Went swimming in the river today near the falls. Back in Toronto now listening to the traffic. Seven floors up and always sounds so close. City looks the same but different. Strangely familiar.
Category: Muskoka
Flock
It’s been a good year for wild turkeys up north.
Tufts
Mushroom in the moss
Return of the cute
Baby bunnies are back.
Enter
The path beckons. Leave everything behind, wander out into the trees and make them your home. Never mind the cold or the three feet of snow. The deeper you enter the woods the less you’ll notice, until one day the snow will disappear and the warm green world will embrace you.
Fire up the grill
I wasn’t able to do any BBQing this weekend.
White
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter.
Polypores
The narwhal is an odontocete or toothed whale, but unlike all other toothed whales it has no teeth in its mouth. Instead, the male develops a long straight tooth (or tusk) that protrudes 2-3 m out of the upper left jaw. The tooth grows in a counterclockwise spiral.
Muskoka Snow Cone
To make a “Muskoka snow cone” mix one handful of the slime mold’s fruiting bodies with two large handfuls of snow. Blend until uniformly orange. For an extra treat add two ounces of Sky brand vodka before blending.
Porcupine
This is a porcupine huddled into crevice in a large rock face. When it sensed my close proximity and began to stir, I decided to leave it alone, despite a strange feeling of curiosity about the experience of getting quilled.