Author archives: Bonnie

  • Doors Open Toronto - Part 4 - The Redpath Sugary Refinery

    • This is the final posting for Doors Open Toronto 2010.  The last stop of my Doors Open day was at the Redpath Sugary Refinery.  It's where I learned the difference between white sugar & brown sugar (they are both white sugar, only the brown sugar is mixed with a bit of molasses).  I also learned a lot about the dif[...]

  • Doors Open Toronto - Part 3 - Osgoode Hall

    • A friend of mine in the legal system was kind enough to treat me to lunch at Osgoode Hall earlier in the year.  During the week the rooms are occupied with legal proceedings and one large room functions as a fabulous restaurant.  Since my friend works for the legal system I was able to have a personal tour of the build[...]

  • Doors Open Toronto - Part 2 - Toronto City Hall

    • This year the headquarters for Doors Open was located at the Toronto City Hall.  For Doors Open, Toronto City Hall officially opened their brand new rooftop garden.    Here is a small blurb from the City of Toronto website: From concrete to living garden, the Toronto City Hall podium roof, where visiting dignitaries w[...]

  • Doors Open Toronto - Part 1 - Le Meridien King Edward Hotel

    • Once a year the city of Toronto opens it's doors to historic and new buildings across the city to the public for free.  This often includes buildings that normally have so much security to enter that they destroy suspicious looking keys you might have, to buildings that haven't had people in their rooms in 30 years. I[...]

  • Water Drops - Highspeed Photography

    • A good friend of mine sent me a link this week to a photography contest and the subject was Water Drops.  I hadn't photographed them before and was inspired to give it a try.  Here is the technique I used and a few sample images of the result. The equipment I used was a Nikon D80, Macro lens, Nikon SB800 Speedlight Fl[...]

  • Spring Is Here - Cherry Blossoms

    • Spring is officially here!  The Cherry Blossom trees have bloomed & the city looks beautiful.  These trees are rare in such a cold climate but Toronto's High Park has a large amount of them.  In 1959, the Japanese ambassador to Canada presented 2000 Japanese Somei-Yoshino Sakura trees to the citizens of Toronto on [...]

  • One Of A Kind Show

    • On sunday I went to the "One Of A Kind Spring Show & Sale" held at Exhibition Place here in Toronto.  There were 450 artisans selling clothing, jewelry, food and all things crafty. I made three purchases -  Resin based hand made ring & earrings by Dconstruct Jewelry, based out of Winnipeg Alberta.  As well as [...]

  • Roadkill - Canadian Handmade Jewelry

    • There is a wonderful little shop on Yonge St. just south of Bloor in Toronto called Propaganda.  They sell a variety of cute, unique and fun jewelry, trinkets, clothing etc. I purchased one of my most favourite possessions there, it's a handmade robot pendant by Roadkill, a canadian artist. I would love to have thi[...]

  • Toronto's Iceberg

    • While out walking one lunch hour this week on a unseasonaly warm March day, I came across a sidewalk snowbank that had melted into these wonderful little icebergs.  I loved how the pavement framed the puddles surrounding the left over snow.  It made it look as though each snow pile was an iceberg in it's own little bod[...]

  • Talented CG Artist

    • I am fortunate enough to work with a very talented group of artists on a daily basis.  Here is a link to the portfolio of one of them named Emrah Gonulkirmaz.  I really enjoy his CG style, sketches etc. www.defaultcg.com