Artist Diary
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IF YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED BUT NOT RECEIVING MY EMAILS…
Read more…: IF YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED BUT NOT RECEIVING MY EMAILS…Dear Readers, I recently noticed that a significant number of you have subscribed to my blog but haven’t completed the final confirmation step. This often happens due to the email verification process or the WordPress account prompt that follows—both of which are standard parts of the system I use to manage subscriptions and keep your…
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EVERGREEN GARDEN
Read more…: EVERGREEN GARDENI returned to Allan Gardens, and to my surprise, everything was moved and replaced with plants and flowers in preparation for the Christmas show. Here’s a preview of what’s on show starting today! (The show official starts on December 6, 2015) #trees #evergreens #gardens #winter #Christmas #Toronto #birds
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EXOTIC FLORALS
Read more…: EXOTIC FLORALSHere are more photos from Allan Gardens. I am not a fan of Poinsettia flowers, maybe because they are associated with Christmas, but these Shimmering Pink varieties, I do have to say, are stunning! I love pink! Also, there were white orchids. The photos for them turned out even more amazing than I expected, because…
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A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS
Read more…: A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESSI went to Allan Gardens in Toronto to check out their conservatory. It was a larger greenhouse than I thought it would be! It was quite an enjoyable outing for me. They had their Chrysanthemum flower show on, and I took these images. Did you know that these flowers are traditionally used in Chinese herbal…
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PORTRAIT OF ERICA ROSS
Read more…: PORTRAIT OF ERICA ROSSLast week I photographed my friend, Erica Ross at her home. Erica is an incredibly dynamic and vivaious woman. She teaches about the Divine Feminine and she told me how important it was for her to teach her daughter to trust in her own instincts about making decisions. I found this so refreshing and relevant. So often…
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THE RUINS OF TORONTO’S PAST
Read more…: THE RUINS OF TORONTO’S PASTI finally got around to editing these photos from the summer. These are from Guild Park in Scarborough, a hidden gem in the outskirts of Toronto. The park houses the selvedges of old bank buildings, some dating as far back to the 1800s. It amazed me to see that Toronto once had buildings of this ancient…
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AUTUMN IN ST. LAWRENCE MARKET
Read more…: AUTUMN IN ST. LAWRENCE MARKETThere’s something about visiting traditional food markets that connect us back to humanity. The live interaction with shop keepers, the simplicity of handwritten signs, the beauty in the way the food is displayed. It takes us back to a time before highly packaged foods and the complication of an over-abundance of choice on the supermarket…
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BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND
Read more…: BIG FISH IN A SMALL PONDLast week when I was at the conservatory taking photos of the chrysanthemums, I also saw these beautiful goldfish in the pond. I was quite amazed at how big they were. They swam quite quickly, so it wasn’t easy to get good shots of them. This reminds me of the saying about being a “big…
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AN EXPLOSION OF COLOUR
Read more…: AN EXPLOSION OF COLOUR[tatsu_section padding= “90px 0% 90px 0%”][tatsu_row layout= “1/1”][tatsu_column layout= “1/1”][/tatsu_column][/tatsu_row][/tatsu_section]
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PEOPLE IN THE CITY
Read more…: PEOPLE IN THE CITYI like shooting through windows. There’s something magical about seeing a reflection of the world, layered on top of what can be seen through the window. It’s as though there exists a parallel universe dancing on the glass, and you will only know it’s there if you are observant enough to see it. This set of…
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WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES…
Read more…: WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES…They say that when one door closes, another one opens. But it doesn’t happen, I would say, try a window. I don’t believe in waiting around for things to happen. I believe in making them happen for yourself. And sometimes, when a door doesn’t seem to budge at all, it’s time to move on and find…