Theme Day - Photo Of The Year

The January 1 theme for the City Daily Photo blogger community is "photo of the year" which can be your best or your favourite photo that you had posted over the past year. I chose this one of the Toronto skyline as seen from the Toronto Islands in summer since one of my favourite things is to take the ferry over to the Islands and wander around enjoying all the fabulous views and just relaxing away from all the traffic and construction in the city. I had originally posted this one for the July 1 theme day.
To see more "Photos of The Year" from around the world, click HERE.

Theme Day - "Celebrating Summer"

The July theme for the City Daily Photo blogs is 'Celebrating Summer" and I chose this pic of the Toronto skyline with the CNTower and the harbour taken from the Toronto Islands on a warm evening just after sunset. The city comes alive down by the lake in the summer with sailboats racing and people walking on the various beaches and best of all taking the ferry over to the Islands and enjoying the parks and beaches there!
To see more ways to celebrate summer click here.
And Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!

Sitting On The Dock - Ward's Island

This was my view while sitting on the dock on Ward's Island waiting for the ferry to arrive for the trip back to the mainland.  The sun had just set so it wasn't totally dark yet - super atmosphere, perfect evening, and a great view across the harbour! 

"Sugar Beach"

Like many cities around the world, Toronto is in the process of reclaiming a lot of the downtown industrial properties along the harbour for recreational uses and "Sugar Beach" is one of the latest examples. This 2 acre urban beach was previously an ugly industrial parking lot but a redesign by Montreal-based, landscape architect Claude Cormier has transformed it to include a beach, a plaza space for performances, and a tree-lined promenade. It is called "Sugar Beach" since it is right beside the Redpath Sugar factory which is where that ocean-liner in the pic is unloading.

That water feature periodically spurts up high into the air giving the kids a real treat!

Redpath's is to the west but the main view from the beach is to the lake - south - I showed it here.

Hazy Harbour

It is 35˚C (95˚F) and very humid here today so it seemed like a good idea to head downtown to the harbour for brunch, but.... there was a 1 hour wait for food at the wonderful patio restaurant with this view, so it was back home for a home-made feast! This shot is of the east end of the harbour with a view of the Toronto Islands (in the background) which separate the harbour from Lake Ontario. The islands are mostly parkland although 2 of them still have really neat old homes that have been saved from expropriation. It is a short ferry ride out to the islands and it is a real escape from the bustle of the city - no cars or traffic at all! Click on the 'islands' label below for more info.

This is my 500th post - who would have thought!!

Favourite Part of Town

The theme for the month is "my favourite part of town" which I find really difficult - I like too many areas like the Annex, Yorkville, and the U of Toronto campus, etc. But if I have a free day I love to head down to the lake especially around the harbour and up into the financial district looking for public art. So here is my shot taken from Harbourfront, showing the CN Tower and some of the towers of the downtown area.

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Sunny harbour

Went down to the lake today and didn't want to come back. You can see the CN Tower from all over the city!