Daily Photo May 4, 2026 at 09:45PM

Daily Photo May 4, 2026 at 09:45PM

by Stephen Downes

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May 4, 2026

May 4, 2026. Geese. A lot warmer today and though windy still a good day for a bike ride. Spotted these geese along the Nation river. Other than that, a quiet day spent tweaking Claude and reading. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/iGwleHQ
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Daily Photo May 4, 2026 at 08:58AM

by Stephen Downes

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May 4, 2026

May 3, 2026. CHEO 2026. This is me at the start of the ride. Apparently I set a number of personal records for the climbs in the Gatineau hills. It felt like a lot more work; I thought the road bike would be better on the hills than my touring bike, an...
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Daily Photo May 2, 2026 at 04:54PM

by Stephen Downes

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May 2, 2026

May 2, 2026. First Trillium. Woke up really early, picked up my bib for tomorrow's ride, went hiking with Andrea at Stony Swamp trail (where we found the first flowers of the year blooming), home via Costco, and to bed very early. #SDDaily. URL...
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Daily Photo April 30, 2026 at 10:36PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 30, 2026

April 30, 2026. Seedlings. I had a fun day today, coding and cycling (and learning all about DID). #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/B9yj1cs
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Daily Photo April 28, 2026 at 07:07PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 28, 2026

April 28, 2026. Countryside. Out on my bike ride, thinking 'this is where I want to be'. I had a fun day yesterday coding all day, and then a fun day today out riding. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/fUJ9xn7
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Daily Photo April 26, 2026 at 04:53PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 26, 2026

April 26, 2026. Chickadee. We walked in Pine Grove forest today, not a long walk as I was pretty sore from yesterday. It was pretty photogenic though, with (of course) the chickadees preening. #photography #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/jL29u3E
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Daily Photo April 23, 2026 at 12:16PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 23, 2026

April 22, 2026. Goldfinch. Spotted in the back yard. Went to the city today for a followup doctor's appointment and otherwise rested sore muscles. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/gyF5GYw
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Daily Photo April 22, 2026 at 09:05AM

by Stephen Downes

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April 22, 2026

April 21, 2026. Nuthatch. I've spent the last couple of days resting to relieve a sore oblique. This means I've been working on my CList software. Meanwhile, enjoy this nurhatch. #SDDaily #bird #photography. URL: https://ift.tt/sGDoJw2
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Daily Photo April 19, 2026 at 06:16PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 19, 2026

April 19, 2026. Meltwater. We went to Mer Bleue trail today; there's a lot of melting, but it is probably one of the drier trails at the moment. Sore and resting today. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/7zcI65Y
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Daily Photo April 17, 2026 at 09:03PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026. We finally had a nice day. I stretched my cycling distance a bit to visit family in Embrun, but nobody was home. Still, it was perfect cycling weather and I made much better speed than I thought for this time of the year. #SDDaily. URL...
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Daily Photo April 17, 2026 at 08:53PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 17, 2026

April 16, 2026. Last year's goldenrod. Steady rain today so aside from a trip to the grocery store I stayed in and watched the baseball game. It's odd not having 'work' though I'm keeping busy. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/viJa4No
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Daily Photo April 17, 2026 at 08:42PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 17, 2026

April 15, 2025. Rabbit. Back home from my short bike ride, spotted the rabbit again. It's getting to the point that it feels safe in our yard. Today was a good test for my rain gear - even after being drenched by a sheet of water, courtesy a gray pick...
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Daily Photo April 12, 2026 at 07:02PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 12, 2026

April 12, 2026. Beaver Crossing. We took the ferry across the Ottawa River today to walk along the pathway at the Parc de Plaisance. It was cool and rainy and almost empty, which led to us seeing wildlife, including this beaver crossing the path. #SDD...
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Daily Photo April 11, 2026 at 07:09PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026. Lurking. #SDDaily #caturday. URL: https://ift.tt/IbdviZh
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Daily Photo April 10, 2026 at 06:08PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026. Char on the shelf. Today was shopping day. Other than that I didn't get much done, aside from petting the cats. Cold and hard rain outside. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/kulnH1j
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Daily Photo April 10, 2026 at 03:22PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 10, 2026

April 8, 2026. Robin on the fence. First day of retirement. I slept in. The weather was bad so I stayed in and puttered on the computer (formerly known as 'working from home'). I watched the afternoon ball game. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/XNY1EFK
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Daily Photo April 7, 2026 at 05:13PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026. One last look out the window. This was the scene on retirement day... Not the beautiful spring day I was looking for, but instead another dose of winter. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/hISgAvF
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Daily Photo April 4, 2026 at 12:46PM

by Stephen Downes

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April 4, 2026

April 3, 2026. Lunch. I liked how bright my lunch looked today. Today was very much a rest day - any ambition I had disappeared with the need for an afternoon nap. They say retirement is one of those stressful life events. I can relate. #SDDaily. URL:...
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Daily Photo April 3, 2026 at 10:54AM

by Stephen Downes

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April 3, 2026

April 2, 2026. A last look at my office before I take things down. It was a decent office but I never felt any love for it. My last day in this building will be next Tuesday, with my only objective to take my own stuff out of it and leave NRC's stuff ...
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Daily Photo April 3, 2026 at 10:44AM

by Stephen Downes

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April 3, 2026

April 1, 2026. Sunshine in the Back Yard. The weather has turned a bit. Working from home, getting files archived and my post-NRC Web page set up. #SDDaily.. URL: https://ift.tt/jyDMZxl
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Daily Photo March 31, 2026 at 07:27PM

by Stephen Downes

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March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026. Productive day. Went to the dentist for the hygienist, X-rays and a checkup and left with zero cavities. So yay! Got my final time sheets completed, and wrapped up the project with DRDC. Also we had our last team meeting. Brought home ...
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Daily Photo March 26, 2026 at 08:49PM

by Stephen Downes

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March 26, 2026

March 23, 2026. Robin. They have finally arrived, but the whit behind the bird here is snow. They're probably thinking, what did I do to deserve this? #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/PLUWmiV
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Daily Photo March 22, 2026 at 11:54AM

by Stephen Downes

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March 22, 2026

March 20, 2026. Rabbit. We don't really have a pet rabbit but it feels like it as this one lives in our cedar hedges and frequents the back yard, nibbling on whatever's there. Worked in the office today and hit Costco on the way home. Nice to see the ...
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Daily Photo March 22, 2026 at 11:48AM

by Stephen Downes

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March 22, 2026

March 19, 2026. Spring? The weather is not cooperating with my desire for winter to be over and spring to begin. Meanwhile my scramble to get things ready for retirement does not mesh well with days spent in the office (where the e-infrastructure real...
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Daily Photo March 21, 2026 at 04:13PM

by Stephen Downes

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March 21, 2026

March 17, 2026. Ricola. A work-at-home day, some writing and some coding. This is a late-day photo at the bedside. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/ivP9NXn
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Daily Photo March 16, 2026 at 07:52PM

by Stephen Downes

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March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026. Looking up. This is the light as seen from the dentist's chair. It was one last detail from my trip to Iceland last summer - getting a crown on the tooth I broke in the eastern fjords. Hard to believe I'm going back, but I will be. Thi...
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Daily Photo March 16, 2026 at 10:53AM

by Stephen Downes

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March 16, 2026

March 14, 2026. Snow on a Saturday. Some abstract snow and weeds in the back yard. Working hard to get everything set up in my VPS before I retire. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/zYc1HgR
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Daily Photo March 14, 2026 at 11:33AM

by Stephen Downes

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March 14, 2026

March 13, 2026. Repairing the bridge. This work on the main bridge in Casselman is long overdue. It has always been a crumbling rumble strip, a real pain on a bicycle. Work will continue all summer, with traffic reduced to a one-lane flow. #SDDaily. U...
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Daily Photo March 12, 2026 at 10:27AM

by Stephen Downes

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March 12, 2026

March 11, 2026. Freezing Rain. This is what it looked like out the window today as freezing Rain shut everything down. It was good for me though as I took the full day to migrate my newsletter from Mailgun to Amazon SES. Claude helped a lot; it would ...
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Daily Photo March 11, 2026 at 07:39PM

by Stephen Downes

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March 11, 2026

March 10, 2026. The tile on the basement floor. Good day today, got lots done - a fully automated backup system and a proper access logging system for the VPS, plus archiving all my CPanel sites. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/8B7WTfM
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