Last Tuesday, we took the First Lake loop trail. It is a forty five minute walk with Siqsiq. And yes, we did go anticlockwise. The only other visitors, at that time in the afternoon, were two fly-fishermen.
The main surprise was the number of Spring flowers in the woods : star flower, Clintonia, Ladyslipper orchids, Trillium, Mayflower.
After the walk, I pulled off the bookshelf Roland and Olson, Spring Wildflowers. Albert Roland taught Biology for many years at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) in Truro. After that, he was Professor Emeritus of Biology. He is best known as the author of the Flora of Nova Scotia. Randall Olson teaches Botany and is Curator of AE Roland Herbarium at the NSAC, Now Dalhousie University, Agricultural campus.
This week, I returned Blue Sky Kingdom to the library. But then added Watling Street, recommended by Peter Maher (see blog post here), and The Master recommended by Sandra Barry.
It is increasingly difficult to be a task-oriented person living in ‘task-timeless’ world. My solution is to pick a few discrete ‘low-hanging’ tasks, and then free format the rest of the day. Even reading a long book is a challenge.
Today, with restrictions lifted, the task was to drive through the Rawdon Hills to New Glasgow, for a weekend away. Last night, I cooked Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler from Bonnie Stern, Simply HeartSmart cookbook, p.271.
Congratulations to AIRO on its five year aniversary
Acknowledgements
Heather and Siqsiq shared the travels. Edward added the graphics and links.
References
Bonnie Stern, 1994, Simply HeartSmart, Random House.
AE Roland and AR Olson, 1993, Spring Wildflowers, The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series.
AE Roland and EC Smith, 1983 (reprint), Flora of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Museum.
John Higgs, 2017, Watling Street, Weidenfeld and Nicholson
Colm Toibin, 2004, The Master, Picador.
Ernest Blair Experiment 