The sun stream through the trees casting bluish grey hues on the new blanket of snow. The scene evokes winter tableaux by Group of Seven artists. Not surprisingly so, as they had painted in Northwestern Ontario: Lawren Harris‘ Lake Superior and Algoma fall colours come to mind. At times, I work in Terrace Bay, which is situated on the north shore of Lake Superior. After all the travels I have done, I still say that the drive along Lake Superior between Nipigon and Marathon is one of the prettiest drives in the world, rivalling Australia’s Great Ocean Road, Taiwan’s Taroko Gorge, California’s PCH. The road nestles into the edge of the Canadian Shield overlooking the Lake Superior's vast expanse of dark blue waters.
The sun does not warm--it’s only 20 degrees today (minus Celsius, that is). My left brain acts up: no vitamin D production at this angle of sunlight. Make sure vitamin D supplements are taken. My master’s degree paper on vitamin D back in 2002 was done when it was quite novel. Now it is such a buzz topic.
I am content to spend the day working inside with the odd glance out. I do brave the cold to take a short walk along the snowmobile trails by Little Falls.
I spot a young deer bounding down the road and into the woods, leaping high to clear the snowdrifts. (He ran so fast I couldn't even get the photo). No ounce of fat on that spry fawn. Maybe I should take up leaping through 2 foot high snowdrifts. Imagine the leg muscles that develop.
It is my last scheduled 24 hours of work, at least for now.
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