Frrrrrrozen Toronto

While many folks around Toronto were clinging to whatever source of battery or heat they could get their hands on, I tried my hand at the lighter side of this ice storm we had here in Toronto.  Alli and I were fortunate enough not to have our power cut out when so many others in Toronto had nothing.  Now in all fairness, I have had my fair share of no power and/or heat in the aging building we live in (built back in the 1930s) so it wasn't as if I was basking in the glory of it or anything.  I just wanted to remind folks around Toronto that despite the bad weather, there were some beautiful sights and sounds happening around them.  If it's cold in your apartment or house, get outside!

It's going to be the same temperature outside so you might as well enjoy it for the time being.  You know... the glass is half full?  So that being said, Alli and I went for a nice long Sunday walk and snapped a few photos of what was going on in the city that day.  I'm hoping this paints a different picture than what the news was reporting.

(Overcast day and frozen tree limbs made for great black and white photos.)

(Damn focus didn't want to work until he/she flew away!)

(A wooden archway you could walk through had been dripping all night and then froze in the morning.)

(And inside the wooden archway was some chicken wire that worked out to be a great shot!)

I will try and have more photos uploaded as soon as I get a chance to edit them.

Winter In St. James Cemetary

If the vision of a cemetery in winter didn't bring out the joy in you, then I'm not sure what will (haha).  So after a good weekend of snowfall in Toronto, I found it to be the perfect opportunity to go for a walk outside and see what the fresh snowfall can offer.  St. James Cemetery, located at Bloor and Parliament, was eerily quiet, had a great snowfall, and some great lighting behind the clouds.

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Birthday In The Beaches

I don't know why I forgot to post these.  I suspect though that I had assumed they were already uploaded.  However it went down, I am staring at them this morning and they are waiting to be posted.  These photos are from my birthday outing.  I took the day off during the week and spent it with my lovely lady Allison.  We were not sure at first where to visit or even what to do for the day.  Since our first apartment together was in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood, I ultimately decided to go there for the day.

The sun was shining, the birds were out, and the people were not.  It made for a great morning and afternoon as the two of us grabbed a coffee and walked along the boardwalk.  Down on the water was where I was snapping the majority of my photos, as the ducks and water were looking great under the shining sun.

(A large freight boat off in the distance)

(Alli trying to call one of the squirrels out from behind the tree)

(And the squirrel...)