Domestics

Jimmy joking with people at the back of the Jimmy Jones Express, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands

JJ Style

Jimmy jokes with the peanut gallery at the back of the bus aboard the Jimmy Jones Express. Click image to view larger.

Jimmy in the middle of the crowded Jimmy Jones Express, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

Jimmy in the Crowd

Jimmy tells stories to the crowd at the back of the Jimmy Jones Express. Click image to view larger.

Jimmy Jones explains the history of a memorial bench, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

Bench Talk

Jimmy Jones explains the history of a memorial bench on Centre Island to the assembled crowd of the Jimmy Jones express. Click image to view larger.


Jimmy Jones with megaphone on the Jimmy Jones Express, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands

Megaphone Shade

Jimmy Jones points out details of Gibraltar Point with the aid of a megaphone on the Jimmy Jones Express. Click image to view larger.

Jimmy Jones holding copy of Torontos Riviera of Yesteryear, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Riviera of Yesteryear

Jimmy Jones holds up a copy of Toronto’s Riviera of Yesteryear at the final stop of the Jimmy Jones Express. Click image to view larger.

A cat wants inside, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Enough Already

A cat on Lakeshore has had enough of the rain.


Tigger in winter sunbeam, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Sunbeam

Tigger, our wonderful, intelligent, empathetic friend, naps in a sunbeam during the dark depths of winter.

Jimmy Jones clears the street, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

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.

Jimmy Jones black ice 2005, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Jimmy Jones Center Ice

Jimmy Jones takes center ice with Leo and Samantha on the legendary black ice of 2005, seen here off the boardwalk and frozen all the way to the spit. Click image to view larger.


Jimmy Jones, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones, mugging for the camera and lookin’ fine!

Columbus, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Little Silver Buddy

Another portrait of beautiful Columbus, posing for the camera like an ancient Egyptian feline deity.

Columbus, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Little Silver Buddy II

The ever-gorgeous Columbus, chillaxing on the rock he practically called home on summer days at the corner of Third and Lakeshore.


Jimmy Jones, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

Jimmy on the Beach II

Very furtive and shy in the wild, the elusive Jimmy Jones is one of the hardest creatures on the Island to photograph.

Breakwall cat, Algonquin Island, Toronto Islands

Algonquin Harbour Cat

A cat unaccountably sits on the open breakwall of Algonquin Island.

Sleeping cats, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Bro Men

Tigger and Marble wile away a long summer afternoon, dealing with their stressors as only felines know how.


Fox and cat, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Cats 1, Foxes 0

Putting to rest some of the fox controversy within the community:  Ginger the cat goes after the fox.  Ginger seemed genuinely curious, but the fox wouldn’t have any of it, and actually ran away.  Cats 1, Foxes 0. Island cats rule.

Semi-wild cat, South Island, Toronto Islands

Spirit of Slate

A cat that seems to be living wild around the RCYC islands looks like it’s doing just fine living off the landscape. Does anyone know who this cat is?

Napping cat, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Marble’s World

Marble the Wonder Cat sits in a sunbeam, enjoying light in a place that’s normally in shadow all summer long.


Hunter the cat, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Mighty Hunter

Hunter, one of the Island’s mighty domestic-yet-wild cats, sits back looking cool after brushing off a standard poodle and a full-sized lab on Ward’s beach.

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