How Sweet It Is
Posted: February 10, 2015 Filed under: Inspiration, Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto | Tags: Brickworks, light, snow, Toronto 2 CommentsHere’s a post after a long hiatus. I went to the Brickworks on this sunny day in Toronto. There, the light on the snow, the dried grasses, the trees were a boost to my spirit.
In Search of Open Water
Posted: March 16, 2014 Filed under: Animal Life, Ontario, Toronto, Water | Tags: ducks, Great Lakes, ice, open water, Riverdale Park, snow, Toronto, waterfowl Leave a commentIt’s been a hard season for waterfowl. The extreme cold has frozen most of the Great Lakes for the first time in around 20 years. Around Toronto and north of here, there are reports of many swans and ducks being found dead because of the lack of open water that they can land on and find food in.
So on a warm day (10° C) last week when I took a long walk, I looked out over Riverdale Park off of Broadview Avenue onto melting snow. I soon realized that the specks on a sizable flooded area were actually ducks. And I wondered if they have come here because they are having trouble finding open water on Lake Ontario.
Ducks in melting snow and ice, Riverdale Park, Toronto, March 11/14
Fresh Snow at Kortright–2013
Posted: March 6, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Water | Tags: kortright centre, Kortright Centre for Conservation, Ontario, snow, winter Leave a commentLast year, in February, I photographed the fresh snow on this walkway at the Kortright Centre for Conservation, around an hour north of Toronto.
Kortright Centre for Conservation, February 2013.
Todmorden Mills in Winter
Posted: February 24, 2014 Filed under: Animal Life, Inspiration, Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto, Water | Tags: birds, Canada, nature photography, Ontario, snow, sunlight, Todmorden Mills, Toronto, trees, urban nature, woods Leave a commentLast week we had some warmer days and on a sunny afternoon, Wednesday the 19th, I walked to Todmorden Mills Heritage Site just off the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto. I knew it was my chance to see the wooded wildflower preserve while the snow was still on the ground, ahead of predicted above-freezing temperatures and rain. As always, my mood improved greatly walking in this beautiful setting. I heard chickadees and, I believe, a cardinal above the traffic. And I loved seeing the late sunlight on the snow, trees and rail fences. Here’s some photos from that day.
A Past Winter–2
Posted: February 17, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto, Water | Tags: 2008, nature, snow, Todmorden Mills, Toronto, winter Leave a comment
After a snowfall, I took this photo at Todmorden Mills on New Year’s Day 2008. It was a day of extreme beauty.
Fresh snow at Todmorden Mills on Jan 1, 2008, Toronto
Tracks and Ivy in the Snow
Posted: February 7, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto, Water | Tags: ivy, shadows, snow, Toronto, tracks Leave a commentFor the past few years, we’ve had relatively mild winters in Toronto without regular snow. Not so this winter. Here’s a couple of photos I’ve taken after the last snowfall on Wednesday.
Tracks in the shadows and sun, Toronto, February 2014
- Ivy after snow, Toronto, February 2014
Sun and Snow
Posted: February 4, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Sky, Toronto, Water | Tags: Brick Works, Evergreen Brick Works, snow, sun, Toronto Leave a commentWe went to the Brick Works on Sunday after a wet snow on Saturday. We started out under a cloudy sky that gave way to blue patches, then to bright sun. We were among other walkers, a cross country skier and many frolicking dogs.
Clouds and blue sky above sumach at the Brick Works, Toronto, February 2, 2014
Bright sun at the Brick Works, Sunday Feb. 2/2014
Melting snow on branches at the Evergreen Brick Works, Feb. 2/14
Grange Park in the Snow, Encore
Posted: January 10, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto | Tags: Art Gallery of Ontario, Grange Park, Ontario, snow, Toronto, trees, window, winter Leave a commentBack to winter in Toronto. Here’s 2 more photos I took of Grange Park on January 5th while I was in the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Trees of Grange Park, Jan. 5/14, from a window in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Members’ Lounge
Grange Park through the window, Jan. 5/14
Grange Park in the Snow, Toronto
Posted: January 5, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto | Tags: city, Grange Park, nature, park, snow, Toronto, urban nature Leave a commentI was at the Art Gallery of Ontario today. Through a window, I took this photo of Grange Park. Winter in the city–flurries on a mild day with rain and freezing rain expected later.
Nature in the city: a snowy Grange Park, Toronto, January 5, 2014
Snow Through the Window
Posted: December 18, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto | Tags: Ontario, photography, snow, Toronto, window Leave a commentWe got our first snow of the season on the weekend. Here’s a scene through the window that I took today.
Walking through snow, Toronto, December 18, 2013
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