Lily S. May–Life with Art
It's been a radiant fall in Toronto and is just past the peak now. On an abnormally warm day (it's going up to 19 degrees celsius) and before the leaves fall any further, here's three photos from the past few weeks. The middle photo of the maple is on the University of Toronto campus--on Philosopher's Walk. The… Continue reading The Past Few Weeks
We had a day of much much rain and wind yesterday. The tail end of Hurricane Patricia was passing through and we may still be having the aftereffects with high winds continuing today. Last night, the clouds were beautifully dramatic over downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario. I'm in a large city, where I look to the… Continue reading After the Storm
It's fall in Toronto. Our election is over and we do have a new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, from the Liberal Party. The Blue Jays are in a do or die situation. And the glorious leaves are shining gold. Here's a photo I took late last week while returning home from a visit with a… Continue reading Autumn in Toronto
While out for a stroll on the boardwalk in Toronto the other week, we came upon a happy surprise...
We went kayaking 2 days later on the same stream in Algonquin Park and saw more scenes of great beauty.
Earlier this month I was in Algonquin Park in Ontario. There we went for day hikes and went kayaking off Lake Opeongo. On a day when the stream was totally smooth, we saw reflections so clear that you couldn’t, at first, tell where the water and land began or ended. Fabulous designs were formed from… Continue reading Diamond Reflections
I have two blogs--this and a nature blog that I've hardly posted on in a while. So far I've divided these two parts of my life in my blogs but I've decided to merge them. After all, being in nature goes hand in hand with my being able to create. So I'm including a new heading of nature photography in… Continue reading Merger
Sometimes a photo just presents itself, as it did on this late April afternoon while I was walking near the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Last Thursday, March 26th, I went for a walk, winding up in The Beach. The Beach is a neighbourhood in Toronto at its south east end. And, yes, it includes at its southern edge a long stretch of beach along Lake Ontario. The day was grey and drizzly, but it was above zero celsius and after… Continue reading Installation on the Beach
Arts of May 