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Latest Instagrams, with captions

By admin | March 7, 2014 - 6:53 pm |March 7, 2014 Uncategorized

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I told @camillealexa that my necklaces disappeared in the move and so she gave me this birdie.

Still loving all the icicles I am finding here in #Toronto.

Icicles are so fun! And @kellyoyo agrees.

Advance proofs of my new novel have arrived! Whee!!

And this is me after an eyebrow job--I'm getting a new author photo before CHILD OF A HIDDEN SEA comes out in June.

This is the "would you please just get the hairbrush and make me silky now?" pose.

Suncicles. With a view from our soon to be ex-deck.

What Scrabble HD is really saying, in its obnoxiously passive-aggressive way, is "Play a turn already!!"

Bike vs. Snowdrift, on the shores of Lake Ontario. This was a week ago. Today, it's rainy.

When I chat with my peeps I sometimes enclose shots of the cat, if he happens to come visit. But he rarely stays still.

This tree, near Lake Ontario's shorefront, lives right below a perennially dripping walkway.

Raptor on Queen Street. Beware, pigeonkind!!

Oh! Richard Anderson's cover for my upcoming @tordotcom novelette, "The Ugly Woman of Castello di Putti," is moody and gorgeous!

Lake Ontario, trees, clouds at dusk. It is gorgeous today.

Kooky distorted window selfie, Kensington Market, #Toronto.

Icicles and prayer flags in Kensington Market, Toronto.

A curtain of icicles blocks my way to Kensington. Khaaan! Wait...

I continue to be fascinated by icicles, and #Toronto continues to provide them. These are in Kensington Market.

Instagrams, a set on Flickr.

Another round of photos from the life in progress, with cuteness and captions. Enjoy!

Friday Instagrams

By admin | February 7, 2014 - 6:07 am |February 7, 2014 Photography, Uncategorized

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King street rocket at sunset. Go TTC go!

The CN Tower stumbled into some good light today. Clouds!

Someone on FB asked me what the inside of @ROMToronto looked like... so here's some!

Me signing books at the Ontario Library Association superconference yesterday, courtesy @raincoastbooks.

Statue from @ROMtoronto. I love the way wood sculptures break down--somehow, it speaks to me.

Sea horses are so funky and alien looking.

Backstage at Ripley's Aquarium: where the water comes from.

Shark teeth... overhead? Trippy experience in the Ripley's tunnel.

Up against the (jellyfish) wall with the #TOPhoto peeps at #ripleysaquarium.

Sea jellies are so irresistible to photographers!

View from the Grange, Art Gallery of Ontario. Playing at being the kind of olde fashioned lady who has a "The Club."

Inflatable white dudes keep an eye on our favorite bakery, Forno Cultura, from the corner of King & Portland.

Charcuterie plate waiting for homebaked crackers! Mmmm.

Instagrams, a set on Flickr.

It has been a remarkably intense and stressful week, filled with medium-crappy incidents. The kinds of thing that aren’t life shattering in any sense, but that do make one grumpy and frustrated and less capable of appreciating the good.

There was good. Most recently, we had dinner with an old friend and her partner yesterday evening, and then went to his art opening. The recent snowstorm, which is where the icicle shot comes from, was thoroughly fantastic. One thing that I thought was going to be very hard turned out to be pretty easy.

Life. As always, the mixed bag. But here are pics and captions for you all.

Latest Cutest Instagrams

By admin | January 18, 2014 - 4:28 pm |January 18, 2014 Photography, True Stories, Uncategorized

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I haven't been out shooting much in #Toronto lately, but I caught this bit of #graffiti on my way to the Kensington Market.

I and all this fluff live outside all year 'round. Who's the tough one?

Another fantastic ancient thing from the @ROMToronto collection.

In which we discover a whole library for @kellyoyo, in downtown #Toronto at the university.

Public art, adorable @kellyoyo, and just a touch of snow.

Another shot from St. James Cemetary after the #Toronto #icestorm.

West Queen West planter art. #toronto #torontophoto

Another cool piece of the ancient world from the Royal Ontario Museum.

Holiday ornament with disco sparkle. Nathan Phillips Square, #Toronto.

People skating at Nathan Phillips Square. Which, in my house, we call Nathan Fillion Square.

A whole library for @kellyoyo? #Toronto, you are amazing!

Snow, bench, sunshine in Leslieville, #Toronto on Boxing Day.

Pigs with fabulous copper hair that glows in the sunlight, at Riverdale Farm.

Riverdale Farm also has at least one horse, which is probably a surprise to none of you.

Berries in the #icestorm ... Not yet thawed, a week later. #iceTO.

Instagrams, a set on Flickr.

An ice storm, Riverdale Farm, and an assortment of things from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

All captioned, as usual, for the folks who missed them on Twitter and FB. Enjoy!

Latest winter Instagrams

By admin | December 28, 2013 - 10:57 am |December 28, 2013 Uncategorized

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Riverdale Farm rooster sees nothing to be excited about.

Having some filter fun with a dripping icicle, here in #Toronto after the #icestorm.

And this little fluffbundle is a wee baby lamb.

Donkey! Really, what more is there to be said?

My best cardinal capture to date! From @RiverdaleFarmAd in #toronto

Just a few more icicles. I think these are less about the #icestorm and more about dripping drainpipes. #iceTO

Another of my shots from the #icestorm the other day. Leaves under water, in midair. #iceTO

It took a bit of clambering, but I made a snow-angel in our courtyard.

One of the things I love about my #Toronto neighborhood is that I see horse cops all the time. Look at this dappled grey on Queen!

I have a couple more photos of the ice storm, but in the meantime, some fluffy Rumble wishes to supermodel for you.

Even the mighty Tim Horton falls beneath the slickening forces of the #icestorm. #iceTO

Icy tree looks like a brain. How cool is that?

More icicle fun during the #icestorm. The sign says Don't Walk.

Holiday wreath gets frosty in the #icestorm here in #Toronto.

Icicle bicycle. Because I'm still fascinated by all the #Toronto bike commuters and their hardware.

More ice storm prettiness. @kellyoyo and I have only realized much of #toronto is without power.

Ice storm versus leaf on King West, #Toronto. #iceTO

Instagrams, a set on Flickr.

Bits and pieces of the recent past, with captions: ice storm pics, a trip to Riverdale Farm, and more! If you haven’t seen them elsewhere, enjoy!

Latest Winter Instagrams

By admin | December 20, 2013 - 12:04 pm |December 20, 2013 Uncategorized

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Winter gear for a winter day, stylishly worn by @kellyoyo

Another bicycle versus snow shot, here in stormy #Toronto. There's more of the stuff falling even now.

Shooting snow on the shiny surfaces of the @ROMToronto also nets a shot of me and @kellyoyo.

I am completely amazed by the folks who use bicycles year-round in my new home city of Toronto.

I love amethyst geodes. They are sparkly, amethyst is my birthstone, and my grandmother Modestina had some--so they remind me of her.

And this gorgeous slice of the @ROMtoronto just makes me long to see Sicilia's Palatine Chapel again.

An arch I passed on my hasty way to the nature photos at the Royal Ontario Museum. @ROMToronto.

Snowflakes on sandal. It's beginning to look a lot like winter!

Gifties in the snow: a bird from my sister, petrified wood from one grandmother, small pots from the other grandma. #snowTO

This chocolate olive-oil cake is my favorite of the many wonderful treats on offer at @FornoCultura bakery on King Street West, #Toronto.

Another variation on the holiday tree theme.

A small slice of the goodness on offer at our favorite Italian bakery, @fornocultura.

Shiny LED trees in a Toronto park. Still no snow.

This is what happens when Rumble tries to stop me from doing the #Buffyrewatch.

I and @kellyoyo are also enchanted by our neighbor's collection of holiday chickens. We pass them each time we go to @downwarddogyoga!

Frosty parties hard at night, collapses on the still-green grass come morning.

Neighborhod squirrel flattens himself against a tree; I think it's a wind avoidance strategy.

Instagrams, a set on Flickr.

A lot of shots from the vicinity of the Royal Ontario Museum, a number of bikes parkedin the snow, and other captioned bits and pieces of life in Toronto. Enjoy!!