Cookie monsters
June 30, 2016 - Our friend Beth sent us personalized cookie cutters to make dog biscuits with. Here we are in quality control:...
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storm winds
June 26, 2016 - Lately I've been exploring a more narrative approach to photography. While I remain as steadfastly averse as ever to hav...
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Sharesies
June 25, 2016 - Over the last couple of years, I've begun cooking and baking the majority of the food that we eat in this house, rather...
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Accessorizing
June 24, 2016 - Soleil goes for the neatly-folded, classy carry:
And Arwen goes do-rag:
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more than a mouthful
June 23, 2016 - Bed and breakfast for this robin.
Not just some fibres for the nest, but a juicy insect as well.
I didn't intend to ph...
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solstice sunset
June 21, 2016 - Yesterday was the solstice, the longest day in terms of daylight in the year. It also began as one of the hottest days o...
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Last one in...
June 20, 2016 - ...is a dirty rotten egg.
(I guess that would be me)
The pre-swim safety talk:
Elegant, we are not. But game, oh...
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coming up empty
June 19, 2016 - “He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not...
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me and my shadow
June 18, 2016 - (Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then?)
If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprised
You'd st...
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clairière
June 17, 2016 - Clairière
n. fr = clearing, glade.
Tunnel into the forest
Tracing a path
Broken and defined by generations of feet...
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pied-de-vent
June 16, 2016 - It's rare when language is equally lyrical as the visual poetry that this world provides, but very occasionally there is...
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forget-me-not
June 15, 2016 - “Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem to be. But for me..
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Negative space
June 14, 2016 - The other day, I was in line at the drugstore, and I am sure that everyone can relate to the scenario of getting stuck b...
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The birds and the bees
June 13, 2016 - Happy birthday, Dan and Anna.
(the seagull was a lunch companion).
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Perfectly imperfect
June 12, 2016 - I spent a fair amount of time stalking butterflies this weekend, as they fluttered from blossom to flower to leaf. The s...
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fun on the lake
June 11, 2016 - A few pictures from yesterday; the water was deliciously calm, and the weekend powerboat idiots had yet to descend.
C...
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There are worse places to be
June 10, 2016 - …than out on Lake Rosseau on a bright and sunny Friday afternoon.
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Find your happy place
June 09, 2016 - So, today was annual health check and vaccinations and flea and tick preventive day at the vet.
Two dogs, all told, $76...
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Second skin
June 08, 2016 - I've spent the past few days consciously avoiding the news coverage and endless social media posts regarding the Stanfor...
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Mutiny, devilry and ennui
June 07, 2016 - When you have a dog, there's a type of silence that can only be defined as suspicious. Perhaps it's akin to a parent's s...
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doggy doodle
June 06, 2016 - “Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee.
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?”
― Spike Milliga...
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when the rain washes you clean, you'll know
June 05, 2016 - The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
Isak Dinesen
I have seen all three over the past coupl...
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a fleeting pause...
June 04, 2016 - Gossamer landing
on borrowed perch.
Poised to melt swiftly
into field and forest,
Leaving only an image behind.
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Assume the position
June 03, 2016 - I spent part of my day in a peculiar (to outsiders) yet familiar (to me) position, with elbows and forearms on the groun...
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a different kind of reflective
June 01, 2016 - I often wonder what they are thinking...
It's a perfect spot for contemplation.
This afternoon, as the dogs played in...
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