Where We Went in 2019

Hello all! It’s February 1st 2020 and we took the first month of the year to piece together some photos of our adventures in 2019. We hope you enjoy the photos and here’s to a new year!

January 3rd 2019 (Copy)

January 3rd 2019

On a walk through the downtown area of Toronto we took this picture of a snow person.

What you are looking at is a total Lunar Eclipse that was visible In Toronto Canada on January 20 to 21 2019. Below are a few pictures in a slide show to illustrate the different moments the moon went dark.

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January 28th 2019

We were out and about in the east end of Toronto at the R.C. Harris Water Filtration.

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Feb 11th 2019

As a tribute to Drake winning a Grammy for Best Rap Song our Mayor John Tory had the CN Tower and The TOrnto Sign Lit up in Gold

February 11 2019 -Toronto Sign Lit Up In Gold Colour (Copy)

February 11 2019 -Toronto Sign Lit Up In Gold Colour

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Feb 16 2019

This photo was taken during The Winter Stations Art Installation at Woodbine Beach

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Feb 28 2019

This photo was taken on the seventh floor of the Hudson”s Bay Company at Queen Street and Yonge Street. This was callled: The7TO - Popup Exhibition

March 1st 2019 (Copy)

March 1st 2019

Over on Centre Island our feline friend came out of no where with a friendly meow. All the cats of Centre Island are very social and demand to be patted.

March 1st 2019 (Copy)

March 1st 2019

This picture was taken from Algonquin Island which show a frozen Lake Ontario.

March 23rd 2019 (Copy)

March 23rd 2019

We were at All Out Against Fascism: Toronto anti-PEGIDA rally. There were a small group of protesters orginized them selves to further far-right views on anti-immigration. They were meet but an overwhelming counter protest.

#TorontoAgainstFascism #SayNoToHate

Our account was featured in this article Toronto Against Facism Rally on BlogTo https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/03/anti-islam-rally-met-massive-counter-protest-toronto/

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March 25th 2019

On a walk through the Don Valley we captured a photo of a Robin.

April 11th 2019 (Copy)

April 11th 2019

This photo Was taken out side of what was then Call The Air Canada Centre (ACC) It has since been renamed Scotiabank Arena. This is a picture of a promo poster to start the playoffs for the Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Leafs started their playoff run on the 11th of April and did not make it out of the first round. The Raptors started on the 13th of April and won The NBA Championship.

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April 24th 2019

We took a trip to the Toronto Zoo. The picture above is of a Meerkat.

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April 27th

The next 3 pictures were taken at Tommy Thompson Park / Leslie Street Spit. The picture above was taken on the 27th of April 2019. The two picture below was taken on June 9th 2019.

June 9th 2019 - Tommy Thompson Park / Leslie Street Spit (Copy)

June 9th 2019 - Tommy Thompson Park / Leslie Street Spit

As you can see the Road way is completely flooded. In some spots the water is 2 feet deep.

June 9th 2019 - Tommy Thompson Park / Leslie Street Spit (Copy)

June 9th 2019 - Tommy Thompson Park / Leslie Street Spit

The disappointment of these 2 people in this photo really speaks to the severity of the damage of the flood.

May 1st 2019 (Copy)

May 1st 2019

This picture was taken near Kew Gardens Dog Park. It was a stormy day. This was around the beginning of a wet spring that would lead to a lot of flooding a long the coastline areas of Toronto. As you can see in this picture the water is crashing in to a makeshift barrier which has been built up since the major flooding of 2017. As you can see the tree trunk is under water.

The picture below was taken near the same spot on June 6 2019.

June 6th - Kew Gardens Dog Park (Copy)

June 6th - Kew Gardens Dog Park

To give you an idea of how high this water is the tree near the makeshift barrier is half submerged in water. This mist / fog was something the had occurred a lot in Toronto since the Autumn of 2018 right on through to November of 2019.

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May 4th 2019

We stopped by Graffiti Alley in Toronto on painting day. As you can see artists are out painting new murals.

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May 5th 2019

It was on to Hamilton Ontario to attend a couple Doors Open Events.

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May 25th 2019

We visited the The ZoomerPlex in Liberty witch is home to the Moses Znaimer’s MZTV Museum of Television. It was something to see. This museum shows the progression of TV over the last century and a bit.

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May 26th 2019

Again we were out for the second day of Doors Open Toronto. One of our stops on this day was to Old Fort York Historical Site. This is a picture of one of the Officers Quarters.

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May 30th 2019

This is a picture of J_Rex The Dinosaur chomping on and Golden State Warriors jersey near Yonge and Dundas Square This was game 1 of the NBA Finals between The Raptors and Golden State Warriors. The Raptors won the game 118 to 109.

More information on J_Rex The Dinosaur here is his home page https://torontodinosaur.com/

May 30th 2019 (Copy)

May 30th 2019

We were out at Jurassic Park to Watch the Raptors take on The Golden State Warriors.

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June 1st 2019

The Raptors are every where! This photo was taken at the Toronto Eaton Centre.

June 13th 2019 (Copy)

June 13th 2019

The Raptors won game 6 to win their first NBA Championship. Fans poured in to the streets in celebration.

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

At Front and University which is just up the street from Jurassic Park. In this picture this is just one of many who climbed on to someone’s back with a flag.

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

There were people posing with signs

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

There were people on their phones

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

We made our way up to Nathan Phillips Square and as you can see the Toronto Sign. As you can see the Toronto Sign is lit in the Toronto Raptors colours.

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

Some people walked around with signs to make their point

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

There was a fan who walked around with flag in one hand and a Thanos Infinity Gauntlet which is from the movie The Avengers.

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

This is a scene from Yonge and Dundas Square

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win (Copy)

June 13th 2019 - The Raptors Win

as it approaches 3 am the street celebration has wrapped up and the police move in to secure the streets so they can be cleaned. In view is some sidewalk art in the foreground and a few police officers in the background.

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4:30am

It’s June 14th 2019 and this was the last News paper in the convenience store that I went in to before making my way to Woodbine Beach.

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June 14th 2019

It was an over cast day so the possibility of seeing the sun was very bleak. As you can see in this picture the beach is flooded from the storms in May.

June 14th 2019 (Copy)

June 14th 2019

Some Muskoka chairs sitting in the flooded beach.

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June 14th 2019

A view of some of the flood damage in the foreground of the picture with the CN Tower on the horizon.

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June 22nd 2019

We were back at Fort York National Historic Site for the Na-Me-Res Traditional Pow Wow.

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June 17th 2019

It was the victory parade day for The Toronto Raptors. On the corner of John Street and Wellington Street West we noticed what has be call shrine by some to Nice Nurse the coach of The Toronto Raptors. It was created by One Method More info Click Here

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June 17th 2019

June 22nd 2019 - Na-Me-Res Traditional Pow Wow (Copy)

June 22nd 2019 - Na-Me-Res Traditional Pow Wow

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June 27th 2019

The Bluenose II came to town for the Redpath Waterfront Festival.

It was disappointing that we could not get a photo with the sails out.

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June 29 2019

On our way to Centre Island we walked past Scotiabank Arena and as you can see there was a team photo taken of The Raptors won their final game.

June 29th 2019 (Copy)

June 29th 2019

We took the ferry to Ward’s Island and one thing the was immediately noticeable about the island was the mounds of sand to fill sand bags. Other things that were apparent was the coast line of the island was flooded. at the bottom of this picture you can see the tops of sand bags.

Below is another picture that was taken from almost the same spot back in July of 2018.

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July 19 2018

As you can see be comparing these two pictures the water in Lake Ontario is very high. Also bare in mind that in 2017 we also suffered from high flood waters and the water level in Lake Ontario has not gone down from those early spring storms of 2017. But these 2 picture certainly give you an idea of what the water level was like.

June 29th 2019 (Copy)

June 29th 2019

In this picture we are going from Toronto Island to Olympic Island and as you can see there is a lot of water . Most of Olympic Island was flood through the entire summer.

June 29th 2019 (Copy)

June 29th 2019

This was a picture that we posted on our Flickr and Instagram. We put the bike there to give you an idea of how deep the water was at this time.

You can compair the change from this picture to the one taken on July 17th 2019.

June 29th 2019 (Copy)

June 29th 2019

In the way to Union Station after a long day at on the Islands i noticed a small crowd of people look at a car. they were taking pictures.

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July 2nd 2019

This is a picture of a baby duckling swimming around at Ontario Place.

July 2nd 2019 - Ontario Place (Copy)

July 2nd 2019 - Ontario Place

This is a view of the flooding in and round the cinesphere.

July 11th 2019 (Copy)

July 11th 2019

A picture of a Jellyfish at Ripley's Aquarium of Canada.

July 17th 2019 (Copy)

July 17th 2019

We were back at The Toronto Islands and we caught this rainbow which seem to go on for ever. This was a beautiful clear summer day until night falls. Just have a look at the picture below.

July 17th 2019 (Copy)

July 17th 2019

As we mentioned before we wanted to show the difference in the water level. The bike is in almost the same spot as back on June 29th 2019.

July 17th 2019 (Copy)

July 17th 2019

As the sun started to set there was this mist / fog that came out of almost no where. as you can see this is a photo of the Toronto Skyline. Believe it or not this was the last photo that we were able to take of the skyline. It was complete blocked out and it became dark very fast. The weather changes fast these days.

July 17th 2019 (Copy)

July 17th 2019

This is a long exposure photo. It may seem like there is a lot of light but it was really difficult because if was so dark. The Fog / Mist came in really thick. As you can see the water level has really declined at this point.

July 17th 2019 (Copy)

July 17th 2019

This is a view of the Skyline from the ferry on the way back to mainland Toronto. We were in between the islands and Mainland Toronto before we could clearly see anything. In this picture you can see that the Mist/ Fog is still hovering over the skyline.

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July 24th 2019

We visited The Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place for the art installation “Into the Clouds Installation by FRIENDSWITHYOU“

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August 15th 2019

On our travels we notice this little one all curled up in a tree sleeping.

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September 5th 2019

This was the opening night for The Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.

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September 5th 2019

In this picture Alex Wolff is embracing Imogen Poots on the Red Carpet at the Premier of “Castle in the Ground”

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September 5th 2019

In the centre of this picture is Nev Campbell posing for a photo.

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September 5th 2019

This is close up of Imogen Poots signing an autograph for a lucky fan.

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September 5th 2019

Close up of Nev Campbell signing an autograph.

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September 7th 2019

We fast forward to the 7th of September we were at the premier Hustlers. In the middle is Lorene Scafaria who directed the movie.

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September 7th 2019

That’s Constance Wu leaving after finishing an interview by The HBC Red Carpet Hosts, Amanda Parris and Alicia Malone.

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September 7th 2019

That’s Keke Palmer being interview on the Red Carpet.

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September 7th 2019

As you can imagine it was very difficult to get these pictures because there are so many people in front of us that you have to find an opening in the crowd. for some reason the crowd shifted over a bit and I was able to get this shot of Julia Stiles.

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September 7th 2019

Alex Rodriguez (A-rod) walked out toward the fans taking video and waving to t the crowd.

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September 7th 2019

I was able to snap this quick picture as people were trying to get a picture of Jennifer Lopez in the gold dress.

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September 7th 2019

And Lastly the person most of the younger fans were waiting for.

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September 7th 2019

It’s Lili Reinhart

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September 7th 2019

And Another photo of her.

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September 24th 2019

This photo was taken from the Angus Glen Golf Club. I was a beautiful morning as you can see.

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October 10th 2019

We went for a walk through The Stackt Market which is made up of a number of shipping containers. It is certainly with a visit.

For more information check out their website www.stacktmarket.com

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October 18th 2019

On a photo walk through Todmorden Mills this is a photo of fallen apples. In this fall season there were parts of Toronto that saw spots of leaves changing colour and spots that were unchanged.

October 18th 2019 - Todmorden Mills Heritage Site (Copy)

October 18th 2019 - Todmorden Mills Heritage Site

November 1st 2019 (Copy)

November 1st 2019

Well what’s Halloween with out a good Pumpkin Parade at Sorauren Park. This is the site of the first pumpkin Parade in Toronto back in 2004.

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November 11th 2019

As you can by this photo Toronto was hit with some snow. Approximately 13.6 centimetres of snow was on the ground by early morning on the 12th of November breaking a record for the most snow fall at this time of year.

November 11th 2019 (Copy)

November 11th 2019

We are showing this picture to give you an idea of what it looks like to walk through the snow fall.

November 11th 2019 (Copy)

November 11th 2019

This is a photo looking down Yonge street in Toronto. As you can see on the right the leaves on the trees are green and show no sign of falling off any time soon.

November 17th 2019 (Copy)

November 17th 2019

The snow stuck around for a while so around town there were sightings of snow people popping up.

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December 13th 2019

Certainly one of the hottest stories of the year for Canadian Tennis fans.

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December 13th 2019

We were unable to get a live photo of her and we were anticipating that we would be writing a blog about some of the places that we went in 2019 so we made the trip to York University just for this photo that is hanging on the Aviva Centre.

As reported by Sportsnet approximately 594,100 people watched the 19 minute Rogers Cup final between Bianca Andreescu and Serena Williams. Williams was forced to retire due to injury. The approximate average of viewers that tumed in 2018 was 156,00.

Reference: https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/bianca-andreescu-overwhelmed-response-rogers-cup-win/

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December 13th 2019

When Bianca Andreescu met Serena Williams in the final at the U.S. Open, Forbes reported that 3.4 million Canadians watched the match with 7 million Canadians watch parts of the match. Toward the end of this match 5.3 million Canadians were watch Bianca win the match.

To put these numbers in some perspective 7.7 million Canadians watch Raptors game 6 to win The NBA Championship.

Reference: https://www.forbes.com/sites/curtisrush/2019/09/10/bianca-andreescus-historic-us-open-win-attracts-record-34-million-canadian-viewers/#297e69ee610e

That concludes our look back to where we went in 2019. Of course these arn’t the only places that we went and took photos but we did want to show you some of the places and events that we didn’t get to show case in more detail . That’s it for now, and we will see you for our next blog.