Category Archives: Photo Challenges

Summer Time Crazy

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

I’m sorry. I know I haven’t been around much. I blame summer. Maybe I’m just trying to make up for last year’s failure when I moped around with a broken collarbone for the entire summer feeling sorry for myself.  Or … Continue reading →

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June: Still Waiting For Summer To Begin

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

My presence on social media has been sporadic the past month as I try to squeeze in as much activity as I can before winter returns – which, based on current temperatures, feels like it won’t be long. Even though … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Bits

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

I thought I might be overdue for another review of the photo library looking for random finds that haven’t been shared.  I found a few. I wish that I had the creative gene to image a unique outer *door* like this … Continue reading →

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Doors, Ghosts, and More

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

To followup on my post earlier this week about the Winter Garden Theatre, today I’m featuring the interior doors and doorways of its main floor sister, the Elgin. She’s an elegant Grand Dame, faithfully restored to her former glory … save … Continue reading →

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Spring’s April Appearance

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

The month of April is almost at a close and I’m already in full anticipation of May ahead. April turned out to be crazy busy in all the ways that are good …. making plans, starting new things, exploring, and watching … Continue reading →

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From the Theatre to Slovenia

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Photos of doors have started to stockpile in my library, so today I’m *spring cleaning* and featuring some doors that haven’t received any of the attention they deserve. Up first are the front doors to the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

When I go on an excursion to look-up Toronto’s heritage buildings, I take one of two approaches.  It is either planned as a precision military-like operation with a map of addresses strategically laid out, … or I wing it. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Animal House

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

It had the look of a haunted house – dark and forbidding.  The room beyond the ragged curtains in the window seemed to imply it was empty and abandoned. A woman walking by, however, stopped to talk to me as I took … Continue reading →

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Winds Of Change Are Blowing

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

I’ve never been a fan of the month of March. I’ve whined in the past about Mother Nature being on a month-long grouch-fest at this time of year, but this March I decided to embrace a different attitude. March is a month … Continue reading →

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Discovering More Yorkville

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

My recent stroll into Yorkville produced a number of great door finds and today I’m featuring a few more them. Right next door to the heritage Fire Hall I featured last week, is this gem built in 1906 in what was … Continue reading →

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