Sweetman’s Garden is ready to bloom.
It’s going to be a great summer!
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Bravery +
The sun is causing more trees to be brave despite the cool temperatures of late.
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Spring is Coming
Given the reluctance of spring to arrive, it is encouraging to see this:
Brave trees are putting out leaves.
This is the only time this year that the delicate greens of new leaves will be visible. Soon enough they will turn the darker green of summer.
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Lavase Portage
For about 150 years the canoes of the North West Company left Montreal in the spring bound for Grand Portage on Lake Superior. There they met canoes from Western Canada and exchanged trading goods and supplies for furs. Returning by the same route in late summer they would arrive in Montreal in the fall. This is a part of one of the many portages that they were forced to make. It lies between the Ottawa/Mattawa river system and Lake Nipissing. Crossing this portage got the canoes to Lake Nipissing and eventually via the French River into Lake Huron which connected to Lake Superior.
An exciting story which includes this unexciting piece of swamp where the mud (“la vase”) and the mosquitos drove the Voyageurs to distraction with every upriver trip. By autumn, the mosquitos were gone and the swamp drier.
The canoes portaged here were large “canots de maitre”, 35-40 feet long and carrying up to 10 000 pounds including a crew of 10-14 paddlers.
In recent years, the Friends of the Lavase Portages have worked hard to keep them open and in the public mind. It has been an uphill battle from the beginning.
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Duchesnay Creek
The early run-off was slowed a day ago by more “normal” temperatures for this time of year. The water flow is a bit less frantic.
Now it feels more like spring than the summer of last week.
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Walking Trail
Canadore Trails beside Duchesnay Falls:
Pleasant walk on a spring day.
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Spring Run-off
Duchesnay Falls near town is running fast.
Recent record temperatures have caused the snow to disappear in record time.
The “We’ve got drought!” headlines are about a month away.
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Directions
In the middle of nowhere it is good to have directions.
Now, where to spend the night?
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Bush Walk
Another shot made in the bush near our place.
Bright sun, blue shadows, crisp day.
Spring is due in 18 days. It will be sad to see this disappear.
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Summer Memory
Sitting on the bench watching the ripples on the water and listening to the birds.
It’s going to happen again.
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Moffat’s Path Spring Morning
About a week ago it rained all night and got warm in the morning. Very humid but cold near the ground.
The fog made it interesting.
This was made using three exposures (-1,0,+1) and then combining them using the HDR function in CS5 Photoshop.
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