This April 15th morning I rose to a lackluster sky. Seldom do I wait until the day unfurls past noon to go out to shoot. Today was an exception, and while I thought I might get “skunked” by going out at that time of day, I can’t recall ever being skunked. (Except by my dear friend Noel once playing cribbage.)
I drove down McCann Rd to the Narrows then on up to the North Shore Road. I love that road with its granite, marble, wetlands, and of course going over the Precambrian Shield, which seems to me to lie like a great rib protecting the Heart of the Rideau: the Upper Rideau. I marvel at the ground down granite, rounded and smooth, a scarce shadow of its inception vaulted into existence some 10,000 years ago. Up 10 to Parish Road, one of my favourite haunts largely because of the wetlands, and cultural history, then home. The beaver on Parish Road, below checked me out for some time before it got bored and dove. I do have the sequence of its diving but am not sure it would be special to anyone but me.
Hope you enjoy. I did!
Common Green Shield Lichen
“Who", I ask, “Is looking at whom?"
