Lily S. May–Life with Art
I could probably have called my entire blog "Wandering Around." So, here's more wandering photos from this past Saturday when I went to Riverdale Farm, a small urban farm that was once the site of a zoo in Toronto. Now, it is home to beautiful gardens and a few non-human animals who shelter in barns and… Continue reading At Riverdale Farm
I returned to the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) this week during my wanderings. I sat for a while near windows looking onto Dundas Street, the busy street the Gallery fronts onto. I liked the echoing patterns of the trees and frosted glass through the window. Later I sat in the Grange and did another… Continue reading Back to the Gallery
Yesterday, on my wanderings around Toronto, I stopped into the AGO--the Art Gallery of Ontario. While there, I had lunch and afterwards did a few contour drawings, something I haven't done in many years. Contour drawing is a type of drawing in which you don't look at the paper, but at what you're drawing. You look… Continue reading Meandering Around Toronto
Monday was a gorgeous day in Toronto--sunny and in the 20s. An appointment took me near Spadina House, an historical house and grounds in mid town Toronto. I realized it would be a lovely day to go see the gardens and grounds before heading home. The scillas outside the garden walls were a sea of intense blue… Continue reading Spring at Spadina House
I took this photo at a friend's place. I liked the reflections of sky in the glass that reminded me of water. There's an ambiguous air to the scene as though various elements or realms are merging.
After a dusting of early spring snow, the faint tracks of dogs and larger ones of their companion walkers form patterns in the yard below.
Arts of May 