Katherine Bickford

Life is like a road trip

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Katherine

Life is like a road trip.

If we spend all our time looking behind then we miss where we are. If we spend all of our time looking where we are, we miss making a choice about where we are going.

Life is like a road trip.

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Dripping water, frozen water

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Katherine

The sounds of nature can give us some pretty important clues, especially when the sounds come from the cliffs above the Bay of Fundy.

Dripping and flowing water, a nice sound, and rather interesting to watch – but also a warning that the ice formations may not be totally stable, and like the rocks above, could fall at any time.

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Bay of Fundy – frozen in time

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Katherine

This man made frozen waterfall was on of the first things that I saw when I went down to one of my favorite beaches on the Bay of Fundy for a poke about on a beautiful winter day.

It’s just a drainage pipe, yet it’s something that I found to be fascinating as it’s almost like time has stopped. I suppose that it sort of has…

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Nova Scotia – Bay of Fundy

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Katherine

The winter colours along the Bay of Fundy were intense as the sun started to set

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Douglas Dakota Mk IV, C-47B-30-DK Skytrain

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Katherine

Snow and clouds framing the Douglas Dakota Mk IV, C-47B-30-DK Skytrain at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum.

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Expensive executive jets

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Katherine

XA-FLC, a 2012 Dassault Falcon 2000

N440CX, a 2008 Hawker Beechcraft Corp Hawker 850XP

C-FTRP, a 2008 Gulfstream G150

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C-FCJU

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Katherine

C-FCJU, a CargoJet Boeing B-727-260A/F at the Ottawa airport

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NRC 9 m wind tunnel

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Katherine

A trip to Ottawa would not be complete without visiting the National Research Council 9 m wind tunnel research facility.

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I was standing on the first nations property on Victoria Island, looking across the Ottawa River toward the imposing building that houses the Supreme Court of Canada. So many contrasting elements here…

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A cold winter night

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Katherine

A cold winter night in Ottawa, standing on the grounds of the Parliament Buildings looking toward the statue of Wilford Laurier, the War of 1812 monument and the Chateau Laurier.

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