Voyage au Canada


 

A unique road sign near Elmira, ON. 

 

The David Street Bridge seen from the gorge in Elora, ON. 

 

 A pretty Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) in bloom, pictured in Elora.

 

 The Knox Presbyterian Church in Elora.

 

 Golden lights and a Japanese Red Maple at Wild & Free cafe, Elora.

 

One of the numerous wild strawberry plants in bloom near Dyer's Bay, on the Bruce Peninsula.

 

 A cloudy day at Dyer's Bay, a part of the Georgian Bay.

 

The lovely wood stove at the cottage we stayed in while on the Bruce Peninsula.

 

 Pronounced ridges on the Singing Sands beach, Lake Huron.

 

 Lapping waves at Singing Sands.

 

We visited the Singing Sands beach on a beautiful afternoon.

 

 A map of the Bruce Peninsula showing elevation and water depth.

 

 Luv-luv the fox, who commonly visited us at the cottage at dinner time.

 

A selection of curious rocks from the Georgian Bay.

 

A nice rock containing favosites (a.k.a. honeycomb coral). Surprisingly, these fossils are very common in the Georgian Bay.
 


A bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) perching on a fence.

 

 A white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), Ontario's provincial flower.

 

 A memory from Avocado: A Global History: the definition in an antique dictionary at the cottage.

 

 Three daffodils on the path down to the water's edge. Our visit happened to coincide with the very short daffodil blooming season.


Birch (Betula papyrifera) logs. These have a very distinctive white colour.

 

A beautiful Canadian flag, which I photographed at a Tim Horton's in Hanover.
 

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