Good things grow in Ontario - in "soil", not pavement. Get it?

 I returned to the spot where I saw the "Canadian" heron, born of immigrants, to see if it was still there. There was something!

 I hope it was the waves rocking the camera and not the camera man:

 May have seen the Bittern. Certainly saw both male and female Kingfishers. I won't post those photos unless a reader makes a request. 

 

WOB 

Terry Fox today - the run in Orillia

 It started a long time ago:

 I visited Thunder Bay in 1987, near where he finished his Marathon of Hope. I ran my first marathon in 1981 - and so far, my last one in 2009.

 

In 2024 I visited "Mile 0":

 It is a great goal to overcome cancer. We have much to be thankful for. So many people have helped all of us get to where we are today. Let us remember the Indigenous who welcomed us and helped us along a very difficult path - we are on it together and we shall make it together.

 

 Every day is a day to remember and to give thanks.

 

 "Miigwetch" means "thank you" in Anishinaabemowin

Thank you,

WOB 

Locally grown, genuinely Canadian

 I talked this Bittern quite literally out of the tree:

 And it continued to walk or wade toward me:

 

I did not want to "imprint" on such a young and impressionable young

creature-So I suggested it return to the tree and I would bid it adieu.

 All the best, bitte ein Bit,

WOB 

A - O H R

 

Home. Home on the range.

Cranes

 

      Egrets

 

             Kingfishers

 

 

feed

"Where good things grow ... "

A propos "Alice"

 

The Full Exchange

The complete conversation between Alice and Humpty Dumpty highlights a famous debate about language and power: [1]

Humpty Dumpty: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
Alice: “The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
Humpty Dumpty: “The question is, which is to be master—that's all.” [1, 2]

Meaning and Context

Control over Language: Humpty Dumpty argues that definitions are entirely subjective and controlled by the speaker.
Power Dynamics: By stating "which is to be master," he implies that whoever defines the words holds the power in a conversation.
Miscommunication: In literature and philosophy, the quote is often used to warn about the chaos that happens when communication rules break down and words lose their shared, objective meaning.


 Presumably, the name has been misplaced in Canadian waters and will be
corrected(?) to the little bit of blue within the country that has no name, that is, united states. I wonder when Italy will start changing names on the discovery map? 
 
Jus' askin', jus' askin
WOB 

À propos Apios

 A walk along memory lane where Vicki discovered - and identified

the American groundnut:

 

 This came nearly a decade after we first saw the plant growing here. So happy that it had not been "lost".

 There even appears to be more this year, more spread out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This came after we saw wild rice growing - wild!

 

Wonderful day.

 

WOB 

Silver Threads among

 And all I could think of was "Wha daur meddle wi' me?"

 

 

WOB