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Dominica 2007

2007 Happenings

Chester Lake Hike 2007-10

Chester Lake Hike 2007-08

Moose Mountain Hike 2007-06

Spring Wildflowers 2007

Sessanta Compleanno di Patrizio

India - New Delhi and Agra. Coming soon will be Keoladeo Ghana Park, Jaipur, Guwahati, Nameri Park, Kaziranga Park, and Manas Park

Women's Group Lunch

Hiking in Lake O'Hara valley (2006-07-10)

Robin's nest in the honeysuckle on our house.

Skoki Lodge, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 2006

Mayan Riviera, Mexico, 2006

Boreal Chickadee

Cherry Blossoms and Naomi's Painting

Gray Partridge covey

Colin's Pictures

View from our house; river ice.

Trip with Enid, Lisa, and Alan to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 2005-08. Indian Point and Area, Nova Scotia; Cape Chignecto Hiking, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia; Sackville and Area, New Brunswick

Christmas 2005 and New Year's Eve with my new Canon Rebel Xt (a.k.a. 350D)

Test of friend's Canon Rebel XT; pictures of Zygoneria orchid, Saguaro cactus, birds, trees, flowers, and Cymbidium orchid.

Newfoundland 2004-08. Gros Morne. Backpacking. Fleur Des Lys. Kayaking.

Milk River 2004-05. Paddled part of the Milk River in south Alberta with Peter and Lisa.

Arizona 2003-10. Oak Creek Canyon, East Saguaro National Park, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Belize 2003-12. Crooked Tree National Park, Island Expeditions Trip, Tobacco Caye.

Cymbidium Orchid 2002

I have new photographs of our orchid. These ones are in better focus than the old ones. I also have a shot of the whole plant.

Our Cymbidium orchid finally bloomed. Lisa gave it to me as a Valentine's gift two years ago. It grew many new leaves, but didn't bloom. After talking with a friend who has a Cymbidium too and reading about Cymbidiums (Cymbidium Society of America), I finally did a cool treatment by placing it outside in fall and watering with cold river water. The temperatures weren't to freezing, but were only a few degrees above freezing. It now has 3 stalks of 9, 7, and 7 blooms each in full flower. The blooms are about 13cm across. The first ones to open have been open for nearly a month now and show no signs of fading. The plant isn't for the short-on-space. It has about a 1.5m span, although the leaves can mingle with other plants as they are strappy leaves.

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