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