Sol
This is a set of photos I’m eager to share, because they’re with some of the most brilliant kids I’ve gotten to know throughout this school year. I began volunteering at my old elementary school, with some grade 4s and 5s, in my former grade 4 class, actually. It’s a French Immersion classroom, so I had the opportunity to teach a French drama lesson to them. They had to act out four acts of a play from Sol, from the old popular CBC children’s show Sol et Gobelet, written by Quebecois actor, Marc Favreau. They were super excited to be able to dress up and act in front of each other and that made my job much easier, although I had a real hard time getting them to sit still and watch each other instead of planning out their own scene, which I guess, isn’t that bad. On my last day, I promised them they could put on a small production in class where they could dress up, bring props, and I’d put together a little movie to send home as a keepsake (still in process).
Here are some of their makeup and costumes behind the scenes, and some nice group shots.
All the red makeup provided by my brand new lipstick. Note to self: When you’ve just bought a new tube of lipstick, and are fond of it, do not lend it to a group of 10-year-old boys.
Winter
I guess the theme of this post is mostly Eric. I forgot about these photographs, and, sorting through them today, I remembered all these “test” photos I had taken of Eric right when I had just gotten my camera and was eager to take it for a test run. A nice winter’s day spent inside, chez Chloe, just hanging out and then after much coercion, I managed to get them down to Sushi Gen for some delicious dinner.
So as promised, here are some silly photos of Eric, especially since he’s been MIA running off to Northern Europe and not here in North America with us…
The Shop
I spent the day at the shop to document my sister’s last day at work. After ten years at the shop, she’s moving up North and settled in the woods with her family (bf & two polar opposite dog-children). The day I shot these photos was a nice day, calm and relaxed, as if it were just any other work day. I shot a lot of incognito footage while my sister was working, and hopefully, after I sort through all of it on this overflowing mini laptop, I can, hopefully, soon – materialize the little film I promised to make.
Most of the photos I took were of the little tools and mechanical knick knacks I found around the shop. Enjoy.
Sakura
After weeks of religiously tracking the status of the cherry blossoms in High Park online, I, along with hundreds of other photographers/asian girls, found out that they had conveniently bloomed a day shy of Mother’s day this year. Although blooming later than usual in the season, it still came at an ideal time, during the sunshine and after the weeks of rainfall we experienced.
2000 cherry blossoms were donated by the Japanese ambassador to Canada in 1959 to us on behalf of the citizens of Tokyo. This was a token of appreciation for accepting re-located Japanese-Canadians after WWII. Interesting little tidbit of history that re-blooms every year. Trees are something you never think of as being a possible gift. It reminds me of the Centre Island Hedge Maze donated to Toronto by the Dutch-Canadian community as a centennial gift, totally abstracting my idea of a gift being something you can fit into a square box tied with a ribbon.
In keeping with the pattern, some photos from the little Sunday afternoon outing I invited my má and family out to…
Redpath by the Harbourfront
Door Open Toronto 2011, A small collection of photos from a lovely weekend spent biking around in Toronto’s humidity between sun and overcast. Waking up too late, and slowly crawling around on our bikes while stopping for caffeine in the Market, we made it for the last tour of the sugar factory after visiting the sparkly Corus Quay building, home of YTV and others… giant slide!
Starting with a visit to the shiny new Corus Quay building, I sat down with my two lovely buds for a bit and shot some… what I’d classify as “conversational action” shots. Exciting name, I know. Anyways, I wish I found some way to embed some comments underneath the photos in the slideshow, but because I have yet to figure it out, some captions would include “T-REX HANDS” and “Blue Steel”…
And roll slideshow!
17th parallel 