The James Whalen has sunk Crews are limited in what can be done immediately with the historic Tug Boat The historic James Whalen tug boat at Kaministiquia River Heritage Park sunk into the river on Sunday morning. “The tug boat has taken on water again over the period of time during the rain and the … Read more
Windy, rainy Sunday soooo not many photos today. How strong was the wind? A break in the drizzle allowed a shot or two of the lake. Nothing out there. Looking for colour on a miserable grey day. Another partially consumed soft drink. See quite a few of these. Not sure why. Money does not appear … Read more
I, for one, am not sorry to see the end of April. First trip down to the shoreline this year Lots of these now. Should see a crusher on site next week. They are running out of time. Sometimes, being a Goldeneye is a lonely thing. Especially in this crowd Red-winged Blackbirds are back … Read more
All this work of crushing the concrete remains of Pool 6 (cleaning the site up) could have been done anytime over the last 20 years. It could have been done over the past winter. This work is not temperature sensitive. Lots of time to get the work done. But nooooo. All this work is being … Read more
Ice patterns. Not many left. Common Grackle Yellow bagger was here. Even in a park. MV Harvest Spirit Hooded Merganser Not sure this tree has a future. I don’t know if there should be this much brown on what I would think was an evergreen type of tree. People have started to use this as … Read more
Seeing the sun makes me nervous. Last time, it snowed the next day. Thought I would have some fun with this. Finnish Labour Temple historical display at the Finnish Book Store at the corner of Bay and Algoma Streets. This looks like something more than random graffiti. This was a lot of work. Anyone missing … Read more
My idea of hell is a world where it snows then melts then snows then melts then snows then melts then snows then melts then…. How many water discarded water bottles do I see every day? Dozens. Looking for colour in a dull overcast, grey, depressing, still snow covered world. I am interested to see … Read more
Spring has arrived in Thunder Bay Some CJ trash is trying to escape the compound. One piece has made it while another getting close. Plastic bags do grow on trees? This one looks like its ripe enough to pick. Tree Swallows have arrived at the Pool 6 beaver pond Home for the summer Sparrow looking … Read more
Used to be connected to someone’s curbside water shutoff valve. Not doing much good now. Anxious to get started Thought I would try some sky replacement just for practice. Looking for colour After a heavy rain, catcbasins collect a lot of trash. Almost always a Tim’s or McDonalds cup is part of it. The water … Read more
Potholes are interesting. They are almost perfectly round. Look like a manmade phenomenon. Culvert is not working. The water has nowhere to go. Might be full of ice as well. The view out on the lake today. A dark line on the horizon. I did not have my big camera today. Its not a fan … Read more