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Crashing Against The Shore

Crashing Against The Shore

Winds from the south today crashing against the shore meant I spent at least an hour sitting on the rocks mesmerized. There is nothing more soothing to me than big wind and the sound if the surf. Of course, I don’t feel quite that way when I have to leave the island and the winds mean riding the river in big waves especially in November. Sure it can be better in a motor boat than a kayak… But crossing in wind is always a safety concern and the wind is taken very seriously since as any boater knows, we are…

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Winds & Waves & White caps

Winds & Waves & White caps

It’s a beautiful day. The sun is bright and warm, the sky is blue andclear, the wind is howling and blowing like a "son of a bitch"! The water is slamming up against the island and, as it turns out, over thestern of the boat left a little too close to the tide line. Wind and wavesare quite effective in filling a boat with water. Tip effective in myopinion since I got the pleasure of bailing all that water out. Buckets andbuckets of water bailed as the wind slapped me in the face with coldNovember waves. Finally when there was…

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Neither warm nor calm crossing the river

Neither warm nor calm crossing the river

It was just a quick cross and then back home, but mid-river each leg I wasvery happy that was all. I’d show you pictures of that, but I was too busydriving the boat!One hand for you, one for the boat. And when the one for you is on themotor there are zero for the camera!

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The view from today’s conference call

The view from today’s conference call

Joining me for my call today were a loon and a crow. Yesterday’s coworkersincluded Charlie the dog and a seal. Neither contributed much to the callbut they were great company.

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Out for a walk with Charlie

Out for a walk with Charlie

A little island walk about to see the high water accompanied by Charlie whoinsisted on being in all the photos.

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Beautiful river to cross

Beautiful river to cross

Home safe and sound

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Lunch At the Saint John Ale House

Lunch At the Saint John Ale House

As I mentioned in the previous post, I had the opportunity to lunch with my friend Craig at the Saint John Ale House when I was in New Brunswick last. Chef Jesse Vergen prepared us a Chef’s Choice lunch which was overflowing with local ingredients, great flavours and playfulness. Heirloom Beet & Sheep Milk Cheese w/ Horseradish Vinaigrette Chef Jesse started us off with a Heirloom beets fresh from his own farm, roasted & quartered dressed with a horseradish vinaigrette and served with a local raw sheep milk cheese.  I have to admit that I wasn’t all that chuffed about…

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50 Paces an Installation

50 Paces an Installation

You thought I struggled with picking a new name for this blog and writing my bio for In The Kitchen?    That, my dear friends, was small potatoes.  Baby potatoes. Seed potatoes compared to writing an Artist's Statement. "Why?", you might ask, "would you need an artist's statement?"  The Saint John Arts Centre is doing an exhibit on the 50 Paces Project!!  Once my mother, the art teacher, stopped laughing she offered to help me pull it together.  My friend Lorna, whose show Honeytrap is on at akau inc. right now,  has offered her advice on how to avoid sounding…

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50 Paces: A Life Of It’s Own

I’ve been back in Toronto for over a week now and it seems that the 50 Paces Project has taken on a life of it’s own. Sue told me that her friend, who works in Social Services, is using 50 Paces as an allegory to increase intra-family communications with her client. How cool is that!?!? Grant Kerr’s article ran in the Telegraph Journal‘s Salon on Saturday.  It’s not online, but I hear the photos are great (thanks to Cindy Wilson). I haven’t heard much about the article.  I’m hoping that’s not worrisome.  (Okay, it’s worrisome because I’m paranoid. I’m hoping it’s ill-founded.)…

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A Life Of It’s Own

A Life Of It’s Own

I’ve been back in Toronto for over a week now and it seems that the 50 Paces Project has taken on a life of it’s own. Sue told me that her friend, who works in Social Services, is using 50 Paces as an allegory to increase intra-family communications with her client. How cool is that!?!? Grant Kerr’s article ran in the Telegraph Journal‘s Salon on Saturday.  It’s not online, but I hear the photos are great (thanks to Cindy Wilson). I haven’t heard much about the article.  I’m hoping that’s not worrisome.  (Okay, it’s worrisome because I’m paranoid. I’m hoping it’s ill-founded.)…

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50 Paces Project Printed

50 Paces Project Printed

(say that 5 times fast…) Yesterday, Nancy and the rest of the good folks at TPH finished printing the photos for us! After a lot of back and forth trying to figure out the best way to print our photos with maximize resolution, consistency, and to minimize cropping, I finally decided to print all images at 2″x3″. This will allow us to easily hang up to 15 photos per tree without them catching the wind and blowing down the river immediately. A BIG thanks to gkaufman of the Monthly Scavenger Hunt who whipped off a program to generate labels for…

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50 Paces Project Printed

50 Paces Project Printed

Yesterday, Nancy and the rest of the good folks at TPH finished printing the photos for the 50 Paces Project! Printing 50 Paces After a lot of back and forth trying to figure out the best way to print our photos with maximize resolution, consistency, and to minimize cropping, I finally decided to print all images at 2"x3". This will allow us to easily hang up to 15 photos per tree without them catching the wind and blowing down the river immediately.  I may be doing a little packing tape lamination on them as well, since the weather in New…

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