ROM, Brickworks, JP and more
What a crazy few days we had... I'm almost glad to get to work and relax.
The weekend started on Thursday with a trip to Toronto's islands. We wanted to get some photos of the Luminato festival as seen from Toronto Island. We ended up having dinner on a picnic table surrounded by Evil Looking Gulls. Then we walked around taking photos until it was dark enough to see the light show. We encountered a cat who followed us for 2 hours. Very pretty cat - and I think if TheCat was not such a loner he might have ended up with a companion. Anyway, the cat remained on the island. It looked well cared for - and there are some houses on the island where she could live. We didn't get home til 1am or so.
Friday: the gym, then the ROM - for the opening week of the Crystal. I didn't expect to like it - but it is a lovely space. We got a lot of photos to go through... and eventually post to Flickr i guess. When I have the time. We then headed to Dad's for some yummy dinner, went shopping with him to a Polish supermarket in Mississagua and then got home at 11:30 or so.
The problems I have with these late nights - getting to bed at 12:30 or 1:30 or so... I'm getting up early. 6am. 6:30am. Sometimes I'll sleep in til 7am! Five hours of sleep doesn't cut it much any more.
Saturday we "took it easy" for the morning - got up early - went to Kensington Market. Picked up some wine. Came home and then turned around and took the GOTrain out to Oakville to visit JP and meet her kids. I brought the kids beads (bribe!) which they seemed to like. The kids and dog though fell for TheBigBad. The girls adored him... especially the youngest. She's small enough to be picked up and tossed around and swung through the air. Poor Bad... he got a work out. We did have a great dinner - lots of roasted veggies (Which the kids dug into!) and then got time to sit around and talk and talk. I think she's doing such a great job with her kids. They've got a nice place that feels comfortable. It feels like a home. We got the last train back from Oakville and so we went to bed around 2am. blerg... so much for the idea of getting up early and rushing out to the brickworks again.
Sunday we dragged our tired and sore bodies out to The Brickworks again. More photography ensued. We still got up around 7:30am and then dragged around the house and finally staggered up to the TTC. It was almost 11am by the time we actually got going (with 2 false starts - oops directions?). Anyway, more photos of the Brickworks will be coming soon. We had more time to wander around and there were a fair number of people there too. Took lots more photos. By the time we left though I got the worst headache - a tension headache that just ripped my head apart with each step. Blood sugar issue I think because I'd not eaten anything since 9am - and it was 4pm when we started to leave. It felt like someone was tearing at my skull. We did eventually stagger home - and TheBad took care of the cooking mostly - a new addiction has started - homemade meatball subs. Awesome.
anyway, lots of photos to come. I'm exhausted and its rather funny to say: gee, i want to get back to work to relax.
The weekend started on Thursday with a trip to Toronto's islands. We wanted to get some photos of the Luminato festival as seen from Toronto Island. We ended up having dinner on a picnic table surrounded by Evil Looking Gulls. Then we walked around taking photos until it was dark enough to see the light show. We encountered a cat who followed us for 2 hours. Very pretty cat - and I think if TheCat was not such a loner he might have ended up with a companion. Anyway, the cat remained on the island. It looked well cared for - and there are some houses on the island where she could live. We didn't get home til 1am or so.
Friday: the gym, then the ROM - for the opening week of the Crystal. I didn't expect to like it - but it is a lovely space. We got a lot of photos to go through... and eventually post to Flickr i guess. When I have the time. We then headed to Dad's for some yummy dinner, went shopping with him to a Polish supermarket in Mississagua and then got home at 11:30 or so.
The problems I have with these late nights - getting to bed at 12:30 or 1:30 or so... I'm getting up early. 6am. 6:30am. Sometimes I'll sleep in til 7am! Five hours of sleep doesn't cut it much any more.
Saturday we "took it easy" for the morning - got up early - went to Kensington Market. Picked up some wine. Came home and then turned around and took the GOTrain out to Oakville to visit JP and meet her kids. I brought the kids beads (bribe!) which they seemed to like. The kids and dog though fell for TheBigBad. The girls adored him... especially the youngest. She's small enough to be picked up and tossed around and swung through the air. Poor Bad... he got a work out. We did have a great dinner - lots of roasted veggies (Which the kids dug into!) and then got time to sit around and talk and talk. I think she's doing such a great job with her kids. They've got a nice place that feels comfortable. It feels like a home. We got the last train back from Oakville and so we went to bed around 2am. blerg... so much for the idea of getting up early and rushing out to the brickworks again.
Sunday we dragged our tired and sore bodies out to The Brickworks again. More photography ensued. We still got up around 7:30am and then dragged around the house and finally staggered up to the TTC. It was almost 11am by the time we actually got going (with 2 false starts - oops directions?). Anyway, more photos of the Brickworks will be coming soon. We had more time to wander around and there were a fair number of people there too. Took lots more photos. By the time we left though I got the worst headache - a tension headache that just ripped my head apart with each step. Blood sugar issue I think because I'd not eaten anything since 9am - and it was 4pm when we started to leave. It felt like someone was tearing at my skull. We did eventually stagger home - and TheBad took care of the cooking mostly - a new addiction has started - homemade meatball subs. Awesome.
anyway, lots of photos to come. I'm exhausted and its rather funny to say: gee, i want to get back to work to relax.