Woodstock

Dogwood vs Sherwood - the dialogue continues


I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road

I'm going to camp out on the land

I'm going to try an' get my soul free
I'm going to tri-sect my soul

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog

And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into

And we've got to get ourselves
 Back to the garden 

Joni Mitchell 1970 

 

Dogwood versus Sherwood

I must confess - I do not know trees. And I am ignorant about just about everything else. Sometimes I even know I don't know.

So this afternoon Mr Beaver and I had quite a conversation about the nutritional merits of various trees including Dogwood

and Alders

No trees

And the presence of Sherwood

The conversation was amicable. It was continued - maybe in another blog.

WOB

Like a fish out of water

While the rules of abstinence generally only allow seafood, there are a few exceptions. In parts of South America, especially in Venezuela, capybara meat is popular during Lent and Holy Week; in response to a question posed by French settlers in Quebec in the 17th century, beaver was classified as an exception;[14][15][16] and the Archbishop of New Orleans said that "alligator is considered in the fish family" in 2010.[17][18] The legal basis for the classification of beaver as fish probably rests with the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas, which bases animal classification as much on habit as anatomy

So what brought this on?

A couple of beaver at least, might have been 4, enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.

There was quite a difference in size  between the 2 beaver.


WOB

Busy as a Beaver

I have been sooo busy. The intro is from Tuesday June 12.

Some rest for the ...

Then back to work  -

Must tell you about the work I did yesterday  ...   Maybe later?

W O B

The Snowbirds returned last night ...

I look forward to every season - change brings adventure. And surprises, although last night was not really a surprise even if I did not know what to expect, i.e., what the surprise might be. The Orillia Naturalists headed down Woodlawn which is always a great place. Then there were cries of "otter" but I think it otter to have been "beaver", for there were at least 2 visible at the same time.

Donald, I know, took several photos much better than mine. Then there was a shout as a Great Blue Heron flew into view for a moment. I scrambled for what I thought would be a one-timer. Surprise, there were at least 6 in 1 group plus a solitary.

Here are just 2. Then several took off.

With this much snow falling, it is no wonder we did not see the other "snowbirds" - like Snowy owls, or Snow geese.

Still, a wandering hiker gathers no snow - old adage - seems still to be true:

I did have to clean the snow off the car.which still had its Winter tires on.

W O B

 PS The world looks like this, this morning:

 wob