Sunbeam
Tigger, our wonderful, intelligent, empathetic friend, naps in a sunbeam during the dark depths of winter.
Harbour Dawn
After going through Hanlan’s and the airport for almost six weeks in 2004 the ice was pretty thick, and the City contracted out one of the largest tugs in the harbour to break up the ice as much as possible. After six weeks of relative silence the crunchy tinkling sound woke me up, in time […]
Conglomeration
Time warp back to 2004, and a sudden cold snap breaks the Ward’s dock hydraulics, trapping the Ongiara in place for several hours. The legendary ingenuity of the Island community came to the fore, assuming that having everyone run from one end of the boat to the other might shift it enough to get free […]
Ward’s Mountain
Taboganning on Ward’s Beach after a particularly heavy snowfall. What could be better?
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.
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.
No Access
Signs and trees lie entombed in ice at the end of the boardwalk after a wicked winter storm in 2004.
Don’t Fall In
Lifesaving gear on the boardwalk sits useless, encrusted with heavy ice, after a good winter storm in 2004.
No Sleep ‘Til Bedtime
David photographs Zeke and friends during their Talent Night 2005 performance of No Sleep ‘Til Bedtime. (Click image to view larger).
Ye Olde Control Tower
Another panorama pulled from the archives, as the original Island Airport building faces an uncertain future. This is a full panorama of the old control tower back in the winter of 2004, shot while waiting for the bus to Ward’s to arrive. Click image to view larger.
Warm Christmas
An incredibly warm Christmas Day in 2004 invites a panoramic self-portrait from the tip of Tommy Thompson park, blue skies and azure waters looking more like summer than winter. Click image to view larger.
Blackout
The great blackout of 2003 turns the Toronto skyline to darkness in this early digital panorama, as seen from the cityside beach on Ward’s Island. (Click panorama to view larger.)
Strengthsfinder
An early panoramic self-portrait, kayaking on a delightful ice shelf formed during ice-out in March of 2004 as the Ongiara rumbles past. Click image to view larger.
Improbable Valentine
Be my valentine: a snowdrop prepares to bloom improbably early in the season, on February 14th.
Wet Sky
Easily mistaken for alien tendrils attacking planet earth, lily pads float on the surface of the trout pond as seen from a remote camera on the bottom of the lagoon.
Mother’s Eye View
Three blackbird chicks open up, mistaking anything that moves above them for their mother.
Cpt. Tom
A gem from the archives: it’s January 2004, and the temperature has just plummeted by over 20°C. Plastic shatters, pipes burst, and hydraulic lines fail. Without hydraulic pressure, the crew of the Ongiara are unable to raise the Ward’s Island dock, effectively trapping the ferry Island-side. For two hours everything was tried, including something enterprising […]