day 570 - the rock

the fountain rock to be exact. at the rosetta mclain gardens.

day 569 - bicycle lady

there was an incident in one of the subway stations and the train i was on going home was asked to go back and we were stranded. since i am in the vicinity and only five subway stops away, i decided to just walk home. on the way, i espied this lady making an illegal left turn, and of course, biking without her helmet. i don't understand why people risk their lives this way.

day 568 - a garden full of flowers

this is part of the rosetta mclain gardens. i used panoramic view but i made a mistake with the third photo so that it looks disjointed. oh, well.... click on the photo to view large and you will appreciate the photograph better. thanks.

day 567 - ironic, isn't it?

may contain traces of ... peanuts and other nuts. hmmm, i think it contains cashew nuts! what a nut!

day 566 - no way out!

two flies got fooled by this little sneaky spidey into its web. and i caught it in the act. yeah! i suppose that takes care of dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner. smorgasbord!

day 565 - well, mr. presley is...

in the building...or in the middle of the road, front street, to be exact. 'one for the money, two for the show'...yeah, baby, shake it good!

day 564 - humiliation

yes, it is humiliation - to be standing there flat naked for all the world to see and then have a seagull stand on your head, and worse, poo on your head. yup! this little guy (no pun intended) is humiliated enough. but he's a man (obviously) so i'm sure he can take it.

day 563 - and then i drowned it

yes, i did it! for art's sake i drowned this lily. but didn't get the effect i had in mind. oh, well.

day 562 - calla lily

it's on it's way out, so to speak. but the colour is still as vivid as when it was new.

day 561 - it feels so cramped around here

"am i really getting old and shrinking?"

day 560 - shelter

two bees taking shelter inside a hosta flower during the storm.

day 559 - which is the better of the two jobs?

a lawyer labours his way through documents and the law; the window washer pauses to fix his iPod up 35 storeys.

wait, a minute! didn't you guys just cleaned the windows two or three days ago?!

day 558 - one more time

for the flatiron building's famous mural. why not? it's a delight to the eye, isn't it?

day 557 - going up

the steps to where?

day 556 - all in a day's work

squeegee in action 35 floors above ground. what a brave soul.

day 555 - go and see if the water is cold

the lazy bums, just sitting around there.

day 554 - time to go

back to reality of the everyday life. like job, i suppose, to be able to afford getting this baby on to the waters the next time. ah, some people are so lucky.

day 553 - a father and son moment

nothing like a father teaching his son how to fish. taken early this morning at the toronto yacht marina by the beaches. i'm shooting the ducks, they were in the way.

day 552 - what the...?!? #2

now, i love ivy vines especially when they're climbing and covering the walls of a very old building; i think it is romantic. but this? i think this is where "cousin it" lives, you know that character in the adams family! i mean, don't the people who live there want to see any sunlight at all?

day 551 - what the...?!?

i have never seen this thing before, around here at least. i've been monitoring them, waiting what becomes of this 'fruit' or 'pod' and what it looks like inside, short of plucking it and cutting it myself just to see. it looks daunting and i won't even touch it as it might be poisonous or something.

day 550 - long legs

on my way back from taking pictures at lunch, these two young women

were waiting for the lights to cross the street. one was standing beside me, the other in front of me. and great god, they are so tall. how tall, you ask? the top of my head was at level with their boobs, i really had to strain my neck looking up to see their faces. i think that they are runway models.

day 549 - a stray lily

a lonely lily sits alone among dead grasses and other bushes on the side of the road going to the beaches.

day 548 - rain threatens

this is the west entrance to the eaton centre. you can see in the glass window the reflection of the national life insurance building as well as the dark clouds carrying so much rain it got me wet afterwards. well, as long as the camera stayed dry. because heaven knows there's no medication for a camera that's got a cold!

day 547 - the millstone

an old millstone on display at the distillery district.

day 546 - stray flower

not really a stray flower, it's just that it was sticking out like a sore thumb, it being so different in colour and shape amongst daisies and such.

day 545 - after the rain

the plants around the neighbourhood looked happy after several days of hot and humid weather.

day 544 - reach for that sky

the quirky sky serves as a backdrop for the church tower on danforth street, while everyone below are merry-making.

day 543 - window talk

a window reflecting the building opposite it. taken at the distillery district.

day 542 - yellow herbie

haven't seen this baby in a long time, in a decent shape (and of course this is quite new so it's more than in decent shape!) and this lovely pastel yellow colour. yay!

day 541 - seafood platter

ahh! lunch of champions: scallops and fish fillet, lightly battered, garlic shrimp, mashed potatoes and gravy and what's not shown are the freshly steamed broccoli. healthy lunch, i say!

day 540 - if you build it...

...perhaps they will come.