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Moose Sightings

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Dec. 30th, 2008. Algonquin Park, -18 deg C
Driving on Highway 60 along the Parkway corridor and 4 Moose sighted:

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Niagara Falls panorama

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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More New Wilderness Adventures: baby raccoons

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Walking through one of the forests just outside Ottawa the other day and I spotted a couple of baby raccoons. 

Forgive my sappy narration of the video. You have to understand how cute these animals actually were. Unbelievably. Amazing that they turn into a creature that can create such big messes in your campsite – I [...]

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Where does paper come from?

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , on April 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I wonder how many forests have passed through this Ontario lumber yard?

 

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ehrliche Arbeit

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Spring 2008. It has been 2 years since I last made Maple Syrup and my skills are as rusty as some of the sap-gathering buckets.
5:36AM. A Maple Syrup farmer gazes into the water in search of answers…

7:01AM. Morning meeting with farm management.

10:33AM. The syrup making process must be documented on video and, in the interest [...]

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The Diefenbunker

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , , on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I got a little history lesson today with a trip to one of Ottawa’s Cold War relics: The Diefenbunker. The name is a clever combination of the name “John Diefenbaker” (the serving Prime Minister at the time the press discovered the bunkers existence) and the word “bunker”. How did journalists discover something was amiss in [...]

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New Wilderness Adventures

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It is the start of the annual seal-hunt here in Canada, so I thought I’d focus instead on conservation (I’ll leave the seal-hunt debate to the McCartneys and other fur-wearing Europeans). Only an experienced naturalist should approach a polar bear (also known as Eis Bär or 白熊).  The Polar Bear waits for it’s prey to surface [...]

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Home, Sweet Home

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I returned home to Ottawa this week. These pictures were taken on March 26th(!), raising the question: “where is spring?”. The view from my front door. Looking down my street towards the giant snow mountain. Where are the tulips? Where are the bunnies? Where is spring ? 

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Gender Discrimination in Canada!?

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged , , , on October 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »

It may come as a shock… but even the utopian Canada still struggles with gender inequality. Discrimination may not appear in the blatant and obvious forms that it does in Japan (for example: prohibiting women from entering the sumo ring, the Minister of Health labeling women as ‘birthing machines’), but it can yet be found in [...]

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How to make Maple Syrup / メープルしロプの作り方

Posted in Canada カナダ, tagged on September 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »

This post comes by special request. I’m not the type to talk about my hobby much, so it is with some reluctance that I share this This is just a general overview of some of the steps involved in making Maple Syrup. No secrets.Step 1. Tap the Maple trees. Tree diameter must be [...]

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