I spent many hours standing behind Jackson, puffing my pipe.

Shannon and I are smoking our pipes by the fireplace. I've neglected to mention I brought two bottles of whisky.

I once gave a hermit at Canoe Lake a new set of winter underwear.

Had a good breakfast with Annie and Shannon Fraser @mowatlodge . Annie is very happy to see me.

1916 Pointer Boats #upclose 3 #tt1916

Painting is an act of intimacy without repercussions.

First full day in Algonquin Park.

There's nothing better than dragging along another painter with you in the wilderness.

I once gave a doctor 4 sketches as payment for treatment. He didn't think much of the sketches and put them in the cellar.

I burnt much of my work but an impressive amount remains

Mar 24, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: BIG BATTLE DEVELOPS ON WIDE FRONT. ALLIES SMASH FORWARD IN FRANCE WINNING FROM A STUBBORN ENEMY.

Shannon is planning to do some maple sugaring this year.

This cold prevents me from falling into a muted muddle of colours.

1915 Nocturne, Fall #tt1915

I've left Toronto. I'm in Algonquin Park | Follow me during the days of my last spring in 1917 ttlastspring.com

My grandfather was the most celebrated fisherman in Pickering, my father in Sydenham and me in Algonquin.

1917 trivia courtesy of the Grand Trunk Railway

@mowatlodge - where the living is cheap and the sketching is good.

The snow is still two feet thick and the ice has covered the whole lake

Temperature expected to go into the forties today. With sun there should be a good snow melt.