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I drove to spend the afternoon with marian_w and Brenna. Along most of the highway from Toronto, Lake Ontario lies visible to the south. I was surprised to see the water open. First thing in Port Hope, we drove down to the lake and hiked for a few minutes along the top of the bluff there. It's similar to the height of the one back home, but today the ( Read more... )

I still haven't shed a tear. I don't know what this means. When I mentioned this on the phone last night to Joyce, a close friend of Mom's, she said it's normal to feel numb, but I don't feel numb either. I simply enjoyed the opportunity to spend some days with Dad, and introduce my dear Danny to Poplar Bluff and a few family friends and relatives ( Read more... )

Getting ready for work, I was eating breakfast and checking email when a migraine suddenly hit. This happens about once a year, doesn't involve much of a headache, just partial blindness, so there's no question of driving or working with tools for the rest of today. I called in sick for the first time. Now the visual shimmering effects have ( Read more... )

Southwestern Ontario has many regions of botanical and ecological interest, but Bruce Peninsula is one of the most exceptional; home to 44 orchid species and more than 20 fern, it contains a wide diversity of habitats. This is partly due to the peninsula's peculiar geology.

460 million years ago North America and Europe collided, giving rise to a ( Read more... )

On Friday we drove to Pinery Provincial Park near Grand Bend and hiked more than a kilometre to the beach on Lake Huron. The weather seemed to threaten more thunderstorms, like the one that had drenched our campsite the night before. Suddenly the sky turned blue. It took us by surprise, and we both ended up with sunburns.

But until then, it was one ( Read more... )