High Wire Act

Out of reach a few feet up.

Last Of The River Ice

When the river ice breaks up it does so in blocks like this. Floating down river they end up in ice jams. The pressure is so great that pieces like this one get pushed up onto the river banks. The ice will remain here until it melts.

Toronto Transit History

This is scan from a slide (remember them?) that I took in 1973 or 1974. Peter Witt car #2766 remained on active duty until July 18, 1965. The vehicle remained on Toronto Transit Commission's property in storage until it was brought back in 1973 as part of a special "Belt Line Tour Tram" service. It was discontinued in 1975 due to lack of ridership. Later it was used for various sightseeing tour operations, such as a King Edward Hotel “brunch and streetcar ride”, and then for tours operated by “Toronto by Trolley” as well as occasional fan trip charters throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, including being the last streetcar to operate on Mt. Pleasant Rd. on a fan trip in July 1976 when the track was abandoned. As of July 2013, it remains on TTC property and sees occasional use in charter service.

501 Streetcar

Photographed Aug. 8, 2013. Artist: Allan Bender and John Nobrega of Blinc Studios. Located at Queen St. West and Denison Ave., in The City Of Toronto this mural has been photographed many times, including one by RedPat. The interesting thing I noticed about this mural is that the streetcar doors are on the wrong side. In North America all driving is done on the right hand side of the road and the driver's seat is on the left.

Train Art

The railroad entertaining us with the graffiti train.

Winter Go Away! Please!

March 24 2015. Winter is still hanging on. Usually by this time of year all of the ice is gone.

Signs - Pizza

This van looks good enough to eat. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Towers Of Power

The transmission grid carries electricity to local distribution companies, as well as to large industries that are supplied directly from the grid.

#MuseumWeek

Seen on the left, the Royal Ontario Museum located in Toronto, will be participating in Museum Week.
The event runs from March 23 to 29 March 2015.

Traffic Spotting

Just watching the traffic go past.

International Day of Forests

March 21 is the United Nations’ International Day of Forests, which promotes the importance of forests and trees in our lives. The day addresses issues such as deforestation.

First Day Of Spring

The snow has been been gone for only a couple of days and the Daffodils are sprouting in my Wife's garden.

Difficult Situation

The good news is the river ice is breaking up. The bad news is it's stuck in an ice jam and not moving.

Signs - Be On Your Guard

At one time we only had to worry about the animals. Now the plants are attacking us. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Baby Swan

The dark coloured one is the youngster and he/she is less than 12 months old.

Sunrise Over The Nuke Plant

Did you know that uranium, one of few forms of energy we use, does not come from the sun? The Earth's uranium was produced in one or more supernovae over 6 billion years ago. Just saying.

Before Sunrise

Thirty minutes until the sun becomes visible. Because I used a slow shutter speed of 8 seconds the props on the wind turbine look blurred

Good Bye Snow

The Spring melt has begun. The overflow seen is caused by a ice jam further down stream.

Bird Lady

Nothing special here today. Just a lady I had a conversation with. She is very knowledgeable about the birds in the area. She knew every one individually and knew all the tag numbers on them.

Pedestrian Walkway

Photographed in the morning in the mall parking lot. Not real early but early enough that the lot was empty. The blue coloured building in the background is tiered parking for the office building and train commuters.

Signs - Food

No Need to travel the world for exotic foods. This one is right here in my neighbourhood. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Scrounging For Food

In the daylight hours they fly inland in search of food.

River Valley Road

At the bottom there is a salmon-trout river and entrance to the Trans Canada Trail.

You Crack Me Up

I am out early in the morning practising my night shots. When I looked at the results in the viewfinder I see some strange looking lens flares. The camera is on a tripod so I change the angle and the flares are still there. Next I decided to put the lens hood on. That is when I noticed the lens is shattered. Well, not really the lens... but rather the UV filter was shattered.

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The moral of the story is, if you cherish your expensive camera lens, spend the few extra $$$ to protect your equipment with a lens filter. It will save you many tears and expensive replacements.

The Caffeine High

Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?

Downspout Ice

On a cold sunny winter day up on the roof, the snow begins a slow melt. The melt runs into the eavestroughs then into the downspout where the temperatures are colder. Thus we get ice flows like this one.

Winter Scene

When the warmer weather returns this area will again be a channel with boats moored at the docks.

Signs - Where In The World Is Chuck?

Poor Charles is missing. I'm linking to Lesley's Signs, Signs.

Ice Age

It has been a very successful winter for ice. Apparently it only took ten years for the last big ice age to form.

How Low Can You Go?

Normally this is a free flowing brook that runs through this small valley. The temperatures have been so low that it is frozen solid. In fact temperatures have been breaking daily lows that go back decades.

Window Reflection

October 9. 2013. Photographing my reflection.