day 746 - the restaurant ship

on my hunt for letters of the alphabet, passed by captain john's and had a glance at the menu. the fares sounded good and i was surprised by the prices. in fact they have lunch specials for just under $8. that is not bad! and i resolve to go there one of these days for lunch.

day 378 - gazebo

this is the gazebo that can be found on the grounds of St. James Cathedral on King and Church Streets.

day 353 - birds

on a cold, cold day, these birds are all huddled together up the hydro wires on main street and danforth. this is just a portion of the wire i took. that wire to the left was also covered with these black birds. the alfred hitchcock movie came to mind. yowsers!

day 316 - bamboo wall

bamboo walls on the bar counter of a japanese restaurant, not at all polished. when i go back next to manila (if, i should say) i will go to the province and find a bamboo house - bamboo floors, bamboo walls, bamboo roof, bamboo stairs - everything made of bamboo. only, it's kind of hard to sleep on the floor, or even on the bamboo bed. yes, no cushions or mattress. but bamboo house, it's like communing with nature.

day 315 - business sign

"hear for life", get it?

snowy day in toronto, not a lot but steady. the nice thing? it's not bitter cold. which is good for a change.

day 307 - Christmas on the danforth

there are Christmas trees everywhere on the danforth today. both sides, the whole stretch of danforth to victoria park on the east and after main street to the west. beautiful pine needles decorated with berries and cones. this one is in the front of canadian tire store.

day 302 - a Christmas display

a Christmas centerpiece, all natural and live materials make up this elegant centerpiece, and the pines also emit some very pleasant aroma. it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, in fact it's 19 days more and it's the big day already. gotta buy those gifts!

day 283 - remember us?

on day 229 , i took a picture of these four young trees on the danforth when they still sported their golden leaves. since then, rain and wind had battered them and this is how they look now. pretty soon, there will be the snow.

day 270 - burning bushes

the morning sun on these bushes makes it look like moses' burning bush. nature never ceases to amaze me. the birds are still around, too many of them, and the leaves haven't all fallen yet. a lot of trees on the danforth are holding out. maybe the snow's never coming, just the uncomfortable cold every now and then. that wouldn't be a bad idea eh?

day 268 - berries

these berries (i don't know exactly what kind of berries these are, or even if they are edible or anything at all) are thriving in the cold, the only colour in the rather drab gray slabs and withered leaves. there were many of them, but i wouldn't dare touch them, lest they give me some allergies or somethin'.

day 257 - a hallowe'en garden

walking around the neighbouring streets on the danforth, i found this wonder fall garden. the colours i think are really attractive, so autumn...so...hallowe'en!

day 248 - autumn leaves

at the Playter Park, a teeny-weeny park at the end of Danforth just east of the viaduct, on the north side, the trees are still only 50% turning gold, but there are two trees whose leaves are solid red and provide a nice foredrop to the still green ones. the grass below is flooded with their deep red leaves.

day 243 - another perfect fall day

it's another perfect day today. and TGIF! it was cooler in the morning, but the sun shone brightly until sunset, with the temperature reaching the 20's. if it would only be like this year round, i won't even complain if there is a day or two of rain or snow.

day 242 - pumpkins

for only $5.99/lb yaiks! the sun's shining on this bounty. beautiful, perfect fall day today.

day 227 - a bunch of cannas

"all my instincts, they return and the grand facade, so soon will burn without a noise, without my pride, I reach out from the inside" (in your eyes, peter gabriel) - that was the song that was playing somewhere along the danforth while i was taking this photograph of tropical cannas, the only one along the danforth.

day 224 - the danforth

it's a beautiful sunday morning here in toronto today and the danforth is so quiet. if this weather stays like this until march, we won't be complaining, would we? but we take whatever we can and so we will enjoy this day.

day 221 - walls (happy birthday, little darren!)

"people are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges." i know i had posted a photograph of a wall some few weeks back. but i have a penchance for the ordinary things that others would not have noticed. for example this wall with its bricks exposed. i find poetry and romance in things like this, and today it's the picture de jour.