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Monday, April 30, 2012

day 793 - right in the middle of the road

looking east on the danforth - yeah, i'm a renegade!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

day 792 - happy birthday, paul!

paul is 50, the sign says. so 50 beer mug posters were planted on his front lawn. i do not know who paul is, but happy birthday paul. (just passed by this house on my way to breakfast :-)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

day 791 - pink hyacinth

they come in pink, purple, white, blue, green even.

Friday, April 27, 2012

day 790 - in vivid colours

camera setting is screwed up, it's taking pictures in bigger files and this much colours. tee-hee! i might enjoy it for quite a bit, that is until i find out how to correct the damn settings.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

day 789 - shy and pink

this flower looks kind of shy, isn't it?

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

day 788 - bamboo

i might have posted this in here before. it's just that the light of the morning sun gave this a whole new look, including the whitewashed colour.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

day 787 - droplets

droplets on very tiny succulents.

Monday, April 23, 2012

day 786 - inside the magnolia flower

some revelations are unexpected no matter how much you expect them.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

day 785 - unfurl

what one notices when you're not looking: an unfurling young fern.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

day 784 - what is this thing!

very clever, indeed. a tree branch that grew around this wire fence, they cut the tree and left this part of it because they would have to destroy the wire fence if they had to do that. at a glance it looks like a dead animal, like a large rat or something.

Friday, April 20, 2012

day 783 - a dead butterfly


found this on the pavement today. poor butterfly!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

day 782 - catching a lot of sun

the pink tulips look pretty from its underside facing the bright sun. it's like they're trying to catch a lot of sunlight for later use!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

day 781 - feeling fluffy!

i don't know what this tree is but the clustered flowers sure look like cotton balls. they are so lovely!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

day 780 - small things come with a big punch

the flowers look like lily of the valley, but i've never seen LOTV clusterd like this. maybe it's a genus?

Monday, April 16, 2012

day 799 - i fancy a pansy

pretty miniature pansy flower; found on the side of a road.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

day 798 - hyacinthus

beautiful purple hyacinth; gives me a headache but i still like them. some people give me headaches, too, and i don't like them. they are not like the hyacinth.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

day 797 - the great wall of china

literally. a wall decorated with different patterns of china. it's great! get it?

Friday, April 13, 2012

day 796 - friday afternoon

toronto's rush hour. the sun casts long shadows of people on the pavement.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

day 795 - it's a plane!

yes, there's also a bird, right in front of its nose. but you must look closely.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

day 794 - sun peeking through

the morning sun peeking through the fence and through the kitchen window. damn those parking lot signs!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

day 793 - flower power-er

what holds the flower in all its beauty, but the little rocks soaked underneath just doing its duty.

Monday, April 9, 2012

day 792 - white roses

why not? it's free to take pictures at the market!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

day 791 - birthday flowers

"i sent thee late a rosy wreath
not so much honouring thee
as giving it a hope that there
it could not withered be"
- a song to celia, by ben jonson

Saturday, April 7, 2012

day 790 - what a waste!

as beautiful as this shot looks, it is still a pity and a waste that in the middle of the day when the sun is at its brightest, the lamp lights are on. what gives?

Friday, April 6, 2012

day 789 - slow beginnings

these buds on a tree look like little claws. grrr!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

day 788 - yellow roses for aida

these ones are bathed in lamplights. taken from a florist's display window.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

day 787 - spring flowers

soft...scent...thrill your senses.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

day 786 - never have enough

of moon shots. it's always a nice thing. i love moon shots!

Monday, April 2, 2012

day 785 - pink

"whatever you are, you are so beautiful and you make me giddy with happiness."

Sunday, April 1, 2012

day 784 - glorious sunshine

lovely jonquilles, bathed in morning sunshine. the best