Enjoyed a brief visit and conversation with Kevin Callan (AKA the Happy Camper) down by the lake at our home and B&B in Bancroft, Ontario.
Killarney Provincial Park
I have two works selected for the 2024 Juried Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. This exhibition lasts untilDecember 27, 2024.
A Tribute to the Beauty of the La Cloche Mountain Range and a Celebration of Thirty Years of Adventure in Killarney Provincial Park – Coming 2025! IN A LAND WHERE TIME STANDS STILL For the past three decades, I have been canoeing and photographing the Killarney landscape. Apart from a few relics from the days …
sĭm″bē-ō′sĭs noun Lichens have scientific names as though they are a species of organism, but actually a lichen is a fungus and an alga living in a symbiotic relationship (both are benefited by living together.) The fungus cannot photosynthesize so it cannot create food from solar energy, but the alga can photosynthesize. The alga needs …
“This is so the best day ever” my daughter exclaimed as she watched the popcorn kernels explode into their white, fluffy glory. The handle for the Jiffy Pop was much too short and I had to set it on the fire. I should have known better. She paid no attention to my apology for burning …
There is no such island in Killarney, but in my daughter’s mind we were on Mosquito Island for the duration of our shortest canoe trip to date. We drove up to the park for the weekend to host a film screening of Wilderness Trails at the park amphitheatre. Scott (co-creator of the film) and his …
These photographs represent 10 days of hiking on the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Killarney Provincial Park. The trail is approximately 80 kms + the distance to travel from the main trail to each of the campsites and back. That put our total distance hiked to just under 100kms. The majority of these photographs were …
Where are the canoes? I keep looking for the canoe in the photos because it has been such an integral part of all my trips into Killarney. My first trip into the Killarney backcountry was 1994. Last winter I got inspired to mix it up, try something new. I abandoned the familiar mode of travel …
“There’s a place, a garden for the young To laugh and dance in safety among The shimmering light in the shade of the trees” (Josh Garells / Morning Light) For the past eight consecutive years, I have taken my kids on a canoe trip in Killarney Provincial Park. This place is truly “a garden for …
This was my daughter’s third canoe trip. This one was a little different – just the two of us – father and daughter. She loves camping – in fact she often tells me that, “Daddy … I love camping!” She’s my little helper. She volunteers to help gather firewood, chop firewood, set up the tent, …