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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

March advice from @almanac Resist the temptation to uncover spring-flowering plants such as daffodils and tulips.

1914 Shack in the North Country #tt1914 @agotoronto

This canvas I primed as light brown. It looks like the sketch where it shows through around the tree

I have no fear of loneliness and making myself inconspicuous.

When done with the washing, use the kerosene engine to saw wood. Farmer's Almanac 1917

Next week I will be going to Mowat Lodge staying with Shannon and Mrs. Fraser.

For the price of an egg, a kerosene engine will run your washer for an hour. Farmer's Almanac 1917

As artists, we were all influenced by the Art Nouveau movement: lines, loops and whorls.

Hard and good work today. No whisky in sight.

An unattached male is natural prey - for women and the Dominion.

While attending business college in Chatham Ontario I discovered I excelled in penmanship.

Great War Update, Mar 15, 1917: Russian Revolution: Czar Nicholas II abdicates.

It was in the spring of 1912 that I fell in love with Algonquin Park.

Mar 15, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: HAIG'S ARMY CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND. MAUDE'S FORCE CHASING TURKS.

A sketch of Shannon Fraser @mowatlodge

1917 Northern Lights - verso #tt1917

Disregard for the proper rules of painting was considered a slap in the face by some members of society.

Fred Varley tried to play matchmaker but I felt unworthy of the match.