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Dan's Photographs at City Hall |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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If you take a trip down to City Hall, you will find a photography display in the Rotundra that features three of my photographs. They are three of the five photos I entered in the "Picture the City" photography contest, and my work "Lower Mulcaster" received honourable mention in the "Heritage and Architecture" category.
Oddly, the whole contest turned out to not be about what I thought it
was supposed to be about, which was "picture the city." I took that
quite literally, but half of the 16 winning photographs could have been
shot almost anywhere and one of them is clearly not even in Barrie.
There are some nice photographs, though.
I had entered three photographs in the "Arts & Culture" category
and while none of them won, two were selected for the Rotunda display,
both of them black & white entries. I believe they are the only two
black & white prints on display. Speaking of prints, the people
running the contest did a good job having nice prints made.
So, go down and have a look. The display is up until February 26.
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6th Geocaching Anniversary! |
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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
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New Year's Day 2010, my 6th anniversary of geocaching!
Luckily I learned several decades ago that consuming vast quantities of alcohol on New Year's Eve only resulted in starting the new year feeling like crap. In fact, on this morning as Jennifer and I headed for a hike in the woods we were reminded of a beautiful New Year's Day many years ago where we didn't even want to open the blinds and let the sun into the room. (That was the year we really figured it out.)
With a coating of fresh snow clinging to the trees, we had a great hike
through the Willow Creek Ravine just north of Barrie. The trails were
even snowmobile-free at first, although the snowmobile season did seem
to get under way by the time we were heading back. (Do they have to put snowmobile trails everywhere? What about those who just want to enjoy nature?)
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Dan's Toe Crushed in Freak Kayak Accident |
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Sunday, 13 September 2009 |
 On Saturday, Jennifer and I went for a nice kayak trip in the bay. After returning, we were carrying the first boat to the car when tragedy struck. The darn handle slipped out of my hand, and I dropped my end of the boat. Unfortunately, the keel landed a direct hit on the nail of the big toe on my left foot, and I never saw my toe nail again. |
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Jennifer and Kristin Return Safely From Italy |
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 |
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Jen and Kristin arrived back safe and sound this evening! You can check out the photo album by clicking here.
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Jennifer and Kristin Head to Italy |
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 |
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Jennifer and Kristin are off to Italy for a 16 day tour! They will be spending 3 days at the Grand Metropole in Venice, followed by a couple days in Gianni Franzi, Vernazza (Cinque Terre) and a day in Volterra.
After that, they'll meet up with sister/aunt Jocelyn and Mark for a week at a villa in Tuscany. The final three days will be spent in Rome.
Hopefully we can persuade both to write some stories of their adventures once they return.
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