a digital camera wanders randomly
July 11/03
Fireworks over Central Park, viewed from 21st floor, Beacon Hotel, Broadway
at 75th. St.
Einstein exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Rhinoceri
July 4/04
Limestone wall and concrete pavers.
June 29/03
New flagstones from the back door to the bakery.
Rebuilding the deck at Eric and Katharine's cottage on the Riviere Noire.
June 25/03
Crossing onto Michigan's Upper Peninsula from Sault Ste. Marie.
Lake Michigan is on the right and Lake Huron on the left.
June 22/03
Fresh bread.
Dipping into the Ottawa River at Martin & Elke's cottage.
Martin & Elke's house in Fort Coulonge has been turned into a gallery.
Morning garden photo: Siberian Iris
Bearded Iris
June 17/03
Ithaca Ecovillage - I drove down to install a heater core in a new subdivision
there.
Ithaca, NY is at the bottom of 40 mile long Lake Cayuga, the longest of the
Finger Lakes.
It is the home of Cornell University and is also called the Berkeley of the
East.
John Zamkotowicz from New Jersery and Scott Goodman from Rochester came down
to help.
June 16/03
Poppies and Irises
June 15/03
Rhubarb meringue pie
June 7/03 - Pontiac Artists Studio Tour
Val Bridgeman's ceramics.
Marcio & Ted's
Painted ceiling going up the stairs to the second floor.
Painted bedroom.
May 18 - June 1 - Trip to Ireland
April 12 - April 22 - Trip to Annual MHA Meeting in North Carolina
Pizza oven workshop and party.
Click here for the full shebang.
April 6/03 - Visit to Emma And True's
Emma
True and Emma
True
Portrait of True
Portrait by True.
Feb 24 - Mar 7/03 Trip to France
Feb 15/03 An Eventful Day
Rhododendron blooming in my office.
Our new car - a Jetta TDI Wagon.
Greenest conventional car available in North America - turbo diesel, 65 mpg
(4.4 l/100km)
Handles and drives like a sportscar.
Anti war demonstration in Ottawa.
Christine, John, Leila, Gretchen.
Snow sculptures at Major's Hill Park, across from the American embassy.
Bombshells not Bombs. Right ON!!
Peace tower.
Gretchen was playing at The Rainbow in the Market, just around the corner from
Parliament Hill.
Later on we drove to McDonald's Corners in Lanark to see Keith Glass and The
Twisters
at a benefit dance for their new community radio station. A super cold night,
but the
place heated up real quick!
Feb 1/03 Babysitting at Emma & True's
First cup of coffee in the morning.
Emma
Eileen, Emma, True and Ebony
Making Barbie clothes with Denise.
Skating on the lake.
Cute blonde.
Look ma, no coat!
Making waffles.
Eating waffles.
Jan 11/03
Heater plastering underway.
(Cat)ching some rays on a cold day.
Jan 10/03
Acting French in Montreal
Education
conference at the Sheraton.
Jan 04/03
Skating on the Ottawa River at Fort Coulonge.
Jan 1/03 New Year's Day Open House
Dec 28/02 Christmas
more Christmas pictures
Dec 6/02
Vezeau house party with Michelle and John Law.
Nov 27/02
Downtown Montreal at dawn.
Nov 9/02 Visit from Anna and crew.
New living room
Tea on the deck.
Bakery fun.
Bun warmer.
Nov. 1/02
Visit to the Montreal Biodome (a really cool place)
Lynx.
Oct 26/02
Grandma's 80th Birthday
Birthday dinner
Oct 13/02
Trip to Norfolk,
VA. ASTM meeting
Asseateague Wildlife Refuge, on Virginia's Eastern Shore
Scroll right for ocean view.
Boardwalk
over a tidal wetland area.
(Scroll right)
Chesapeake
Bay Bridge/Tunnel connects Virginia's Eastern Shore with the mainland
at Virginia Beach, a 17.6 mile gap where Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic.
This photo is taken from the fishing pier at Sea Gull Pier Restaurant (below),
about 4 miles offshore.
(Scroll right)
Oct 04/02
Steve Forbert at The Black Sheep
Inn
Oct 01/02
Burning brush in the garden,
Building a heater in a strawbale
house in Wakefield.
German heater mason Udo Kohrmnann on the left.
Sept 28/02
Dick Smith and the Mike
O'Reilly Band
at The Black Sheep Inn
Sept 20/02 Trip to Woodstock, NY
Saratoga Springs - bagel break after 7 hours driving
Debbie and Katie will remember this place
Woodstock - Bread Alone bakery. Great sandwiches.
There were a lot of film types in town.
1963 Stratocruiser
KTD Tibetan Buddhist monastery
Shrine room.
Sept 14-15/02
Visit from True and Emma and support staff.
Sept 13/02
Opening of
Ruby Ewen exhibit at Gallerie Mackenzie-Marcotte in Wakefield
Scroll right for 360 panorama
Sept 10/02
Last swim of the year at Buzzy's Lake. 34 degrees on Sept 10.
Cold front rolling in.
Sept 7/02 Canoe trip on the Black River
Real hot day
Evening swim
Look, over there, its..............
Steaks
Sept 8/02
(Sunday morning) Richard, Richard and Lynn
Finally ready to leave
Channel from Green Lake to Riviere Noire, originally dredged
out by horses.
Mid-morning snack and swim break on a sand bar.
Ahh.......middle age.
Multi-canoe raft.
Hey, the camera is backwards.
That's better.
The LowePro camera bag saved my camera when we accidentally dumped the canoe.
Swim and lunch break on another sand bar. Gotta pace yourself.
Enjoying a glass of wine.
Heading off into the sunset. A good time was had by all.
More pictures
September 1/02
Martin & Elke's cottage
on the Ottawa River.
View from the dock.
August 31/02
Shawville Fair.
Todd's pumkin patch. The world record for a pumpkin is 1238 lbs. This pumpkin
is about
1005 lbs, and has 5 to 6 weeks left to grow. They gain up to 30 lbs per day,
so it has a very good
shot at the world record.
Aug 27/02 Garnet Rogers, Karen Savuka and Greg Brown at the Black Sheep Inn
Aug 25/02 Visit from the Nicol clan
Julia in front of the apple tree that was planted to celebrate
her birth, 24 years ago.
Debbie, Patsy and Milan
Alex, Julia and Anna
Aug 1/02 Trip to Ireland
Click here for more Ireland pictures
July 28/02 - Daylilly
July 28/02 Decorating Challenge, featuring The Twins
Oak chair refinished by Denise
Lunch on the deck
Blondes with hammers
The finished product
July 20/02 Shower art by Marcio Melo
July 20/02 Mmmmmmmmmmm..............Waaffles
July 2/02 - Canada Day fireworks in Shawville
June 30/02 - Fred Eaglesmithe at the Black Sheep Inn.
June 16/02 - David Francey at the Black Sheep Inn
June 19/02 - Addition
Ruby Even has the original transom that went with these doors, which
came from the original Byward Market building. Here's a view of
the room with the transom pasted in using Photoshop.
October 5/01 Addition
September 1/01 Prairie Oyster at the Shawville Fair
August 30/01 Marcio's art show at Somerset and Bank
August 25/01 Leila's 50th Birthday Party
Denise and Leila
Catering by Lindsay and Emma
Music by the Woodshed Orchestra
Birthday card by Marcio
August 25/01 Addition
August 25/01 New Shower
August 2/01 Echinacea
July 10/01 Garden 360 (scroll right)
June 17/01: Addition
June 14/01: Early morning in the garden
June 7/01: Trip to New York City
May 25/01: Lilacs by the front door
Addition May 20/01
May 1 - 14: Wildacres, North Carolina
April 14-15/01 Kitchen Renovations at Mum's
February /01
Stovebuilding trip to Guatemala with Masons
on a Mission
Driving into El Rincon, population 1700. The
village is in a valley surrounded by volcanos.
Unloading stove materials.
Building an estufa. It is a simple cookstove with a chimney, so that
smoke is not in the house. The traditional three stone fire causes a
lot of health problems, particularly for women and children
$150.00 will buy all of the material for a stove for 1 family.
The average wage is $2.00 per day.
Sept 8/00 The floor deck of the addition is done.
Sept. 3/00 - Rivendell 30 year reunion
Sept 1/00 Fred Eaglesmith at the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield Quebec
Lynn Myles is singing backup
August 12 - 26 Trip to Paris
Check it out here
August 4/00 Redoing the water system. New well tile at the spring.
August 1/00
Photos from Linda's visit to Anna's Bakery
Anna and Gilles
July 30/00 Excavation
July 28/00 Starting the addition. A big pine tree has to go. It is leaning
the wrong way, so needs a chain and winch to persuade it to go in
the right direction.
Timber!
July 24/00 Barbeque on the Deck - first hot day of summer!
July 12/00 Photos from Bill Derrick's visit to Boulangerie Anna in Paris
July 2/00 Cookout in the rain, under a tree, at Linda's
June 30/00 Lilly
June 24/00 Val's 50th
Richard's new 1967 Mercedes 2 seater
Marcio, Ted,
Leila
Charlie, Richard, Lenny
June 10/00 Charlie Sohmer at the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield
June 8/00 Garden
June 2/00 First Iris
May 27/00
Backyard bake oven workshop in Perth, ON
May 24/00
Lunch in Perth, ON w. California bakeoven builder Alan
Scott and clients.
Alan was visiting Little Stream Bakery. Graham Beck
rakes out ashes from the
woodburning oven.
Crossing the Ottawa River at Portage du Fort.
May 16/00 8:00 a.m. Crossing the Ottawa River on the Quyon ferry
May 16/00 11:00 a.m. Old Montreal
May 15/00 Good looking bread
May 14/00 Early Sunday morning in the garden
May 11/00
Fred J. Eaglesmith at the Black
Sheep Inn, Wakefield PQ
May 7/00: Perennial plant exchange
Also: check out Garden 99, Garden 98
April 18/00 - Pizza oven workshop - North Carolina.
More details
September 26/99
Word on the Street Festival, Byward Market, Ottawa
Fall bike ride.
September 21/99
Visit from Sarah, Sian, and Skyler (born July 7)
September 20/99
First fire of the season in the heater
September 4/99
Backstage with Prairie Oyster at the Shawville Fair.
Leila and Joan Besen discuss Joan's dreadlocks.
Heart throb Russel deCarle
(below): Keith Glass
July 25/99
Annual Picnic on the Ottawa River
at Rocher Fondu (Calumet Island)
July 18/99
Y2K plan.
June 28
Visit from Saltspring Island architect Phillip Van Horn and professional
baker Heather Campbell.
June 7/77
The patio at Wildacres Retreat, Smokey Mountains, North Carolina.
Heater buddies Pat Manley, Tom Trout, and Mike House. Photo Report
Driving back - sunrise in the Tennessee mountains
April 22/99:
Emma turns two.
April 4/99
Emma and Leila
Dec 27 - Addition, 9 am
Nov 18, Saltspring Island BC.
Phillip & Heather's beach looking towards Victoria at dusk
Randy B*chman's house, interior rammed earth walls, looking towards stairway.
Toilet in the rammed earth barn (recording studio)
Callum, Anne, Jolen, Rod - Pender Island BC
Nov 12, Moving the new CNC Milling Machine into the shop
Nov 11, Sunset in the backyard
Oct 24
K.T.D. Tibetan Buddhist
Monastery, Woodstock, NY,
October 11: Visit from Emma (and her parents)
Aug 23: Eric & Katharine's cottage:
The gals go to the Big Apple:
Hotel Beacon, Broadway and W. 72 (near
the Dakota)
Emma walking:
June 17/99
Rainbow over the garden at sunset.
March 4/99:
Second last big snowfall of the year (half of it).
January 10, 1999
Amazing cat wearing one slipper on each foot.
Aug 29: Leila's new mountain bike (after a ride):
Aug 29: building the stress-skin panels:
Strawbale workshop at Camp Au Grand Bois:
more info
New bakeoven:
more info
Saturday Dec. 27. Christmas at Tom & Charlene's
October 11: Visit from Emma (and her parents)
Oct 24
Bread Alone Bakery, Woodstock NY
Dec 15 - Finishing exterior plaster on the addition
Dec 25 Emma and Charlene
Christmas at Deb & Jim's
Jan 1, 1999 New Year's Day Open House and Ski
April 4/99
Emma's new necklace
