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Leaving Home
Leaving is hard. Not physically, but emotionally. Home is known, comfortable, beautiful. But now I am at the Calgary airport waiting for my overnight flight to Paris. Ron and I left home yesterday. It was a foggy, drizzly day: We drove to Vernon, a city about 1/2 hour north of Kelowna. I am flying out of…
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The Hat
I am not much of a hat wearer. But I bought a hat for last year’s Camino, and I really, really liked it! It fit and worked well. It kept the sun off my ears, and the rain off my eyes/glasses. It lasted the whole of the Camino. No problem. I started wearing it back…
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28 & 29 April – The day the lights went out and the next day
Monday 28 April started quite normal, clear, cool and fresh. We walked from Pamplona to Uterga over the Alto de El Perdón. Alto del Perdón, also known as “Hill of Forgiveness,” is a prominent peak and a significant landmark on the Camino Francés. Situated at an altitude of 770 meters, it offers panoramic views of…
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Day 3: Moraine Lake
Sunday, September 24, we decided to take the shuttle to Moraine Lake, in spite of having to wait in line for about 1 hour. It was a partly cloudy day, again cold in the morning, but pleasantly warm later on in the day. The Moraine Lake area is a very popular destination for tourists in…
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Day 2: Lake Louise
On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Laura and I hiked in the Lake Louise area. Lake Louise is a small hamlet with a big ski resort, a big campground, and many hotels and motels including the famous Lake Louise Chateau, seen here in the distance from the Plain of Six Glaciers trail: We hiked all day.…
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TUTORIAL #2 – Bokeh Photography, how “Seedling” was made
This is “Seedling”, as published at 500px. At my own website I called it “Chandelier” . For this tutorial, “bokeh” refers to the light circles in the image. These circles are out-of-focus points of light. They vary in size, with the smaller circles being closer to the focal plane, the larger ones further away. …