Ball’s Mill Conservation Area
Here are some photos from a little trip to Ball’s Mill Conservation Area near Cobourg. The mill itself, built in the 1840s, is in pretty bad shape just down the road.
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- At first it was the usual type of trip where I photographed small things.
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- More tiny flowers.
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- Then, upon descending down the path, we reached the mill pond where this perfectly placed, seemingly deserted canoe was waiting to be photographed.
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- My husband found this interesting tree. Unfortunately these pretty patterns are probably the tracks of the insects that killed it. It has been completely stripped of bark making visible the internal damage.
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- Starfish?
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- The holes are curious.
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- X marks the spot. Notice the tiny white sphere.
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- Back to regular small objects.
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- Crossing the path over the mill pond on the way out we stopped to capture this antique-looking set of gears which were probably used to control the water level.
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- At the golden hour the pond had a shimmering, peaceful quality.
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