day 454 - coming out from the dead of winter

these daffodils have risen from their quiet winter repose, pushing through the dead grass of last summer.

day 409 - winter, yet again

it's been snowing all day. after that beautiful, albeit cold, weekend, they give us this. you could barely even see the CN tower. of course, i am pissed with the cold because i have the flu. so bring on the cold as i am bound for bed and stay there and vegetate for the next 24 hours!

day 407 - a long walk

at the beaches enjoying the beautiful weather, the sound of birds and the singing of the breeze.

day 406 - a robin

spring must have really sprung because this robin is out and about and really friendly, too. i think it knew that i was taking a picture of him so he just kept on turning this way and that way.

day 400 - windows

i wonder how this photograph didn't make it to my 365 album? in any case, walking around the downtown core on a quest to find something worthwhile to photograph, i chanced upon this old building with this window. behind the building is a more modern glass structure. i'm pretty sure i'd be back this way again in the summer. this is a very interesting window.

day 394 - the Cathedral of St. James

taking a break from the monotonous office lunch, i sauntered by king and church streets to take photos. the bells of St. James actually beckoned me.

day 390 - just an old fashioned mailbox

it's a good thing that i was able to take this picture of this mailbox when i did, because a week later on, when we came back to the place this had been vandalized with graffiti's. i love this mailbox, it's like peeking at the old days and you don't even need permission to peek. damn those people who vandalized it!

day 388 - a white birch

all alone in the snowy park.

day 387 - suspended

this is a view of my building's backyard. look at that piece of tree trunk (or whatever that is) that is caught between the thick hydro wires. no matter how i try to figure it out, i can't fathom how it got there. if it's light enough to toss, you'd think the winds would have blown it off already. and if it's heavy, how the hell was one able to toss it that high?

day 386 - winter wonderland

using the fish-eye effect of my new canon point and shoot, this was yesterday morning's scene at that parkette near my apartment building - with the sunrise at the top of the roofs of the townhouses, the white snow on the ground and on the grass and trees, it was really winter wonderland.

day 385 - here we are again

in day 229 and day 283 we've seen these guys in their fall season get up. so now, here they are after that snowstorm last night, all decked in snowy ice that would soon melt.

day 384 - downtown toronto's skyline

part of the toronto city skyline, taken on a dull winter day.

day 383 - golden grass

using my olympus camera's super macro, this is the detail of those tall grasses growing around the metro convention centre in downtown toronto.

day 382 - quaint

a building on queen street west, in the fashion district, with interesting detail work above its windows. and the windows themselves are kind of unique. taken on a really cold day.

day 380 - mural on a bridge

it's a railway bridge, though. somewhere in the east end.

day 379 - windows

on a cold winter day, i go around the downtown core and try to get shots of old buildings. people look at me funny, like they've never seen a person with a camera before. then they see me aiming at the upper windows of buildings and they cover their faces, like, come on, people, i'm not even aiming at you!

day 375 - an architrave

this is the facade of the metropolitan united church on queen and church streets. it's always giving me a good invite whenever i am in the area, so, why not take a few shots. it's a nice and engaging subject to photograph, all the time.

day 372 - mini icicles

we had a thawing period during the weekend and then it got freezing again today. this was what's left of the melting ice from yesterday. damn! i haven't captured any real icicles yet this year. but then again, at the same time, i don't want it any more freezing cold than it is now. say, why don't we just bring in the sunshine, huh?

day 367 - didn't we see this one already?

yes, but this is from a different view. taken at the corner of bay and lakeshore. i swear to you, this tower is stalking me!

day 363 - testing the newly-found knowledge

as in newly-learned knowledge in taking photographs with two smart kids from work. we went to henry's, paid a not-so-serious sum of $75 to learn mostly what we already know, and forget the new ones just learned. bien, c'est la vie! so we hung around the Metropolitan United Church and despite the snow that had started to fall, we took some pictures.