“The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.”CEONetflix
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
On true leadership
Cinnabon would be jealous
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| Waiting by the windowsill London, ON December 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
But an occasional batch, freshly baked and cooling beside the kitchen window on a particularly cold winter’s day, probably does the soul some good.
At least it did here.
Bon appetit.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #stickybuns #danish #dessert #snack #food #foodporn #cinnabon #wannabe #random #kitchen #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Monday, January 30, 2023
Dino frozen in ice
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| The things we find in unassuming places London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
High up the brick wall covered with peeling brown paint, an ancient exhaust fan squeaks relentlessly against its rusted mount.
I step onto a sheet of black ice, only to have my boot crash through the crusty surface into the deep water below. My eyes swing down to ensure the rest of me stays vertical.
Assured that disaster has been averted, I watch our pup happily explore this forgotten patch of land. What attracts her here I’ll never know, but not everything needs an explanation or a reason as long as the dog is happy.
While she quietly sniffs, I just as quietly compose and shoot quick photos with my smartphone, careful to not further disturb the fragile, temporary scene below us.
It’s a relentlessly grey day, yet somehow the lens sees a spectrum of blue. I decide to call this shot “Dino”, another moment of impossible beauty in an improbable place.
Before long, Calli decides we’re done here. Her nose will doubtless lead her in new directions tomorrow, and I’ll follow along, ready to capture whatever it is that she finds.
We’re a good team that way.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #water #ice #frozen #winter #walkabout #nature #naturephotography #stilllife #photography #apple #iPhone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Fog gives. Fog takes away.
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| Lean in London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Far be it for me to disagree as I wander the empty path through the woods and ponder the absence of brightness and volume.
Yet the further I walk into the murk, the more this blanketed place reveals itself to me.
It isn’t colourless. Grey is a color, and the closer I look the more shades I can see, all pulled from a seemingly limitless palette. Yes, it’s subtle, and yes, you have to work a little to appreciate it. But it’s there.
Likewise the sounds. What felt silent as I first walked in is now a gently emerging song of the sleeping forest. Definitely muffled, or otherwise suppressed by the thick pea soup that still chokes the senses. But, like the greys that brush my eyes, they’re there, talking to my ears in hushed tones. I just have to listen for them.
Soon enough it dawns on me that the fog is telling a bit of a broader story.
That in the woods and in life, we do well to work a little harder to tease out the inputs that don’t always scream.
That we miss too much if we choose to ignore all that goes on around us.
That paying attention pays off. Often in subtle, meaningful ways.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #tree #trees #fog #weather #wx #monochrome #medway #valley #heritage #forest #walkabout #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #streetphotography #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Puppy pillow talk
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| This is my spot London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
This little one figured it out all on her own, and I wish I could be more like her.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #dogs #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #schnauzers #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #ınstagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Friday, January 27, 2023
Why we must remember
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| Light amid darkness July 2012 London, ON This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Let that number sink in.
Because those who managed to survive this darkest chapter of human history are rapidly leaving us.
Soon there will be no first-hand witnesses to the Holocaust, no victims left to tell their own stories.
Which, against the backdrop of deniers and Jew-haters who would deny that any of this ever happened, and the historic rise in anti-Semitic activity across the globe, should chill us all to the bone.
I wrote the following passage three years ago. It is as valid today as it was then.
Actually, more so:
The #Holocaust can happen again.
In fact, the conditions for the rise of Nazism - or something terrifyingly like it - are ripe.
The signs are all around us. Ignore them at our peril.
Those who survived the Holocaust are reaching the end of their natural lives, and the number of living witnesses to this unfathomable atrocity is moving inevitably toward zero.
Their story must continue to be told even after they are gone.
The storytelling is our responsibility. Every single one of us.
Anti-Israel, BDS, and anti-Zionism are all anti-Semitism. Full stop.
Those who practice it, and deny it is anti-Semitism, are anti-Semitic.
The Token Jew excuse doesn't hide that fact.
Jew-hatred was around long before Hitler.
He and his henchmen raised it to industrially, massively scaled levels.
Jew-hatred isn't going anywhere.
It is the canary in the coal mine of hatred.
It touches us all.
We are all barely removed from someone deciding we are worthy of being singled out. Of extermination.
Jewish. Or not.
We are more alike than not.
Hitler was elected to office.
Those who follow his ideologies are being elected to office as we speak. Check the European map. The American one, too.
It's not much of a jump between random spewing of racist thought to participation in national policy implementation.
And it's happening now.
We say "never again".
The world seems to be ignoring this.
Silence is not an option. For any of us. Jew or not.
Tell their story. Stop history from repeating itself. Be the light.
Not quite never again, January 2022
The dangers of forgetting about Auschwitz, January 2020
Never again means never again, May 2019
No, Mr. Trump, one is never too many, January 2017
They hate Jews, too, July 2016
Never forget, April 2012
On never keeping silent, July 2011
Hatred through an 8-year-old's eyes, June 2009
Kristallnacht + 70, November 2008
Never forget, May 2005
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Brake for snow
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| Always follow the light London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Maybe this is a post about snow.
Maybe it isn’t.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #snow #onstorm #frozen #winter #nature #naturephotography #stilllife #red #light #car #carporn #driveway #photography #apple #iPhone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Does Q*bert enjoy a good bagel?
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| Dimensional London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
More precisely, we were out of them. So we added the bagel store to our list of places to visit during our Saturday afternoon family grand adventure.
(Some folks call them errands. Sorry I’m weird.)
As we walked into the store, the floor grabbed my eye. I date myself by referencing the ancient Q*bert video game, but whenever I see patterns like this, it’s all I can think of.
While my wife and daughter played the part of the responsible adults who took care of our needs, I hung back and appreciated the floor. I discovered the 3D effect played fun games with my brain as I moved around the space and stared at it from different perspectives.
Like I said, weird.
There were, as expected, a number of challenges. It’s winter in Canada, so there were a couple of spots of tracked-in dirt in the middle of an otherwise pristine space. Similarly, rubber mats near the display cases further encroached on the once-vast expanses of patterned loveliness.
So I played with my phone and came up with something that seemed to work. Or at least encouraged me to try again the next time we run out of bagels.
Because there’s always a next time. Because local treasures like this place - Old Bagel House - continue to add color to a community that needs it. Because my life seems to be filled with weird moments in the middle of grand adventures with my favorite folks.
Q*bert would doubtless approve, even if he’s never had the pleasure of a Montreal bagel.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #oldbagelhouse #local #store #shopping #retail #bagel #random #floor #abstract #pattern #stilllife #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded #family #everything
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Snowy night in the neighborhood
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| Where light meets snow London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Some folks may complain about the cold and the shovelling and the sniffling.
But then there’s this. So…
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #winter #snow #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #random #night #tree #sidewalk #neighborhood #streetscape #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Monday, January 23, 2023
Bright tree on a dark night
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| Covered London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
A sleeping tree on a quiet night.
A sprinkling of snow.
A nearby security light.
Simple, really.
The best things in life truly are simple.
As long as we’re willing to notice.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #winter #snow #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #random #night #tree #sidewalk #monochrome #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Sunday, January 22, 2023
An icy fish tale
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| Hey, this isn't the lake! London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Should we give this little (former) swimmer a name? Suggestions welcome.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #farmboy #grocery #store #retail #random #frozen #fish #ice #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Penguin power
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| Birds of a (flightless) feather London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Manatees, pandas, dolphins, pelicans, turtles, koalas, elephants, seals, flamingoes, camels…
And penguins.
Another weird little habit of mine is I love fun-themed socks.
Put the two together and we’re having a footsy party before breakfast.
The why is easy: it makes others happy. It doesn’t need to be any more complex than that.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #random #throwback #kitchen #penguin #sock #selfie #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Friday, January 20, 2023
Even Teletubbies have to wait
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| Patient little girl Winnipeg, MB January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The lineup hasn’t moved in a while. Kids are getting antsy. Overwhelmed parents are looking for salvation. Airport and airline staff are almost nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly I realize Po the Teletubby* hasn’t had her now-traditional beauty shot this trip. So I lay my backpack down on the carpeted floor and set up the shot.
Out of the corner of my eye I notice a couple of side glances from our fellow travellers. I quietly hope the sight of a grown man taking spontaneous snaps of an old, frayed, tiny children’s stuffie is able to bring them a tiny bit of joy.
Because life is just frustrating enough that an unexpected diversion by a stranger far from home just might be enough to crack open the sky and shine a little light into the darkness.
Because we all need more light, even if it comes from a faded, tattered little doll who once made my kid smile.
* In case you’re just joining us, first, welcome! By way of background, Po was our son’s McDonald’s Happy Meal toy. He is now 28 years-old - and a husband and a dad - so the math suggests she has been around far longer than any Happy Meal toy has a right to. When our then-toddler got tired of playing with her, I scooped her out from under the couch and hung her off my camera bag with a carabiner. She’s been my little travel gnome ever since. Wherever we go, she joins us, and inevitably I take weird pictures of her in weird places. Just because. I’m odd that way, and my experiences with Po suggest that’s always been the case. I’m strangely okay with that.
#winnipeg #manitoba #canada #ywg #road #trip #roadtrip #travel #travelphotography #po #red #teletubby #spontaneous #stilllife #photography #travelgram #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #plane #planes #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Thursday, January 19, 2023
Words on an airport wall
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| Perfect sense of direction Hamilton, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Almost everywhere you look, there’s an inspirational missive designed to make otherwise rushed travellers stop and think.
This particular one made me stop a little longer and think a little harder, because it felt like it was meant for me.
Because I’ve been getting lost as a means of exploration for as long as I’ve been able to go places on my own. And while it may look a little chaotic to an outsider, it’s really just how I try to make my way through a world that sometimes takes a little time to give up her secrets.
We don’t all follow a conventional path. It took some paint on a wall far from home to remind me of that.
#hamilton #international #airport #ontario #canada #yhm #road #trip #roadtrip #travel #travelphotography #travelgram #quote #quotation #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #plane #planes #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Fog gets a bad rap
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| The trees that protect us London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
It doesn’t hide things from view. It forces us to focus in on the things that really matter.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #tree #trees #fog #weather #wx #monochrome #medway #valley #heritage #forest #walkabout #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #streetphotography #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Hot dog still-life
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| Tuck in London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The early days of Instagram are long gone, but we still need to eat. And we still need to connect with people because we’re all, you know, human.
So here’s my offering from yesterday’s lunch. The sun had come out for what seemed like the first time in weeks, and the shadows were particularly fetching.
I’ll sheepishly admit my menu choice wasn’t my finest nutritional decision of the day, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that I have a very serious addiction to honey mustard.
But I’ve always viewed the hot dog as something of a happy food, one that reminds us of moments when life was a little simpler or a little brighter. Or maybe both.
And it was a Monday. Blue Monday, at that. So a little simple brightness was called for.
It took less time to eat than it did to shoot this photo. But the moment made me smile, and I’m hoping it made you smile, too.
Which, I’m thinking, is why we started shooting food pics way back when.
And why we still do.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #hotdog #lunch #food #foodporn #random #kitchen #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Monday, January 16, 2023
When kids stared into the sky
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| Where the wonder is London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Like how the clouds got up there.
Why the sky was blue.
How day and night worked.
Who made the buildings that blocked the view.
Why those same buildings didn’t come tumbling down.
Who made the wind.
How birds stayed in the air.
And where they went at night. Or when it rained.
We always had more questions than answers. So we looked up with whimsy and wondered how and why and when and where and who and what.
Now, we’re no longer children, and for reasons that aren’t clear, we no longer look up with whimsy.
Maybe we’re too busy. Or cynical. Or we think we now have all the answers. Or we simply forgot what whimsy felt like.
But there’s always room on the sidewalk. And room for a little childlike wonder. Even if we’re no longer children. Even if we think we have all the answers.
Because no matter our age, we never really do.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #throwback #blue #sky #weather #wx #cloud #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #urban #city #dundas #street #walkabout #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Osprey vape show
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| Spontaneous aerobatics display London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Who knew?
I’ll just have to attend the next one, too. Because there’s always a new lesson awaiting in the sky.
@airshowlondon #ldnont #london #throwback #airport #ontario #canada #SkyDrive #AirShowLondon #aviation #bellhelicopter #boeing #usmc #mv22 #osprey #tiltrotor #flight #aircraft #avgeek #aviationphotography #planespotting #instaplane #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded #Nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #photography
Saturday, January 14, 2023
May your future find fortune
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| Unintentional double entendre London, ON July 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I’ll admit this one stopped me dead in my tracks. As much as I do my best to follow the advice printed on the tiny slips of paper, I think I’ll politely decline to, ah, take this one any further.
(Not gonna lie, though: wouldn’t it be neat to be the person who writes these? Talk about a sweet gig!)
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #kitchen #table #spontaneous #mandarin #restaurant #supportlocal #food #fortune #cookie #doublemeaning #kindadirty #stilllife #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Friday, January 13, 2023
Stare into the dying embers
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| Look but don't touch Dryden, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
There’s a metaphor here somewhere, but sometimes it’s more than enough to stand there, stare into the abstract orange hellscape and feel the warmth.
#dryden #ontario #canada #throwback #fire #firephotography #abstract #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
Thursday, January 12, 2023
When puddles freeze
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| Grab it while you still can London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Where will you look?
What will you find?
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #water #ice #frozen #winter #walkabout #nature #naturephotography #stilllife #monochrome #photography #apple #iPhone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Frozen, a new season, December 2021
Found frozen on a sidewalk, March 2021
The iceman continues to cometh, March 2021
The epic ice battle at our feet, March 2021
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Another frozen miracle, February 2021
The ice show continues, January 2021
Driveway ice show, January 2021
Calli the ice-hunting dog, January 2021
Visions in the ice, January 2018
Driving in a frozen wonderland, October 2010
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Traffic light down
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| Oops London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
He then drove off.
Nothing like taking responsibility for your actions.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #519ldn #519london #traffic #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
The grocery deli section funhouse
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| Magic in an unexpected place London, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The deli display has glass on its sides (most of them don’t, which to my jaded eye makes them boring), and all it takes is a blink-of-an-eye side-on view to convince me that my next bizarro public photo shoot is about to happen.
I detour over and crouch down as I pull my phone out. It looks like a circus funhouse, with the edge-on curved glass and shelving turning what would normally be a plain display of foods I’ll never eat into a photographic toy store for idiots like me.
I shoot quickly before I rejoin my wife at the other end, where she’s already kindly telling the friendly employee, Trudy, that I’m odd but unthreatening. But Trudy is a special one: she isn’t annoyed at all. In fact, she tells us all about this group of guys who came by and shot weird videos of hummus. She’s happy to chat, so we’re happy to chat right back. Her eyes smile behind her mask, as do ours.
In the end, I get the shot, we make a new friend, and we cross off everything on our shared To Do list before we head over to the Tim Hortons drive-thru to continue our oh-so-fine date night.
Just don’t tell anyone it’s still the afternoon. Dates happen anytime. So does magic. If you let it.
* Life gets busy, so we take our moments wherever and whenever we can find them, often in the middle of the ordinary things that fill up a typical family’s calendar. Everyday errands become dates, even if the fine dining ends up being a snack from the Tim Hortons drive-thru.
Remember those two words: ordinary and typical. In reality, nothing is either with her.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #grocery #store #metro #cheapside #adelaide #shopping #retail #random #glass #perspective #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Monday, January 09, 2023
The things we see from our doorstep
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| Another day begins London, ON December 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
It never lasts as long as we’d like, so we grab whatever camera is within reach and run for the front door.
Socks, shoes, and even coats can wait, so it might be a little chilly.
And neighbors passing by on their way to work or school may think you’re a little odd for standing on the porch in your flannel jams pointing a camera at an indistinct spot above the horizon.
But the cold, inconvenience, and compromised neighborhood cred are well worth the effort. Moments like this aren’t always easy, but we need them more than we might think.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #519ldn #519london #sun #sunrise #sky #cloud #clouds #trees #weather #wx #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #silhouette #doorstep #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Sunday, January 08, 2023
Fat Albert reflects the sun
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| Carry me home Winnipeg, MB December 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
While it’s still dark and cloudy on the ground, light from the Sun is already completing its 147 million kilometre journey up here, which ends in a reflective flourish just outside the scratched plastic window.
Just as it does, the plane banks to the right, almost as if we’re waving thanks to our awakening star, ready to welcome the new day as we begin our descent into a frozen grey Winnipeg.
What lies ahead for the souls on-board? That’s anyone’s guess. The hope, though, is that enough of us had a chance to look out the window and be inspired by the light show just outside.
#winnipeg #manitoba #canada #sky #sunrise #weather #wx #cloud #clouds #cloudspotting #aviation #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #plane #planes #boeing #737max #photography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Saturday, January 07, 2023
Where the waters run shallow
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| Liquid life London, ON October 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Close your eyes.
For a minute. Or ten.
Listen to nothing but the sound of the current.
Feel the gentle breeze on your face.
Hear the rustling of the branches high above your head.
Or the occasional flock of errant birds who missed their flight south.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medway #forest #thames #river #valley #tree #water #waves #texture #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #monochrome #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Friday, January 06, 2023
Rack 'em up
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| Green felt playground Ingersoll, ON November 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
#ingersoll #ontario #canada #elmhurst #spontaneous #green #pool #billiards #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #shotobiphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded
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Thursday, January 05, 2023
A beacon in the fog
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| Still far from home Ingersoll, ON January 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
We’re on the last leg of a long journey home, the fog so thick the massive lights from the rest stop are invisible even as we decelerate into the off-ramp.
Then, out of the darkness, the service station emerges like a beacon, deserted and silent save for the sales receipts flapping, forgotten, in the mist-flecked wind.
I pull my coat tightly shut as I get out of the car, but I needn’t have bothered: it’s a damp cold, and it seeps right into my bones.
Tonight’s mission is a simple one: food, then go. And as the rest of my brood heads inside to see what’s left at the Tim Hortons, I grab some garbage from the car and head for a garbage can.
Note: “a” garbage can. Not “nearest”. I pick the one across the way, perfectly positioned for me to size up the Automotive Age architecture and decide if it’s worth a ridiculously quick photo shoot before I rejoin my peeps.
Spoiler alert, it’s always worth the pixels. Because I’ve always been attracted to this dead-quiet oasis of refined petroleum products like a moth to a flame.
I’ve had plenty of opportunity over the years, and stations just like this along Highway 401’s entire length have played a strangely central role in my family’s life. We’ve moved away, welcomed little people into the world, said goodbye to others, and cared for those who mattered no matter how far away they may have been.
And every drive has revolved around stops here. To refuel the car, and ourselves, as we moved from here to there and back.
It shouldn’t make any sense that I find them fascinating. Comforting, even, for the way they provide safe harbor on the longest, most difficult journeys.
Thankfully tonight’s journey is happier than previous ones have been, as we’re returning from what I like to call “a happy”. But the sight, the sound, and even the smell of this place unlocks some deep-seated memories. So here I stand next to a puddle whose waters tremble gently under the invisible droplets, feeling not just this moment, but years of them.
I take a single shot, the light spilling into the darkness before night swallows it once again. I’ve found what I came here to find. It’s time to rejoin my family and get them home.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2023
Arrows everywhere
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| Exit stage right London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Other days the direction is chosen for us.
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Tuesday, January 03, 2023
Two Eagles dance in an overcast sky
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| Fly, they said London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The only thing that’s more fun than dancing in the sky is dancing in the sky with your best friend.
Even if you don’t fly Eagles for a living, I hope you find a way to dance with someone special today.
Even if it looks a little unconventional.
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Monday, January 02, 2023
Where we stress over cauliflower
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| Touch this London, ON September 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Grocery shopping in 2023 feels a lot like it did in 2022: expensive and frustrating.
And I’m one of the lucky ones: as much as I grumble, I’m one of those blessed souls who can still afford to feed my family.
And I still have the bandwidth to stop myself every once in a while so I can take in the stark loveliness of a perfectly laid out pile of cauliflower.
Not everyone can. And the disparity in the lives we live - simply because I was born in a certain time and place, and was lucky enough to have been surrounded by advantage and opportunity - breaks my heart.
If humanity can grow vegetables at scale and offer them up so artfully (among other things), then surely we can figure out better ways to ensure more haves and fewer have-nots.
Maybe that’s a reasonable goal for the coming year.
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