As Phoney As...

 I've got your back! We're all in this together. We'll do whatever it takes.

"Oh and uh, I've, uh come up with something, uh that every Canadian needs. A Three Dollar Bill."

I think this would be perfect. Where else on Earth could could you find Loonies, Toonies and Three Dollar Bills? ...And with recent money-printing and inflation, you'll need $3 to buy what a single Loonie bought before.

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Trust Me!

 The Trudeau government really cares about me...

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Healthy Walk - Back To Riverside Park

 We returned to the forbidden place by the railway tracks for our walk today. Being Sunday we thought the locked gate would provide us a little more privacy than the more public areas in the city. 

Good thing we did our walk down behind Wendy's old family home last week because down by the river the city has added a brand new sign prohibiting access. They must have been getting complaints from the landowners.

Fortunately our plan involved exploring the other direction along the river past the railway bridge. You'll recall that earlier we explored the other side of this bridge from Greenway Park.

The graffiti artists were just as busy here, beautifying this aging edifice from the past century.

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Trudeau And The Great Canadian Reset...

 My 'Artoon' for today:

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A Simple Fact:

Who will hire our workers when we have no employers?

Money goes where it's treated best.

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CNR Bridge, Eastern End.

My 'artsy' pic for today takes us to the easterly end of the CNR Bridge in Greenway Park.  We have been taking 'healthy walks' every nice day. Click on the pic to enlarge it. I liked all the repetitive angles with the colourful graffiti.

An abandoned telegraph pole beside the railway embankment.

A Red-Winged Blackbird has a cool drink on a warm day.

A turtle suns himself on a rock.

A hobo's camp under the bridge.

A beautiful trail in the city with very few people.

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Another Walk At Longwoods Conservation Park

 The weather was about 22C and sunny so we decided to take another 'healthy walk'. Last time we were here the Millstream Trail was closed due to construction of the beautiful new boardwalk and bridge across the millpond. I emailed the park and found out the trail was now open. 

The first thing to greet us was the Trilliums. A couple weeks ago when we were here we only saw one in bloom.

The suspension bridge over the nearly dry creek-bed was alive with Skunk Cabbage but other greenery was beginning to burst out.

The new boardwalk is truly luxurious. What a way to 'rough it' in the forest!

Some other hikers with a little dog politely kept their distance.

Even the pond was going dry as we have had very little rain this Spring. The forecast is for rain this week so fingers crossed.

For the past couple years the trail ended here at the stairs but they have reconditioned them so we can continue.

We thoroughly enjoyed our walk on a perfect Spring day.

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Getting Back To Healthy Walks

The weather was perfect for a walk with nature so we chose to go back to the Riverside Drive area of London where Wendy grew up.

We parked off Riverside Drive near the CNR railway overpass and  headed down an old roadway to the river.

The path was beside the main rail line which still carries freight and passengers to points east and west.

 

No rust on these rails as they are burnished smooth by many trains every day.

It looks like some ambitious beaver was planning to dam up the Thames River.

This huge tree is now destined  to fall.

Everywhere along the river Spring was bursting forth.

We trekked along west on the riverbank to where Wendy used to live at 438 Riverside Dr.

This spring we have had very little rainfall or winter snow-melt so the river water was running clear and the water levels were fairly normal.

The camera doesn't do justice to the lushness of the new vegetation.

A passenger train #71, (Toronto to Windsor) roars past at 120 km/hr.

Thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown we met no other people on our walk. Oh, and possibly this was also because of the locked gate and railway NO TRESPASSING signs.

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A Liberal Pain In The Neck!

 My 'artoon' for today incorporates Wendy's brother Brad...

A Monkey On All Our Backs.

Brad asked me to do a cartoon with this monkey. We'll all be bearing Turdeau's shenanigans for a long, long time!

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Late Snow In April 2021

 Just when we thought Spring was here...

You can't tell what Mother Nature will bring us. If we have to be stuck somewhere our back yard is as pretty as any park. We are very fortunate to have such a view.

The new snow looks quite beautiful on the poor little buds and blossoms.

We hope the plants can survive the unexpected frigid weather and a couple inches of snow.

The next morning...

Painted with snow!

Scenes that look more like Winter.

View from my bedroom window this morning.
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