Old House in Vankoughnet

This old house is tucked along the Black River Road, in Vankoughnet, Ontario. Beyond the road glides the Black River. Wet Autumn days are perfect for adventures. Rain-polished leaves are intensely vibrant, and the earth smells spicy with newly shed leaves.

Toad Quartet

A small toad swims in a dish of rainwater. Draggin' toad features the same model. While photographing and drawing the toad I was reminded of Eadweard Muybridge's photographs. Animals In Motion is a book I have frequently inter-library-loaned. Although fascinating, as a gnu striding past is, the book sadly lacks swimming toads.