Category: Blog
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Whenever I dig back into past photos, the route taken reminds me what we were up to. In the case of this post – and “on this day” from 2025 – we were definitely out to get cat food and groceries. What’s nice about revisiting this roll is not so much the content (we haunt…
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Speaking of the awful heat, we learned a valuable lesson while on our walk from Yonge to the Farm: as beautifully green as Cabbagetown is, it did not escape our notice that the further east we walked, the more humid it became. The plant life was pleased as punch, but, well, I’ll just say that…
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Saturday was icy. Really icy. Winter boots or no, making sure that feet remained on the ground and tea kettles over bums required a whole lot of cautious and small steps and much more concentration than normal. The walk to the Glebe from our apartment isn’t a long one, but we sure took our time…
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On our first full day in the city, heat dome intensifying, we decided that our first goal for the day was to visit the Riverdale Farm! Neither of us had ever been, but I had heard about it many times growing up and, of course, it didn’t escape us that there were at least a…
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While it wouldn’t be accurate to say that I don’t make colour photos during the winter, my use of colour film certainly slows down! In spite of the heavy overcast and threat of 12mm worth of “wintry mix” (spoiler: it was just rain by the time it came), I decided that I wanted to make…
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Tummies filled, we left the restaurant after a good meal and decided to take a slow and leisurely walk back toward the hotel. It’s likely that a satisfying meal lifted our spirits a little, because when I re-scanned these negatives, I was somehow remembering that the temperatures had become a little more reasonable. Looking at…
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No, the title isn’t a self-critique: we’re entering a January warm spell! This means snow, sleet, and slush. We’re a bit messy here in Centretown. Still, given how often I’ve complained about this year’s cold, the temperatures that are making the slushy mess possible are more comfortable than the deeper winter chill we’ve had until…
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When we planned our 2024 summer vacation, we chose mid-June because, and I quote myself, “It won’t be *too* hot yet. Toronto becomes mostly unbearable in July and especially August!” It turns out that nature, as it so often does, intended to make a complete fool of me. We boarded a VIA Rail train on…
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