Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Ontario


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Saturday farmers' market and community skate at the Evergreen Brickworks.

Day Trip: Toronto Islands, Toronto, ON

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It took me three attempts to finally get on a ferry & to the Toronto Islands. And then a 5k walk from one end to another, many many detours, Lake Ontario swimming, beaches, glorious green, ice cream, amusements, animals, bicycles, boats, boats & more boats.
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And the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. This is important. The oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes (1808!) & the second oldest in all of Canada.

Still shocked that I made it home at all.

Dog Walk: Stone Beaches, Col. Sam Smith Park, Etobicoke, ON

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Strong wind & blazing sun & thick humid air & cold deep water are pretty much all perfect things, thanks.

Morningstar Mill, St. Catherines, ON

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Of all of the awesome things I did over the Canada Day long weekend, visiting the Morningstar Mill was definetly one of them.

Slowly filling in all of the many many gaps in my Ontario brain map.

Day Trip: Ruthven Park - Cayuga, ON

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Ruthven Park was a surprise from friends. 

It's a National Historic Site located along the banks of the Grand River (A National Heritage River!) and it consists of within a 1,500 acres of farm fields, meadows, Carolinian forests and wetlands, a 9 acre island, two cemeteries, the archaeological remains of the former town of Indiana, and a massive, gorgeous neo-classical estate (which is also a museum).

I guess they know me pretty well.

(This is pretty much a perfect place. You should go there if you are ever near Cayuga.)

Trip: Charleston & Myrtle Beach, SC

Mini-holiday, a quick jaunt to where it is warm, sunny & fresh produce abounds.

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It's been a wet, cold spring, and while I appreciate any day I can get outside, there is no substitute for heat, swimming in the ocean, jogging along the beach. Sun, sun, books & sun.

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A day trip to Historic Charleston, gorgeous streetscapes, long walking tours, taking photographs as fast as I can think. (I tell my parents that this is the sort of place I'm trying to help build & I think for the first time they fully understand what it is I do for a living.) Click.

Foggy Spring Rambling

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It has been a damp foggy spring so far. There are thousands of snails hiding out in a field not too far from my apartment, I find them stunning, but I also (unfortunately) find them crushed in the treads of my boots.

Up the Etobicoke River

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Today I went for a three hour walk up the Etobicoke River, starting where it empties into Lake Ontario, but without a specific destination. I had never walked that far up the river, always preferring to stay close to the lake, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

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Almost two hours in I found my destination: A designated concrete bowstring bridge, a treat for someone like me. (The heritage register I am responsible for has three such bridges.)

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I've realized I can only be truly comfortable near a large body of water. I guess it comes from growing up on the Great Lakes.

Fall Colours: Bridge & Burn, Frye Shoes, Filson!

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My Filson Mackinaw wool vest came in the mail today. I fell in love with it as soon as I got it out of the box. Unfortunately it fit too large, so I'm going to have to swap it for a size smaller.

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I'm usually a size medium, but I like my vests to fit a bit snug, so I went a size down. Now I'm looking at the XS, which I predict will be perfect. :)

Adventure: We Have Pies, Honey.

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Heritage farm tour.

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Homemade quinoa vegetable soup. (A beautiful day can still be chilly.)

Backyard Wedding

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Part IV of a slew of weddings this season. It's a very beautiful day, the tailend of summer.

Farming Dawn

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Bruce County, ON

19th C. Bank Barn

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Chatham-Kent, ON

Oh, Yeah!

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A happy beach rock. Etobicoke, ON.

Getting Permission

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It's important to me.

Port Colborne, ON

Modern, In Ruin

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Port Colborne, ON

Abandoned Summer Camp

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Port Colborne, ON

Queen Anne Revival

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Port Colborne, ON