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Single Shot Monday: Graffiti Works…

Yes. Click it bigger. As you tour the Evergreen Brick Works, in the building that houses the kilns and Holcim Gallery you’ll find walls of graffiti. It’s on the brick. It’s on the doors. It’s on the...

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Four More…

Make that five. I wanted to share five more images of graffiti in the building that houses the old kilns at the Evergreen Brick Works. If you didn’t get a chance to see Monday’s post, you can see the...

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Single Shot Monday: Biding…

Early Sunday morning, I was standing on the sidewalk — sometimes leaning against the car — biding. It’s one of my favorite activities. While I was biding, I took some shots. It’s autumn. Autumn was...

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Close Shot Friday 079

Yesterday, we made our annual trek to Toronto’s Gardiner Museum to see the 12 Trees of Christmas: The Toronto Edition.  The theme this year is Toronto neighbourhoods. What fun! Because yesterday was...

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Close Shot Friday 089… Shadow Play

Only the shadow knows. Clickity click. Biggity bigger. The shadows, they be creeping. Wait! Is that dormant grass I’m seeing? Faint. And a good Friday the 13th to you all. You know what to do. Meet...

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Close Shot Friday 091… Accidental Art

Took a little field trip yesterday down to the AGO — Art Gallery of Ontario — in the big TO. T O R O N T O. We went to see the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit — Now’s the Time. I was completely...

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Dwarf Troll House… D of A to Z Challenge

Duuuude. It’s Saturday. You’re getting what I call the Blog Quickie on this site. It’s a quick and dirty post. Yes, it has its own category. Now, let’s git to it. Dwarf Troll House Dwarf Troll House...

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Close Shot Friday 094… + 48 Hours

I did some other things this month besides the A to Z Challenge, which ended yesterday. Can I get an Amen?! In a 48-hour period I… ~ switched things up for my first pedi of the year and went with OPI...

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Single Shot Monday + Premature Gardening +…

The street sweepers are out in Burbville today. For some reason, that always puts a smile on my face. Street sweepers and that yellow spring green that we’re experiencing right now in my neck of...

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Humpity Day: There’s Just Something About…

…a matinee, a stroll, and a gelato. We used to live down the road from the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was a blessing and a curse. Curse Have I told you how much I love live theatre?...

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Close Shot Friday 098 + Looking For The G

Meanwhile, back at Doors Open Toronto and the Aga Khan Park. This is one of the water elements. It’s called a reflecting pool. There are five of them. The water is tipping over the edge of the stone...

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Single Shot Monday: Scaffolding + Soul

I love a good bit of scaffolding. I love lines and intersections. I love metal and machinery. I love signage. I love to click it bigger. You will, too. Not too shabby for a car shot. This is a typical...

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Humpity Day: Downtown, Downtown…

Thank you, Petula Clark. You’ve been in my head all morning. Everything’s waiting for you. Not everything, but certainly 3DXL: A Large-Scale 3D Printing Exhibition (May 14 – Aug 30) was waiting for me...

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Single Shot Monday: Lines And More Lines… + True Confessions

Line ’em up! Last week, I was sitting in The Red Tomato next to Fred’s Not Here, two eateries in the Entertainment District of Toronto. I love restaurants where the whole side of a building opens up to...

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Single Shot Monday: Into the Woods

Whose woods these are I think I know. It is not snowing. Nor is it evening. Still. I think of Frost. And Monday is in the house with a single shot. ElenFiled under: About Town, Life, Monday's in the...

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Humpity Day: It’s Comin’…

autumn I say it’s comin’. It’s comin’, I say. I snapped this at Edwards Gardens in Toronto on Friday last. Holy autumn color, Batman! Do you say autumn or fall? Tell me. Tell me now. Inquiring minds...

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Fridaaaaay!… aka Not Much Ado

The windows are thrown open. It’s sunny and breezaay. I’m listening to Dianne Reeves belting out Endangered Species on Rdio. Sing it, Dianne. I feel ya today. Finishing up the Hopewell Rocks...

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Monday: Binder + Twine = Festival…

First, may I just say that it was 40 Fahren when G-Man walked the dog this morning, that it was 43 Fahren when I came out of my nightly coma, that I shrugged into sweats and socks when my feet hit the...

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Humpity Day: It Wasn’t Me. I Swears!…

Lay a little autumn on me. Nothing but rain for miles and hours. Hurricane leftovers. It’s what’s on the climatic menu today. Thank you, Mama Weather. Lay a little autumn on me. Right now, I’m...

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TBT: Think Pink, aka Feather Is The New Fir…

This is how we’re rolling for Throwback Thursday — #tbt — this second Thursday in December. Christmas My Deer! For a number of years now in the month of December, we’ve stumbled downtown with holiday...

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