Every day this week was gloomy, especially in the USA. So, you'll notice not one sunny day in this week's pictures. Clothes NOT optional at Sugar Beach. Rain again on Cheap Movie Tuesday. Night lights try to fend off the dark.
A quick daytrip up to Kemble reminded that winter still ruled outside the city. We're moving stuff up the hill and down for February.
Downtown Toronto features extensive indoor pathways, so it's a good way to reduce the frostbite on your face. We passed through the crowds going into the hockey game, including kids who could probably play Leafs-level right now! Lots of energy, lots of buzz. Just the opposite, though, at the so-called Textile Museum of Canada. You'd expect a lot of textiles, no? A museum of displays and history, no? Well, NO and NO. Probably the most disappointing "museum" I've seen in the world. Dead silence, deserted, no colours, small space, and mostly --- almost NO textiles! A bizarre collection of videos instead of textiles and better displays in the giftshop. Do not waste your time or money.
Walking outside again, there's another urban beach! Some canoes are stacked up for the non-existent winter. But another canoe has one lone navigator! Good to see lots of public art and park among the hundreds of new condo towers. One colourful bunch are ---- could you guess ---fishing bobbers. But it's wishful thinking to be putting up a natural ice rink these days.
Last week's mystery of the zebra-striped boxes has been solved. They're part of what was supposed to be "winter installations" along the harbourside. All 5 had been designed assuming snow and ice. But with fog and warm instead, the impact is lost. Here's the contrast between artist's conceptions and current reality.
Speaking of reality shows, we wholeheartedly supported the throngs in the Women's Marches on Saturday. The massive carnage being created by the historically unpopular President has begun. The opposition and resistance will continue. Canada and Toronto already went through this nightmare recently --- but the effects from the US barbarian will be much more devastating.
A quick daytrip up to Kemble reminded that winter still ruled outside the city. We're moving stuff up the hill and down for February.
Downtown Toronto features extensive indoor pathways, so it's a good way to reduce the frostbite on your face. We passed through the crowds going into the hockey game, including kids who could probably play Leafs-level right now! Lots of energy, lots of buzz. Just the opposite, though, at the so-called Textile Museum of Canada. You'd expect a lot of textiles, no? A museum of displays and history, no? Well, NO and NO. Probably the most disappointing "museum" I've seen in the world. Dead silence, deserted, no colours, small space, and mostly --- almost NO textiles! A bizarre collection of videos instead of textiles and better displays in the giftshop. Do not waste your time or money.
Walking outside again, there's another urban beach! Some canoes are stacked up for the non-existent winter. But another canoe has one lone navigator! Good to see lots of public art and park among the hundreds of new condo towers. One colourful bunch are ---- could you guess ---fishing bobbers. But it's wishful thinking to be putting up a natural ice rink these days.
Last week's mystery of the zebra-striped boxes has been solved. They're part of what was supposed to be "winter installations" along the harbourside. All 5 had been designed assuming snow and ice. But with fog and warm instead, the impact is lost. Here's the contrast between artist's conceptions and current reality.
Speaking of reality shows, we wholeheartedly supported the throngs in the Women's Marches on Saturday. The massive carnage being created by the historically unpopular President has begun. The opposition and resistance will continue. Canada and Toronto already went through this nightmare recently --- but the effects from the US barbarian will be much more devastating.
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