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Garden Turtle

Garden Turtle

A ceramic turtle guards the garden in front of my house.

Mango Twist Iced Tea

Mango Twist Iced Tea

Went to the T Cafe just a few blocks away from the university this afternoon to work on a project with a friend.  They were serving this really flavourful and vividly coloured “mango twist” iced tea.

Chinese Food Truck

Chinese Food Truck

It’s incredible how these trucks can squeeze so many woks in that little truck to make 50+ items!

How Coyote Was Swallowed by the Sandia Mountains

How Coyote Was Swallowed by the Sandia Mountains

Last night I went to a showing of How Coyote Was Swallowed by the Sandia Mountains at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

Cukier Wanilinowy

Cukier Wanilinowy

Package of vanilla sugar I got from a Polish friend.  I wonder what I should try it in first?

Mark of Death

Mark of Death

An update to my earlier post about my dead tree: it has now been marked by the City of Toronto Department of Urban Forestry for chopping. Next spring, they are going to plant a London plane tree to replace this dead maple.

Double Rainbow

Double Rainbow

I snapped this shot of a double rainbow over the Horseshoe Falls in the midafternoon. It is interesting to note that the secondary rainbow (the outside arc) is much fainter and its spectrum is in reverse order than the inner rainbow, with red being inside and violet on the outside.

Furry Blast

Furry Blast

Here is a picture of the Canada Day fireworks we ’sploded today.  I left the shutter on for 2 seconds and it gave this cool furry light trail effect.