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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

Little Victor Update | First Thanksgiving, poo and cannibalism

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Gabriel

. It’s official, Victor is a cannibal. We just had to wait for his teeth to fully come through to find out for sure. Sometimes, when we’re feeding him his hard food, we’ll just kind of drop bits into his … Continue reading →

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Enviro-mental Cat

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Gabriel

My cat can open cupboards, she can open the drawers on my dresser, when she was a kitten she could escape from every jail I put her and her siblings into. When she was still smaller than my fist she … Continue reading →

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Two Victor’s Update | Crawling, biting and talking

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Gabriel

. I might be jumping the gun here, I’m not sure what the protocol is, or what exactly constitutes “crawling”, but my kid — on camera — got into the crawl position, did his frog dance, then moved one knee … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Stuff, CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Depression, Entertainment, Everyday Stuff, Family, Hawkesbury, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, Portraits, Self Portraits, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , | 2 Comments

The Samurai bee and the red ninja horde

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Gabriel

Even without the hordes of tiny, red six-legged monsters stealthily climbing the flower stems, preparing for the attack, this is a pretty cool shot. But it’s a lot better with the thousands of tiny, red six-legged beasties quietly climbing upwards … Continue reading →

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Almost Like Art | The slow death of colour

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Gabriel

I really like this shot, but I believe the only thing in focus here is the fly. This ‘theme’ only allows for a width of 640-650px, which means I can’t enlarge the photo to prove it, so take my word… … Continue reading →

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Little Victor Update | Heart, teeth, ghosts and his dad’s 200th post

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Gabriel

. Tomorrow morning Victor’s great-grandfather is having heart surgery. I’m not really sure how “relative”, but apparently it’s relatively minor. He’s having two more ‘stents’ implanted to clear his arteries. He had a “minor” heart attack just over a month … Continue reading →

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