…thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/05/24/reflections-6-water-water-everywhere-79/
View of the lake from Port Credit.
Water, Water Everywhere – Lake Ontario West of Toronto
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Tag Archives: weekly photo challenge
Birds Weekly – Grackles, Gulls and Geese
….thanks to Lisa Coleman for hosting Birds Weekly https://oureyesopen.blog/2021/05/21/bird-weekly-photo-challenge-birds-beginning-with-a-g-in-the-title/
This week’s challenging is finding birds that begin with the letter G in their name.
Grackle
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
White Goose
One Word Sunday Challenge – Lean
….this word can be either an adjective, a verb or a noun
Definition of lean
intransitive verb 1a: to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical positionHe leaned back in his chair.b: to cast one’s weight to one side for support lean on me as we walk. 2: to rely for support or inspiration preferred not to lean on his father in building a career— Current Biography 3: to incline in opinion, taste, or desire leaning toward a career in chemistry
transitive verb: to cause to lean : INCLINE The boy leaned his head on his mother’s shoulder. lean on: to apply pressure to They were leaning on the governor to pass the law.
lean noun (1)
Definition of lean: the act or an instance of leaning: INCLINATION
lean adjective
Definition of lean 1a: lacking or deficient in flesh b: containing little or no fat lean meat 2: lacking richness, sufficiency, or productiveness lean profits the lean years 3: deficient in an essential or important quality or ingredient: such as a of ore : containing little valuable mineral b: low in combustible component —used especially of fuel mixtures 4: characterized by economy (as of style, expression, or operation)
Thanks to Debbie Smyth for hosting Sunday One Word Challenge https://travelwithintent.com/2021/05/23/lean/
Sunday Trees – May 23, 2021
…at the Rhododendron Park
Weeping Purple Beech
Silent Sunday – May 23, 2021
Sculpture Saturday – May 22, 2021
….found a new park in south Mississauga to wander through
This is where I found The Peace Stone, Richard’s Memorial Park in Port Credit.
Thanks to SM Kelly from No Fixed Plans for hosting Sculpture Saturday https://nofixedplans5.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/sculpture-saturday-32/
Thursday Trios – A Gallery from the Past
…..apart from the last photo all the rest were pulled from the archives
If you have photos of three people, animals or things why not join the fun. Copy the link and paste it into your own post and I’ll be sure to respond.
Wordless Wednesday – May 19, 2021
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Monday Window – Long Branch Cottages
….thanks to Ludwig for hosting Monday Window https://mondaywindow.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/monday-window-may-17-2021/
South Etobicoke in Toronto where I live is divided into three areas along the waterfront. The area on the east side is Mimico, New Toronto is in the middle and Long Branch is on the west side. Last week I took a drive over to Long Branch to check out the waterfront.
Long Branch was originally owned by Col. Samuel Smith in the early 1800s. He had a large family and he tried his hand at farming after he left military service. He apparently wasn’t a very good farmer and five of his seven children never married and continued to live in their parents’ home after they died.
In 1861, James and Margaret Eastwood purchased the old house and 500 acres of lakefront property from the Smith Estate. They cleared the timber and farmed the land. In 1883, they sold 64 acres on the eastern edge of their property to a consortium which developed it into an exclusive summer resort area. The land was subdivided into 250 villa lots where the well-off could build summer cottages.(copied from the Etobicoke Historical Society). http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/long-branch.html
Many of these magnificent ‘cottages’ still stand today. It always amuses me to think that people who lived in Toronto travelled 10 to 20 kilometres in the summer to travel to their summer homes.
Sunday Trees – May 16, 2021
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Mama Cormier 