1915 Hillside ttlastspring.com #tt1915

Great War Update, Mar 20, 1917: President Wilson's War Cabinet votes unanimously in favour of declaring war on Germany.

I resented Dr MacCallum saying that Jackson had too m

Mar 20, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: GERMANS STILL ON THE RUN. HARRIED BY ALLIES, CANNOT STAND.

1914 Spring, Algonquin #tt1914

1914 Spring French River #tt1914

Remember, it's that time of year: Garage-sale painting may be a Tom Thomson http://t.co/5zOA2PZE9w

1908 Stormy Weather. Watercolour on paper 9 1/2 x 14 in.

1914 Spring Algonquin Park #tt1914

According to 1916 Saturday Night, MacDonald is the chief offender on throwing paint pots at the Public.

He leaves around noon. He's carefully wrapped the sketch using an old issue of the Toronto World I gave him.

He takes a liking to the birches sketches, with the red and yellow. I give it to him. Better than in the stove.

I show the reporter the ones I did when I canoed with Ned Godin near Grand Lake and Achray.

Only a matter of days before I go up North. Follow the Journal of My Last Spring

My parents John and Margaret Thomson. I had hoped to visit them in Owen Sound this spring. I will never see them again

I ask if he wanted to have some tea. I set the kettle on the stove. The reporters sees my hundreds of sketches piled about.

Roll up your blanket, go into the bush, and when you return, wreak your soul on a canvas.

Three days before I go up North. Follow the Journal of My Last Spring of 1917. ttlastspring.com

1913 Islands, Canoe Lake, Spring #tt1913

The OS Sun reporter is fascinated. He's inspected over 50 sketches. He says the colour is starting to grow on him.