Beach Day at the Island via Canoe

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Wide photo of a colony of hundreds of double-crested cormorants on Centre Island in Toronto.

Yes­ter­day, Lily and I took our canoe out on its first voy­age of 2026. Yep, late in the sea­son. We made the one-and-a-half-hour pad­dle from our pre­ferred spot just east of Cher­ry Beach, by the Toron­to Wind­surf­ing Club, to the south­ern part of The Moor­ing Wall near Han­lan’s Point. The light on the way there … Read more

Toronto Photo Jaunt on Victoria Day, 2026

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Two friends and I arranged for a late-after­noon pho­to jaunt through the core of Toron­to on Vic­to­ria Day. Since restric­tions can breed cre­ativ­i­ty, I forced myself to use a sin­gle lens through­out the out­ing, my sel­­dom-used Canon TS‑E 17mm f/4 L. It’s some or all of the fol­low­ing: niche, exot­ic, finicky, bulky, and restric­tive. It’s … Read more

Tokyo in Sakura Season in 2018

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Eight years ago, Lily and I found a killer deal on flights from Toron­to to Tokyo on YYZDeals.com. We booked in haste and left the logis­tics for lat­er. Very lit­tle research went into the trip beyond a few points of inter­est and the loca­tion of our stay, a room-sized apart­ment booked through Airbnb. To our … Read more

Frozen Lake Simcoe, Winter 2026

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Frozen Lake Simcoe near Carthew Bay, Ontario.

Recent­ly, after a two-month absence, I drove north to vis­it my par­ents. They live on the shore of Lake Sim­coe, which typ­i­cal­ly freezes over each win­ter. I’ve tak­en many pho­tos of the lake from the van­tage point of their home and the sur­round­ing area over the years, but always from ground lev­el. This time, I … Read more