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First Bike Ride

On Monday I went on my first bike ride of 2006. Spring was in the air, and so was the pollen. I suffer from seasonal allergies, so it was a blast that night -- still is -- emanating from deep within my nasal passage, and exploding out with a force that would have blown my head clear off my body if it wasn't twisted on securely.

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Port Perry

Port Perry is about an hour away from Toronto. It's a little town on Lake Scugog, that my wife and I like to visit every now and again -- me, for the "afternoon tea" and my wife for the small shops. (She enjoys the "afternoon tea" as well.) The photo above is a panoramic that was stitched together from five originals. You will notice the trunk of the white car that disappears in the middle of the image ... that's the problem with trying to make panoramics from a scene that's changing. Below you'll find another panoramic from five photos I snapped while on a hill on highway 7. I've always wanted to capture a landscape like that, but since I don't have wide angle lenses, stitching had to be relied on.

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Mica

A couple of weekends ago, my family went over to dinner's at a friends. They have a dog. I took some pictures. Most of the photography that night was crap. I didn't use the flash, so the camera was taking its time, and most of shots ended up being blurred. This one, one of only a few, wasn't blurred. It happens to be some of the first shots I've taken of a dog. You can find the rest at Webshots with my cat photos.

Winter Walk

A winter walk of my wife and I -- Feb. 26/06 -- just in a small park by our home. Check out the rest of the photographs at my Webshots album.

My Cat for Breakfast

My cat, posing at breakfast. March 26, 2006. See more on Webshots.

Photographic Retouching

Check out the talents at Taylor James Ltd. -- an ad agency that has done some phenomenal work on photographic retouching.

Overloaded

Vehicles overloaded, going way beyond design specs.

National Geographic Camels

Take a look at this National Geographic photograph of camels. (Click the thumbnail to enlarge.) Now look at it again. Do you see? It's an aerial photograph. You're looking down on the camels. If you look closely, you can see their tan bodies. The black camel shapes aren't the camels -- it's their shadows.

How cool is that?

[By the way of Ajay D'Souza.]

Ice Storm in Versoix, Switzerland

This was taken on Jan. 26, 2005 -- the aftermath of a winter storm in Switzerland. For more incredible pictures and the story, follow the links.

Museum of Sex

Here's a sign that can be found at the Museum of Sex, in New York.

When the Laughter Died

Photographs from an abandoned Japanese amusement park.

Overkill in the Park

Accuse me of overkill, I deserve it. I just finished whittling down a whole lot of photos I took in the beginning of September last year, and am starting to upload them online. I got the count down to 123. Yes, 123 photos from one outing -- one walk in the park. Some are great, some won't be to your liking. Check out the thumbnails above and click to be taken to the gallery that's playing home to the larger images.

Yearning for Summer

Last year summer, we had some tremendous rainfall in Toronto. It was so bad at one point, that waterways in the city breached their banks, and one six lane road was torn apart for a block. After one of those rainfalls, my wife and I went for a walk by a park that runs along the Don River. The river had flooded over into the park, but the water had long receded when we went on our walk. The usual suspects were up for grabs by my camera lenses, but I also got a surprise. I had never seen that many snails -- really tiny ones -- clinging to leaves and branches before. There were so many, that I couldn't stop clicking away at them.

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Daughter

A sketch I did back in 2000.

Ghost Dancing

This is in my 2005 sketchbook, but I can't actually remember when I did it. It's a rough sketch, that was going to become something -- then it didn't. The idea, as I recall -- or am now making up -- is that he's a ghost, and she's in love. Freaky stuff! Or not ...

Sketch

Sketch from my 2005 sketchbook.

Frozen North

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Lake Scugog, frozen over in winter. This panorama is composed of several photographs I took on January 15th whilst up in Port Perry for "afternoon tea" with my wife.

On the way back home, we took the circuitous route, and happened by the Mosport Pit. It's a scar on the landscape, a hideous man-made beauty.

Wife Tutoring

Sketch of my wife tutoring a student at a local Second Cup.

Infinity: The Most Fascinating of All Ideas

I attended the first of the Royal Canadian Institute's Science on Sundays series at the University of Toronto today. Check out my post for more on the topic. Click the photo above to see other choice slides from the lecture.

After the lecture, my wife and I enjoyed a cup of coffee at one of the Second Cups up on Yonge Street.