Revising My Website
I’ve been revising my web site, less a redesign, more a recalibration. A short note on what changed and why: dougmclachlan.com/2025/12/24/revising-the-site

2025
I’ve been revising my web site, less a redesign, more a recalibration. A short note on what changed and why: dougmclachlan.com/2025/12/24/revising-the-site

A great walk this morning with a great friend. Pics on the photo blog.

I just posted some favorite photos from June on my photo blog. All cropped in the XPan 65:24 aspect ratio, which is one of my...

A break this afternoon to complete a color study chart for my watercolours and a few evening pics from the deck.

More than ever I appreciate how fortunate I am to call this place home.

Feel's like a waste not to use this great blogging platform, I need to be lest precious about what I post. Same problem I have...

Juat a test to see how posting here with an external image works https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54609876152_f1bbce19ce_3k.jpg

2024
Too Close To CallYesterday's British Columbia provincial election was impossibly close. We won't know the official outcome for at least a week. The stalemate has...

I have a fair number of cameras and lenses. Not an intervention-worthy number but it's a fair number nonetheless. I find it hard to sell...
My watch knows how I'm feeling right now. A walk in the forest helped!

I like Scribbles, the authoring experience, the look and feel. It's a low-friction way to blog. I have yet to figure out exactly how I...

Being in the right place at the right time still requires putting yourself there. I was feeling particularly slothlike yesterday but forced myself to go...

When you hit a wall in life it's often a good idea to stop and examine the wall before you try and get around, over...

I took this photo a couple of weeks back and published in in this post as a color photo. I like the black and white...

Ohio Players, the new album by the Black Keys dropped on Friday. I've been looking forward to the release and it's exceeded my expectations! I...

Seen on Homepage
It was one of those days where I just couldn't seem to get on top of things. Whenever I get too busy I figure I...

This lovely, Japanese-made, 2mm mechanical pencil/lead holder arrived today. It feels similar to a wooden pencil, perhaps just a bit heavier, and comes with a...

I've tried a few times to have a personal (micro) blog. Somewhere just to post random, interesting (at least to me) tidbits. I have my...