Experimental

Attempt at form oriented ''vertarama''.

Art Shot

Usually I take pictures of hazzards that I see. Here, some men were working nearby and I thought I'd see if I could compose a shot that would kinda just be nice to look at.

Osgoode Hall

Mother and child. Sculpture and stained glass at the home of The Upper Canada Law Society.

Adaptive Creation?

I've witnessed a lot of unusual animal moments in the last few years, this one stands apart for a different reason. Usually it's something unnatural about an animal that alerts me to a surreal encounter, the red tailed squirrel or the talkative dog. This was a case of the opposite. These dogs were hypernatural in this environment. The colours and proportion of colour on their coats matched the colours and proportions of the surrounding patchy ground so perfectly that it was as though they had been picked from the same pantone swatch book. When I asked their human companion if I could photograph them I found myself refering to ''the tundra'' instead of the midtown Toronto park that it was.

Eglington West

More mosaic!

The Beltline

The Beltline trail, former railway line.

Eglington West

Mosaic in a doorway on Eg. West.

Than Me?

No Way!

Yonge Street

What?

More Logs

Logs on The Beltline, a section of former railway line now used as a public trail.

Balmoral and Avenue Rd.

Sunny day on a corner that doesn't really look like this. The camera angle manages to obscure the hundred or so filthy cars every few minutes that are either lined up at the lights on this six lane thoroughfare or racing past at ridiculous speeds for a residential neighbourhood. Avenue road would make a great park carpeted in grass.

Return to Blog

After a hiatus; a log for the blog. Winston Churchill Park.

Strange Stuff Yonge South Of Blythwood

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.

Yonge and Rosehill?

Anyone know how to get a message through to Canada Post?

On Lake Simcoe

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.

Keswick Ontario

Yes there are things sticking out of the pavements of Keswick too. I don't know who to call for this one. Georginites?

College and Augusta

The appearance of solar panels on the roof here were an inspiration.

What I Saw

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.

What I'd Like To See

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.

The Problem

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?

My Solution

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!

A Few More From My Trip East

One last ''Seasonal Connifer'' pic for the year. This one from downtown Oshawa.

The Parkwood Estate Oshawa

A historical site and a trip down memory lane for me. I did some work there years ago.

Snowcastle?

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''.

Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve Oshawa

''Tree-scape'' from another piece of Ontario wetland.