The Beautiful Hazelnut Tree ~ unfamiliar to many of us is highly valued for its fruit/nut.
A topic for research is the current use of imported hazelnuts in Ontario. A member of The Haldimand Stewardship Council refers to the movement to plant hazelnut trees in Haldimand as a future supply for chocolate companies.
~ Native Trees of Canada, R. C. Hosie, 8th ed. does not list the hazelnut tree.
Photo taken Oct. 21, Simcoe, ON lbw.
"I believe that the scientist is trying to express absolute truth and the artist absolute beauty, so that I find in science and art, and in an attempt to lead a good life, all the religion that I want."
~ John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892 - 1964) British scientist. Living Philosophies (1931)
(Photo files: lbw)
~ THE GREAT THOUGHTS Compiled by George Seldes, Ballantine Books, 1985
Hazelnut Tree ~ Located in Simcoe, Ontario.
Photo: October 21, 2013.
View from Bob Baigent Park ~
Photo: October 22, 2013 lbw
Watching the Grand ~ the "old" bridge remains open to traffic. Activity, both on land and on the water, an indication that building of the "new" bridge is in progress. Our understanding is that it will rise parallel to the old bridge and will be moved into position after removal of the old.
Photo: Tuesday, October 22 ~ lbw
All Saints' Day - n. a Christian festival in honour of the souls in heaven, celebrated on 1 Nov. in Western Churches and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Churches. (Followed by All Souls' Day on 1 Nov.)
~Oxford Canadian Dictionary, Edited by Katherine Barber, Oxford University Press, 1998.
The origin of the Festival of All Saint's Day celebrated in the west goes back to 609 or 610 when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon at Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs.
~ Wikipedia
