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While it wouldn’t be accurate to say that I don’t make colour photos during the winter, my use of colour film certainly slows down! In spite of the heavy overcast and threat of 12mm worth of “wintry mix” (spoiler: it was just rain by the time it came), I decided that I wanted to make…
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Tummies filled, we left the restaurant after a good meal and decided to take a slow and leisurely walk back toward the hotel. It’s likely that a satisfying meal lifted our spirits a little, because when I re-scanned these negatives, I was somehow remembering that the temperatures had become a little more reasonable. Looking at…
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No, the title isn’t a self-critique: we’re entering a January warm spell! This means snow, sleet, and slush. We’re a bit messy here in Centretown. Still, given how often I’ve complained about this year’s cold, the temperatures that are making the slushy mess possible are more comfortable than the deeper winter chill we’ve had until…
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When we planned our 2024 summer vacation, we chose mid-June because, and I quote myself, “It won’t be *too* hot yet. Toronto becomes mostly unbearable in July and especially August!” It turns out that nature, as it so often does, intended to make a complete fool of me. We boarded a VIA Rail train on…
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