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High Water and (of course) Ducks

A lot of snow combined with a lot of rain in mid April has created one of the highest water levels on the Otonabee in a long, long time. Here, from a safe distance, is my favourite Dam at London … Continue reading


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24 Hour Music Project 2013

The 24 Hour Music Project is a fabulous event that just had it’s third year. 10 composers team up to create 5 bands made up of Peterborough musicians who perform 20 minutes of music created within 24 hours. It started … Continue reading


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Seeds in Winter

Last weekend was Seedy Sunday. Jill Bishop is the mastermind of this great event. She and Peter Hughes (both pictured above) help co-ordinate The Peterborough Community Garden Network. Jill also runs the Wednesday Farmers’ Market in downtown Peterborough.


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Development and Progress (Also SPARK photo festival and Workshop)

Driving out to the north of town I turned my head to see this lovely burnished sunset hovering over a fallow field. It was directly across from a construction site that’s been under construction for some time.


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Blue Suburban Skies and Burgess Shale

I visited my mother in London this week. It’s been very dry there this summer, with little rain and lawns and gardens that are struggling. Most of the days this summer have looked like this.  Beautiful for sitting on the … Continue reading


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Crowe River, Construction and Pigs

I had some beautifully relaxing time this week and was able to visit a friend at her cottage


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Music Marathon

I caught almost twelve hours straight of music last Saturday. It was the annual Hootenanny on Hunter. The rain threatened on and off all day, but that didn’t stop the crowd


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Gone Swimming

My post is late today because I’ve been spending my afternoons cooling down in a lovely, secluded quarry.


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Shotgun Wedding, Darlington, Casseroles

That’s Raja of the Shotgun Wedding Band ripping tunes on her violin at the Red Dog last weekend.


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BA Johnston and One Big Cloud

BA Johnston. He’s a phenomenon. He usually draws large crowds of drunken revelers who love his over the top, self-deprecating belligerence. On Wednesday I was lucky enough to catch him as he played to an adoring crowd of fifteen at … Continue reading


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