All the pretty girls are at Cache Lake.
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
Better to be wise and silent than a fool who speaks out
Two years is quite a slice out of ones life when almost 40!
I chose a good place to sketch on Joe Creek, just below Joe Lake Dam. Once again, it's the birches that dominate the scene.
1916 Sunrise #tt1916 

I stripped my life down to its bare essential.
I spent many hours standing behind Jackson, puffing my pipe.
Odd name for a kitchen cookstove 

Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art?
Looks to be an overcast day today. Slightly above freezing.
My room @mowatlodge sketched on a board 

Mar 24, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: BIG BATTLE DEVELOPS ON WIDE FRONT. ALLIES SMASH FORWARD IN FRANCE WINNING FROM A STUBBORN ENEMY.
The longer I look at a scene the more it reveals
I am tempted to stop in Huntsville to visit @WinnieTrainor but I'll miss my connection at Scotia Junction
Leaving for Algonquin on the Grand Trunk Railway 

My rucksack contains my sketchbox and paints, my rolled-up blankets, and my canvas dunnage bag. 

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton
I thought of putting in my application for a Park Rangers job and went down to Headquarters with that idea.
A long canoe trip in Algonquin Park goes a long way to solving all your troubles.
Princess Patricia will be in my billfold from this day onward. 
