An Almost-Hidden Door

There are many ways to access the trail, and most are easy, but this ↓ is the one that we chose recently. Toward the bottom left you can see a bit of the path that we were about to take up to the trail. It inclines gradually and reaches trail elevation just off the right of the photo. From there we usually walk left to get to the bridge. (You can see the beginnings of the bridge mid-left.) We often take photos from the bridge, like the set of the former Baines Machine Shop that I showed in mono a few days ago, but we didn't do that on this day.

This↓ is the same scene vertically. There is nothing extraordinary about either photo, but I am drawn to the softness of even ordinary winter scenes.

The building in the background ↑ is not the Baines building (of the recent post) in either of the above photos. It is the former McArthur Textile Mill, which unlike Baines is being restored and converted into condos. Meanwhile, poor Baines suffers with broken windows and birds and squirrels coming and going.

When we did later walk by Baines, I spotted this little, almost hidden half-door. I don't recall ever noticing it b before.

However, I have often noticed the door in the back wall, and I probably have better photos than this ↓ one.

Upon our return to the car and opposite the first two photos of the post, there is the little Hackberry Park with a stand of hackberry trees that are somewhat unusual in this region. We are told that in times past, these trees were used by first nations people for medicinal purposes. I took this picture of the lonely bench that is well-framed by the trees.

It is Family Day in Ontario, so Shauna and the kids have the day off, and I shall cook a large pot of Chicken Corn Chowder. It will be nice to see them all, for with the kids now having parttime after-school jobs, it has become more difficult for all five of us to get together.