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 Saturday, January 28 2012 @ 05:23 PM EST

Welcome to the new Lawndaisies!!!

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General NewsThis is the new and improved Lawndaisies blog covering the lives of D&V&X&S, now with user registration.

To your left is a user name and password box. Enter and click Login, or click "New User" if you haven't gotten an account yet. I'll approve your registration and send you a password.

Non-registered users can view some photos (the ones without kids in them).

Once you're registered you can:
- view stories and photos - click on the "Media Gallery" link in the upper-right hand corner for photos. Click "General News" to read all the stories. Click "Random Image" to see a photo randomly selected from the gallery.
- leave comments
- upload your own photos if you'd like (I'll set up a gallery for you).
 
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More hike photos

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House Guest

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Latest bugs

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General NewsThe latest bugs from the garden... 
Here's a green bee on the galardia:


Bee on a daisy:

Black swallowtail caterpillar on dill:
 
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This weeks' bug theme: Green

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General NewsCouple of bugs with green backgrounds:

I think this is a green dock beetle, though it's not as dark as other examples I've seen on the web:


A flat spider:
 
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They're Back!

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General NewsThe spring has sprung, the grass has riz, and most importantly, there are bugs on our flowers.



 
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Snow Daze

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General NewsOn Saturday night we got 56 cm of snow.  Yes, over half a meter, which brings Ottawa to within 36 cm of the all-time record of 445 cm in  '71-72.  A few shots.  Here's a collage of a few views of drifts from our back room, and the view out the front door:


Shovelling and more shovelling -- for the first time ever I borrowed a neighbour's snowblower to do the driveway.
 
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Champlain Lookout - photo nerdery

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General NewsWe went for a lovely hike around Champlain Lookout, in Gatineau park, yesterday morning, with some friends and their two kids. I took several shots from the lookout, trying to capture the vista, colour, and height. One is a panorama, you can click on it to get a larger version. The other three are the same shot, one processed normally, the other two processed with HDR (high dynamic range) software designed to increase the detail in the highlights and shadows. Which one do you like best?







 
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Red beetles

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General NewsLast weekend a neighbour called us over to see a swarming mass of red beetles on his manitoba maple. I looked them up in my bug field guide, and identified them as eastern boxelder beetles, not harmful, and prone to massing on warm fall days as they search for a place to over-winter.


And got a nice shot of a dragonfly to boot (a bit over-exposed, but you can see some detail on the eyes):

 
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Dark and moody

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