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Walking in Markham
February 23, 2014
Driving north on Reesor Road in Markham, I caught sight of some abandoned buildings that exerted a magnetic pull on my car. Two feet of snow still blanketed everything, but I couldn’t resist getting out and trudging through the drifts to take a closer look.
Adventures in Trespassing – Part Two
February 13, 2014
Note to self: if you want to have a more successful spontaneous exploration, plan ahead. It’s one of the snowiest winters on record, I’ve just gotten my camera back from the repair shop, and with some errands north of the city yesterday, it seemed the perfect time to do some winter landscape shooting. I can’t […]
Apple Pickin’ Time
October 3, 2013
There’s something about a change in season that always makes me yearn to get outside with my camera. As I try to cross things off my “Canadian girl bucket list”, I decided a trip to an apple orchard would kill a few proverbial birds with one stone. Lucky for me, my intrepid mom was game […]
Gracie Goes to Stratford
September 6, 2013
Gracie came to us from Toronto Animal Services, but her adoption from that shelter is a very small part of her story. Grace is a puppy mill survivor. She survived thanks to Kimberly Thomas of Kismutt Rescue (www.kismutt.com), a passionate animal rights advocate who continues to pull dogs out of puppy mills, and educate people […]
Canadian, eh
March 24, 2013
Growing up in Winnipeg, I have a clear memory of my mother sharing a story of her childhood visit to a maple farm. She recalled throwing freshly boiled syrup in the snow, salivating at the memory of the resulting delicious taffy. How is it that her sweet tooth-afflicted daughter has never enjoyed that experience firsthand? This […]
