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SPRING BLIZZARD
We knew it was coming. It was a matter of when, not if. Those pussies on the willows now have to put on their mittens. And their toques. They shoulda known better. Yesterday you had to really hunt to find … Continue reading
Posted in GREENSTONE, NATURE
Tagged daffodils, greenhouse, Northern Ontario, Northwestern Ontario, Wildgoose Lake
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THE FIRES OF SPRING
Yep. She’s gonna be a dry spring. The last floe in Wildgoose Lake has disintegrated. Just a few isolated slabs now, attached to shorelines. The shore in front of our cabin is ice-free. Sun bouncing off the pebbles underwater. On … Continue reading
Posted in GREENSTONE, NATURE
Tagged Canada, forest fire season, largest wildfire, Northwestern Ontario, Wildgoose Lake
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WHEN WINTER LOOSENS ITS GRIP
I woke up this morning because the lake was growling. Olga and I live in the bush on the shore of a lake. Our house perches on a hill perhaps 10 metres high, about 30 metres back from the lake. … Continue reading
YOU KNOW WINTER IS HERE WHEN . . .
All images from our back yard on December 11th.
Posted in GREENSTONE, NATURE
Tagged Canada's north, Northern Ontario, Northwestern Ontario, Wildgoose Lake, winter, winter scenes
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WINTER’S RAGGED HAND
Been feeling it all week: that hand. We were told to expect last Wednesday a punch in the face in the form of 30 centimetres of snow. Never happened. Just 10 centimetres fell overnight, a mere 4 inches. And over … Continue reading
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MAGIC HAPPENS
Here in the boreal forest of Canada, winter is a-coming. I got a taste of it last Monday, when Clarence and I were scouting a trail into the Kamuck River. It was bitterly cold – no snow, just cold. … Continue reading
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STILL UNPLUGGED
Folks, my home Internet connection is still down. Occasionally I borrow a connection when I go visiting. The above photo I shot today between Beardmore and Orient Bay (north of Nipigon). This week the leaves of this corner of the … Continue reading
Posted in GREENSTONE, THE BEARDMORE RELICS
Tagged 1999, Beardmore Fire, Wildgoose Lake
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BACK AGAIN – SOMEWHAT
Folks, before I could post the last two chapters of CHASING HISTORY, I lost my home Internet connection. Then I departed for a week-long canoe trip – we started in sunshine and ended in snow. That adventure will be the … Continue reading
WRITER IN SEARCH OF A SUBJECT (Conclusion)
My Postage Stamp of Native Soil On the way home Sunday, I snapped some photos. I ran across some black bear poop. Across it, not through it, with my car. So I stopped to check it out. As you can … Continue reading
Posted in GREENSTONE, WRITING
Tagged aggressive bear, Bear Wise, black bear, black bear poop, Caramat, Geraldton, Hwy. 11, Industrial Road, scat, White Otter River
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