Project 365 - Day 272 - Another squirrel

Heh.  This one is giving me attitude though.  I like the grey and black squirrels, they're cute and they look cuddly.  But I love the red squirrel.  The red squirrel is such a nuisance to home owners, 9 times out of 10 it's the red that gets into your attic, digs up your flowers, and yells at you when you are in the backyard.  He moves so fast and he's light and small.  His acrobatics are just phenomenal.

This little guy was eating a nut in one of our trees, and when I started taking his picture he decided to climb up higher and peak at me.  He must have been about 20 feet up, which gave him the courage to call me some nasty squirrel names ... :-)

Project 365 - Day 271 - Reflections

Walking around Toronto today acting like a tourist again.  We were walking down University and saw this scene, the CN tower reflected in one of the shinier buildings.  As you know I love reflections, so I had to grab this one. 

Project 365 - Day 270 - Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer

The Road Hockey tournament was today.  I was playing so I didn't get to shoot a lot today.  This is a goalie mask that Sonia pointed out to me, and I thought it was pretty cool. 

Project 365 - Day 269 - Pigeons in the park

I was playing tourist in my own town today.  We are in Toronto for a show this evening and I came out early.  I was walking around city hall when I happened upon this scene.  This woman is feeding the pigeons bits of bread.  They are all well behaved - save for this one bird that has decided to perch beside her to get the "choice" pieces.  I wasn't the only one taking pictures, to the right of the scene is a group of young women filming this with their cell phones.   The woman seemed really happy to be feeding the birds.

Project 365 - Day 268 - The Ugly Duckling

Duck and Swan.  That was the other possible name of this post.  Today at Bronte Harbour I came across this swan feeding in the shallow water.  A young mallard happened by and I got a shot of him swimming right beside the swan.

You can still see the water dripping from the swan's beak as he has just come up from getting some dinner...

Project 365 - Day 267 - That squirrel has a fluffy tail

I mean, look at the size of it!!  :-)

Went down to Coronation park today to get some squirrel pictures.  I had to fend off the seagulls while I enticed the squirrels with peanuts.  The seagulls wanted to eat the peanuts, but they really had no idea what to do with them.

I threw a peanut to one squirrel and it bounced in front of him and over his head.  Then this seagull swooped down to grab the peanut.  I am telling you, I heard that squirrel curse something fierce - although I can't blame him. 

Eventually the squirrels got the peanuts ... :-)

Project 365 - Day 266 - Never too old

Army guy.  That's what this is.  I bought a box of these guys at a recent garage type sale for 50 cents.  They are the old style of army men, the ones with detail and almost no seam - when the people who made them actually cared about the product and not so much about the profit.

These guys are going to become subjects in the coming months, as the weather turns dull and cold, I will have to start thinking of new and interesting things to shoot - and some of these guys may make an appearance.

So keep an eye out, and like this guy says ...  "Look over there!"