birches

This three storey tall mural of a "forest of birch trees" was painted on panels and mounted on the wall of Birch Cliff Public School in Scarborough.
Designed by Rob Matejka who, along with several other artists and youth volunteers, participated in the mural project to "reforest" their community with birch tree murals.

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hav a nap

an iconic, but not recommended, motel on Kingston Road in Scarborough

for signs, signs

advertising at the turnstiles

Coca Cola at Union Station

for signs, signs

dizzy

a new Gooderham building in the Distillery District

infinity pools

it's almost an optical illusion at the Aga Khan Museum

tiff elevator

at the tiff Bell Lightbox Theatre
with screen showing locations of cinemas and galleries with film and event times

(I went to see Mr Turner - loved it. may see it again)

signs,signs
tiff = Toronto International Film Festival

changing colours

CN Tower
on a foggy night

bicycle lane

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Christmas Market

Distillery District, Toronto

Massey Hall

Toronto's first concert hall, built in 1894

signs, signs

fog

at the Distillery District, rain and fog all day.





















SkyWatchFriday

poking up

the tip of the CN Tower is still visible from behind the new condos

taken while stopped in traffic recently on the Gardiner

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mounted unit

Toronto Police

camera-critters

bike season

signs of better weather, when the bikes are out

signs,signs

Kew Cottage

as much fun as it is to visit all these Doors Open sites, the signs plastered in front of the buildings makes for a photographers nightmare.

this is the building with the round window from the previous post

signs,signs

schooner

H.M. Schooner Onondaga

on the side of a drugstore 

(it is a shame they put that notice on the mural instead of in the window)

the plaque reads

H.M. Schooner Onondaga

by Jeff Jackson, 1992

This artist's impression of a 1790s schooner honours the many sailing ships which sailed past the Scarborough Bluffs bringing settlers and supplies to Upper Canada.

Onondaga was built near Kingston in 1790 and served as flagship of the provincial marine unit until her retirement in 1797.

Funded by the Cliffside Community Improvement Plan

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under the expressway

signs of decay

and repair
viewing the underside of Toronto's crumbling Gardiner Expressway from Lakeshore Blvd while waiting at a red light

signs signs

bus terminal

murals on the Bus Terminal Restaurant near the Coxwell subway station in Toronto's east end

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shadows flee away

UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

~Song of Solomon

    

Entered into Rest                                                                                                                                                      William Archibald Young

December 12, 1914                                                                                                                                                        Entered into Rest

James Jennings                                                                                                                                                               April 1, 1933 

                                                                                                                                                                                   Beloved Husband of 

                                                                                                                                                                                   Annie M Jennings

In Loving Memory of E Anne Fitzpatrick                                                                                                                   Annie Marguerite Young

Wife of James Jennings                                                                                                                                           Beloved Wife of 

                 Who Fell Asleep                                                                                                                                      William Archibald Young 
  August 30, 1915                                                                                                                                           Passed on January 27th, 1946 

Mt Pleasant, Toronto

Cemetery Sunday

zinc

an excellent example of a forever lasting 
zinc, or white bronze, monument in St James Cemetery

Cemetery Sunday