change, big change, and food

I’m sitting here looking out at the millions of diamonds floating on the harbour and I’m filled with contentedness. I don’t know what that has to do with this post, but it seemed like a good way to...

stove light

It’s deepest, darkest winter. Technically it’s not the darkest winter; that went by a month ago and I am starting to notice the longer days and I'm grateful for that. But it’s deepest, darkest...

where I’m at – because I haven’t been here

Happy New Year. Yeah, I know, it’s closer to February than it is to the new year swing over, but the break was intentional. Sort of. After the year of daily posting “rules,” which I didn’t stay...

lights on the city

I don't take a lot of pride in working on Bay Street. I dig the historical address, but I don't work for, or associate myself with the suits that surround me on the sidewalks every day. I despise...

seeing lights

When I was a kid we put up our Christmas tree on or around my sister Jane's birthday on the 19th of December. Happy then over the holidays I would sit in the family room with its green shag carpet...

christmas and the far is brought near

Christmas Day with my family at Jeff and Carol's, and as always they lay on a fabulous spread and make us feel warm and welcome. Some of us are far away, in England, Alberta and USA. But, at one...

lighted blow-up plastic christmas lawn stuff

Tonight is our first family Christmas celebration of the season, with Ceri's brother and nephew at their place. It's warm and pleasant visit, and we enjoy pot roast, conversation and guitar playing...

what's your rush?

This morning I'm moving about my place, finishing coffee and packing things up for work, and I'm stopped still by the sun showing itself, suddenly, in a mirror. "Good morning," the sun says....

one

The holidays are coming. This is the kind of song (project) I think needs dusting off right now. Lately the political kerfuffle has worn me down; in my city and beyond. You? Maybe we could all take...

hello winter

Friday night. After work we meet up with Carly for "beer o'clock" at our favouite local. Winter has returned today and it's tossing snow around the street like wispy ribbons. I have refused to bust...

view from a window

Canada Permanent Trust Building, Toronto Today I am participating in a long conference call and so I camp out in a vacant office so I can close the door and put the phone on speaker. The office...

park, at night, walking home

Walking through the newly landscaped Clarence Square Park on my way home; looking back toward Wellington Street. It's a substantial improvement to that little part of the city, and includes a...

rainy sunday brunching

It's one of those little gifts life hands you every once in awhile, a rainy Sunday morning. That which invites you to have coffee in bed, to loaf around in your pyjamas and to think of things to...

perspective from a sidewalk

Pearl Street, Toronto Perspective from a sidewalk; walking to work on an overcast November morning.

who doesn't love a parade?

View from my office building. In which the Toronto Argonauts are celebrated for winning the 100th annual Grey Cup. Fun to see all those suits bust out of the office for an hour to cheer on the...

dinner, wellington street

Tonight we meet up with my girls and some of their people for a drink before going out to dinner at a nearby bistro on a gift certificate I got for my birthday back in (the MUCH MORE TEMPERATE)...

one hundred

It's the Grey Cup weekend. As a significant portion of the regular visitors to this space are not from Canada, I suppose I should say that the Grey Cup is the championship prize for the Canadian...

sun rising, toronto harbour, thursday

This morning I get up and, waiting for the kettle to boil, I pull the curtains back and look out the window and find the photo of the day. Hello Thursday. I'm glad to see you.

handcrafted thank you

That's not a wedding invitation. That's how Sherrill addresses an envelope... ...an envelope you hope contains one of her hand-painted cards. In this case, a card thanking us for sharing her...

gets uglier before it gets prettier

These days much of my world looks like this. I have heard all kinds of grumbling about it, and I suppose if I had a car I might be grumbling too. However, much of this is about transforming one of...

a realm apart

I get as much pleasure looking at the objects in my window when they're reflected by the morning light onto the curtain as I do looking at them when the curtain is open. It's kind of...

not the santa claus parade

Lovely Sunday morning and there's a fair bit of loafing around, reading, making luscious breakfast, I mean brunch, editing photos and eventually getting showered to go out and catch up with the...

cavalcade of lights

In which we get up close and personal with thousands to watch the lighting of the tree and subsequent fireworks at Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto City Hall).

glass in street

Should I go suddenly from this life, I hope it's not by decapitation by glass falling out of the sky. Shards of glass on Adelaide Street after workers dropped a window from the Trump Hotel across...

coffee shop and bright pink bike

I love this building at the corner of Richmond and Spadina and its picturesque spot for a coffee shop tucked in the corner, off the street. That pink bike is part of a multi-location art...

pots

lonely november

The Harbourfront starts to feel a little lonely in November; all those tourists have gone back to wherever it is they come from. I do find a little comfort in the quiet. The longer stretches of...

caledonia

I've been away from my home for a week, being stand-in-mommy duty for my cousin in Riverdale. When I get back, I find this large and lusty gal docked across the street. A quick search tells me she...

happy weekend breakfast

Saute onions. Add kale and grape tomatoes. Cook up some bacon. Break up some bread. Crack some eggs. Beat in some milk, salt, pepper and a few drops of hot sauce. Layer all that stuff on top of the...

autumn night walking: city hall

Toronto City Hall Fountains at Nathan Phillips Square As we're about to roll over into late autumn and the revert back to standard time, it occurs to me that many of my shots will be taken under a...