Pandemic response - Week 34

Week 34 is going to see me going back to Toronto again at the end of the week - a good week to contrast my photos between the two locations.

I know it’s way too early to be thinking this, but I just happened to see these three colours together - green, red and white and thought...Christmas

Winds not quite as strong on Monday as they were during yesterday’s storm, but it was still a very unsettled day.

This doesn’t belong here

I don’t think I’ll walk to the end of the pier today!

Lots of debris in the harbour after the storm!

This dock was taken off the piling during the storm yesterday

Despite the windy, cloudy day there was sudden clearing at the end of the day, just in time for sunset

With the most amazing after glow!

I love the birds in this photo

Back in the spring my blog posts included photos of the boats that hadn’t yet been put in the water for the season this year - well here they are back out again.

The mouth of the Bayfield River

One last sunset, for a little while anyway.

Just a pancake on the horizon

And back to Canada’s biggest city

The Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library (TPL) system opened in 1907 and is one of four libraries constructed with a $350,000.00 grant made by Andrew Carnegie.  Yorkville is now TPL’s oldest library.

The Yorkville Fire Hall is the oldest fire hall in Toronto.  Built in 1878 it has a five-storey clock tower and the coat of arms from the old Yorkville Town Hall.

These gates (erected in 1903) lead to a somewhat hidden, and very beautiful little neighbourhood park - Craigleigh Gardens 

I frequently walk the lower path - today I decided to take the upper trail...

Robarts Library, on the campus of the University of Toronto, is one of the most significant examples of brutalist architecture in North America, featuring extensive use of triangular, geometric patterns.  Its very unique look has earned it the nickname “The Turkey”.

This branch of the Toronto Public Library system first opened in 1922 and was the first library in the British Empire devoted entirely to children.  Today is continues to house the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books.

After the very exciting week of filming recently in Bayfield it was interesting to find this going on in the park near my home in Toronto...also not a ‘usual’ place to find a film crew.

Of course - back in the city and what do I see on my walks?

Starting and ending this post with thoughts of Christmas...now to put those thoughts away for a while yet!