Photos A Walk in Nature

[CelloDan]

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Wow
I remember looking for them in our area here in Eastern Ontario but no luck.

Your “ Walk on Nature” must have had a crunchy feel to it lol

 

[Just Tom.]

Got out to the river for a little while this morning. The fish were jumping like crazy, but apparently not biting…

Still, a peaceful morning:

The pawpaws aren’t quite ripe just yet either - another couple of weeks probably.

Sorry no exciting knife pics, but I had these 2 on me:

 

[Alex.Y.]

What a nice thread! Looking at all pictures here is like a fresh breeze. Made me remember things I love about outdoors.



And for the classic knife theme, I might have something to show you...

 

[CelloDan]

The pawpaws aren’t quite ripe just yet either - another couple of weeks probably.

I would love to try a pawpaw . I remember you mentioning them last year Tom.
I just searched a bit about them again. They do grow in Ontario ... I just need to find where
Too bad they spoil so quickly once picked off the tree. A few videos on you tube made my mouth water lol. A taste described as a mix of banana, mango, custard, with a very smooth texture.
Hope you get to enjoy them in a couple weeks Tom

What a nice thread! Looking at all pictures here is like a fresh breeze. Made me remember things I love about outdoors.
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And for the classic knife theme, I might have something to show you...
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Cool shots of the outdoors @Alex.Y
Love the last one

 

[Just Tom.]

Hope you get to enjoy them in a couple weeks Tom

Thanks!

 

[Alex.Y.]

Cool shots of the outdoors @Alex.Y
Love the last one

Thanks, Dan! It is Desperado brand, model Camper. Desperado was one of the many proprietary made-in-China brands of now-defunct Russian store Soldier of Fortune (Steel Will was one of them, not sure what's going to happen to it now).

P.S.: mentioning already nonexistent stores isn't against the forum rules, right?

 

[Just Tom.]

I spent a couple of hours walking through local trails this morning. I took a new path which led to a park which used to be a golf course, but which they are letting pretty much return to nature:

After that I returned to my usual route. I saw some large patches of fern, which I thought I would document for RayseM Ray:

That reminded me to go look for skunk cabbage, but the way had gotten so overgrown with sticker bushes I would have needed a brush hook to get through. Sorry.

On the way back from my unsuccessful skunk cabbage hunt I got lured off the path by some orange flagging tied to trees. Ingrained habit told me to follow it, and it led me to what I at first thought was some sort of orienteering target, but when I saw the bait corn and the trail cam, I assumed it to be part of some sort of deer population study:

I smiled and waved at the trail cam - hopefully I didn’t mess up their data somehow.

The City was kind enough to provide this knife photo-op station on a bridge over the creek - at least I assume that’s what it’s for…

Back on the landscaped part of the park, there is a beautiful catalpa tree I keep meaning to get a picture of. Sorry there is nothing in the picture to indicate scale, but it’s huge:

I don’t have a clue how old it is, but the original part of the mansion on the site was built in the 1830’s, and it was renovated in the 1920s. I know catalpas were popular ornamental trees, often found near old farmhouses around here.

 

[RayseM]

Beautiful area J Just Tom. - love the concept of allowing a golf course to be reclaimed by nature.

Thanks much for thinking of me and photographing the ferns. They and mushrooms and mosses are 3 of my most photographed nature plants. I love the patterns through all seasons. We have transplanted some of each to our yard. Mushrooms hit and miss but the ferns and mosses we've had great success. Here are a few more photos to inspire your next walk about ~



Here with a Damascus Pattada created by Sardinian knife maker Gigi Sechi - introduced to me by our friend from France Âchillepattada . The blade pattern resembled the fiddleheads on my walk that day ~

 

[jabels]

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Spent a bit of time this afternoon down by the lake. It’s still a touch warm but was quite nice

 

[John A. Larsen]

jabels, What is the purpose of the rectangular piece of dimpled metal to the right of the folder? John

 

[jabels]

jabels, What is the purpose of the rectangular piece of dimpled metal to the right of the folder? John

Nothing really. Just a worry stone for fidgeting with. It also looks nice

 

[John A. Larsen]

jabels, Thanks! John

 

[Jack Black]

Nothing really. Just a worry stone for fidgeting with. It also looks nice

I thought it was a chocolate biscuit!

 

[Just Tom.]

I thought it was a chocolate biscuit!

Insta-graham cracker?

 

[Jack Black]

Insta-graham cracker?

I'm peckish now!

 

[Just Tom.]

I'm peckish now!

Do they have graham crackers in England? They are sort of like rectangular digestive biscuits, but less dense.

 

[Jack Black]

Do they have graham crackers in England? They are sort of like rectangular digestive biscuits, but less dense.

I don't recall seeing them Tom, but I shall look out for them now!

 

[Ironbut]

The squirrels have really been going to town shelling the hickory nuts. On our daily walk, there's a row of three or four of hickory trees, some around here call them shagbarks. For a couple weeks, every time we walked under them, the squirrels were dropping pieces of shells on us. It looks like they're about done now.

 

[Th.H.]

I was hunting today

 

[Will Power]

Beautiful area J Just Tom. - love the concept of allowing a golf course to be reclaimed by nature.

Thanks much for thinking of me and photographing the ferns. They and mushrooms and mosses are 3 of my most photographed nature plants. I love the patterns through all seasons. We have transplanted some of each to our yard. Mushrooms hit and miss but the ferns and mosses we've had great success. Here are a few more photos to inspire your next walk about ~

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Here with a Damascus Pattada created by Sardinian knife maker Gigi Sechi - introduced to me by our friend from France Âchillepattada . The blade pattern resembled the fiddleheads on my walk that day ~

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Beautiful the ferns, previous owner of my country house planted some and they've spread very satisfyingly- they're not so common in Finland. I too like the idea of land reclaimed from golf-courses, they're environmental atrocities and as George Orwell pointed out, suburbanize large tracts of beautiful countryside just for some inane game Beautiful too is your Pattada in Damascus, I'd like to get into them but no spring and their large size makes me hesitant....already got a very nice and unusual French knife on order so the funds aren't really there. But, you never quite know ......