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end of summer = Ex time

Posted: August 31, 2024 in events, people
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As summer slowly winds down and August suddenly becomes September…..

Canadian National Exhibition, CNE: version 2024

riders, some upside down, midway ride
young couple sitting on a ride at the ex midway waiting for it to start

CNE midway, ride operator in red shirt, Canadian National Exhibition

midway ride, swingers, up high, round and round

a young couple on a ride at the Canadian National Exhibition midway, looking not too happy and one looks like they want to throw up

father and son sitting on a ride at the ex midway waiting for it to start

four happy women at winning a midway game

father and two sons playing miway game with trough of hundreds of yellow duckies

midway rides, upside down, spinning around

ring of fire midway ride, cne

a young woman in black shorts throws a baseball in attempt to get it to land in basket to win game on the midway

view of midway from Nunavut Dr, with CN Tower in the distance

water shooting target game at ex with motor oil theme, pennzoil, castroil, etc, lots of stuffed red lobster prizes on display

bust a balloon game at the ex, a girl is throwing a dart at the wall of balloons

an observant young girl watches an older person getting ready to thrown small orange ball at midway game

man wearing black cowboy hat is buying two cobs of corn to eat

two boys on skyline ride, cne, one is using his phone to check his hair

roller bowler midway game, large one yed monster on the roof

people in ride on midway

reflections of people and midway in a fast food stand at the ex

evening on the midway, cne, the Ex,

window of a fast food stand at the ex,Canadian National Exhibition, cotton candy

at a food stand, lemonade, at the ex, one father is buying food for his son, another father is arguing with his daughter

young couple walking down the midway, she has a cowboy hat on and a sleeveless shirt with american stars and stripes, Canadian National Exhibition

two young girls with black braids standing outside a midway ride, talking to each other, Canadian National Exhibition

people, adults, playing midway game for prizes, throwing wiffle ball onto board filled with holes

riders spinning backwards, midway ride, cne,

riders spinning backwards, midway ride, cne,

water shooting target game at the ex

two people on scrambler ride at Canadian National Exhibition, evening

young man, ride operator, standing at side by exit gate watching the crowds

CNE midway, people and rides

freakk fries food stand at the ex, with a crowd of people in front of it

food stand at the ex, cotton candy, cold drinks, sno cones two people standing outside of it, looking grumpy

people walking past a food stand called cafe, big white sign with capital letters to spell cafe

mother and daughter walking at c ne Canadian National Exhibition, with stroller full of a large stuffie prize, girl has words on t shirt that say wild heart

people playing roller bowler game where you roll a bowling ball to win a prize

people playing roller bowler game where you roll a bowling ball to win a prize

gambling, roulette, at midway, CNE, Canadian National Exhibition

two boys strapped into a ride, wide open mouths as they spin around,

spinning around and upside down on cne midway rides

a man sitting on a bench at cne midway, in front of three women who are fascinated by something that they see in the distance, Canadian National Exhibition

young girl standing up her stroller so that she can more easily see what's happening at a game on the c n e midway

cut out of the Icee Bear, in red shirt and blur pants, a white smiling bear, with people in the background, including a man trying to hug a woman, at the C N E, Canadian National Exhibition

toss a ring around a yellow rubber ducky midway game, with people behind

a man sitting on bench at CNE midway, with a person asleep on the bench beside him, lying down

boy sleeping in stroller as people walk past, at the ex

evening, silhouettes of people on the skyline ride at the ex

Other CNE posts (if you’re not overwhelmed already!)

1. Around and around we go (2022)

2. Into the night (2014)

3. Afternoon at the Ex (2022)

4. CNE (2013)

you better watch out

Posted: November 22, 2016 in events, people
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You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin’ to town

… and he arrived on Saturday amidst the gusty winds and light snow.   Winter arrived on the same day!

Before the parade there was the Holly Jolly Fun Race, a 5 km race along the Santa Claus parade route.

Holly Jolly Fun Run, before the Santa Claus parade, runners getting ready to start the race - group shot, woman in Mrs. Santa outfit, man in ho ho ho toque and red Santa jacket, woman in blue and another woman in a white Toronto hoodie

Holly Jolly Fun Run, before the Santa Claus parade, runners getting ready to start the race - a boy with black scarf over most of his face, wearing red gloves, gives a two thumbs up

Santa Claus parade - two clowns in fuzzy hair wigs mingle amongst the crowd before the parade starts, lots of smiling faces.

Santa Claus parade - two kids in shiny orange, green, red and yellow costumes, sitting on a float in the parade, they have their hands in mitts covering their mouths and chins trying to keep warm.

Santa Claus parade - Toronto mayor JOhn Tory poses with two kids at the start of the parade

Santa Claus parade - people walking in the parade dressed in large blue and white rabbit costumes, all carrying large stuffed carrots.

Santa Claus parade - a girl is looking cold, sitting on a float in chef's jacket and hat and large orange scarf. She is sitting beside a large sculpture of a woman sitting on a wood chair with an orange cup in her hand

- a boy is sitting on a float in a white chicken costume, two fake but real looking chickens are beside him

Santa Claus parade -

Santa Claus parade - a float with a very large replica of Thomas The Tank Engine with three kids sitting beside it.

Santa Claus parade - two kids wearing Toronto Maple Leafs sweatshirts and toques sitting on a float with a loarge replica of Carlton the Leafs mascot. The skate and end of the stick of a large statue of a hockey player is also in the picture.

Santa Claus parade - a young boy stands with his back to the camera. He is in front of people sitting on the sidewalk waiting for the parade to start. It is snowing and people are all bundled up. In this case, a mother and her daughter are dressed in white jackets and have a white blanket over their knees.

Santa Claus Parade - a young woman with a gold crown decorated with little red hearts, wearing a pale yellow dress, walking in the parade, waves at the camera

Santa Claus parade - the mascot for the Toronto Raptors basketball team is standing on the back of a golf cart driven by two people, others in costume walk behind, people standing on the sidewalks watching the parade go by

Santa Claus Parade - a man dressed as a clown with frizzy orange hair and a polka dot outfit laughs as the wind tries to blow his wig off

Santa Claus Parade - a black woman in a red jacket and brown scarf poses with a man in a clown costume with bright red hair.

Santa Claus parade, pokemon float, with a large yellow pikachu in front

Santa Claus parade - many people dressed like raggedy Ann dolls in pink, orange and yellow with bright red hair.

Santa Claus Parade - a young Asian boy stands beside a float featuring large sized characters from the Peppa Pig story books.

Santa Claus parade - three people walking in the parade with costumes that make it look like they are clowns that are walking on their hands, people on the sidewalk watching the parade.

Santa Claus parade, along the beginning of the parade, off to the side, a character in a Chase costume (a character from the TV program Paw Patrol) is posing with two little kids and their father

Santa Claus parade - a young woman in a clown costume with large fuzzy white wig, waves, she is wearing white gloves

two kids dresses as Christmas elves in green, red and white wave to passersby as they sit on a float with a large Grinch reading a book, Santa Claus parade

Santa Claus parade - a woman in hat and plaid shirt has a puppet of a long necked white goose on her hand and arm

boys cheering and watching floats in the Santa Claus parade, some people dressed in costumes like gold and blue toy soldiers, a fox on a float.

Santa Claus parade - at the end of the parade, Santa arrives on his sled being pulled by reindeer

people standing on the sidewalk cheering and waving at the Santa Claus parade

Santa Claus parade - two girls huddle under blankets and parkas while sitting on the sidewalk waiting for the parade to start

#TOsanta | #TOsantaparade

Go Jays Go

Posted: October 10, 2015 in events
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It would be fun to write a post about the winning ways of the Blue Jays and up until two days ago I could have.  After a great ending to the baseball season, the Blue Jays entered the playoffs with back to back afternoon games against the Texas Rangers here in Toronto.   Yesterday the Rangers beat us 5 to 3.  Again today, the Blue Jays lost by two runs but this time it took 14 innings, or close to 5 hours.

The Rogers Centre holds just over 49,000 people and it was filled to capacity both days.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - many people on the stairs to the east of the stadium, and many people waiting in the square below, trying to get into the stadium through gate 6.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a woman gets the words Go Jays Go painted onto her cheek in blue and white paint

young man wearing Toronto Blue Jays light blue jersey, and he's wearing a blue jays flag as a cape that is billowing out from behind him. Other young men are around him, on their way to baseball game.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a young man wearing a Jays grey T-shirt break dances in front of a5 man drum band who are all wearing blue Blue Jays T-shirts. There are many fans watching them play.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a group of men buy baseball caps from a vendor outside the stadium.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a man in Blue Jays shirt and cap is being interviewed by CHCH TV

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a young woman poses with a man dressed in a chicken costume and a Blue Jays T-shirt

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a sea of heads, people waiting in line to get into the stadium.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a man watches over the crowd

A man wearing a white Blue Jays uniform plays the drums while an onlooker poses beside him for a picture.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - security guards checking the people entering through gates 10 and 11 at the Rogers Centre for a baseball game

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - the crowd waits in line to get into the stadium, with a statue of Ted Rogers standing over the people

The next two games of the American League Division Series are scheduled to be played in Texas on Sunday and Monday.  If a fifth game is needed (it’s a best of five series), it will played in Toronto on the 14th of October, next Wednesday.
Keep your fingers crossed!