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

Interim

 There is so much going on that I don't know where to 

start - and then I do not, I do nothing.

 

So here are 4 photos than span 90° from East to left toward

North. 

 

 4 reasons to fight, to protect what Mother Nature provides.

 

WOB 

Come From Away

 

Come From Away

 July 6th - August 22nd, 2026

 170 Shaughnessy St. Sudbury, ON

just west of Paris Street.

 She liked this place - she came from away,

and before that from very far away, from a muggy hot region with monsoons, yet only a few hundred kilometers from the Thal Desert.

 

 She loved to walk here.

 A part of all that we have met.

And will not cease to explore until, on returning, one sees the place for the very first time:

 

 Karsh and Leacock:

Renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh spent two and a half days in 1941 photographing famous Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock at Leacock's home, Old Brewery Bay, in Orillia, Ontario. Leacock later humorously awarded Karsh the "Non-Existent Gold Medal" for the iconic photo series.

Did this action preempt FIFA? 

WOB 

Much ado about 9%

Weather currently does not look good

 

 

but

it is 9% max Moon covering Sun

so you might not even notice anything.

However, it does not start until you arrive!

 

What the SDO saw:

 

 

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/total-solar-eclipse-on-august-12-2026/

NASA’s live broadcast of the eclipse starting at 1:15 p.m. EDT on Aug. 12: https://www.nasa.gov/live

 

And what GOES19 saw_

 

 

 

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/orillia

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/orillia?iso=20260812

Local Type:	Partial Solar Eclipse in Orillia, Ontario
Begins:	Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 12:51 pm
Maximum:	Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 1:38 pm 0.190 Magnitude
Ends:	Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 2:24 pm
Duration:	1 hour, 32 minutes

wobbily old fossil or descendant Bird

Wawa with WOB

 This was a walk with my daughter back in mid May. I do not recall when she began to be called Wawa and by whom. We did visit Wawa Ontario as early as the summer of 1987 on our way to Quetico. That place lives in our memories as forest fires rage there this summer. I do hope my friends are safe. 

The walk began on Vespra Valley and Rail heading toward  Josephine. Today I am recalling an incident between a pair of Trumpeters and a family of Wawas.

 

 Two families, 2 outings.

Everything green grass and clean water:

 The geese were on the north side of the trail, and the swans on the south.

 

But then ...

 

 I do not know where the 3rd goose was before it entered the fray.

The action continued off and on and finally(?) off for nearly 60 minutes:

 

 

All is well that ends well. There were really 6 goslings.

 

WOB 

Waiting for Nature

 I returned to the boardwalk again yesterday afternoon to see if the mink would return, I thought - as I did yesterday - that I might continue walking in search of butterflies. I did not do that! I was caught by a tern diving amidst a "Hand of Man" background toward Tudhope. So I set up my chair and tripod to face the greenery of Leacock. 

 

Something caught my eye:

 

 Can you see "it"?

 

 That's impressive, Darryl.

And I was not using binoculars or distance glasses.

The camera never lies?

 

 So I am asked if that was luck - I don't think so if I don't name the subject before I go out side. I wait for Nature to fly, swim, or walk her course.

 

And this morning while looking out for pirates - see an earlier blog from August, 2024 - I saw a woman behaving strangely; a few steps then pause, a motion of her hand, then a few more steps, repeat. Ahead of her was a heron down by the bridge. Will it make a blog? Will the tern make it even with a poor choice of background? Letters in the "Comments" might influence "my lucky encounter" in the next blog!

 

Wobbily yours,

WOB