My father was a big fan of the celebrated Dionne Quintuplets and I remember well a visit we took to their birthplace just south of North Bay. They seem completely forgotten here these days and I could see no mention of them in any of the tourist attractions currently promoted in North Bay.
MYSTERY PLANT
I will identify it at the end of the post.
I spent a pleasant day heading up Highway 11 and stopped many times to look about once I was north of Huntsville.
One plant that really stands as you enter the north is Garden Lupine which grows wild along parts of the highway.
Other botany:
Scenes along the way:
At Burks Falls I noticed this beauty.
Having finished the Leonardo da Vinci audio book, I have changed gears and am now listening to CD’s about Johnny Carson while driving.
At 4:56 am tomorrow I start the first of 9 Breeding Bird Surveys in Northern Ontario.
MYSTERY PLANT
We all know the fruit of this one – Strawberry
MAILBOX
Hi Miles. Speaking of ducks and ducklings, this was sent by a friend on the left Coast. Feel free to share as you see fit…
NATURE POETRY
The fattest and most scrumptious of all flowers,
a rare fusion of fluff and majesty,
the peony is now coming into bloom. – Henry Mitchell (1923–93)
Miles Hearn
Perhaps the exploitation of the Dionne quintuplets is a piece of the past North Bay wants to forget.
Love your blog, Miles, keep it up.
Sorti de l’ hopital hier,je jouis de cette chère liberté et me sens un peu comme ton si beau héron bleu.
Flo
Thanks for these pictures. I lived in North Bay as a child and travelled this route for many years visiting my parents.
Hi Miles,
There was a computer game in the early days called “Where in the World is Carmen Santiago?”
Your name could be substituted instead.
Good luck in your bird surveys.
You are a man of many and varied interests from the Dionne’s to Leonardo da Vinci to Johnny Carson.
Thanks for your travelogue in the north country.
Spelling Crrection
Carmen Sandiego
What a beautiful Blue Heron, Indeed! Beautiful pictures–beautiful scenery. A sad reminder of the cost of two wars.
How I love and miss The North! Thank you so much, Miles, for letting me experience it again!
And dang it, I should have recognized the Strawberry flower. I saw and appreciated it often enough (the tiny strawberry wildflower, anyway) on hikes–it did look familiar!