Saturday 7 June 2008

toronto zoo


ready for fun


it's a butterfly!


a rhinocerous


gorillae


this, children, is a giraffe


pachyderm


this poor hyena looked kinda stir crazy; he kept taking a few steps across his enclosure then pacing back...


ein löwe


hippopot


not an offical zoo resident - just a chipmunk hanging out


a lovely owl


how rattlesnakes see us


fish + coral


tiny jellyfish


tiny marmosets



flamingo party


leopard nap


nap with a friend


tree kangaroo!


przewalski's horse: pronounced "psheh-valski", polish learners take note


non-specific antelope species


amusing myself in the gift shop


this is a lot of fun


why stop now?


the staff don't seem to mind


i can't afford any of this junk anyway

Friday 6 June 2008

canada in pictures


cn tower friday 23rd may


view over toronto


looking west along lake ontario


the glass floor in the cn tower is strong enough to hold 14 rhinoceroses: i know this to be true because there really were 14 rhinos up there the day i visited


inside the awesome sonic boom!


honest ed's, as seen in scott pilgrim 3


the tranzac building hosts the toronto zine library and a number of other cultural organisations


the toronto zine library


more zines...


saturday at the yardsale: i couldn't buy this as it would've been a nightmare to travel with. but pandas! on a rock! in a little japanese glass display case!


today every fire hydrant in oshawa was being painted by a pair of teenage girls


maria hlady's playing piano installation at the robert mclaughlin art gallery, oshawa


an uncharacteristically pretty view of oshawa... sorry oshawa


kensington market, toronto on car free sunday


cute graffiti on queen st west


in the washroom at fresh


a sweet cat hanging out in kevin's apartment on monday morning


kevin's lps - 7"s, cds, cd-rs, cassettes not shown...


teresa reflected in the window of a little art gallery on queen st west


walking from the bus station to kensington market


crossing these wide roads requires your full concentration: it didn't help that i kept looking the wrong way for oncoming traffic


the beguiling rules!


girls browsing a clothes rail, standing by a mannequin


a playful mystery cat outside the beguiling


leaving toronto on the lakeside east train on monday night