Old grinding stone from a grist mill
Yesterday was a lovely day so my husband and I decided to check out a couple of the local conservation areas to see what Mother Nature has been up to lately. One of the areas was Scanlon Creek Conservation Area, the site of several 19th-century mills (now gone).
Bloodroot
A few early wildflowers were in bloom.
"Fort" in the Discovery Play Garden
Part of the conservation area features an outdoor play area.
Kid-sized table and stools
Splinter-free (plastic) slide
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51 comments:
That grinding stone is fab, a real piece of history.
Amalia
xo
Splinter-free is much better. :-)
Really like the grinding stones and that fort looks like a great place to have some play adventures.
Darla
love the kids play area, that little fort is so cute and so are the table and chairs.. blood root is so pretty
Scanlon Creek Conservation Area looks a very nice place to visit. The old grinding stone is really amazing!
It's so nice with old things. itself with an bathshield
We can really feel people that have used the things for a long time ago.
The bloodroot have also another name here, we called it "bathgirls", you know the flower cover it self with and bathing-towel. That is a nice word on a flower.
Have a nice day!
Such lovely wild flowers! and the photo is outstanding!
So interesting to find the old grinding stone, and I do like the fort! :)
It was a glorious weekend.
Very nice - that grinding stone is impressive!
I love that old grinding stone.
A place after my own heart...Lorelei would probably enjoy it, too.
Bloodroot is so pretty. I should get some and bring it home!
What a great place to be.I love the grinding stone.
Those grinding stones speak of many years hard at work! The Bloodroot flowers look quite spectacular, nothing humble about them. Beautiful place all around.
I wouldn't mind wandering around there. I know some of these old mill sites on the Escarpment have made for good conservation areas. There's also one up in Rockwood that has old ruins- one of my cousins got married there.
I would have loved that fort when I was a kid! Going up to 26˚ today, EG!
Looks like a fun place for kids!
Oh, what a fun, delightful park for kids and "partial grown-ups" like me!! Wonderful captures as always!! Hope your new week is off to a great start! Glad you're having some sunshine and warmer temps!!
I love that fort, and the cool table and stools made from tree stumps. Hard to believe these sweet little innocent white flowers are called BLOOD root! The roots must be red!
Interesting looking place!
Thanks for so many interesting and extraordinary photos, and those flowers are beautiful too!
So lucky to have lovely places to walk EG, very cool little fort but over here it would be a magnet for spiders :)
Lol … wood is great but splinter-free plastic does have its uses. :)
The stump stools and table are fun and the grinding stone a reminder of our past. Groovy!
I like the table and stools. :-)
I like the table and stools. :-)
Beautiful images, in fact even plastic has some advantages...
That natural table and chairs is adorable.
My children went there for school trips and always enjoyed it. Now that they are grown up with children of their own, I expect the next generation will be visiting Scanlon Creek too.
Looks like a fun day! Yay, spring!
The bloodroot flowers look so delicate, very pretty...
A beautiful place!The flowers are so lovely!
never heard of this place, must look it up as it looks like a lovely place.
Love the signs of spring. Hug B
Love the signs of spring. Hug B
I love bloodroot, so quiet and unassuming.
Those grinding stones look almost prehistoric! Looks like a fun place.
Love the kiddie table and "chairs." The bloodroot is so pretty. Lovely, lovely photos!
I too love the kiddie table and chairs.
Worth a Thousand Words
what a cool place to visit :-)
A very interesting post. The old grinding stone is amazing and the Bloodroot flowers are especially beautiful.
Love the Bloodroot.
What a great place for kids … and adults too! I also loved the blue flowers, Glory-of-the-Snow, in your last post. I had never seen these lovely flowers before.
The grinding stones, little flowers and hut are all fine images. Very sharp.
Such grinding stones came to Hawaii as ballast in sailing ships!
ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
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It looks like a nice place to go check out. Those old stones are nice.
What a delightful place.
the fort, the table and chairs....i love that kinda' stuff!!!!
What a great place to visit. I love the log table and chairs. Cute idea.
Looks like a very interesting place to visit. Glad to see some signs of spring. I still wonder what my old garden in Toronto looks like.
Every now and then I wish I could be a kid again... :-)
So green there already! That Bloodroot takes my breath away - very beautiful image.
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