Thoroughly Jones
Obviously unsure of the concept, the inestimable Jimmy Jones can’t decide which tool to use after a heavy Ward’s Island snowfall.
Porthole
Freezing snow clings to the wonderful (yet inaccessible) old wooden doors on the Ongiara in 2007.
Schoolbus Snowfall
Kids trudge to the schoolbus through heavy snow at Hanlan’s Point after ice conditions shut down the Ward’s dock.
Ice Shrine
A winter storm turns a single lightbulb on a pole into a monstrous ice sculpture the size of a minivan.
Ward’s Mountain
Taboganning on Ward’s Beach after a particularly heavy snowfall. What could be better?
Ongiara Gapping
An odd view of the Cove from the deck of the Ongiara, as some captain in 2001 takes her out the Eastern gap to open up an ice blockage.
Ice Dancing (timelapse)
Ice dances in the eastern gap in this roughly 1 hour timelapse, as the wind can’t make up its mind which way to blow.
Crossings
Ice sailing under winter clouds on the frozen inner harbour, as the Ongiara sails past. Click image to view larger.
Cool Place To Park
Perching on one of the last intact ice floes of 2004, looking for panoramic photo opportunities. Click image to view larger.
Porter Painting
Aircraft streak through Toronto’s night sky in a three-hour combined exposure. It certainly looks like there’s been a marked increase in air traffic since this similar image taken back in March.
Pier Sunrise
The Centre Island pier stands in stark silhouette against the colours of a predawn October sky.
Golden Hour I
Sunrise on the Toronto skyline yields lovely pastel contrasts as seen from Centre Island in this 2011 update to the skyline series. The Port Lands still remain conspicuously absent from the image, but the sky cranes are moving steadily eastward: how many years until this is a historical photograph?
Wingtip Flight
A great blue heron takes flight near Doughnut Island, wingtip feathers outstretched mere inches from the surface of the water.
Rebirth
A monarch butterfly stretches its wings for the very first time, mere hours after emerging from its chrysalis.
Crayfish Delight
In our continuing series of Wildlife Sticking Their Tongues Out, a Centre Island mink crunches through a crayfish, consuming it entirely shell and all.
Size Differential
Northern map turtles show the size differential between young and old, basking on a log near Doughnut Island. The 2011 season was a great one for map turtles.
Hot September Sun
A great blue heron stands on the tern raft in the centre of the trout pond, panting in the hot September sun with its tongue on full display. This might be the start of an odd new wildlife theme, hot on the heels of this black-crowned night heron and canada goose.