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Heather Cardle

Dec 30, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (LAST BLOG OF 2022)

#FrameItFriday LAST BLOG OF THE YEAR! Well, here we are, second last day of the year, my 11th year of #ChickPicotheDay, 4,048 days in a row and 10,000+ followers here on Facebook. This is the time of year when everyone puts out their "best of", "most watched" etc, etc and OF COURSE I'm doing that! I do it every year (ok, not for 11 yrs in a row) but for a few years (I upload them to my YouTube account) If you've been hanging out with me for a bit you know I've just sat down t

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Heather Cardle

Sep 2, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 36 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 35 season 5) I woke up this morning and realized that it's September, the 2nd, already! What?? Even our beloved Moira River Blue Heron is crabby about how quick summer vacation flew by. In the photo he's demonstrating just how quick it went. I really don't have anything super exciting or educational (me, talk about something educational, hilarious!) this past week. I've got a tiny splinter that feels like a log jammed in behind my thumbnail that I'm tryin

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Heather Cardle

Aug 26, 2022
4 min

#FrameItFriday (week 35 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 35 season 5) I found this giant bullfrog settling in along the shore of Eel's Lake last week. To truly appreciate the full beauty of this gal, you gotta double click on the photo. I've named her Sandy. Sandy wiggled her butt, did some gentle yoga leg moves and tried to settle in for some bug collecting. I'm glad she stayed put and co-operated for me. That's the story on this week's blog photo now on to some other stuff that I've been thinking about this p

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Heather Cardle

Aug 12, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 33 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 33 season 5) Thank you to the one person who tried to hazard a guess at what we named the beach by our campsite. I know in the big world, who really cares what we named the beach right? I appreciate you (you know who you are<3 ) who took a guess with a couple of epic names like "Mooseless Beach" and "Sonova Beach" lol but we ended up calling it "Leech Beach" after I walked along the length of it and back only to discover 3 or 4 tiny ones had latched on an

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Heather Cardle

Aug 5, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 32 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 32 season 5) Although my alarm was set for 5am last Saturday morning through all the excitement, I found myself awake at 3:50am! 3:50am for heaven's sakes! That's not me, an early bird, except when we're going somewhere exciting! I had my car packed and topped with kayaks and decided to just leave early and cruise along highway 60 that cuts through Algonquin Park. I was meeting my kids at the Tim Lake Access Point #2 which is northeast of Kearney, Ontario

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Heather Cardle

Jul 29, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 31 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 31 season 5) My community recently got hit hard by a tornado that whipped through 10 minutes north of us at about 175kms/hr! We were very, very lucky we dodged that bullet. Very lucky. Many folks lost their homes, their livelihoods, vehicles, outbuildings and power. In fact, some are still without power. Thankfully, from what I know, there was only one minor injury. I posted some videos of some of the destruction earlier this week. I have a route that I l

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Heather Cardle

Jul 22, 2022
1 min

#FrameItFriday (week 30 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 30 season 5) Let's have a laugh, I need a laugh, do you need a laugh? Caption this photo will you please? I'll go first: "Where the heck is my phone**? Damn, I hope I didn't drop it in the river!" **He left it at home charging. I know some of you can do better, so write one up and stick it in the comments below. A week tomorrow I will be embarking on a back country camping trip with my family, it's going to be our 2nd annual (we're late bloomers). It's n

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Heather Cardle

Jul 15, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 29 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (Week 29 season 5) Who spent SIX hours paddling on the Moira River yesterday, let's see a show of hands! Oh right, it was just my husband and I. It was more like 3.5 hours of paddling and 2 hours of taking wildlife photos and a half hour dock chatting. We spent at least an hour taking photos of this guy shown because it's the first time we've seen one. What is he? He's a Bittern he's part of the heron family. Smaller than the Great Blue Heron but bigger than a

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Heather Cardle

Jul 8, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 28 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 28 season 5) Hey, here we are again, another Friday! I thought that I'd post these 2 photos my husband took of me photographing loons. It would appear that all I had to do was wave my wand and they'd magically appear before me......lol. Not quite, but I swear sometimes they pop up out of nowhere. Here's the deal, when I first began photographing loons with my very first Canon Rebel ti? I believe and a 75-300mm lens attached. I THINK it was with that camer

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Heather Cardle

Jun 24, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 26 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 26 season 5) After checking "the weather" a mind numbing trillion times (apparently it's a Canadian's favourite app)we finally said "*uck it" and headed out for another paddle. Being that we have an annual provincial park pass we decided to head over to Sharbot Lake Provincial Park and test the waters there. Just as we pulled up to the launch to take the yaks off the racks 3 juvenile loons paraded by, our triple sign of hope. I broke into a little shoreli

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Heather Cardle

Jun 17, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 25 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 25 season 5) Finally, finally, finally met up with a Merganser family this past week. It was not a planned shoot, it all began with this family hiding out along the shore in the shrubs on the lake we were paddling on. They startled the heck out of me when they panic escaped into the waters ahead of me. After a frenzy of "walking on water" up the lake a bit with her 7 cotton ball babies they eventually settled on to mom's back (that epic shot I've dreamed

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Heather Cardle

Jun 3, 2022
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 23 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 23 season 5) Well, for two weeks a portion of our patio was off limits as a pair of Robins set up their nursery in one of our planters. Initially 5 blue eggs were laid in this surprisingly tiny but tidy nest. 4 yellow beaks eventually appeared and for pretty much 2 weeks straight their bright yellow beaks pointed skyward for non-stop all you can eat fly by feedings. The airways around our house are congested with takeoffs and landings from dawn til dusk.

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Heather Cardle

May 27, 2022
1 min

#FrameItFriday (week 22 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 22 season 5) Flying the coop, getting out of dodge, down time, me time, quiet time, whatever you want to call it. Cover your ears, pull the blanket over your head and snuggle deeper into your bed, tune out the world, sit on a rock on the shores of a calm lake, lay on the moss and look up at the sky, night or day. Alone. Escape. Take deep breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth. Stare at the wall, stare out the window, stare at the horizon

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Heather Cardle

May 20, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 21 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 21 season 5) We put the furnace back on this past week, just for a couple of hours, not a minute longer because if I see that propane truck pull in our driveway one.more.time.Imma.gonna.lose.it. Love Canada but holy my moley, the weather pattern is just stupid crazy like a bad ugly paisley fabric. Happy May 2-4 folks! What are you getting up to this weekend? Big, HUGE plans this weekend for us, we're going to a plant sale in town Saturday morning and hope

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Heather Cardle

May 13, 2022
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 20 season 5)

#FrameItFriday (week 20 season 5) OMG they're back and so are all the fancy designer bug duds! In the photo I am modelling a fine outfit one must don in order to get from the house to the car. It's actually worn when you're wearing long sleeves and trousers and high rubber boots. I swear someone hit a switch somewhere that woke the super annoying black flies or whatever the heck they're called. It's supposed to be a scorcher today so shorts are on, t-shirt and only if I have

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Heather Cardle

Sep 17, 2021
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 38 season 4)

#FrameItFriday (week 38 season 4) We took advantage of the great weather yesterday and ventured out for a paddle along the Moira River yesterday. "Apparently" according the weather folks, the next few days are going to be stellar for sunshine and heat. In Ontario that is, I'm not sure about elsewhere. I sure hope they're correct because I want to get back out there again. We went from our place downstream to the first bridge (which means absolutely nothing to you unless you k

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Heather Cardle

Aug 27, 2021
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 35 season 4)

#FrameItFriday (week 35 season 4) Well how the heck is everyone doing? What are YOUR tricks to keep cool? I'll go first.....yesterday we planned to hit the beach and I had found a new to me location that was sweet. I parked the car, we walked to the shoreline, I dropped my towel in the sand and walked directly into the cool, refreshing waters of Lake Ontario. I brought a bathing suit but there simply was not enough time to change into it. I went in fully clothed and I could c

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Heather Cardle

Aug 20, 2021
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 34 season 4)

#FrameItFriday (week 34 season 4) Yep, just like the photo....I'm so excited I may almost pee my pants! Not to worry, I won't (phew) but I am excited! Why? Oh I'm FINALLY going to shoot some live music and that's happening tonight! Where? At the Northumberland Rocks Back festival proudly repping for the first time ever for Sound Check Entertainment (no pressure). Last live music I shot was at the Sanderson Centre for Meghan Patrick, it was Friday, March 13th, 2020 and pretty

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Heather Cardle

Aug 13, 2021
3 min

#FrameItFriday (week 33 season 4)

#FrameItFriday (week 33 season 4) I fell down the rabbit hole this past week. Not a real one but the virtual one. Have you ever done that? I've been researching ideas for shoots, googling specific words and the motherhood of images and ideas and websites popped up before my eyes. It sure makes the adrenaline flow. I kid you not, I am surrounded by cool locations, I am gathering some sweet props (yes MORE), costumes and I have a gazillion ideas for poses.....now I just need "

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Heather Cardle

Aug 6, 2021
2 min

#FrameItFriday (week 32 season 4)

#FrameItFriday (week 32 season 4) Well another week, another blog. I've found that unless I plan for it, my camera has taken a back seat to life around here. The 16 tomato plants I ambitiously crammed in to our sweet raised garden beds have turned in to a jungle. I'll be cutting back on that nonsense next year. There's a gazillion of those cherry tomatoes that ripen daily which is cool but the beefsteak ones are the ones I seriously want to put to the taste test but they're s

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