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Mary
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Toronto (and Amherst Island) walker and (photo)blog creator. "As I Walk Toronto" can be found at https://mcfcrandall.blog No DMs please.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime Clocks, warped and wacky clocks because who really knows what time it is? Street art in a Toronto alley. #toronto #torontostreetart
Part of a street art mural painting on a garage door in a Toronto alley. Purple background, a yellow grandfather clock and two white round clocks. The numbers 5, 6, and up to 12, on the bottom clock are flying away.
May 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Many kinds of warblers - Cape May, Magnolia, Yellow, and more. Many kinds of sparrows - Vesper, Song, Chipping, and Swamp and more. Even spotted a Northern Mockingbird (with thanks to Merlin for the help in identifying!)
May 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Almost stepped on a baby bunny that was in long grass. I am not sure who was startled more, especially since it was the size of a rat. I calmed down once I saw the little fluffy white white tail as it very quickly hopped away
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The Baltimore Orioles and Hummingbirds are back! I also saw a Black-throated Blue Warbler today as well as a flock of Goldfinches.
May 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRoads Yonge & Wellesley streets, Toronto. Old buildings, new buildings... pedestrians, dogs, cyclists, scooter guy, cars and a bus stop.
At the corner of Yonge St and Wellesley street in Toronto, a man with a backpack sits on his bike waiting for a green light, man crossing street with a dog on a leash. Another person waiting, with a scooter
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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When interests come together..... the start of the next project #quiltsky and #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQs as in Q is for Quilt
close up of a section of a quilt top under construction, ohio star squares in red, orange, and pink fabrics.
April 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPattern Patterns in the panes of glass, pattern in stacked windows, as well as the familiar pattern formed by the bricks used to build the wall. Photo taken in downtown Buffalo NY #photography #BuffaloNY #urbanviews
Exterior wall of old brick building in downtown Buffalo New York. Many different shades of red brick used. Three windows in a column. The windows have up to 40 panes of glass, some broken and some missing.
April 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Vancouver B.C. has turned out to be an interesting city to walk around (although it does tend to rain here!). One of the things that I kept finding were bits and pieces of old rusty railway tracks that aren't used any more. #WhereIWalk #Vancouver
A shoe visible, standing on the wood railway tie between rusty metal railway tracks, with gravel between the wood. Vancouver B.C. Canada
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOodles Oodles of hearts on a wall, and door, in a Melbourne alley, Hosier Lane, #melbournegraffiti
walls in an alley covered with painted hearts in pink, red, and purple, with some black and white highlights, also some hearts painted on the sidewalk in front of the wall. Melbourne Australia, Hosier Lane,
April 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNoise A small but vocal crowd in Vancouver B.C., anti-Trump rally. Lots of cars honking in support!
Downtown Vancouver B.C., group of people on sidewalk and on one lane of street, with anti Trump signs, cars passing by, tall glass skyscrapers in the background.
April 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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#WhereIWalk, Acadia Beach (clothing optional!), Burrard Inlet Vancouver B.C. - where the driftwood is BIG! #vancouver #nature #Photography
A foot, standing on a driftwood log, on a beach of small pebbles. Also a larger log and some larger rocks, Acadia Beach, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
April 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMulticolored A colourful beach scene on Acland Street in St. Kilda, Melbourne. A colourful street in a colourful city! #melbourne #photography
Street art mural of a beach scene, in St. Kilda Melbourne, people tannng on the beach, a beachside convenience store, man in old sports car,
March 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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#WhereIWalk... noisily, through iced grasses, where everything is covered with ice after this weekend's freezing rain here in Ontario.
Looking down at the ground where the long dead grasses are now covered with a layer of ice.
March 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#Alphabet#Challenge #WeekJforJob The city of Melbourne Australia is in the process of adding a new subway with 5 stations through their CBD (Central Business District). Here are 2 men working on one of those stations.
2 men in orange safety vests up on a lift platform by the steel scaffolding of a new subway station. Steeples from a church (which is behind) show through the gaps in the scaffolding.
March 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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A snowy winter can be very scenic and beautiful but it can also be great to escape from it! Hanging out down under for a few days (family reasons) and enjoying the weather. Lots of blue sky today! A fragment of downtown Melbourne shown here.
Partial side view of an old building with interesting angles, some red brick and some painted white, contrast with dark blue shadowy building behind, and bright blue sky. In foreground is an old fashioned style lamp light with white globe and black wrought iron decorations.
February 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIisforInside Looking in the window, and then out the other side. Is she inside or out?? Single shot. On a sunny day (today) in the Mission District, San Francisco
Blue shutters for a window, table and chairs inside a cafe, a woman sitting on a bench outside the window, lots of reflections of cars and buildings, one way sign reflected too.
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Self portrait, sort of. Reflections on the beach, Woodbine Beach, Toronto. Winter Stations art installation. #torontoart #photography #torontophotography
reflections of the photographer in a shiny but wrinkled surface, art installation outdoors, on a snow covered beach beside Lake Ontario. Art also has some translucent pink plastic bits that flap around in the wind
February 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Found some blue sky at Woodbine Beach this afternoon. Winter Stations 2025. #toronto #Photography
Looking through a round opening in a red wall, looking towards Lake Ontario at Woodbine Beach, but winter time so lots of snow on the ground.
February 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Dropped by my local Elections Office and voted today (Ontario, provincial). Easy. And it wasn't for Doug Ford. No healthcare, no Science Centre, no Ontario Place, no Doug Ford.
February 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#quiltsky Another quilt pic, a baby/kids quilt this time, just finished. 13 x 18 three inch squares with different pictures on them.
small quilt made with three inch squares, each with a different picture on it. Just over 200 squares were used - it is 13 by 18.
February 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Good morning Blue peoples.... Looking for the light... keeping warm.
Winter scene. Road through the snow with snow covered trees on both sides. Sunny day. Blue sky.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#WhereIWalk today. Going where the deer were. Footprints in the snow.
Looking down at the ground which is snow covered. Two deer footprints in the snow along with the toe of a brown boot with a lot of snow on it too.
February 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I made a quilt for my nephew for Christmas but forgot to take a picture of it. I asked him to please send me a photo of it, and this is what arrived. Kaffe Fassett fabric top and bottom. #quiltsky
Quilt on a bed, made of bright Kaffe Fassett fabric, lots of pinks, oranges, and reds. Lots of stylized flowers. Patchwork top, single fabric backing.
February 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Since there are rumours (fears?) that Doug Ford is going to call an early election to (to avoid upcoming scandal revelations), here is a "portrait" of him in Graffiti Alley in Toronto. It is the work of D.TerraStencils
Graffiti, or street art, portrait of Doug Ford, black stencil on pink background. With text that says Let them drink beer. He is dressed in a black suit and tie and he is giving the finger to the viewer, or rather to the Ontario people. Work is signed by D. Terra of D. Terra Stencils
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A bench in the snow, a colourful (colorful) place to sit, albeit a bit cold today! Spadina Ave., Toronto #TorontoStreetArt #Toronto #TorontoStreets
Colourful street art mural on brick wall, small white wooden bench in front of it, snow on the ground. People on the sidewalk walking past, parked cars. A couple of trees with no leaves, buildings across the street. Spadina Ave.., south of Dundas, Toronto
January 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM