Day one

I decided to post one photo a day - for how long? I don't know. It could be 3 days or it could be 10. I might have an explanation but then again, I might not. It's my blog and I can do what I want with it.

This is one of three bunkers that my little grandson and I have found on our walk in the park.

Friday outing

Last Friday I went to the university. That's the University of Toronto. It was a wonderful warm, sunny day and I remembered to take my camera. I thought you all might want to join me. The main reason I went there was to meet my eldest son and enjoy the half price frappuccino that Starbucks was offering during happy hour that day.

I should have taken some photos of the subway station or the street I walked down but I forgot.

This is where I turned off the street. I had many choices of walkways and they all led to the same place but I love this archway.

Green. It seems that everything greened up so fast. After coming out of the archway, this is what I saw to my right and ...

this is a zoomed-in photo of what I saw to my left. Although this building looks to be on its own, it is actually part of University College.

The path I took led me to this wonderful part of University College on King's College Circle.

A view of the building from the other side.

This is Knox College.

I do love doors - and windows.

This is another walkway at the side of Knox College that I could have walked across but it isn't nearly as interesting.

This is the door of the building where my son works and...

at the side of the wall, I found some really old ivy growing.

Opposite to where he works is this wonderful round park campus where everyone goes to take photos and meet family and friends on graduation day. That is University College in the distance.

And this is King's College Road where I walk down to sit, read and wait to meet

my son Mark who treated me to a frappuccino but couldn't stay to take a break because he had to get back to work. His Friday office attire - normally he'd be wearing a shirt and tie.

Doors for inspiration and a gift for me

A couple of posts ago I showed some of the tile that I took photos of while on vacation in southern California where my daughter used to live. When going through the photos again, I realized that there were quite a few that featured doors. I love unusual doors, windows and chairs. Here are some of the door photos I took.

 

This was taken at a residential complex that my daughter's employer was involved in - it was a landscape architecture firm.

Same residential complex.

This gorgeous door was in the Venice Beach area.

I know it's a window in the middle but off to the left is a really nice grill on what could be just a plain door. I love the window above the door too. This was taken at the The Embassy Hotel Apartments in Santa Monica, California.

 

This is the front of The Embassy Hotel Apartments. I love the courtyard and think it adds so much to the entrance.

This huge entrance was photographed at Balboa Park in San Diego, beside the zoo.

 

Just to give you an idea as to the size of these doors.  

(I always like to have some idea as to size when I see something. The digital camera is great but when I see something, I really want to know if the object is the size of my hand or the size of a house.)

Lastly, this beauty is at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Here's some arches. I figured they went well with the theme of doors.

This arch with the columns was at the residential complex mentioned above.

An unusually designed arch at The Embassy Hotel and Apartments. It wasn't the only one like this that they had.

 A pretty, decorative arch at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.

This wonderful, serene photo showing many arches is in the central courtyard of the Mission.

**Note, once again: Please ignore the date stamp on some of the photos. It was a new camera and I did not know that the date would show up - nor did I know that the wrong date would make it's way onto the photos.


Gosh this post just goes on and on....

Last month, one of the bloggers I follow, Sandy at Dangling by a Thread, was giving away a small token of appreciation to her followers/commenters. I totally forgot about it until this morning when this lovely package came in the mail. Sandy is a Canadian living in Suffolk, England and she is a wonderful textile artist.

It includes a piece of hand dyed fabric in gorgeous green and aqua and some gold and bronze foil that you iron on to your work. THANK YOU Sandy, you made my day. Please stop by her blog and take a look at the wonderful things she does.