April 9 2022 - Canada and the US

 

Today we take a look at how Canada and the US compare.  There are places where we are similar and others where we are different.  Canadians have a keen sense of comparison whereas Americans hardly notice the country and citizens to the north of them. There are  many arenas and avenues that this comparison plays out as competition.  Some are formal - such as hockey.  Others make their way into jokes and sayings.    Here is an example: After digging to a depth of 10 feet last year outside Buffalo New York,  scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100 years. They came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a Los Angeles California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet just outside Oceanside . Shortly afterward, a story in the LA Times read,  "California archaeologists report a finding of 200 year old copper cable, concluding that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers."   One week later, a local newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan reported, "After digging 30 feet deep in his pasture near the community of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Ole Olson, a heck of an engineer and a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Saskatchewan had already gone wireless."   This wonderful meadow of blue was taken at Winterthur nearly 10 years ago in April.  Winterthur is the largest naturalistic garden in the US, filled with spring blooms: "Beginning in March, the first early spring flowers awaken along the March Bank, which dazzles us with three phases of color—white, yellow, and blue. To walk along the March Bank during those still-chilly early spring days feels like a gift, a promise of what’s to come. As March gives way to April, the 500,000 blooming sunny daffodils, purposefully laid in clusters of various cultivars, begin to take over the landscape with their bright yellow and white blooms." Today is Winterthur's Daffodil Day and Daffodil Dash - a family-friendly parade through the garden.

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