Dead fish

Walking man

Dow’s Lake, Rideau Canal, Somerset St.

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No dog

September 8, 2010

Two years ago:
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Untitled

September 8, 2009

Three years:
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The prisoner

September 8, 2008

Here’s another walking man. This one is walking his bike like a good citizen. See XUP’s blog for a raging debate about cyclists on the sidewalk.

My cat, almost unique among cats in having an entire executive-style desk chair for his own use, now prefers to lie on top of a box on a table beside my desk. There he glares discontentedly at me as he pushes flashlights, pens, and hard drives onto the floor with his feet.

Box sans cat

When my cat isn’t sleeping on his cardboard box he’s taken to inserting himself into the small space bounded by my keyboard, phone, and monitor. Here he is waiting for a call. I don’t know what he’s doing with the can of beans. I didn’t think he liked them.

This is actually one of the most annoying things my cat does, because he has found a way to shut down the computer by pressing certain keys with his feet. I don’t know what keys they are. I can’t do it.

Oh, you know I love my cat. But he can stand a little teasing.

Today I saw this small murder of crows on Lorne Ave.

According to the American Society of Crows and Ravens, “A ‘murder’ of crows is based on the persistent but fallacious folk tale that crows form tribunals to judge and punish the bad behavior of a member of the flock. If the verdict goes against the defendant, that bird is killed (murdered) by the flock. The basis in fact is probably that occasionally crows will kill a dying crow who doesn’t belong in their territory or much more commonly feed on carcasses of dead crows. Also, both crows and ravens are associated with battlefields, medieval hospitals, execution sites and cemeteries (because they scavenged on human remains). In England, a tombstone is sometimes called a ravenstone.”

I’ve been meaning to show you this rainbow I saw on Monday night. This is looking up Gladstone from Preston. It was a complete bow — you could see both ends of it — but I couldn’t get it all in the picture.

That’s all I’ve got for today. Have a happy long weekend!