One Week in Malta, with Dad

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Valletta skyline at sunset

Earlier this month, my dad and I spent a week in Malta. This one doesn’t have an elaborate setup story. He’s been wanting to fly to somewhere on the Mediterranean for a while, my mom didn’t feel like travelling, and he didn’t want to go alone. So I was invited. Below are my photos of … Read more

Labour Day evening bike ride along Ajax and Pickering shore of Lake Ontario

A view of Toronto downtown and CN Tower, occluded by a hill, from Paradise Beach in Ajax, ON.

Since the weather started turning warm in May, Lily has expressed interest in riding our bikes east from Scarborough along the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail. Her desire escalated after splurging on a pedal-assist e-bike in early July. Unfortunately, the southern portion of Rouge Park, through which the Waterfront Trail passes and whose bridge it crosses … Read more

Beach Day at the Island via Canoe

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