For train lovers everywhere. Whiskey Jack covering my fave Stompin’ Tom song, Algoma Central 69.
Monthly archives of “October 2019”
One Way Gal
Hubby Jenkins and Meredith Axelrod
Black-eyed Suzie
John Herrman and Bruce Molsky
Applesauce
Last weekend, Tuffy P went one-handed apple picking with a friend from work. She still had her cast on (it came off on Monday) but that didn’t stop her from coming home with loads and loads of the tastiest apples of multiple varieties. What’s a… Read More
Wood Duck
In High Park, the wood ducks are used to people and many times you can see them close up. When I was there mid-week with Miles Hearn’s nature walk group, there was also a group of noisy kids around this little pond, though (they were… Read More
Slime Moulds
Those tan colour blobs are slime mould. These fascinating single-celled organisms used to be classed as fungi but now are no longer considered to be part of the fungal kingdom. George Barron characterized them as “a slimy mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium. Most of… Read More
Milkweed Pods

Canada Goldenrod
We have a few different varieties of goldenrod in the Toronto area. This is Canada Goldenrod (with a bee near the top of the plant).
Blue Jay

Red-Tailed Hawk
It seems that I see red-tailed hawks on most of my visits to High Park, here in Toronto.