As promised, a few more shots of colour and fire from Monday’s Victoria Day celebrations along the eastern Beaches of Toronto.
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Bombast of Victoria Day – part one
Although not officially summer, the Victoria Day Weekend (aka May 2-4 weekend) signals the beginning of warmer weather and summer breezes in much of Canada. It is the weekend that everyone starts to plant their gardens, and when people abandon the big city for cottage country.
It is also the first of two weekends of fireworks (the other being July 1, Canada Day), and I am fortunate enough to live down the beach from one of the biggest fireworks shows in Toronto. Here are a handful of shots (blasts) from last night.
Sidewalking
Of to visit with a friend at a local baconery (not bakery, but baconery…a restaurant called Rashers dedicated solely to bacon) and decided to take my camera with me, catching some of the gardens and a surprise guest along the way.
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- Was happy with the detail I could get
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- Looks like the world’s most floral cake
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- Wandered through a swarm of dragons
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- Someone was watering their garden and jeweled droplets caught my eye
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- Reminds me of a character from Charlie Brown
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- Loved the spray from yellow to red
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- Colour in my neighbour’s garden
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- Two of a tree full of sparrows
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- Even in colour, the whiteness of this flower was astounding
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- Can’t believe the veins of the wings
Never surrender (summer) – Part Deux
More photos from my sandy walk along Toronto’s beaches.
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- Never thought of gulls as thinkers, but there seems to be something on his mind
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- Figure they’re heading to Montreal from Toronto’s island airport
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- Lovely natural back scratchers
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- Finally…first cricket I’ve found all year, despite the noise
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- Wanted his pic taken because he’s handsome…have to agree
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- Such beautiful iridescence
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- Liked the shadow along the sand
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- Looking for that last bit of pollen
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- Beautiful colours on this monarch
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- A small statue I found near the water treatment plant
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- Wary of my presence, but hungry
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- Recycling for this little buzzer
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- Lots of these lovelies crawling around the bushes and flowers
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- Hanging out to see if anyone has some food
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- My beloved downtown core, so much quieter from out here
Never surrender (summer)
Even as the overnight temperatures in Toronto reach the mid-single digits Celsius (about 40 F), a few die-hards–human, animal and vegetable–have refused to give up on the beach.
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- A lone gull skirts the water as the Scarborough Bluffs rise in the distance
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- Buried in the greenery, a grasshopper takes a rest
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- Flowers brighten the sidewalk
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- A sparrow grabs a bit of sun and seed
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- Framed by nature, the sailboat catches the breeze
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- A wader dares the waters of Lake Ontario, sandals in hand
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- A handful of wasps (hornets?) latch onto the last flowers of summer
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- A monarch stands bright orange against the sand
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- As the milkweed prepare to explode their seed, a snail and lady bug rest
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- A bumble and hornet visit the same hangout
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- A yellow rose gives one last burst of glory
Let’s go to the Ex – Part Two
Okay…so after 4 days without Internet access, here is the remainder of the images from the CNE (following up on Part One).
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- The ride seemed like fun when it started
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- Hopefully he didn’t break that limb elsewhere in the park
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- A young patron takes a break from the heat
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- Smiling now, but wait until they’re 100 ft in the air and upside down
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- The young girl asks “Is that all you got?”
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- Mom was lucky the fun house wasn’t too “fun” for baby
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- The youngest one seems ready for anything…mom not so much
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- Too tired to walk the length of the park, some take advantage of a ski lift
Canada Day relaxations
Thank goodness the Fathers of Confederation picked July 1 as the day to form the Dominion of Canada.
The thought of possibly celebrating on something like February 3 literally sends shivers down my spine and would have kept me from getting any pictures of people just relaxing on the warm summer’s day.
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- Taking in a Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre
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- A young lady whizzes by on roller blades, showing her pride in her handbag
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- Poor pooch must run a marathon every time this long-legged lady goes walking
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- Life vests are the call for women taking in the water
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- Lake Ontario waters were calm for these intrepid kayakers
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- Hawking the benefits of milk at a waterfront festival
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- Electronic devices were the call of the day for park visitors
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- A chance to listen to some bad karaoke or your wife
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- Why is Canada great? Because this guy can make a living as a street performer
Whither Spring in Toronto?
Previous post was obviously a false alarm…my apologies to all.
After several days of rain, freezing rain and a touch of hail, I thought it would be nice to remind Torontonians and people in a like weather scenario what Spring and Summer look like.
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- Convert a blurry photo to black and white and it’s now called moody
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- I swear he walked across the yard and couldn’t get off the ground
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- Waited 10 minutes for me to get my act together
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- Love the softness of this image
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- Amazing colours, like out of a sci-fi film
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- How Canadian is this?
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- Reminds me a lot of my former father-in-law’s moustache, but colourful
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- When a flower is imperfect, focus further inside
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