Geoff Budden

Near Pigeon Point, Tobago, today at 6:52 AM

David Hockney, "Winter Tunnel with Snow, March", 2006, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48"
David Hockney painting "Winter Tunnel with Snow, March".

A winter wonderland this morning on the Virginia River pedestrian trail

I remember seeing this in a book when I was 16. It made an enormous impression on me, the first work of visual art to really do so

The Virginia River pedestrian trail about 9 o’clock on this breezy morning. Minimal ice, but there is the occasional water hazard to navigate:

In fairness, one of them did drop an F-bomb while making angry faces, what more could you ask for?

The Virginia River pedestrian trail, today at 7:05 AM :

The Virginia River trail on this beautiful winter morning:

A view from the Kent’s Pond trail, just before 7 AM on this calm winter morning;

The Kent’s Pond Trail, at 7:30 on this cool, beautiful morning.

A lovely little resting place just off the Virginia River pedestrian trail. Taken today at about 9 AM

Split Grilse
Mary Pratt
1979

The newly-laid asphalt on the Tupper/Laurier Park multi-use path, today at dawn (7:22 AM)

The Rennie’s River pedestrian trail on this mauzy, perfect autumn morning:

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Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Polling:

LIB: 52% (+4)
PC: 32% (-7)
NDP: 13% (+5)
Others: 3%

Mainstreet / Oct 10, 2025 / n=987 / MOE 3% / IVR

(% Change with 2021 Election)

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The Kent’s Pond Trail about 7:15 this morning. The colours of autumn, but more than a hint on summer still in the air :

A perfect day for a run on the beautiful urban trails of St John’s:

Today’s Canadian painting is “Thunderhead” painted by Tom Thomson in 1913.

The Virginia River Pedestrian trail, tonight at 8 PM

Kent’s Pond, this morning at 7:35

The Long Pond trail this evening: a moment of calm in a tormenting world

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Agucadoura, Portugal, this evening at 9 o’clock

You gotta admit though, huge if true.

Porto: today at 2:20 PM

The Kent’s Pond Trail, this misty morning at about 6:50

I just voted, half a kilometre from my house, 9 AM on voting day and the entire process took 8 minutes. This has been typical of my voting experiences over the last 40 years. Whatever the failures of our political processes, a lot of positives there as well.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

As earworms go, I could be doing a lot worse than “Here, There and Everywhere”