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Google queries. You’re looking for what?
I really should keep a list of the the things people are searching for on Google, that bring them to the House. There are some queries that I get all the time, like Purple Saxifrage. Every day I get hits for Purple Saxifrage and I still don’t understand how there can be that much interest…
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2nd Ypres – The Battle of Kitchener’s Woods
"To my infinite delight, some men came marching up in the moonlight from the end of the canal. I recognized them as the 16th Battalion, Canadian Scottish, and I called out, ‘Where are you going, boys?’ The reply came glad and cheerful, ‘We are going to reinforce the line, Sir, the Germans have broken through.’…
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2nd Ypres
Ninety-three years ago today marked the start of the Second battle of Ypres in the Great War. It was one of the most significant moments in the Great War for a number of reasons. Perhaps the main reason was it marked the first large scale use of poisonous gas (not the first use, as it…
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Does this mean I can add “Award winning journalist” to my resume?
I just found out that the articles I wrote for The Roblin Review on my trip to Vimy for the 90th anniversary of the battle was named Best Feature Article by the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association. Now my cousin Lindsay Kines isn’t the only award winning journalist in the family. Oh sure he won awards for…
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Return of the Kiggavik
I’ve been trying to get back out to the St George Society Cliffs, ever since my last trip out there, to see if the Gyrfalcons had returned. Unfortunately something always seemed to get in the way. It doesn’t help that only one of the snow machines is working and Leah relies on hers as much…
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More photoshop woodcuts
Just some more woodcuts I thought I’d share with you. Sundogs Iceberg and boat – Victor Bay Camp – Victor Bay
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Photoshopping
Photoshop is an incredibly powerful program. I’m pretty sure that even if you worked with it on a full time basis you’d only scratch the surface of what it could do. I use very little of the tools potential, but I do have some favourite effects and I’m going to share one of them with…
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Raised By Ravens
I’ve settled on a design for my moleskines. Not ideally what I envisioned (and I’m using stolen graphics – sorry), but I just couldn’t wait. I’ve not much patience when it comes to consumerism. Unfortunately I seem to need to buy things I desire post haste. Here’s what the cover will look like.
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Ye olde I and Thee Bird
Snail, who lives in the Great Southern Lande, and writes thee Snail’s Eye View has discovered a lost Diary of Samuel Pepys, who recounts reading great bird posting from all over the world. As always this edition of I and the Bird is chock full of the best bird blogging today. Read them all, to…
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Stats
I’m an inveterate Stat checker. I can’t help myself. In fact I’m pretty sure I’d get a lot more done during the course of a day if I didn’t take "just one more look" to see who’s coming for a visit. I no longer fret about them. I’m happy when people are visiting, I’m still…
