Murals painted by Elicser in 2014, under the railway bridge on Bathurst St., just north of Dupont.
It is difficult to do justice to the paintings with a camera because of the structure of the bridge. The following images are ones that I took yesterday. Yes, there are many!
A mural near Church and Wellesley
Most of the mural.
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World Press Photo 14,
a traveling exhibition of prize-winning photographs assembled by World Press Photo.
At the Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place until October 21st
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These pictures were taken from drones that were flying over playing fields. The shadows of the players look like they are the people.
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Photo on the far left is “A flock of Guillemots (Uria aalgae) in a snowstorm in Vardo, Norway” by Markus Varesvuo of Finland.
LEFT: Survivors of typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa, on the eastern island of Leyte. One of the strongest cyclones ever recorded, Haiyan left 8,000 people dead and missing and more than four million homeless after it hit the central Philippines. Photo by Philippe Lopez of France.
CENTER: A woman reacts in disappointment after access to see former South Africa President Nelson Mandela was closed on the third and final day of his casket lying in state, outside Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. Photo by Markus Schreiber of Germany.
RIGHT: A group of blind albino boys photographed in their boarding room at the Vivekananda mission school for the blind in West Bengal, India. Photo by Brent Stirton of South Africa.
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Nuit Blanche – the Amazing Maze.
Some metal framework, some gauze-like fabric, and some interesting lights.
Shadows, lights, and colours to play with.
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Nuit Blanche, night of October 4 to morning of October 5
Queen Street West near John St., 4:30 a.m.
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Walking through the worlds, hundreds of inflatable globes. Even at 4:30 a.m. there was a long line to enter this installation.
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waiting for the screams
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tissue in greens and yellows.
Looking like candles on tall metal candlesticks.
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hanging
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The Milky Way from Dufferin to Elm Grove.
Once upon a time this alley led to a dairy. Story has it that milk was often spilt along the way.
At the west end of the Milky Way is a mural of two horses (one shown here), a wagon wheel, and an overturned milk can.
There is also quite a bit of graffiti in the alley.
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By the time of Confederation in 1867, one quarter of the population of Canada were of Irish ancestry. Although the Irish had been immigrating to what is now Canada for a long time, the Irish famine years of 1845 to 1849 saw an increase in the number of immigrants. Immigration peaked in the summer of 1847; boatloads of Irish settlers arrived. Most were very poor and sick. They landed in a number of places along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, including Toronto. Thousands of those Irish immigrants died in Ontario that summer, mostly from typhus (or typhoid fever).
Ireland Park is home to a memorial in honour of those immigrants. It is on the waterfront between Lake Ontario and the old Canada Malting Co. silos.
Sections of limestone fit together in a shape that resembles a boat.
Names are engraved on the sides of the limestone sections. They are placed such that they are in the gaps between the sections. At first they are not visible. It is only when you are close to the stone that you can see the names.
675 names are carved in the stone. These are the known names of the 1000 to 1100 people who died shortly after they arrived in Toronto in the summer of 1847.
The park also has seven sculptures by Rowan Gillespie of Dublin Ireland.
The installation is called ‘Arrival’.
‘The Jubliant Man’ from behind.
‘The Apprehensive Man’
for more information: the Ireland Park Foundation website
AIDS Walk, 13 September
Beginning at Yonge Dundas Square…..
Getting dressed and ready to walk.
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Making posters to carry in the walk.
….. north up Yonge Street…..
Test. Treat. Defeat.
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The walk made its way to the AIDS Memorial in Barbara Hall Park on Monteith Street (near Church and Wellesley).
Here, each walker was given a red carnation to leave at the memorial.
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Winding their way past the names of those from Toronto who lost their lives to AIDS.
The memorial was opened late in 1992 and dedicated during Pride Week in 1993.
There are about 2700 names now engraved on the plaques. New names are added once a year.
Enthusiastic volunteers cheer on the walkers.
A cheerful Team Miss Canada Globe stopped for me for a few moments.
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Money raised in the walk goes to support act (AIDS Committee Toronto).
The lead group in the walk.
Link to the official Toronto AIDS walk website
Back in May I posted some photos from a small dead end alley in Kensington.
This past weekend I took some pictures in a different Kensington alley.
Take a look 🙂
Eyes hold a fascination for me.
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It looks like she is in the midst of cleaning. Mop, broom and buckets handy.
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twins, similar but not identical
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The day after Labour Day, the official end of summer get back to school day.
So here are a few photos of the lazy hazy days of this summer past…..
summer love, in the Distillery District
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‘On a Toronto balcony’… or, ‘Looking out my window’
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Watching performers practise at Kultura, the Filipino Arts Festival, Wychwood Barns.
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Hanging out at the Music Garden, on the waterfront.
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