Category: Blog
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We have very few rules when travelling. Two, really. The first is that we try our best not to eat at restaurants that we already have at home in Ottawa. It doesn’t seem right to visit somewhere else only to recreate the experiences that we can have at home. Every city has at least a…
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More photos made during our leisurely Roncesvalles stroll. Since it had been a few hours since breakfast, we decided to take a little break at Reunion before wandering down the street – perhaps into a book store or two. Or three. Roncesvalles is blessed with them! We still had more plans for this sunny-sunny Sunday…
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When on vacation, Kathleen and I very consciously avoid making too many specific plans. We’ve found that it is just a cause for stress and that there is a chance that something we might find super fun and interesting and before vacation a little less so once we’re there. Still, it can be helpful to…
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The nachos, as is also tradition, were both delicious and very welcome on a travel day. And filling. It’s rare that we’ve been able to finish the plate between us! Once we were finished and settled up, we took a slow and leisurely walk back toward the hotel for a good night’s rest. CameraLensFilmDeveloperScannerLocationDate(s)Filing Pentax…
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One of our little “projects” for this year’s trip to Toronto was to shift our waking hours forward a little. As two natural early birds, our day-to-day is a bit of an early-to-bed/early-to-rise sort of affair. Although this works well for a public servant’s seven-to-three life, this does not work well when on vacation. We…
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Okay, it wasn’t exactly a wander. Just an alliteration habit to feed. I had an appointment nearby and 20 minutes between it and my bus, so out came the Konica along a busy rush hour Carling Avenue. Since we’re leaving for vacation today, this will be the last post for a bit on this site.…
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As of the end of our respective workdays today, Kathleen and I will be on vacation! It’s definitely time for it: we were last away and out of town in September, so we’ve very much been looking forward to it all. Normally, I bring a Nik(k)o(r)mat EL and a few lenses with me. Nikon’s “Pre-Ai”…
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Transition comes with a lot of things to do. Appointments, meetings, places to go, people to be see… Not to mention all of the things life otherwise requires – work, errands… it all adds up! Carrying on a recent theme, inspiration has been very slow to come in adequate doses lately. I’m hoping that since…
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One of the goals was to bring my mom to the Hydrostone. Mainly because it’s a cute neighbourhood with an interesting history and because it’s home to L.K. Yarns. For many years, it was rare to see my mom without knitting needles in hand and she has been looking to pick up the needles once…
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I’ve come to wonder if keeping film in the freezer not in freezer bags has resulted in some damage. While they are now, the first two years I’ve had them, they were just loose in boxes. The fresh colour negative films have turned out quite well, but the 120 I’ve been pulling from the freezer…