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Down The Nokiidaa and Don River Bike Trails From Bradford to Toronto (Mostly Off-Road)
The Route Map The Lake To Lake Trail Getting To Bradford – The GO Train Getting To the Trailhead The Nokiidaa Trail To Bayview Ave S of Vandorf Sideroad The Meaning of the Anishnaabe Word Nokiidaa Down Leslie Street to … Continue reading
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Off-Road Bike Trails From Oshawa Go Station To Toronto Riverdale
Table of Contents: The Route Map Getting To Oshawa – The GO Train Down To the Waterfront Trail Along The Waterfront To Highland Creek From Highland Creek To Ellesmere Road West On The Meadoway The East Don Trail/Mocassin Trail/Don Trail … Continue reading
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Guelph to Toronto’s East End By Bicycle
A warm and sunny Monday weather forecast – a perfect day for a longer bike ride. Having explored and revisited the various ride options in my immediate neighbourhood, I have started using the Go Train network to venture a little … Continue reading
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Halloween Decor in Riverdale –
It’s October 29, just two days before “trick or treat” time. Parents are checking the weather forecast to see if the weather this year will be better as their kids make the rounds in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood. Given the number … Continue reading
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Skuggi: The Fall Colour Collection
Prime autumn colour has come and gone here in Riverdale, and my Icelandic Sheepdog Skuggi and I have managed to walk into a few scenes with some of that fall magic. Here are a few from the past month from … Continue reading
Up The Humber And Down The Don – A Bike Ride Around Toronto
Table of Contents: The Route – main sections and overview map An Alternative Somewhat Shorter Route To The Martin Goodman Trail The Goodman Trail To the Humber Bridge Up The Humber River Trail To Finch Along Finch Avenue and The … Continue reading
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-10ºC and Snow in Toronto – Great For Tobogganning!
toboggan: a Quebec French word from the Anishinaabe (i.e.Algonkian) word topagan meaning “sled”. Along with “toque” and “loonie” and “eh” and “two-four”, the word makes most sense to fellow Canadians! We’ve had a cold stretch here in Toronto and it … Continue reading
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If Not For Viggo – A Winter’s Day Walk Along The Don River
If not for Viggo, our Icelandic Sheepdog, I’d have sipped on a third cup of coffee this morning. Instead, we headed out for a walk at the tail end of a snow storm! It was something I was actually looking … Continue reading
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November 7, 2019: Viggo Checks Out The First Dusting of Snow In Toronto’s Riverdale Neighbourhood
Well, that was early! We woke up to a light dusting of snow in Riverdale; it is only Nov. 7. I decided to take my camera along on our morning ramble as Viggo and I checked out the first little bit … Continue reading
The Itchiku Kubota Kimono Exhibit At The Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto
I knew I had to see them for myself as I looked at the screen of my wife Laila’s iPhone. She had just come home from the Itchiku Kubota exhibit at the Textile Museum of Canada on Centre Street in downtown … Continue reading
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Tagged Itchiku Kubota exhibit, kimono painting, Kubota Museum, Mount Fuji kimono, symphony of light kimono
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