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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Northern scene, a long canoe on the lake. Getting cold here. #Ontario #canoe #autumn

long canoe, with 4 people paddling on a lake, with cedars and poplars trees turning orange

ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I like these old Art Deco, modernist, buildings from the 20 to the 50s. This building is along the Key Gardiner Beltline Trail in Toronto. The emblem has a nice font to it. Any idea of what it is? Though disturbing that the deer has an arrow piercing its […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a square 1 store brick building with metal windows

A stone decorative emblem "The Village of Forest Hill 1923-1955" with a carved deer in the middle.

a dirt trail, with trees on either side, and a shaded canopy of trees overtop

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Had a big racoon in the backyard, late in the morning. Not sure what it was doing out, wandering around, in broad daylight. #racoon #Toronto #wildlife

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Ward 12, #Toronto is having a debate. When: Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Where: First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 473 Oakwood Ave Fully accessible to people with mobility challenges. Online: Streamed on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/81485723276 #topoli #Toronto

Poster for Ward 12 Debate, map of the ward in the middle of the poster.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Saw this in mid-town Toronto. Somebody got creative in their driveway to make a hanging garden. Much better than just a barren driveway. What should this type of structure be called? #Toronto #DIY #gardening #garden

An arbour made of 4x4 posts, cover a car in a driveway. With a car underneath, hanging vines and hanging baskets on it.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Lots of storm damage from several weeks ago, when the tornado like storm came through Toronto's west end. Viewmount park has damage to a dozen 80 year old willow trees. The city hasn't even gotten to cleaning them up yet. Some of the trees had large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Lots of little kinglets in Toronto. Gettng ready to fly south. #Toronto #birds

Small kinglet holding onto a small branch.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Squirrel eating the late harvest raspberries that are a little too cold weather damaged. #Toronto #gardening #nature #naturephotography

A squirrel with a raspberry in its hands, eating it, while sitting on a wooden fence.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Lot's of bird action today in the backyard; a female cardinal, a kinglet, white crowned sparrow, a hairy woodpecker and a cooper's hawk! It was a cold night, so the birds are looking around to see what feeders have some food. This hawk has a really large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Cooper's hawk sitting on a wooden fence.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Signs of autumn in the neighbourhood. The ginkgo tree fruit is ready. The sugar maples are turn red. #Toronto #autumn Location: www.openstreetmap.org/node/53553291…

ginkgo tree at the corner of an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Crab apples, a sign of the changing season. I'm sure lots of the little critters around really like that these are ripe. Many of these crab apple trees grow when people toss their apple cores, while walking. Location: Walter Saunders Park www.openstreetmap.org/way/56300240 #Toronto #autumn

$A 6meter tall crab apple tree, with few leaves, but lots of small, 5cm crab apples, along a walking trail.\$

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Going to the allotment garden gives me the opportunity to take pictures. I then take too many of them. Instead of having them languish on my hard-drive, I try to post them here. With migration the turkey vultures are moving south, and passing over Toronto […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

turkey vulture in the air with its wings spread

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I like this pictures, a song sparrow sitting on rebar. This urban allotment gardens tend to accumulate lots of random material, that people use for building plant climbing structures and fences. These little birds like to sit on reeds and sing, but some […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

small song sparrow sitting on a piece of metal rebar

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bird on a large gauge wire. Mourning doves really like the allotment gardens. The allotments I'm at are under the high capacity power lines. It's a large field. The freshly turned soil of individual plots, and cut grass at the park, attracts these birds […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

mourning dove sitting on a very large gauge wire

main path in the allotment gardens, with overhead hydro wires

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I was at the allotment garden today, it rained briefly for a few minutes. Saw this white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence. It hung around and posed for a minute, for me. It's migration season so I assume that everything is on the move. Location […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Saw this Northern Mocking bird today at the allotment garden. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/464293658

northern mocking bird, little grey bird sitting on a twing

main path through allotment gardens with hydro wires overhead

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Saturday night #ceili #Ceilidh Set #Dance in #Toronto The legion is rented, the band paid, shoes polished. #Dancing #music #folk

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Starling and some sparrows enjoying a bath together. #Toronto #birds

1 starling and 2 sparrows in a cast iron bird bath

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Somebody in the neighbourhood must of lost a budge. I don't think I've seen one at the feeder before. #Toronto #birds

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

You don't see these cab over trucks that much anymore. Surprised to see this one in downtown #Toronto #cars #

blue cab over semi truck at an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The Honey Locust trees have turned yellow. They're always the first to go. #autumn #trees #Toronto

several honey locusts tree by a road with yellow leaves

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Glad to hear that some rain is on the way to #Toronto. The birds are not too happy and making full use of the bird bath. Along with all the other local animals. #birds #birding #Toronto

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Saw this white-throated sparrow this morning. It was amongst the dozen house sparrow that are typically in the backyard. Fall migration is well underway. I figure that the house sparrow attract such migrants, showing where food and water sources are. Mid-town […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

a white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Saw two sapsuckers this morning. All the birds are moving with migration. #Toronto #birds Location www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1872…

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

It was a Uniglide hub from 1986. 6 speed cassette. Managed to get it off without too much difficulty. #bicycle #biketooter #bike

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Has anybody encounter this freewheel from Shimano, has a VIA stamped on it, and Made in Singapore. Doesn't seem to be anyway of removing it. No place to put a standard freewheel key/wrench. I haven't checked under the dust cover. Not the greatest of steel rim wheel […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

freewheel with 'VIA' 'Shimano' and 'Made in Singapore' written on it.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

#Toronto progress in the #LRT the bridge across the Humber river continues to be built. #TTC this is at Jane and Eglinton. #Topoli #Onpoli

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Something has been eating the beans from out of the pods at the #allotment #garden Any guesses? Maybe a bird or a mouse? Seem to be from the middle or top of the lattice.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this vintage bicycle on Queen West today, Parkdale #Toronto. Still had the old Sears sticker on it. Figure it is from the 70s. A nice survivor #bicycle

blue racing bike with a sears sticker on steering tube

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

LIke this #DIY metal fence made with old bicycles. #metal #diy #foundart A 3 meter tall fence, with bicycles welded together. In #Toronto Parkdale. Aprox. location www.openstreetmap.org/node/207676681

whole bicycles turned into a 6 foot tall fence

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this old, maybe 250 year old, #tree that came down in #Toronto near Roncesvalles and HIgh Park. It was a far more destructive storm that happened 2 weeks ago, than people think. #ONStorm #climateChange I left a coffee cup for scale. This tree was probably as old as Canada.

1.5m tree trunk stump, with a coffee cup for scale.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this rickshaw #bicycle today in #Toronto on Roncy. Interesting conversion, part wood, part long thick steel straps shaped to form. It would be fun to try pedaling this, for a very short distance.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

If anyone, for whatever reason, is interested, this Fuji Absolute 5.0 frame weighs approx 3.6 kilos. Seat tube length is approx 48cm, and tube tube 55cm. I'm overhauling it, so decided to weigh it while it was dissembled. #bicycle

Analog hanging scale reading just over 3.5 kilos.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I forgot to post this Cooper's hawk that I saw last month in the backyard. I really like the urban feel of this picture. The red brick wall in the background, the cable wires that the bird is sitting on. This is in mid-town Toronto. #Toronto #nature #birds #hawk #ontario #urban

coopers hawk with brick wall behind it, sitting on cable wires.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Does anybody know what plane this is? Saw it hiking at 1:24 p.m. near Orono #Ontario I didn't have my other camera, so had to use my phone for this shot. #plane #planespotting

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Old rail bridge on the Orono Crown Lands trail in #Ontario Part of the Ontario Northern Railroad. Opened in 1911 and closed in 1946. As a way of getting from Toronto to Montreal faster for farmers. #railroad #hiking Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/41999908

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Can't believe how many salmon I saw myself swimming up this little stream near Orono #Ontario #nature Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/65249935#…

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