Expensive blue seats

After the fans have gone
Toronto, ON
August 2017
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Have a seat, assuming you can find one.

#Toronto #yyz #blue #jays #bluejays #skydome #always #baseball #major #league #sport #sports #boys #of #summer #next #year #empty #blue #seat #Ontario #Canada

The sun sets over Elginfield

A day ends in the country
Elginfield, ON
October 2017
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Just north of London, there's a crossroads familiar to anyone who travels the rural highways that connect southwestern Ontario like a stitched baseball.

Right near one particularly busy intersection - Richmond and Highway 7/aka Elginfield Road - there's a legendary old restaurant, the North Star, that's been a beacon for travellers for as long as anyone can remember.

We stop here often for dropoffs and pickups. And every time we do, I feel the need to look out over the adjacent farmer's fields. Sometimes, the view makes the trip absolutely worthwhile.

#ldnont #Elginfield #sun #sunset #sky #weather #wx #clouds #silhouette #landscape #photography #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #trees #london #ontario #canada

Scene from outside a diner

History in food
London, ON
October 2017
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We had never been here before, this delightful little eatery on London's tony Richmond Row. Nothing pretentious, diner fare, family-owned, felt like home.

One meal was all it took to convince us this place was the real deal, a treasure hidden in plain sight. A texture-laden pic outside was absolutely called for.

It's called Prince Albert's Diner, and I'm sorry we didn't discover it sooner. Next time, milkshakes.

#ldnont #prince #alberts #diner #restaurant #random #night #street #urban #photography #texture #shadow #architecture #window #red #yellow #retro #nostalgia #treasure #london #ontario #canada

History written in a tree trunk

Complex patterns in nature
London, ON
October 2017
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For some reason, this reminds me of Three Mile Island's cooling towers. Told you I was weird.

#ldnont #tree #trunk #bark #forest #texture #autumn #nature #walk #monochrome #black #white #abstract #london #ontario #canada

Grounded

Almost the end
London, ON
October 2017
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Sometimes, you have to get low to the ground to get the picture. Sometimes, the picture you get isn't necessarily the one you set out to take. And that's a good thing, indeed.

#ldnont #nature #walk #EarthVisuals #artofvisuals #welivetoexplore #natureaddict #naturediversity #abstract #abstractphotography #abstraction #explorecanada #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #nikon #dslr #autumn #fall #leaves #london #ontario #canada

Remember the fallen

Cracked
London, ON
October 2017
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Can't help but feel a little sad when I come across a fallen tree. So many years...

#ldnont #tree #falls #forest #dead #wood #nature #london #ontario

23 and me

Celebrate everything
London, ON
October 2017
This photo originally shared on Facebook

23 years ago, this no-longer-so-little guy instantly - okay, not so instantly, as he logged over 16 hours of labour before deciding to make his appearance - turned us into parents and forever changed our world for the better.

He's gone from a wrinkly munchkin to a kind-hearted, creative and wickedly funny young man in what seems like a blink. What a journey it's been, and how lucky we are to call him our son.

We know the next year will be a momentous one for you, Zach Levy - and we can't wait to see where your next adventure takes you. Keep going from strength to strength.

Blackfriars - one last time

Historic view
London, ON
October 2017
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Had to stop the bike alongside the #Thames #valley #parkway path this a.m. to grab a view of the beloved #Blackfriars bridge before it's dismantled and removed for repair. I worry we'll lose this gem for good.

#ldnont #river #tvp #bike #bicycle #commuting #commuter #cycling #cyclist #life #history #fog #takethetime #london #ontario #canada

Downtown London storefront after hours

S

Style, the way it used to be
London, ON
October 2017
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I'm not often here after the sun goes down. Wait, rephrase that: I'm not often here at all. Dundas Street was once the retail and commercial spine of downtown London, a vital artery that fuelled the city's growth.

These days, like so many downtown retail streets, it's a mere shadow of what it once was. Decades of efforts to revitalize it are starting to generate some encouraging results, but it'll be a while before it's anywhere close to that old vital-class standard, where families looked forward to coming here evenings and weekends, and no one sighed at the very mention of the word, "Dundas".

We'll get there. Until then, I'll shoot flashes of its former brilliance wherever I can find them. Like here.

#ldnont #dundas #street #shopping #retail #downtown #empty #night #monochrome #black #white #pooled #light #urban #street #photography #stilllife #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #london #ontario #canada

Green leaf. Grey pavement.

Vignette in a parking lot
London, ON
October 2017
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Unfortunate fact of life #7,863: Everything is temporary. So shoot - and remember - liberally.

#ldnont #leaf #autumn #fall #nature #walk #colors #green #texture #Nikon #photography #nikonphotography #London #Ontario #Canada

Message in the bark

Groovy
London, ON
October 2017
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I went for a walk looking for #fall #colors, and instead found monochrome #Stonehenge. Best laid plans, I suppose.

#ldnont #tree #trunk #bark #forest #texture #autumn #nature #walk #monochrome #black #white #abstract #london #ontario #canada

Teletubby news anchor

Not so serious after all
London, ON
October 2017
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Po hangs out on the @ctvlondon anchor desk before a live interview. Because every life needs a little injection of happiness, even in the most unexpected of places.

#ldnont #TV #tvlife #media #medialife #glamorous #po #teletubby #red #london #ontario #canada

Forgotten on the forest floor

Nature's recycler
London, ON
October 2017
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When you go looking for fall colors, but get stymied by deep shadows and limited color, you either head home, or look for an alternative. Fortunately the answer was right at my feet.

#ldnont #autumn #fall #leaves #nature #photo #walk #random #everyday #natureaddict #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #earth_deluxe #instanaturelover #abstract #abstractphotography #creativeart #abstractart #artinfo #abstraction ##explorecanada #canadaswonderland #ohcanada #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #london #ontario #canada

At a snail's pace

Shell game
London, ON
October 2017
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Slow but steady may win the race, but I'm still not getting another pet.

#ldnont #snail #pet #petsofinstagram #nature_brilliance #EarthVisuals #artofvisuals #welivetoexplore #natureaddict #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #earth_deluxe #instanaturelover #abstract #abstractphotography #creativeart #abstractart #artinfo #abstractors_anonymous #abstraction #nikonphotography #nikontop #nikon_photography #london #ontario #canada

Something wicked this way comes

Storm front
London, ON
October 2017
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Stalking cloud formations in the sky will never get old, especially since we live in a part of the world that so willingly offers up limitless amounts of new formations with each passing minute. Lucky us.

#ldnont #cloud #cloudy #storm #onstorm #weather #wx #nature_brilliance #EarthVisuals #artofvisuals #welivetoexplore #natureaddict #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #earth_deluxe #instanaturelover #abstract #abstractphotography #creativeart #abstractart #artinfo #abstractors_anonymous #abstraction ##explorecanada #canadaswonderland #ohcanada #nikonphotography #nikontop #nikon_photography #london #ontario #canada

One little kick

Pink rules
London, ON
October 2017
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A world with tiny pink baby All-Stars in it is a happy world indeed.

#ldnont #pink #converse #allstar #allstars #kicks #running #shoe #shoes #tiny #baby #happy #feet #foot #footwear #london #ontario #canada

Ride

The view from the captain's seat
London, ON
October 2017
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Anyone who knows me knows I'm pretty passionate about my cycling. It isn't just a way around town for me. It's a way of life, and a defining component of who I am. If you're ever in the 'hood, I'm always looking for folks to join me.

#ldnont #cycling #is #life

Fall colors in my neighborhood

Blaze of glory
London, ON
October 2017
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Life is transient and precious. Treasure it. That is all.

#ldnont #autumn #fall #color #colors #forest #trees #london #ontario #canada

Ripples are limitless

Nature does its thing
London, ON
October 2017
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The universe has been a rough place this week, so please don't mind if I withdraw into my #photography for a bit.

Exhibit A: reflective ripple.

#ldnont #naturephoto #watchthisinstagood #artofvisuals #landscape_captures #natureaddict #nature_wizards #awesomeearth #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #allnatureshots #nature_brilliance #EarthVisuals #unlimitedplanet #explorecanada #canadaswonderland #ohcanada #unlimitedcanada #nikonphotography #nikontop #nikon_photography #autumn #fall #leaves #water #reflection #london #ontario #canada

One wet red leaf, among many

Not yet forgotten
London, ON
October 2017
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Individual lives always find ways to touch the lives of others - often in ways we could not have predicted.

#ldnont #naturephoto #watchthisinstagood #artofvisuals #landscape_captures #rsa_rural #natureaddict #nature_wizards #awesomeearth #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #allnatureshots #nature_brilliance #EarthVisuals #unlimitedplanet #explorecanada #canadaswonderland #ohcanada #unlimitedcanada #nikonphotography #nikontop #nikon_photography #autumn #fall #leaves #red #maple #leaf #london #ontario #canada

We listened to Bob Barker

Fresh spayed Schnauzer
London, ON
October 2017
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Sad clown is home and miserable, but she did well at the vet and is now being hovered over relentlessly by her human siblings. Gonna be a long few nights and days, but in the overall scheme of things, it's just an eventful day in the otherwise charmed life of a typically happy puppy. We'll take that. Others have it far worse.

#ldnont #calli #callitheschnauzer #coneofshame #mini #schnauzer #schnauzersofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #instagramdogs #petstagram #dogs_of_instagram #ilovemydog #doglovers #dogoftheday #instapet #lovepuppies #petsofinstagram #dogslife #puppies #petsagram #dogscorner #pup #barkbox #puppiesofinstagram #dog_features #London #Ontario #canada

Puppy has surgery

Not a happy camper
London, ON
October 2017
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Big morning for the little girl - took this first thing, on her way to the vet to be spayed. I'd be lying if I said I'm not worried, but that's the deal when you bring an animal into your family.

#ldnont #calli #callitheschnauzer #mini #schnauzer #schnauzersofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #instagramdogs #petstagram #dogs_of_instagram #ilovemydog #doglovers #dogoftheday #instapet #lovepuppies #petsofinstagram #dogslife #puppies #petsagram #dogscorner #pup #barkbox #puppiesofinstagram #dog_features #London #Ontario #canada

Plane hits drone, New York Times quotes me

It's been an awful day in so many ways, but I did get quoted in the The New York Times today, so it's not a complete washout.

After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety
Byline: Christina Caron

It’s unclear “how law enforcement is going to be given the resources they need to make sure that that drone that you buy at the big-box store today doesn’t cause an accident tomorrow,” the CTV News technology analyst Carmi Levy said on a news broadcast. “Right now it relies on citizens seeing them in the sky and reporting them.”

My #LdnONT #MeToo Moment(s)

I'm not one to participate in cut-and-paste Facebook viral share-fests - like the #MeToo one currently making the rounds - as I suspect there are better ways to repair the world.

Still, this brings to mind a former employer who emotionally abused his spouse/business partner in meetings, in full view of their employees. It started the first day I worked there and never stopped. He'd email attendees afterward, trying to explain how this was a sign of a healthy personal and professional relationship.

I emailed those messages home just in case I ever got a call from a lawyer. Pond scum.

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For more, see Facebook post.

When a dog pops up out of nowhere

This photo originally posted on Facebook

I'm never comfortable with Facebook's ability to grab a memory from long ago and fling it back at you with no regard to context. Yet, as I cuddled Calli the wonderschnauzerpuppy on our way out for our pre-dawn walk, it made me smile to think that she was somehow connected to the other wonderschnauzerpuppy you see in the photo here. The two of them would have been quite a pair.

#MissHim #ActOfDog

Toronto architecture at night

So many stories, all untold
Toronto, ON
October 2017
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Look in any window. Tell me what you see.

#Toronto #yyz #icu_architecture #jj_architecture #creative_architecture #arkiromantix #tv_architectural #archimasters #excellent_structure #arquitecturamx #diagonal_symmetry #bnw_demand #bnwmood #monochrome #bnw_globe #blackandwhitephoto #rsa_bnw #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite_perfection #bnw_captures #bnw_city #bnw_life #explorecanada #canadaswonderland #igerscanada #gf_canada #ohcanada #unlimitedcanada #nikonphotography #nikontop #nikon_photography_ #nikon_photography

Chain link under a decidedly non-Tuscan sun

Geometric
London, ON
October 2017
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Sometimes, you just have to shoot the mundane. Bonus points if it's in monochrome.

#ldnont #abstract #abstractphotography #contemporaryart #creativeart #abstractart #artinfo #modernart #abstractors_anonymous #abstraction #bnw_demand #bnwmood #monochrome #bnw_globe #blackandwhitephoto #rsa_bnw #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite_perfection #bnw_captures #bnw_city #bnw_life #Nikon #dslr #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #london #ontario #canada

The nose knows

A dog's life
London, ON
October 2017
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Love me, please.

#ldnont #calli #callitheschnauzer #mini #schnauzer #schnauzersofinstagram #instagramdogs #petstagram #dogs_of_instagram #puppylove #weeklyfluff #ilovemydog #doglovers #dogoftheday #dogsofig #doglover #doglife #instapet #lovepuppies #petsofinstagram #dogslife #puppies #bestwoof #petsagram #dogscorner #pup #barkbox #puppiesofinstagram #dog_features #London #Ontario #canada

Autumn's remnants

When it all ends
London, ON
October 2017
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Beauty takes many forms, some not necessarily conventional.

#ldnont #forest #walk #snake #Creek #autumn #fall #colors #nature_brilliance #EarthVisuals #artofvisuals #welivetoexplore #natureaddict #naturediversity #ourplanetdaily #earth_deluxe #instanaturelover #naturephoto #main_vision #landscape_captures #awesome_earthpix #natureaddict #rsa_rural #awesomeearth #nature_wizards #gottalove_a_ #allnatureshots #instanaturelover #explorecanada #London #Ontario #canada

Save Ferris!

Going in circles
London, ON
September 2017
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The wheel of life never stops spinning. Except to let passengers on or off, that is.

#ldnont #western #fair #icu_architecture #jj_architecture #creative_architecture #arkiromantix #tv_architectural #archimasters #excellent_structure #arquitecturamx #diagonal_symmetry #streetshared #aov #weekly_feature #rsa_streetview #imaginatones #hsdailyfeature #explorecanada #canadaswonderland #ohcanada #save #Ferris #wheel #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #London #Ontario #Canada

Another dog-month on Planet Earth

A rare quiet moment
London, ON
October 2017
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This little one turns 5 months-old on Monday. Hard to imagine what our family was like without her.

#ldnont #instagramdogs #petstagram #dogs_of_instagram #puppylove #weeklyfluff #ilovemydog #doglovers #dogoftheday #dogsofig #mini #schnauzer #schnauzersofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #calli #callitheschnauzer #actofdog #famfirst #familylove #familyouting #familiesareforever #familyiseverything #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #Nikon #dslr #london #ontario #canada

Bird by the river

She calls Springbank Park home
London, ON
October 2017
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Ever wonder what goes through a bird's mind? Yeah, me too.

#ldnont #birdsofinstagram #animalsmood #kings_birds #birdwatching #bestbirdshots #birdstagram #animalsaddict #birding #instabirds #animallovers #animalpolis #animalsofinstagram #igscwildlife #animales #exclusive_animals #wildlifephoto #wildlifeaddicts #wildlifephotography #animalworld #autumn #fall #fallcolors #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #London #Ontario #Canada

Watching an F-35A split the sky

Full burner
London, ON
September 2017
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Some days, you just want to light the stick, point the nose, and hold on.

#ldnont #f35 #lightning #two #Lockheed #Martin #stealth #fighter #afterburner #corner #velocity #aircraft #airplanes #aviation #flight #blue #sky #AirShow2017 #Airshow #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #london #ontario #canada

Chicken Soup for the Shopper's Soul

Meal for 36
London, ON
October 2017
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Where we channel Andy Warhol at the end of the soup aisle at the Loblaws.

#ldnont #chicken #soup #cans #pop #art #grocery #store #retail #everyday #photography #takethetime #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #london #ontario #canada

Finding a new way home

Where the sun paints the forest
London, ON
October 2017
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Monday's bike-commute home was particularly lovely. Discovered a new bike path just as the sun dipped below the horizon. The forest complied with a little light show in the dying light. Sometimes life really is that simple.

#ldnont #cycling #bike #cycling #is #life #forest #trees #light #shadows #riverbend #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #everyday #photography #london #ontario #canada

An Eagle among the corn

Air dominance
London, ON
September 2017
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Some designs are timeless.

#ldnont #f15 #eagle #mcdonnelldouglas #Boeing #Louisiana #fighter #aircraft #airplanes #jet #aviation #flight #AirShowLondon #AirShow2017 #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #london #ontario #canada

Two Vipers down on the ground

Protectors from Ohio
London, ON
September 2017
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I've always had a thing for the F-16's shape, and could stare at it for days. It has a purity of form and function that sets it apart from most anything else in the sky.

This one's one of my faves from this year's static display.

#ldnont #f16 #general #dynamics #Lockheed #Martin #fighting #falcon #Viper #us #air #force #airforce #USAF #fighter #aircraft #airplanes #aviation #flight #airshowlondon #airshow2017 #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #london #ontario #canada

Hornet meets Vampire

Pulling Gs
London, ON
September 2017
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Canada's first and current #jet fighters, in the environment where they most belong.

#ldnont @rcaf_arc #heritage #flight #mcdonnelldouglas #cf18 #hornet #dehavilland #vampire #air #force #airshow #airshowlondon #AirShow2017 #blue #sky #aircraft #airplanes #aviation #flight #photooftheday #nofilter #nofilterneeded #Nikon #nikonphotography #dslr #london #ontario #canada