Betty Boop

The cupboard is bare and I haven't been able to get out and about to photograph anything so here's another rose from my back garden. This rose is called Betty Boop. It kinda looks like her if you squint your eyes just so.

Woodshed

I discovered this dilapitated woodshed while walking my dog in a local park. Some of houses that back on to the park do not have high privacy fences so their little secrets are visible to passers by.

RR Station Grafitti

CPP Crew Shack

Shot from a different angle, RR Crew Shack grafitti posted previously.

Here is a Google Maps satellite image of where this photo was taken or you can copy and paste the following coordinates into Google Earth:
43 53' 16.22"N, 78 51' 20.43"W

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Sumac & Graffiti

Bushes and weeds have grown up all around this concrete barricade at the end of the street. The bright red sumac bush compliments the blue graffiti.

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43 53' 17.12"N, 78 51' 20.55"W

WWII M1 125mm Howitzer Recoil

The recoil mechanism of the same Howitzer posted yesterday.

WWII M1 125mm Howitzer Gears

Sometimes the individual parts are more interesting than the whole. These aiming gears are on a WWII M1 125mm Howiter on display in front of the Oshawa branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Here is a Google Maps satellite image of where this photo was taken or you can copy and paste the following coordinates into Google Earth:
43 53' 05.96"N, 78 51' 28.00"W

1960 Fleetside

1960 Chevy Fleetside Pickup Truck

While walking downtown along some of the residential streets just off the main drag I came upon this beautifully restored pickup. The stone chips are evidence that it is not just a pretty show car, but driven regularly. Sitting in the cargo box, wrapped in clear plastic was a newly rebuilt big blog engine. If it is destined to be installed in this truck, it's going to be one mean machine.

Here is a Google Maps satellite image of where this photo was taken or you can copy and paste the following coordinates into Google Earth:
43 53' 01.81"N, 78 51' 18.09"W

Abandoned But Not Forgotten

This old RR crew shack is on a CPR spur line running through Oshawa serving industries in the region. Only a few trains move along this line each day, but they do so at a very high rate of speed. I think this graffiti artist has livened up this old building a bit. It is most likely slated for demolition in the near future as CPR abandons secondary lines because most freight is now moved by road.

Here is a Google Maps satellite image of where this photo was taken or you can copy and paste the following coordinates into Google Earth:
43 53' 16.22"N, 78 51' 20.43"W

Red Flannels

Second Avenue, Oshawa

A sure sign that winter is approaching is the appearance of red flannel long underwear. Stanfields are a Canadian institution in winter underwear. The company located in Truro Nova Scotia, is owned by the family of former Nova Scotia Premier, Robert Stanfield. He was also the former leader of the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party and candidate for Canadian Prime Minister in 1968 & 1974, going down to defeat against the Liberals led by Pierre Elliot Trudeau.

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43 53' 02.87"N, 78 51' 17.39"W

Birdhouse

Southmead Park, Oshawa

I walk past this spot a couple of times a week and have never noticed this birdhouse before. The other day, when I was in hiding, hoping to photographing some deer that come to feed on fallen apples in a corner of Southmead Park I heard some birds squacking. When I looked up I saw the birdhouse attached to the the tree in the garden of a house that backs on the park. The park sits above the woods and marsh at the mouth of Oshawa Creek. I stepped back to photograph the birdhouse and noticed the roof of the old, weather beaten shed. I like how the new birdhouse contrasts with the old garden shed.

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43 52' 02.28"N, 78 49' 59.65"W

Shack

I was walking Dog through a park in my neighbourhood when I spotted this weather worn shed. I like old out buildings like this. They show that things have a tendency to revert back to nature quickly. It was really hazy and the image was very washed out, so I did the best I could in Photoshop, but you can only do so much. If it isn’t there, it isn’t there.

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43 52' 02.81"N, 78 50' 01.71"W

Stairway to Heaven

Depends on whether you are going up or down. These iron stairs lead up from the valley that Oshawa Creek runs thought. They are at the rear of the former Conant Public School at the end of my street. The school has now closed and classes have moved to a newer, larger facility at the oposite end of the street and has been renamed Bobby Orr Public school, after the Boston Bruins hockey star. More on that anomoly in a future post.

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43 52' 09.91"N, 78 50' 44.85"W

My Oh My Said the Spider to the Fly

Seat of Government

Queen's Park, Toronto

Queen's Park is where the Ontario Government meets when in session. It is situated on Queen's Park Circle, in the heart of Toronto. Queen's Park is an island of land, an oasis of green, created where University Avenue spits and encircles the Ontario Legislature buildings.

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43 39' 45.48"N, 79 23' 31.47"W