Ice Lake through cedars

It is our savage nature gives us creativity and passion.

1916-17 The Fisherman @youraga #ttcanvas

My sketch of Shannon @mowatlodge after a few shots. The whisky bottle is mine.

It's my whisky. The bottle unexpectedly made its way from my room to the dining room. Must have been Annie.

Having a whisky with Shannon. Decided to make a sketch of him drinking.

Relaxing in front of the fireplace. I did not venture far today. I'll go further tomorrow.

I mind my own business and I expect others to mind theirs.

Decided to stick close to home base. Painting on the porch in front of Mowat Lodge. Entertainment for the two other guests.

Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908

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

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton

In my early days back in Toronto, I enjoyed the city immensely. I was a bit of a dandy.

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

1914 Autumn with a Deer #tt1914

After I finished my fire ranging job in late summer of 1916 I camped for the better part of two months.

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

Jackson showed me how to drag wet paint over previously dried paint.

This place is getting too much like north Rosedale to suit me #ttletter

1916 Summer Clouds #tt1916

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

The longer I look at a scene the more it reveals

I am tempted to stop in Huntsville to visit @WinnieTrainor but I'll miss my connection at Scotia Junction

Leaving for Algonquin on the Grand Trunk Railway

My rucksack contains my sketchbox and paints, my rolled-up blankets, and my canvas dunnage bag.

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton

I thought of putting in my application for a Park Rangers job and went down to Headquarters with that idea.

A long canoe trip in Algonquin Park goes a long way to solving all your troubles.

Princess Patricia will be in my billfold from this day onward.

March 16, 1917 Toronto World - I think the Czar is finished, truly finished

The world is falling apart. PM @bobbyborden in England meeting with Imperial War Cabinet. Conscription unavoidable.

Paint the scene as you see it. It will never repeat itself

I'm sitting in the back row smoking my pipe. I don't have much to say at these types of meetings.

Look at a subject. Look for the larger idea. Then paint the subject.

The essence of life is creative but our manner of living is not creative.

Paint the scene as you see it. It will never repeat itself

I have a contempt for subterfuge, sham and snobbery.

England in the Spring! Overseas at Once!' read the most recruiting adverts.

My father thought his boys owed him a living and forced us to stay on the farm until 21.

I sent nothing to the @OSAartists 45th Spring Exhibition. It was my choice. I need to remind myself of that.