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A wire embeded in the concrete at the base of this new hydrant on the new pavement at Yonge on the east side south of Blythwood was laying over the curb. A nearby cone provided a way of not only marking the location but of keeping the loose end under control without looping the wire.
Anyone know how to get a message through to Canada Post?
Ice huts dot the frozen surface of Lake Simcoe. Standing here you can honestly say you have walked on water, unless you arrived in a pick-up truck or one of the other frequently seen vehicles out here.
Yes there are things sticking out of the pavements of Keswick too. I don't know who to call for this one. Georginites?
The appearance of solar panels on the roof here were an inspiration.
This sandbag, at the foot of a temporary fence post at Gerrard and Yonge, leaves a hard to see length of the underlying metal structure protruding into the sidewalk area just above pavement level.
Here the bright orange sandbag covers the horizontal metal component of the fence right up to the end effectivly making the footprint of the structure visibly prominent and forgiving to bump into. It also makes the fence more stable in this position.
A missing cover at Yonge and College. Called 311, but in the meantime what to do with a pedestrian hazard so close to a busy intersection?
11 dollars and 25 cents later, a well marked hazzard and a bunch of leftover spray paint. Spray cans are NOT toys! Be careful out there!
One last ''Seasonal Connifer'' pic for the year. This one from downtown Oshawa.
A historical site and a trip down memory lane for me. I did some work there years ago.
Snow and expanded polystyrene packaging. This little scene that I happened upon on a baseball diamond in Oshawa reminded me of the kind of thing a hollywood effects studio might turn into a castle for a film like ''Lord Of The Rings''.
''Tree-scape'' from another piece of Ontario wetland.
This trailer was parked out back of a buisness with ''War'' in the name (something like Warwick or Warenshire or something). It seemed like the kind of message that might help end a war.
Looking east; Rotary Park, Ajax.
Cross Country Donuts a little bit of ''Vintage Plaza''?
Whether it was the shopkeeper, the police, the necklace sellers or someone else, when I returned to the scene with some orange paint the plate was already marked with two of the shiniest new cones I've ever seen.
After talking to a shopkeeper about another metal plate rising from the pavement on Yonge Street I encountered these policemen. I told them about the hazard. They said they would have a look. A little further up the road a couple of guys selling necklaces asked me the time. We talked a bit about things. I told them about the plate and hoped that maybe they could stand on it and keep the situation under control.
Kind of an absurd amount of potentially hazardous stuff going on here. That's the marker from the picture bellow in the centre of the shot. To the left some large paving stones were poking into the Yonge Street sidewalk area. I put some smaller paving stones from a nearby pile there to help make them visible. Too the right of the marker a length of one inch or so diameter copper pipe snakes over the ground at a height of six or ten inches. Again I marked that with some of the nearby paving stones. 311 assessed the whole scene as in need of emergency repair when I called. To top it off the area was icy. I came back a bit later and applied some orange paint to the whole affair.
Put a marker next to a bit of steel sheet that was protruding from the surface of a plate used to cover a pit here.
New cover in place on Poplar Plains Rd. Missing cover reported here October 28. Thanks 311!
Winter again! Great day for a trek at Rotary Park and Duffins Marsh.
Ajax Ontario. . .more to come. . .
A place I've made a wish before. As I was taking this photo two foxes ambled by. They were too quick for the camera though.
Holy new year!
Nathan Phillip's Square, Toronto, New Year's Eve. Have a Great Good New Year! ! !
