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Jun 21, 2009

Farewell Jokers Hill


This then is King's roof
Jokers Hill crowns the moraine
10,000 years young

My six months as a student ,in the Naturalist Training Program, at the U of T's Koffler Scientific Reserve, on Jokers Hill in King Township, has come to end. The photo and haiku, shown above, appear together on the last page of a photo-journal I kept between January and June of this year. I made a copy of the journal, which has over 80 photos, for each of my classmates, plus the director and associate director of the Koffler Scientific Reserve. Each time I look through it now, I have a pang of regret that this special time in my life has come to an end. My professor, Ivana, and my 19 classmates, were so enthusiastic that I could barely wait for each class to roll around. We all became friends in a setting, on top of the Oak Ridges Moraine, that has few rivals in York Region. Below are a few other pictures from my photo-journal highlighting the lush rolling realm that is KSR at Jokers Hill.



3 comments:

Unknown said...

Really beautiful dad!

Unknown said...

Barry : brilliant pictures. I'm going to sell them as screen savers since you forgot to copyright them.
H

LivingInAurora.ca said...

Wow what a tree. BTW on your header the number of species, is that mean you have over 300 birds species? That is pretty good. I counted over hundred for me, but I also count the one I have seen in zoo and bird park. Anna.