John FitzGerald's photos

Chiswick House was buily for thr Earl of Burlingyon and finished in 1729. The gardens were mainly designed by William Kent. Re-edit.

Part of Brookfield Place in Toronto (1992, Santiago Calatrave).

Looking north from Front Street to Old City Hall. The PiP at upper left shows a view from slightly farther south. Re-edit.

In Canada today is either, depending on where you live, Victoria Day or la Journée Nationale des Patriotes. I'd prefer to celebrate les Patriotes but in Ontario the Old Queen gets the nod. So here's a display of national, provincial, and territorial flags. I've put notes on the provincial and territorial flags I can identify. Unfortunately, there's no identifiable shot of the two flags I like most -- Quebec's (the fleurdelisé ) and Nunavut's. Ontario has the dullest flag to my mind. Manitoba's is almost as dull but at least has a buffalo on it. Here's a link to a graphic of all the flags. static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/000/097/981/original/vector-canadian-flags.jpg The graphic has the national flag wrong, but the other flags seem correct. The view is from Nathan Phillips Square toward the Toronto Eaton Centre.

In back you can see Ai Wei Wei's sculpture Forever Bicycles . She blows up real good. According to me. Click the pic or type Z to see what you think.

And a happy Victoria Day/Journée nationale des Patriotes! Even if you don't know what they are! Extra added PiP at top left! ==== Update: This installation has been removed. It did last at least five years, though; this photo was taken in 2014 and the photo in the PiP in 2009.

They parked right in front of me.

More aerial sculptures: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1346042 More mackerel skies: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1346374

The architect's site doesn't mention this house, so I don't know what it looks like now. If I could remember the address I could look it up on Street View, but I don't remember the address.

Brookfield Place, Toronto (1992, Santiago Calatrava).

CAUTION: I sharpened this boy so much I near cut myself. Viewer discretion is advised.

The lower part of this view has been lost, at least, A wall has since been built in front of the lower part of these silos. The silos store dry edible beans. I grew up near here, and if you've ever lived near stored beans you know how delightful their aroma can be on certain days. We used to get beans there for our peashooters. Someone could have put someone's eye out. The World Pea Shooting Championships are held annually in Witcham, Cambridgeshire,

Spadina rhymes with mynah, except when you're talking about Spadina House, when it's pronounced Spadeena. It's from an Ojibway word ( ishpadinaa ) that means ridge or hill