Axe Throwing in Guelph

Kevin and I met at the University of Guelph and every once in awhile we like to take a drive, visit family and check out new venues. This trip we decided to check out the axe throwing place, Axe Riot. We’ve only done axe throwing one other time in the east end of Toronto.

After a quick refresher lesson we spent close to an hour throwing axes at a wooden bull’s eye target. There are many benefits to axe throwing. It strengthens your core, arms, shoulders and back. It improves your concentration, patience and hand and eye coordination. Plus it’s fun to get out and play with people in a social setting. If you’ve never tried it I would recommend that you get a group of friends together and find a local axe throwing venue.

Feeding Time at the Zoo

Toronto High Park Zoo

Yesterday, after dropping off my husband at the hospital for his routine appointments I decided to drive the short distance to High Park. I parked in the lot by the park’s restaurant and went inside for a coffee but not before taking photos of the the gardens in front. Inside, while enjoying my hot beverage, I posted several photos on my blog. When I finished I packed up and headed for the zoo.

The zoo holds many fond memories for me. As a young child we frequently went there when my father had a day off from work. From all the old photos it amazes me to see how we would dress up for these outings. When we had our own children we loved going to this zoo. It was close to where we lived and admission was free.

In High Park 1956 my friend, sister and I (no idea who the little boy is)
My children enjoying a sunny winter day at the High Park Zoo 1984

Yesterday was relatively mild as I made my way down the hill toward the zoo. I was pleased that it was feeding time because that meant the animals were out of their shelters.

Most of the animals at the zoo are sheep, bison, cattle and llamas.

The feeding stations are also close to the pedestrian sidewalks.

Of all the animals the llamas were the most active.

On my way back to the car I was fortunate to see that the yak had come out of his shelter for a bite to eat.

Judy’s Numbers Game Photo Challenge – #183

thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/03/03/numbers-game-62-mar-3-2025/

Four More Days of Art

….days 32 to 35

From simple shapes to colour blobs, and more prep pages of collage and adding marks and text to a watercolour background.

Lens-Artists Challenge – Cats and Dogs

thanks to Tina from Travels and Trifles for hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/lens-artists-challenge-334-cats-and-dogs/

We haven’t owned a dog for a number of years and we’ve only ever had one cat but we did cat sit our neighbours cat a few times when she was in care.

The dogs are Frances, Olive and Lucy and the cat is Tober.

Looking Back With Judy’s Photo Challenge

thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/02/10/the-numbers-game-60-feb-10-2025-come-play-along

This week’s number is 181. Type it into your photo search box and see what old photos show up.

Number 180 – Photo Challenge

thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting this challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/02/03/the-numbers-game-59-feb-3-2025-come-play-along/

Here are the photos that popped up when I typed 180 into the search box.

Looking Back With Judy’s Photo Challenge

thanks to Judy Dykstra Brown for the hosting the Numbers Game Photo Challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/01/27/the-numbers-game-58-jan-27-2025come-play-along/

This week’s number is 179.

Judy’s Photo Challenge – #178

thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game Photo Challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/01/19/the-numbers-game-57-jan-20-2025-please-play-along/

I love typing in the number into the search box on my photos page. I never know what’s going to come up. Try it, it’s a lot of fun.

It’s so cool when some of photos actually have the number 178 in them. Can you find it?