Way Too Early

Way Too Early, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

Before today, the earliest I had ever seen this plant blooming was September 18. It's the native shrub, Witch Hazel (Hamamélis de Virginie) which usually blooms in the fall. During the last few years I have found it blooming as late in the winter as February. I wonder what this year will bring after this early start.

August 27, 2008 Sunrise

August 27, 2008 Sunrise at Home, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

Happy Birthday to my sister in Kansas!

Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

I was at the Fauquier bridge that crosses the Groundhog River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario before sunrise on August 19th in fog and this truck came roaring through

Natural Art?

Natural Art?, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

The walls of the Smooth Rock Falls Mill, down near the Mattagami River, show signs of chemicals. They are probably both natural and man made chemicals but the design is all natural.

Having . . .

Having . . ., originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

. . . gove over the Smooth Rock Falls, the waters are still very turbulent.

Photo from the bottom of the Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario dam.

Eglantine (i.e. Fleur-Ange) grew up near these falls and her grandfather, father, brother, and many cousins had worked at the Smooth Rock Falls pulp and paper mill before it closed down a few years ago.