but remembers to show off with his “hackles and loud voice” caricature of a real watch dog. Alas, he’s just a watcher. As for the milkbone… not today. Different driver.
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