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.
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
A Past Winter Scene
Posted: February 14, 2014 Filed under: Animal Life, Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto | Tags: bare branches, birds, black and white photography, Toronto, trees, urban nature, window, winter Leave a commentHere’s a photograph I took in 2009 of birds, trees and the houses across a laneway. I think I’ve mentioned before that in winter when colours are more muted I look to the shapes of bare branches for beauty in the city.
From the window, January 2009, Toronto
Pigeons, pigeons
Posted: January 30, 2014 Filed under: Animal Life, Ontario, Sky, Toronto | Tags: birds, birds on wires, electrical wires, grey day, pigeons, Toronto, winter 3 CommentsThe other day I was viewing photos I had taken around a year ago to see what winter was looking like then. I came upon this image of pigeons on electrical wires on a grey day. They congregate near a tiny park outside a subway station in Toronto. I love these birds. They are a familiar and often undervalued sight in the city. But I enjoy seeing them on my walks, being careful, however, not to walk directly underneath them!
Pigeons on the wires, December 2012, Toronto
Ice Crystals
Posted: January 21, 2014 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto, Water | Tags: Canada, cold, ice, ice crystals, January, Toronto, winter Leave a commentWe’re back to a cold snap in Toronto–around -20°C–which is cold for the city. Here’s two views of a window with beautiful ice crystals this morning.
Ice Crystals on the window, Toronto, January 21, 2014
Ice crystals on the window, Toronto, Jan. 21/14
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
Todmorden Mills
Posted: March 15, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto | Tags: beauty, cars, heritage site, nature, Ontario, snow, Todmorden Mills, Toronto, trees, wildflowers, winter, woods Leave a comment
Yellow House at Todmorden Mills, Toronto, March 2013
Last Friday I went to Todmorden Mills, a heritage site in Toronto adjacent to a wildflower preserve. Todmorden Mills is off Pottery Road, near Bayview Avenue and the Don Valley Parkway, so this visually beautiful place has a backdrop of rushing traffic. Often I cannot shut out the distressing sound of the cars, but was able to accept them this day and focus on the physical scene. Indeed, a disturbing part of living in the city is the necessity of shutting down senses at times as a form of self-preservation.
Wildflower preserve by Todmorden Mills, Toronto, March 2013
Wildflower Preserve adjacent to Todmorden Mills, Toronto, March 2013
However, last week as I walked around the grounds I did enjoy the snow that hadn’t fully melted in the valley, the trees, shrubs, stream and old buildings. I imagined what the land this city sits on might have looked like in the late 1700s when a sawmill and grist mill were built here. The strangeness of roaring cars and trucks adjacent to the remains of this old community brought forth feelings I’ve had before about being in two worlds. And, at the same time, I felt refreshed by spending an hour or so in this bit of preserved nature and history in the midst of the city.
At Todmorden Mills, Toronto, March 2013
Todmorden Mills, March 2013 with the Brick Works Shuttle Bus passing by on Pottery Road
Goodbye February
Posted: March 1, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Plant Life, Toronto, Water | Tags: Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada, Dundas Street, February, grey, Henry Moore Sculpture, Ontario, photography, rain, streetcar, Toronto, trees, wet snow, winter Leave a comment
February 28/13, remnants of a very wet snow in Toronto.
Yesterday I took the 505—Dundas—streetcar into Toronto’s downtown. It had snowed and rained all day on the 27th, leaving some wet snow on the residential streets. However, downtown it was hard to tell there had been any snow the day before.
The Henry Moore Sculpture outside the Art Gallery of Ontario, February 28/13, Toronto
The Henry Moore with small trees outside the AGO, Toronto, Feb. 28/13
Here’s some of the photos I took showing the grey day, sometimes through grey areas of the city, winding up near the Art Gallery of Ontario. Downtown, the occasional tree softened the gritty scene.
From the 505 Streetcar on Dundas Street, Toronto, Feb. 28/13
Riverdale Park, Toronto, February 28/13
In the Snow at Kortright Centre for Conservation, 2
Posted: February 28, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Plant Life | Tags: Kortright Centre for Conservation, nature, Ontario, snow, Stream, trees, winter, woods Leave a comment
Kortright Centre in the Snow, Feb. 10/13, Ontario
Here’s a few more photos from our day at Kortright Centre earlier this month. A beautiful, memorable time in the snow.
Kortright in the Snow, Feb. 10/13
Stream through the snow at Kortright Centre, Feb. 10/13
Snow at Kortright Centre on old roots, Feb. 10/13
At Kortright Centre, Feb. 10/13
After the Snowfall at the Evergreen Brick Works
Posted: February 9, 2013 Filed under: Ontario, Toronto | Tags: Brick Works, Evergreen Brick Works, landscape, nature, snow, snowfall, Toronto, weather, winter Leave a comment
Brick Works in the Snow, Feb. 9, 2013
Yesterday and the night before we got 25 – 30 cm of snow in Toronto. This was the most significant snowfall we’ve had this year, and the most we’ve had in the past five. Last year we shockingly had only a dusting here and there.
Evergreen Brick Works, after a snowfall in Toronto, Feb. 9, 2013
I went out walking in the storm yesterday. I loved seeing the fresh snow and felt a sudden sense of loss because snows like this used to be regular occurrences and not the big deal this one seemed. I was then glad I could feel love for snow, something that I didn’t realize I strongly felt. And glad I could feel this before snow becomes even more rare than it is now, as it seems it will.
Shadows and a snow covered pond at the Brick Works, Feb. 9, 2013
Today my husband and I went to the Evergreen Brick Works to take advantage of the beautiful sights I felt awaited us at this former industrial site turned into a sanctuary of sorts. We weren’t disappointed. Here are some of the photos I took.
Blue/purple shadows on the snow, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Feb. 9, 2013.
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