Saturday, 28 December 2019

Street Art: Masked

This artwork is located on Church Street, just south of Isabella Street.  


Thursday, 26 December 2019

Street Art: Woman in Black

This art is located at Lansdowne Avenue and Dundas Street west.  The artist is Valmor Garcia.


Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Monday, 23 December 2019

Reindeer

Reindeer at the High Park Zoo fueling up for their trip around the globe tomorrow night!


Friday, 20 December 2019

Saturday, 14 December 2019

Street Art: Thing 1

And Thing 2!
Famous characters from the book titled The Cat in the Hat.  This artwork is found at McCaul and Baldwin Streets.


Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Street Art: Sunglass Reflection of Toronto at Night

Artwork at Charles Street east.  The artist is Justus Becker.  It is possible that a full moon, draped with soft cloud, photobombed this picture!


Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Urban Wildlife


This male coyote was marking his territory just before this picture was taken.  It is clear that this plot in the cemetery belongs to his pack even without marking it!

Sunday, 8 December 2019

Street Art: Urban Landscape

This art is found at Spadina Avenue and College Street.  The artist is Poser. 
                                          Photo taken December 2016,

Saturday, 7 December 2019

Rainbow in the Toronto Sky

Fun fact: A rainbow looks like an arch but is really a circle.  Hmmm, does this mean there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Friday, 6 December 2019

Moose Family Walks Toronto Street

The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto has made space this Christmas for a moose family.  This hotel is in Yorkville.



Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Street Art: Lawren Harris

This art is by Elicser.  It can be found at Yonge Street and Davenport Road.  The subject is Lawren Harris who was an artist himself, and well known for his work called North Shore, Lake Superior

Sunday, 1 December 2019

Street Art: Tiger

Tiger art found in an alley by Brunswick Avenue and Bloor Street west.  Ted Hamer is the artist.  Happy ice/snow day!

Saturday, 30 November 2019

Bridge Sculpture: Horse

This sculpture was recently installed on the Kay Gardner Beltline Park Bridge which is at Yonge and Merton Streets.  The name of the sculpture is Iron Horse, and the artist is Robert Sprachman.  The bridge crosses Yonge Street.  It's initial use was for horse and buggy.  Subsequently it was used by trains.  Currently,  dog walkers and runners alike make good use of this bridge. 

Sunday, 24 November 2019

Street Sculpture: When I Was a Stranger

This sculpture is located at Ted Rogers Way and Bloor Street east, on the sidewalk in front of Saint Paul's Anglican Church.  The title of it is When I Was a Stranger and the name of the artist is Tim Schmalz.  The bronze figure and stumps represent Jesus and seats for passers-by, respectively.

Saturday, 23 November 2019

Street Art: City Landscape


This art is found at Markham and Queen Streets.


  
                                                                 Picture taken November 16, 2019

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Gravestone: Alexander Muir


Alexander Muir was a songwriter.  He is remembered for the song called The Maple Leaf Forever which was composed to mark the Confederation of Canada (1867).  This gravestone can be found in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.



Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Maple Trees in Autumn

This is a picture of maple trees found alongside Highway 60, a road that runs through the southern part of Algonquin Provincial Park.

                                                   Picture taken October 2019. Algonquin Provincial Park. Hwy 60.

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Royal Bank Plaza

The Royal Bank Plaza is the gold building in this picture.  It is located at 200 Bay Street.  It is almost entirely office space with the exception of the lower level(s) which are retail.  The windows are infused with gold.  The purpose is to lower the cost to heat the building as gold acts as an insulator.  Who knew!


                                          Picture taken November 9, 2019.

Sunday, 17 November 2019

Saturday, 16 November 2019

Street Art: Lion

This artwork is located at Ossington Avenue and Queen Street west.  The artist appears to be Vizsla Bacon.




Morning Run and Coyotes


Four coyotes playing with each other in the snow this morning.  The picture below captured three of them.


Sunday, 10 November 2019

A Sugar Ship


The ship in the picture below is docked alongside Redpath Sugar refinery.  This refinery is at Yonge Street and Queens Quay east, on the waterfront of Lake Ontario.  This ship likely used The Saint Lawrence Seaway to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Ontario with it's cargo of raw sugar from the tropics.


Saturday, 9 November 2019

One Bloor

The tall building in the centre of this picture is One Bloor.  It is located at the south-east corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets.   This 75 storey skyscraper is used by both residents and retailers.  The lines on the face of the building capture my attention every time I walk by.


Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Victoria Memorial Square

This square is found on Portland Street, south of King Street west.  Previously it was a cemetery for soldiers, and their families, who were involved in the War of 1812.  Fort York is just south of this square.

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Street Art: Racoon

This artwork is located on Bathurst Street, south of King Street west.

Sunday, 3 November 2019

Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Park is north of Toronto.  Each fall the trees in the park are ablaze with colour. This picture is from Booth's Rock Trail lookout.


Friday, 1 November 2019