Posts Tagged ‘scarborough’

supplies!

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Pleasantly surprised that a local store - Scarboro Music, at Vic Park and Kingston has autoharp strings.

It also has a very fine old Dobson banjo for $1500.

beautiful drone

Monday, May 12th, 2008

The chill units in the new Loblaws Superstore in Scarborough make the most harnonious drone. I might just come here to listen.

signs of life in Scarborough

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

A fat brown raccoon without a tail is digging for bugs in our back lawn.

snoozing squirrel

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

On our fence just now:

snoozing squirrel

Sunday night at the chalet

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

The craving for second-rate chicken came over me. So I’m sat here in the chalet next to two couples who are having a conversation from two decades ago: how they drive out their way for Burger King, how the auto industry’s dying (but still a good place for a pension), bemoaning the lack of the Gardner extension, why recycling doesn’t work … and how John Tory’s a really nice guy who just can’t catch a break.

Just another Sunday night in Scarborough.

nice chips, shame about the hours

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

What’s it with good east end chippies? St Andrews (Ellesmere and McCowan) closes at 8pm, and Duckworth’s at 7:30.

not very walkable here

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Walk Score rates our neighbourhood at 32%, which isn’t very good. There are some errors in its analysis — we have a library kittycorner on the main intersection, and not 12km away, as Walk Score claims.

But yeah, there are problems. Our nearest bookstore? Cupid’s Boutique, where I’m sure they sell many illustrated periodicals for the discerning gentleman …

Bluffer’s Park notes

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

(click image for gallery)

Sights: water, bluffs, rock, birds, blue sky.

Sounds: water, redwing blackbirds, grackles, geese, falling limestone.

Smells: the lighting of BBQs.

first

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Saw my first redwing blackbird of spring just by Scarborough station.

Here be small wind turbines

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Saw three little turbines just at Huntingwood and McCowan (from the pleasantly slow 169 Huntingwood bus). They’re probably the nearest (working) wind turbines to my house.
I’ve tagged this post with their location, so you can see it on my geo mashup page.

OEC office, with turbines

Update: they are at the Ontario Electrical Construction Company building, and they are Fortis turbines.