Coming home from lunch at Number 1 son's home yesterday, I captured these through the car window:
The curvy condo building on the right, in Mississauga, has been dubbed the Marilyn Monroe Tower in reference to her voluptuous figure.
Just in case you are interested in moving in, you can read more about these luxury condos here and even take a neat virtual tour of the penthouse suite. And if you go here your can discover all the features these condos contain - columns of them!
Also captured this through the car window:
Amazingly this great cloud formation didn't produce any rain - not over us, anyway.
Today DOTH and I had a Mothers' Day brunch at her sailing club downtown. It was a gorgeous day - finally! And this view from the clubhouse captured ME!
Wherever one travels downtown the CN Tower makes a great focal point for photography...
I like the composition of this photo, with the tower between the two masts.
This tall ship sailed past the dining room while we were enjoying a lovely buffet:
And this is the clubhouse from a distance:
Number 1 son and grandson visited us later in the afternoon, and they worked off the dinner calories with a rousing game of badminton:
It was wonderful to be out in some WARM weather. The trees are turning green and the tulips are finally coming up.
As the sun began to set, DOTH turned on the sprinkler system and I couldn't resist taking this striking shot:
A fitting end to a lovely day.
Just one more shot, for snafu -- who talked on his blog about his Amaryllis refusing to bloom for a number of years, and then suddenly coming alive. We purchased an Anthurium a number of years ago. It was covered in beautiful blooms, but they gradually died away, and it remained dormant for four years. Then, suddenly, it began to bloom again. For the last three years it has produced a steady stream of blooms from May to November:
The only reason I can fathom for its splendour now, is its location. Three years ago I moved it from in front of the window, to a location with less light. It seems to thrive there, so I have steadfastly refused to move it, even if it doesn't fit the decor! It has just begun to bloom for this year - and I love it!
Lovely pictures. I think the contractor’s must have had a crease in the architect’s plans, which is why they came out that shape. :}
ReplyDeleteThere is a block of flats not far from Watford where the builders had the plans back to front and the rear of the block faces the street. This is very obvious because the big communal waste bins are all on view instead of being discreetly hidden at the back.
Funny things plants, TBH had one she inherited from her mother that never flowered for her mum but as soon as it arrived in our house it bloomed and bloomed and bloomed. Mind you because of her age, her mum’s house was always much warmer than ours.
I really like the tree against the sunset, it has ‘atmosphere’
Not to say anything negative about Watford, snafu, but why am I not surprised to hear about that building?!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have some interesting buildings around your area, Kathy. I love those views from the boat club.
ReplyDeleteI'll let you into a secret; before I started reading your blog, I thought Canada was all about bears, beavers and lumberjacks and folk went around in checked shirts carrying axes!
;-)I never imagined such a variation of scenery...odd how we get these perceptions into our heads.
Creased plans, indeed...Snafu creases me up!! :-D x