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   (2005.11.19)
Vintage studio television camera is rectangular with a protruding round lens and CHANNEL 9 TORONTO COLOR written on coloured bands on the side
   (2005.11.10)
Pumpkin has carved round holes across its entire surface and lights within
   (2005.10.21)

Another drive-by shooting:

Sign reads ‘The ROM grows’ in front of three storeys of steel trusses pointing triangularly out from a central meeting point
   (2005.10.16)

I screeched to a halt when I saw this combination of parks-department vehicle, lesbian driver, and raccoon blocking the path.

Raccoon stands with forelegs and hind legs close together and nose nearly on the ground as woman in orange jumpsuit looks on

“I thought they were nocturnal,” I said jauntily.

“It’s very sick,” said the lesbian severely. And indeed it was, just barely able to walk. I am pretty sure I startled it by screeching to a halt, causing it to freeze in fear.

“Oh,” I replied brilliantly, and abashedly walked my bike around everything.

   (2005.10.02)
Orange Jacobsen lawnmower is dappled with green grass clippings
   (2005.10.02)
Top of orange drinking fountain against blue wall, with sign reading Fountain
   (2005.09.29)

Toronto’s much-photographed Distillery District has a giant overhead member with the following signs on its north and south faces, respectively:

Signs read ‘Gooderham & Worts,’ one rusted and decayed, the other pristine

Also, they put in a clock:

Men steady a tall black four-sided clock as a crane lowers it into position on a cobblestone street

Sadly, it’s directly ahead of the end of the sidewalk, meaning a blind person who keeps walking in a straight line will bump right into it.

Plus of course the cranes that hang around the Distillery like juvenile delinquents at a variety store are inexplicably labeled with newspaper agate type that I can’t be arsed to look up. Why not just use Futura Maxi?

Blue crane is emblazoned UpRight SB80 BOOM LIFT, in part, in sansserif type with high x-height and thick circular strokes
Embossed logo on crane reads UpRight in sansserif font
   (2005.09.22)

This is the best shot I could manage of the improbable conjunction of a 1976-era Austin Mini and a Smart Fourtwo. The latter is one-third taller than the former.

Green Ausin Mini parked in front of white Smart at night (with other car backing in between them)

I already thought the Smart ran on toy tires with toy wheels, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet till you’ve witnessed the shopping-cart wheels the Mini used.

   (2005.08.27)
Ontario Court of Justice building has giant concrete awning over entrance and a façade of white concrete dotted with short rectangular windows

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