Lowrie: "We found this at the dump. We heard about them and gave it a whirl." Lowrie found a Ouija board.

1915 Northern Spring #tt1915

Lowrie: "Tom, I got somethin' to show ya! C'mon in!" I enter Lowrie's shack. George Rowe is there too.

My pondering stops when I see Lowrie Dickson down by the shore. He hails me down and motions toward his shack.

Authenticity is dirty, gritty, uncomfortable but the result is exhiliarating.

I'm from the third generation of Thomsons in Canada, not the fourth. Maybe I'm destined to stay, like the Monarch butterfly.

It's the fourth generation of Monarchs, for some mysterious reason, has a longer life and the Monarchs migrate back down South.

A fascinating thing about Monarch butterflies is not that they come as far as Mexico but they have four generations here.

Uncle Brodie's reputation was so well regarded, he was consulted in the creation of the the Park.

Some say my colours are exaggerated, but that was the very colour in the light of the moment.

I studied Monarch butterflies when I went with my Uncle Brodie on field trips in Toronto. He was an expert on insects.

Patches of milkweed are cropping up everywhere and I can see hanging from the milkweed caterpillar pupa

The tall grass in the meadows is already starting to seed so my clothes are covered.

The dew is heavy this morning. I can't walk more than 10 yards and my boots and trousers are soaked.

20 days until I meet my fate. Solve the mystery Who Killed #TomThomson

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Beach, pine, canoe and rapid. That is how Harris described Georgian Bay.

Don't think you are better because you can praise far-off things and sneer at your neighbour's clumsiness

Canoe Lake Forecast: 6/18/1917 High: 75.9F Low: 46.9F Rain: 0 inches.

1914 The Brook #tt1914