Just had a little earthquake – Natural Resources Canada is reporting an automatic detection of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake at Braeside, Ontario, at 9:43 EDT, May 17th, 2013.
I’ve heard it said that animals are ‘sensitive’ to this sort of thing – my dog is oblivious…
UPDATE: The earthquake was actually centered at Shawville, Quebec, and was 5.3MN magnitude.
I know that the summer holidays season is over, but my mind is still not fully back yet…
So, here are some more photos from my holidays up north:
Hip Hop on an island.
And a happy Yoshi, too…
This is such a beautiful place!
This huge hydro-electric dam lake is so beautiful and dotted with islands throughout. Some days, we take the rented motorboat to one or another of the numerous little islands. As the only inhabitants there, we can let the pets roam free!
One of the islands we go to every year (and, water-level permitting, walk/swim the perimeter of) has a very distintct ‘X’ in the rock made of other types of rock running through. Every year, we take a photo of this ‘X marks the spot’ x. This year, when Hip Hop saw we were taking pictures of it, the little ham went and lay on it to ensure he was the centre of attention…
Boating can be very exhausting!
MINNOWS!!!
Summer…
Yeay!
I am back from my holidays!
Recharged by being in an internet-free bubble (with a few short exceptions, on which I will elaborate son enough) for a bit – which really is the only way to force me to ‘relax’….
But, before I get back to ‘serious’ blogging (if what I do can be called that), here are some gratuitous ‘beach-bunny’ photos:
I will be getting away from it all for a bit.
While I am away, up North – with no internet access – I have pre-scheduled a few post for the next week or two. However, I will not be able to moderate comments, so these will have to wait for my return. My apologies…
…you know, like horse-riding…
…sort of like ‘cowboys’ do…
…so it is not really all that far-fetched to call them ‘cowboy boots’!
I’m just sayin’…
A little over a year ago, I reported on a lawsuit brought by Dr. Dawg against some fine people. If you’d like to read the details, they are here, here and here.
However, that is not the bit I am blogging about now.
Rather, it goes to credibility.
Specifically, my credibility in reporting on these events.
As part of my reporting efforts, I had described how the plaintiff, Dr. Dawg, was dressed for court:
I was curious to see John Baglow – having never laid eyes on him before. He wore a crisp blue shirt (curiously evocative of ‘the working class’ and of ‘cowboys’ at the same time) with aviator-style sun-glasses in place of a tie, dark pants and cute black cowboy boots with the most adorable little metal trimmings. In his hands, he held a summer-weight (possibly straw), white, fedora-type hat. His whitish-gray mustache matched his hair and I could read nothing from the neutral expression on his face. John Baglow, the man, remained a closed book to me.
Many people picked up on the highlighted bit (highlighted for the purposes of this post, not from before). Dr. Dawg had attempted to cast doubt on the veracity of my reporting by stating:
‘I don’t wear cowboy boots!’
The implication was that if I could not even report accurately what he was wearing, I could not be trusted to report on the rest of the events…
I must admit, I did not know how to deal with this – so I ignored it.
Until now.
Because thanks to a tip from a friend, I came across this picture, posted by Mr. Pup-In-Boots himself!
(Sorry the screenshot is fuzzy – I simply included it for its news-worthiness and to demonstrate it existed should it become ‘dissapeared’. The resolution is much better in the picture on his site - you can even make out the adorable silver-tone metal trimmings!
Wearing the very footwear I had described him wearing to court…
…while riding a horse (or, perhaps, a pony – I am no equestrian expert)…
…like cowboys do..
UPDATE: Dr. Dawg was kind enough to supply the model of the boots themselves.
When I started blogging, I feared I would run out of things to say…
And, while I think ths blog has evolved since March 2008, I still don’t have enough time to say all that I want to say, to comment on all that I would like to comment on….
Still, I am rather tickled pink that I have reached this completely arbitrary milestone – this being the 999th post.
Thank you for taking this journey with me! I hope there will be much more to come.
For the next few days, the site may be up and down a bit…
I waited to switch my domain away from GoDaddy until the 29th, to take advantage of the offer of donations to the EFF… and during the transfer period, the site may be up and down a bit, as I am not always good at following directions and it takes my kids a while to straighten things out again.
I’ll be back soon…
This year’s ‘Indian Picnic’ will be held tomorrow, 25th of June, 2011.
It will take place at the beautiful Andrew Haydon Park in the West end of Ottawa.
I don’t have is year’s menu, but here is a peek at last year’s.
This is the annual fundraiser picnic for MSMF Foundation – and a delicious way to help others be well enough to help themselves
I have not missed one for abut a decade (or longer), though, I am not certain if I will be in any shape to go and so am leaving the decision until I see how I feel tomorrow.
If you are in Ottawa and would like to enjoy the best home-cooked Indian food ever, things kick off around 11-ish with the food being served from 12 o’clock on. It will be awesome!
In the next little while, I will be off for a bit of a break…
During a little accident (I am rather klutzy) last week, I kind of messed up one shoulder. The MDs put it together as best they could, but they have to wait for the worst of the swelling to go down a bunch before they can see if the bits of bone will line up as they are now, or if they’ll need to go in.
I myself am fine. Too ‘fine’, perhaps! While I wait, I am ‘being kept comfortable’…. and I suspect it is a bad idea to blog while I am this very ‘comfortable’ on medication. (I am having trouble focusing on them little letters, anyway – the seem to be doing the czardas!)
Therefore, I will be off for a break…
Ha ha -get it? ‘Off for a break!’
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