Post-Coronation

I was at Nelson Road Primary School, Whitton, Middlesex. We had an excellent celebration tea. Peter, my brother, reminded me that we saw the coronation on our first TV at home.

After watching TV yesterday, we took a drive down to Kejimkujik National Park. Highway #8, from Annapolis Royal to the Park, was empty. We wanted to see if we could rent a canoe from Whynot Adventure at Jakes Landing. Not until May 19th.

Driving Highway #8, we were surprised by the amount of standing dead (from fires), clearcut and blow down. A wasted resource. the National Park remains a ‘pristine’ island.

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Banks sailed with Cook on the Endeavour in 1768. Banks was 25. He had studied Botany at Oxford. Banks collected more than 1300 new species and discovered 110 new genera. Banks was only 35 when elected President of the Royal Society.

“ We only have space here, though, to look at his legacy he bequeathed to botany by developing Kew Gardens into the leading botanical institution in the world, encouraging the activity of plant hunters and promoting the use of plants from different parts of the globe in new locations where they could bring economic benefits.” p.94.

Kew Gardens is near Richmond, Surrey and Whitton, Middlesex UK (see post The Royal Landscape).

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Heather and I attended Cindy Staicer’s talk on birds at risk at the ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal. We had the chance to view the exhibition in the Chapel Gallery. I particularly enjoyed Wayne Boucher’s display ‘Healing Skull Lichens’.

Acknowledgements

Heather shared the road trip to Kejimkujik Nationsl Park. She set the alarm for 5 am on Coronation morning. Edward added the graphics.

References

Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin, 2008, Flower Hunters, Oxford University Press.

Exhibition at ARTSPLACE Gallery, For the Love of Lichens and Old Forests, Group Show May 2 June 24, 2023.