Rooftops Over Rome – June Squares

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting June Squares

June Squares – Royal Conservatory of Music

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Becky B. for hosting #June Squares

Right across from the ROM (museum) sits the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Here’s another example of grand old building that has maintained it’s character, even with a very modern addition built at the back of the building.

Old Meets New – June Square

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting June Squares – Roofs

While downtown today I passed by the ROM. I love the new modern addition to this lovely old museum.

June Square Challenge – Roofs

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting the June Square Challenge – Roofs

MacNab St. N in Hamilton.

Dreaming of Summer

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..beaches and sandcastles

For day 94 of my 365 Days of Art challenge I chose to draw a sandcastle. It was a prompt from my 500 Drawing Prompts journal

Thursday Doors – April 26, 2018

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..despite the tragedy that this city experienced this week my post will remain positive

Toronto is still one of the best cities in the world to live. We were all shocked by Monday’s senseless act where a lone disturbed man ran down innocent pedestrians on the sidewalk with a van.

Toronto the Good is now being replaced with Toronto Strong. Today I walked about my west end neighbourhood and photographed some colourful and interesting doors.

Thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors.

Thursday Doors (April 19, 2018) – MacNab Street North

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..the first really beautiful spring day

Thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors

Today we all went to Hamilton for a family lunch at daughter #2’s house. It was such a glorious spring day that we decided to stretch our legs and walk towards the park down the street. Gaelan and her family live on a street of old Victorian homes and lots of churches. Here are a few of the wonderful doors we encountered on our walk.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – People or Objects Over 50

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

Thursday Doors – White and Grey

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….Thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors

I’ve decided to focus my attention on the colour of the doors in my neighbourhood. This week I’ve chosen white and grey.

Thursday Doors – April 5, 2018

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….just before the winds really started to blow yesterday

Thanks to Norm for hosting

Yesterday was an incredibly windy day here in southern Ontario. There was a lot of wind damage across the province. I had a late morning appointment in Mississauga and I decided to venture down to the lake to check out the waves. Incredibly much of the clouds were blown away and the sun and some blue sky managed to peak through the remaining clouds.

One of the unexpected pluses of journeying down to the lake was coming across this beautiful old mansion that has since become a historical site and campus for the Royal Conservatory of Music.

According to Wikipedia:

The land on which the property is built was acquired by Joseph Cawthra in 1809. The farmland, which came to be known as the Grove Farm, was granted to Agar Adamson and Mabel Cawthra as a wedding gift.^[2]

Agar Adamson, born on Christmas Day 1865, was the grandson of William Agar Adamson an influential Toronto clergyman. He married into the Cawthra family whose legacy in Peel lives on through the Cawthra Estate located near the intersection of the Cawthra Road and the Queen Elizabeth Way. Their legacy comes from supplying eastern white pine logs for ship masts in the British Royal Navy.^[3]^[4] by Sandra Gwyn. He served under General Arthur Currie. Insights into his time at war may be seen in the CBC series The Great War[2] which features Talbot Papineau, another of the four Canadians featured in the book.

Agar Adamson designed and built the Belgian-style mansion on this land in 1919, after returning from the wartime service in France. In 1943, his son Anthony Adamson added a home for himself on the property.