Silhouettes

Two Toronto Police mounted officers on the banks of Grenadier Pond in High Park. In the early days of Toronto this was the site of a terrible accident. A troop of British soldiers on horseback tried to cross the frozen pond in winter, fell through the ice and died. 

Wagon-load of squash, pumpkins and gourds near Caledon. 

Eglinton Flats 

Boyd Park Conservation Area. These trees will either become part of the Pierre and Janet Berton Trail or be cut down for the Pine Valley Extension. City of Vaughan holds their fate in their hands. 

Fungi at Boyd 

I wanted to get the effect of the double canopy at Boyd. The evergreen and the maple. So I lay on my back in the leaves and shot up at the sky. I like the way it looks. 

Ancient stump at the edge of the Humber River 

Beech leaf  

Playground thingie 

Snow fence in the reeds. 

Here's Ricardo, looking very photographer-like. Only he never once took out his camera all day long. Tsk. 

Eglinton Flats. They're re-naturalizing the banks around the pond at the flats. So there's all this snow-fencing to protect the new growth. It looks hideous but I guess it'll be a good thing in the end. 

Old wall mural in Weston. Love it. The look on the woman's face is like... wow, a 125 dollar diamond ring... next step, the 20,000 dollar house in the suburbs.. 

Big yellow bit of playground equipment 

This isn't the greatest quality shot but I was so far away and no telephoto lens yesterday. Richard noticed something weird about a trio of ducks. Two of them were mallards and one, I haven't a clue what sort... was following them around like one of the family. It was the sweetest thing. We made up a story about the odd duck being an orphan or a mismatched egg. Maybe it isn't just a story. 

Boyd Park colours 

Cold water natural spring in Boyd. 

Two trees, growing together. 

Why do people feel this compulsion to carve their names into living things? I wish they wouldn't. Get a tattoo instead.  

Took a little break from work yesterday and walked through Boyd Convservation Area. The leaves were spectacular in places. This looks unreal, but no, there was a brilliant yellow carpet all down the footpath.. 

Leslie and Peter, awaiting their son. 

Leslie, very pregnant and serene.. 

Cappuccino, guard dog at a Kensington Market shop, snoozing by the cash register. 

Edgar's barn 

Richard shot Henry down at Vistek