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Heather Cardle
- Apr 9
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 15 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 15 season 4) Well, we're in lockdown again here in Ontario our search for remote trails close to home is becoming trickier. Luckily for us though, there's a plethora of trails throughout our county. Since being in a holding pattern until we FINALLY move across the province we've been so fortunate to focus on our walking along many cool paths. Working on our fitness has been our top priority and I've piggybacked my beloved Canon 1DX with the 100-400 lens a
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Heather Cardle
- Apr 2
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 14 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 14 season 4) Do the days of the week feel like "days" and you no longer experience that "feeling" to that "it's the weekend?" or is it just me? It's our 2nd Easter in lockdown and the only difference between this Easter and last Easter is the fact that I was actually ready for it this year. By ready, I mean I sent a bag of Easter eggs to my son and daughter-in-law via Amazon. They got it 2 days ago and they finished off the "pretty small bag for the money
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Heather Cardle
- Mar 26
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 13 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 13, season 4) Another Friday, another blog. I thought I'd surprise you all about me and my walking buddy going to the Canadian Raptor Conservancy but I told you all LAST week I was going there. What the heck will I talk about with you this week? I swear this happens to me every single Friday. Anyhow, "focus" Heather. Well, yesterday, around these parts was absolutely perfect, the temp was bang on, very little wind, sunshine with a dash of haze. A perfect
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Heather Cardle
- Mar 19
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 12 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 12, season 4) Saw a Bluebird the other day. Just the one. It could care less about posing for a photo op, it was on it's way immediately following this shot. It's a male. I've read that alot of male birds migrate back before the girls do in order to set establish or re-establish their territories before, you know, they hook up and make the babies. Seems like a legit idea. Spring is what, one day away? That's exciting even if we had a pretty tame winter in
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Heather Cardle
- Mar 12
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 11 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (Week 11, season 4) Ok, let's just start with....what IS THIS (in the photo)? For those of you NOT local, this structure is in Paris, Ontario just alongside the Nith River. Enquiring minds need to know (my mind does anyhow). I have to admit this was my very first time along the trails in this place. They're lovely trails, some parts are paved, some are gravel and some are winding, hilly, muddy paths. Plenty of options for all levels of walkers. It was great but
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Heather Cardle
- Mar 5
- 4 min
#FrameItFriday (week 10 season 4)
Walter Gretzky 1938-2021 #FrameItFriday (week 10 season 4) Today we all mourn the loss of the world's best hockey dad, our Lord Mayor, ambassador of kindness and generosity and a loving father, grandfather, husband. My social media feed is blowing up with tributes to everyone's friend, Walter Gretzky. I'll just mention my experience throughout the years here whilst living in Brantford.
I first met Mr. Gretzky at the Christmas Baskets program. We were boxing food up and he was
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Heather Cardle
- Feb 26
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 9 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 9 season 4) Another Friday, another weird rambling by me. Isn't this a cool old stove? Have you ever used one before? This old beauty comes with the new place we bought. It holds court in the kitchen and is no longer hooked up. I can think of a few ideas to use it in a photo shoot, can you? In fact, this whole new house and property has awakened the creative section in my brain that has been dormant for years. It's not THAT long now and I sincerely apolog
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Heather Cardle
- Feb 19
- 1 min
#FrameItFriday (Week 8 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 8 season 4) I almost forgot it's FRIDAY! AGAIN. How's everyone doing? Anything new and exciting going on? Since things have opened up a tad here as far as the whole Covid thing goes we were finally able to use one of our 3 visits to go down to our new place before it becomes ours in 68 more days. It's about a 3.5 hour drive from where we currently reside. Of course since we've been unable to see family since November, we planned our trip to be able to pop
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Heather Cardle
- Feb 12
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 7 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 7 season 4) My oh my it's Friday yet again and if it means anything to anyone, we're on the cusp of a long weekend here in Ontario. Does that even mean anything anymore? Long Weekend, hmmm. I have to ask google "what day is today" at least 3 times a week. I'm sure it's not an age thing, it's a lockdown thing. We've been walking a lot of local trails for the past 45 days, mostly they're the rail trails. In spite of the plunging temperatures, if you dress
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Heather Cardle
- Feb 5
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 6 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 6 season 4) The wind is blowing, we’ve had a plop of snow dumped on us here in Brantford and my friend sent me this shot. It’s a view from her back deck of her bunkie, soon to be my bunkie. Ok, “our bunkie” but I call first dibs on what or who goes in there. 82 days to go. Today the MacBook Pro that crashed and burned TWO(2)days before the warranty was up, goes “under the knife” for screen replacement or something like that. My attempts to backup my image
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Heather Cardle
- Jan 29
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 5 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 5 season 4) Ahhhhhhhhhh so this day is what I would call Avalanche Day. It began at the top of a huge snow covered mountain with an epic view spread before me. Aka “I woke up on the right side of the bed.” Opened my laptop to prepare to post my photo of the day and do my blog and BOOM someone at the top of the mountain farted and thus began the avalanche. The black screen became the call to Apple and the “place 4 fingers on this button, this button and th
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Heather Cardle
- Jan 22
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 4 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 4 season 4) Counting. We've been counting here a la Maison (said in my best FordNation accent lol). One counter is decreasing (finally cracked 100), that is the counter that lets my family know how many days until we move. I don't know if they pay attention to it like I do but every single morning when I come down the stairs to the kitchen I lick my finger (I know, gross) wipe the number on the chalkboard off, blow on the chalkboard to dry my goober off a
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Heather Cardle
- Jan 15
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 3, season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 3 season 4) Eye spy with my little eyes.......so, we're in lockdown now and my exploring radius has shrivelled down to staying very close to home for my road trips. I've been remaining in our county for the most part when the weather permits us to go out for exercise and giddy up back to the homestead once we're done. I've been killing two birds with one stone (figuratively speaking of course)....go out for a walk and get our steps in and snapping a few p
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Heather Cardle
- Jan 8
- 3 min
#FrameItFriday (week 2 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 2, Season 4) Has it been a week or has it been a week? It has been a week. Now it's Friday, let's rejoice now shall we? I started a new puzzle but I haven't touched it since I got to the hard part, you know, everything that goes inside those the flat ones you use around the edge? The previous puzzle I ditched. It's going to a puzzle buddy of mine who has far more patience than me. I'm determined to finish the current one but not on a sunny day, so it may
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Heather Cardle
- Jan 1
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 1 season 4)
#FrameItFriday (week 1, SEASON 4!) TAKE 2! (forgot to hit the 'save' button grrrr) HAPPY NEW YEAR! (YES, IT'S 2021 FINALLY) #StellaCat insisted I use this photo of her for the very first blog of the year and season 4 opener. She also had her agent contact me about putting together a 2022 calendar of her. So demanding and all before I've had my 2nd cup of coffee! She's telling me she has fans on this page and they're the ones insisting on a calendar of her. So for all you Stel
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Heather Cardle
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
#FrameItFriday (week 52, season 3)
#FrameItFriday (week 52, season 3) Here's 12 #TopSeen2020 from my #ChickPicotheDay. I'm always surprised when I go back through the months and find out what y'all looked at the most. I'll admit, some you liked most are just weird and that's ok because I shot them right?....so basically you're "my people". I've tried to place them in chronological order so if they're not once I post, saw-reee! Let's just kick this year 2020 to the curb and begin fresh in 2021 now shall we?
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Heather Cardle
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 51, season 3)
#FrameItFriday (week 51, season 3) This week, the week before Christmas in this the year of the horrible 2020, I bring you 2 photos of cats. 2 very special cats. I've been feeling like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day of late, so this week I've decided that instead of me writing endless blather and drivel I am reaching out to YOU. It's a free for all really, tell me your best story, show me your best photo, your fav song and share it in the comments below. If you're shy, send me
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Heather Cardle
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
#FrameItFriday (week 50 season 3)
#FrameItFriday! (week 50 season 3) Well we did it again! My 3rd annual calendar has sold out (ok I kept a few for the family) but thanks to all of you we raised $500 and it's been donated to the St Leonard's Society of Brant RAAM clinic here in our city. I'm pretty sure they will find a good use for it and help some folks a teensy bit who are struggling with mental heath and addictions issues. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've been consumed with packing, boxing, not so mu
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Heather Cardle
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
#FrameItFriday (week 49 season 3)
#FrameItFriday! (week 49 season 3) 4 days to go and it can't happen soon enough! I feel like I've been sitting in a doctor's office, hours past my scheduled appointment time waiting to get in. Stella Cat is in heaven with all the cool places to nap though and you know, if you have a cat, they ALWAYS make it about them. I've taken my camera with me every time I've gone back to Wal-Mart to pick up yet another stack of storage bins. Have I taken any shots? Nope. I guess I bring
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