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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

We give England our men. In return, we get alien invasive species, like Giant Hogweed.

Shannon brought his scythe along. He decides the best way to deal with it is to cut it down and keep an eye on it.

Lowrie doesn't want to touch the stuff. Last time he got the hogweed sap on his arms and he couldn't show his skin for the whole summer.

Shannon and I decide to investigate. We were in for a surprise. There were hundreds of Giant Hogweed

Lowrie comes back with a report that he saw some Giant Hogweed on Gilmour Road near the dump

There's a reason why everyone wears long sleeves in the Park. Bugs, sun, and poison plants.

Varley marvelled at how I could jump in the air and snap on the electric light.

1914 Woodland, Algonquin #tt1914

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In the summer of 1916, Harris was training at Camp Horror, otherwise known as Camp Borden.

Canoe Lake Forecast: 6/20/1917 High: 69.1F Low: 55F Rain: 0.9 inches.

Avoid companions that insist on claiming the stern seat in a canoe.

At times I am moody, temperamental and deeply discouraged.

Great brown, bare rocks, wet, purple dyed, By sunsets’ beams, hedge in this realm Of sky and wide, - Wilfred Campbell

1915-16 Moonlight Oil #upclose

I first met Lismer when he started at Grip in 1911. His previous boss accused him of being a thief. He quit.

Both Varley and I liked our drink and women

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

1915 Autumn's Garland #tt1915