Birthday Shoes!

Happy birthday Paul!

A joyous start to the day; meeting our lovely daughter Jess on Skype for a tour of her new home.

Toronto Harbour Toronto Harbour Birthday lunch Birthday lunch Toronto Harbour Toronto Harbour

Blue, blues skies and clear golden light – a perfect day for the lunch cruise that was part of a charity auction package we bought at the recent BuskerFest Ball.

Gina Gina Gina & Paul Gina & Paul Gina Gina

We were reminded how lovely our city is when viewed from the water (as is so much of Ontario); the CN tower‘s inescapably commanding presence; the relaxed greenness of Toronto islands; the exuberant to-ing and fro-ing of every kind of water-craft, revelling in this patchy summer’s last hurrah.

Rogers Centre and Kayaks Rogers Centre and Kayaks CN & Rogers Centre CN & Rogers Centre A day to be out on the water A day to be out on the water

Toronto from across the Islands Toronto from across the Islands

Gardiner Museum Gardiner Museum - personal favourites. 'Playa' by Steven Heinemann. Gardiner Museum Gardiner Museum - personal favourites Gardiner Museum Gardiner Museum - personal favourites

We got our culture fix from a couple of hours at the Gardiner, Canada’s national ceramics museum – so much to delight us! If we had to pick one piece, I think it would be a huge modern bowl called ‘Playa’ by Steven Heinemann, its interior like a parched surface on which is superimposed a giant fingerprint.

Gina in conversation Gina in conversation A birthday kiss! A birthday kiss!As always in Toronto, there were unexpected pleasures – a quiet conversation with a studious statue; a birthday kiss; a swathe of skateboarders swarming down University Avenue to a meetup in Queen’s Park.

Finally, a detour to the Distillery District to buy birthday shoes.

Birthday shoes! Birthday shoes!

 

And, at home, cake (of course)!

Paul with cake Paul with cake

(There are more photos from Paul’s birthday in our gallery)

 

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