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Sunday, June 14th, 2009

The garden spiders have flown the coop, and set up all round the garden. I don’t know how many of their little webs I had to scoop out of the deck before I started staining it.
(incidentally, if you like spider pics, Opo Terser makes wonderful ones. My desktop now features this little cutie [caution: will squick out arachnophobes])
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009

We found thousands of these yellow and black spider hatchlings in the garden this morning. Happy birthday, little spiders!
They are apparently (European) Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus.
(I over colour-corrected the original photo; it’s here if you preferred it.)
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Someone was inexpertly practicing scales on a brass instrument nearby. The wind brought the smell of an early spring barbecue.
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Lucky, in her favourite snoozing space, 1994.
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
At the corner of Warden & Steeles, there was a little farm. It’s gone now. I think they were better at growing than spelling.
Tags: 2002, cron, markham, photo, steeles, toronto, typo, warden
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Landed on our deck last night, and are now snowed in:

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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Chris Coole plays a relaxed set at The Local every Sunday. He had his new custom guitar last Sunday; it looks and sounds great.
He played his version of Michael Hurley’s Slurf Song. He let me upload it, so here it is: Slurf Song [mp3].
Tags: banjo, guitar, sd790, snock, toronto
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
I’ve just started using Picasa, and its ease of use is great. It does all you (well, okay, I) really need of a photo editor, with some nice effects. It also does cool things like handle raw images, and uses Google Earth to geotag images. Here’s one I prepared earlier:

Tags: d70, geo, photo, picasa
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Tags: autumn, caterpillar, d70, fall, lx2, ontario, pumpkin, tobacco, tree
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Monday, October 13th, 2008

Cultus Wind Farm, Fall HDR
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Yeah, the obligatory photo album:

Heceta Head, Oregon
Tags: bc, lx2, oregon
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Tags: erie, lx2, ontario, vestas
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
also seen at the zoo.

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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
but here is a chipmunk I saw at Toronto Zoo

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
I went up to Bill Rickard’s yesterday to have Hugh Hunter tweak my banjo. Unfortunately Bill wasn’t there; he father died earlier in the week, and the memorial was later in the day. My condolences to Bill and his family.
Hugh was busily turning a banjo-uke block rim on the lathe when I arrived. After a little setup work (file the second string nut to kill a buzz, reduce the head tension to get the tubaphone sound), I looked around the shop.

Tone Rings and rims – including Bill’s new Dobson tone ring

Hardware – bracket bands, Whyte Ladye parts, etc.

The work in progress rack

Whyte Laydie at rear, Tubaphone up front.
For a banjo and engineering nerd, Bill’s shop is amazing. Get yourself invited up there if you get a chance.
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