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Christmas Poems & Pictures
Christmas Poems & Pictures “Music on Christmas Morning” by Anne Brontë Music I love - but never strainCould kindle raptures so divine,So grief assuage, so conquer pain,And rouse this pensive heart of mine -As that we hear on Christmas morn,Upon the wintry breezes borne. “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by C. C. Moore …And then, in …
Christie Pits Baseball
Intercounty Baseball at Christie Pits Christie Pits for Summer Baseball and Sports Fun Since the Blue Jays are playing Gosh Awful baseball with confiscatory prices for everything at a game including the tickets , my Tennis buddy and I decided to take in a Toronto Maple Leafs Intercounty Baseball game with the Kitchner Rangers at …
Allan Gardens Easter Show
As we have seen Spring dawdles and dallies with Winter in Toronto for triple or more weeks of cool, dank, and drenched daze of Faux Spring in the GTA. So in these pressing times, this party seeks relief at the city’s designated Spring-reminder Shelters. Two favorites are Allan Gardens and Edwards Park and Gardens. Since …
Spring Dawdles
Across Canada Spring tarries, plays hide and seek with Winter for 4-6 weeks of overtime. Yes BC and sometimes Alberta get the Pacific borme reprieve from Winter’s Dalliance while the rest of Canada has to wait and wonder what true Spring is like. The Masters Golf Tornament in Augusta Georgia taunts Ontarians with a four …
Toronto’s Fall Colors
Fall Colors in Toronto are a bit reluctant, a dash of sporadic sparkles, appearing in fits and starts, but blushingly exotic when found: This freakish Nature, becoming as irascible as the the current weather cycling on bye, is a departure from expectations – especially in the Humber River Valley which has accommodated such weather departures …
Fall Hues Enchantments
The Fall Colors are reluctant this year – at mid October when normally there is a crescendo of Oaken Ochre, Maple Red & Orange, Aspen and Birch in shimmering yellows and even exotic hued Sumac the goto places in the ravines and valleys of Toronto have only glimpses of the last two years glorious parade …
Spring Has Sprung
3 weeks ago, our posting was that Spring was very tardy, a month in and no sign of green; not even leafbuds on the trees. Well now it is safe to announce that … Green is in Now I was going to put an exclamation point at the end of “Green is in”, but inspection …
Waiting for Spring
A time honored Toronto …. no an Ontario ritual … okay, a Canadian tradition is to wait for Spring to officially arrive. Or more explicitly, for Winter to be gone completely. No frosty mornings, nor mid day snow flurries, no night time ice patches on the roads. You would think in this unmistakable era of …
Leaving Allan Gardens
Leaving Allan Gardens in the Midst of a March snow flurry I was hunkering down for a dull, damp, chill walk to King: when a construction fence at Sherbourne and Gerrard interceded. …interrupted my thoughts …imposed on my awareness …exploded onto consciousness bang! Ideas began swirling. What were the rhythms here? Maybe…
The Tapering of Honest Eds
Here is the scene at Honest Eds just before Christmas 2016. Of course lots of activity as its shopping time and for one final spree Torontonians can indulge themselves in the search for bargains to be found at Honest Eds. And a year later the Store is enduring a slow dismantling in December; but this is …
Anticipating Christmas Show at Allan Gardens
Last Christmas Allan Gardens had a fabulous floral show. Here is a chosen Christmas Sampler: [row cols_nr=”2″][col size=”4″] Poinsetta on Parade [/col][col size=”4″] Poinsetta Dancing [/col][col size=”4″] Merry Go Round [/col][/row] Okay we are having a little pattern fun here derived from last years Christmas show – here is the some more realistic images: Summary …
Toronto Allstar BigBand II
Toronto ‘s Allstar BigBand has been featured here before. So whats new this year? Well the sound is the same – rich, brassy and full of fun. And the music is drawn from the BigBand era of the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s that helped North Americans get through the Depression, World War II and the …
Jane’s Walk : BBall at Christie Pits etc.
Normally Jane’s Walks mark the true beginning of Spring – mid May when the tulips are in full bloom. But BBall at Christie Pits in July is proof that Jane’s Walks are now occurring all Summer long and well into Fall especially in the Toronto area. Here are some upcoming early Summer Walks: The featured walk …
Pixof Toronto Spring Background Images
The images used in the background slider for Pixof Toronto in Spring are from Allan Gardens 2017 Easter Show : This Easter there were many new floral surprises like 4 Poster Amarylis, Orchids out from behind their standard glass enclosures, and the Koi pool dressed to the Nines were just some of the highlights. Because Allan …
Beaches Jazz Festival Treasures
Swing Music and Dancing are still popular well beyond the 1930s, 1940s and 1950. Yes they they have a lot of infectious tunes and songs created by Tommy and Jimmy, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and a host of other great musicians that helped a North America get through a Economic Depression and World …
Spring is Official with Scottish Dancing in Edwards Gardens
Every Winter the Wish for Spring hatches 3-4 months early. But one never knows in Toronto when Spring has officially landed given the flux of cold weather deep into May and even June. However, culturally Spring has officially arrived with the commencement of the Scottish Country Dancing in Edwards Gardens the first Tuesday in June and …
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Allan Gardens Christmas Show
Accept a heartfelt apology. After last years masterful Christmas Floral exhibition by Allan Gardens horticultural designers, your Toronto photographer thought that it would be very hard to top that show. So making the trip over to Sherbourne and Carlton slipped into the New Year. What a mistake! And here is the evidence: So if you …