Bill Mason: Canada's Canoe Filmmaker
Bill Mason was the most successful filmmaker in the history of the National Film Board. An artist, author, and conservationist, his films celebrated the Canadian wilderness. Classics like 'Paddle to the Sea' and the 'Path of the Paddle' series inspired generations of canoeists and remain touchstones of Canadian outdoor culture. #Canada #NFB #Filmmaking #Canoe 🇨🇦
Philip Edward Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario.
#PhilipEdwardIsland #GeorgianBay #canoe #photo #photography #photographie #landscapephotography #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #Ontario
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
-- Immanuel Kant
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
-- William Shakespeare (All's Well That Ends Well)
Anger continued on past its usefulness becomes unjust, then dangerous... It fuels not positive activism but regression, obsession, vengeance, self-righteousness... It feeds off itself, destroying its host in the process.
-- Ursula K. LeGuin
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UrsulaKLeGuin #Anger #Destruction #Vengeance
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia
To deal effectively with [healthcare] it will be necessary to develop a more organized approach to the medical record, a more rational acceptance and use of paramedical personnel and a more positive attitude about the computer in medicine.
-- Lawrence Weed (Medical Records that Guide and Teach (1968))
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber
Now, after referring to this reference, I actually *did* go back to the Google and got this excellent reference, but I really did need the prompt from the plans in the book to clarify what I wanted. Those stacked cross-sections in the bottom-left are what I was looking for.
#canoe
Me: googling very specific things as reference and wondering why I know the thing exists but I can't find the examples I'm looking for
Also me: has this book, containing all the reference I was thinking about and more, on a bookshelf one floor below me while futilely googling
#maker #canoe #canoeing
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Fantasy #Knowledge
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
-- Thomas Paine
Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’
Archaeologists mapped the location of 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison. The site is near a network of former indigenous trails, suggesting ancient people left the canoes there for anyone to use as they traveled, much like a modern-day e-bike rack.
#Wisconsin #canoe #drought 🛶
Before/after of my latest dollar store hack. I have wanted a little desktop fountain for ages. Nice ones are expensive. Cheap ones look cheap. But for $4, it was hard not to pick up this cheap dollar store fountain to mess around with. Especially when I am also currently playing with this new wood filament for use in Christmas presents.
I wanted something organic and outdoorsy to have on my desk next to my computer, especially as we move into winter. Warm it all up a bit. Maintain a little more connection to the natural world while I'm in the office more. And I never feel more connected to the environment than when I'm soloing a canoe.
Of course, this is dressed up like a straight cedar-strip canoe, whereas my family has always paddled cedar-and-canvas, but it still captures the vibe. A cedar canoe, a cherry paddle, and a moment captured at the water's edge after hopping up on the rocks to go exploring.
I dislike working with gold leaf. A lot. But it is really hard to argue with the results.
I really like how this wood filament takes stain, how it sands, and how I can get it to suggest a bit of grain with the application of some low-grit sandpaper and a bit of creative staining.
I don't think I'm quite done, but I am quite happy.
#3Dprinting #dollarstore #upcycle #crafting #maker #canoe #paddling
We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
-- Margaret Chase Smith
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MargaretChaseSmith #Indifference #Tolerance
The Law of Least Astonishment: A program should always respond to the user in the way that astonishes him least.
-- Geoffrey James (The Tao of Programming)
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeoffreyJames #Programming
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia
The new wood filament I have is giving me ideas. Things I learned tonight: why I have never been able to loft along rails properly, how to do it, how many shapes I might need for a good loft. Above all, I learned that the idea I have for some fun gifts is valid. This was a fun test, but there are lots of things to do better. Looking forward to refining my process and taking a real crack at this. Given my recent success finishing the new wood filament, I think this could be something special. This might get a test print as-is just to get a sense of it before I settle in to model the real deal.
#canoe #canoeing #3Dprinting #maker #filaments #3Dmodeling #Fusion360
#Canoe rigged onto the car for short river trip tomorrow. Forecast says temperature in the lower 30s.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.
-- Albert Einstein
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Awe #Curiosity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia
Just re-formated this blog post from 2011...
A most memorable #canoe trip... "burned out" by the #BWCA Pagami Creek Fire... followed by a "four seasons" experience off the #GunflintTrail.
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/bwca/bwca_2011/index.html
#ForestFires #NaturePhotography #BWCA2011 #HDR #Panorama #Video
Morning Fog, Pierroton Lake, Cestas, France. February 2024. Ref-11832
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/morning-fog-pierroton-lake-cestas-france/en/11832
#panfplus #fog #cestas #ilfordpanfplus #canoe #foggy #pierroton #adoxrodinal #bank #lake #kayak #polo #goals #morning #paterson
