Watching (Tobermory, Ontario)
Why are they staring at me? … I think about it for a while, and then I realize … it is their job!
I am standing on the shoreline at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, where Lake Huron and Georgian Bay meet. The dolomite rocks I am standing on were created more than 430 million years ago and, as such, have witnessed everything that has happened here over that period of time.
Humans have passed by for millennia, other animals even longer. Countless storms, seasonal changes, and other natural events, large and small, have occurred. These rocks have observed it all. What an enormous stack of memories they must have! In indigenous belief they are the knowledge keepers. They hold the history of everything that has ever happened here.
I am now part of the history. I smile and move on. The rocks continue … Watching.
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Why are they staring at me? … I think about it for a while, and then I realize … it is their job!
I am standing on the shoreline at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, where Lake Huron and Georgian Bay meet. The dolomite rocks I am standing on were created more than 430 million years ago and, as such, have witnessed everything that has happened here over that period of time.
Humans have passed by for millennia, other animals even longer. Countless storms, seasonal changes, and other natural events, large and small, have occurred. These rocks have observed it all. What an enormous stack of memories they must have! In indigenous belief they are the knowledge keepers. They hold the history of everything that has ever happened here.
I am now part of the history. I smile and move on. The rocks continue … Watching.
To view image gallery: Click here.
