January 2010: My brother James stops for a picture on his porch, having just walked home in the rain.
February: The "Snowlypians" I made the day before the Gold Medal hockey game of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
March: Snow still sticks to the ground in some parts of Ontario during my drive from Collingwood to Kingston with my mom.
March: James, Shannon Bell, and Jon Norris play up the camera during the afternoon of St. Patrick's day.
March: A crane, made out of a starburst wrapper, sits on my headphones in the Watt's Hall study room as I buckle down for midterms.
March: Penny poses shortly after mastering the "stay" command long enough for me to get a good picture of her.
April: Trevor the baby squirrel, abandoned by his mother and found on our lawn, cuddles an oatmeal heat bag while napping in our recycling bin. Sandy Paws animal rescue came to pick him up from us in a few hours, and last I asked them he was thriving at the centre.
April: the main staircase of Stauffer, seen looking straight up the centre from the bottommost floor.
May: Kelsey jams out on a giant Crayon she found on the road, discarded by a student who was moving out.
June: A baby orangutan lays out ans smiles up at me through the glass of his exhibit at the Toronto Zoo.
June: Graffiti Alley in Toronto is a small road where graffiti is legally allowed at certain times. Almost all of it is covered.
June: Commuters in Bloor Station.
June: Winne the Pooh and Piglet, made of fondant, sit atop a cake made by me and elizabeth Clifford.
June: A girl with a protest sign sits on the lawn of Queen's Park during one of the Days of Action that preceded the G20.
June: Cattle cars roll through Oshawa station in the rain during the hours I was stuck there on my way home from Kingston, due to the restrictions put in place for the G20.
June: On the Sunday of the G20, the "Bike Bloc" takes to the street to advocate for better public transit and bike lanes.
July: The International Space Station is seen crossing the star trails during this 8 minute exposure. The ISS is visible for a few minutes a couple times a night as the sun reflects off of it at the right angle, which is why it "fades in" and then "fades out" within the eight minutes.
July: A rose stands alone in the park near St. Michael's Hospital. This was the first picture I took after buying a new lens to replace my old one, which broke earlier that week.
July: A thirty second exposure of the stars over Southampton. The stars rotate throughout the night around the North Star, creating concentric circles across the sky.
July: The "Good Luck on your MCAT" toppers for a cake for my MCAT review class. Made out of fondant, the letters are actually all different symbols from the MCAT (in order: Good = GTP, two phospholipids, delta...Luck = Force Arrows, Uranium, Carbon, Potassium....On: Oxygen Nucleophilic Attack....Your= Ligandic Receptor, hexane ring, reverse osmosis, resistance.....MCAT= mu, omega, adenosine and thymine.)
August: Molson, Elizabeth's 9-year-old "puppy", tries to look his cutest for a treat while out on a walk.
August: A broken chair sits outside an abandoned homestead in the ghost town of Dummer, Saskatchewan. My brother, father and I went on a ghost town tour of SK one weekend in mid August.
August: The Arcade Museum at Fisherman's Wharf boasts all kinds of coin-operated games (and puppet shows, as here) from the last two centuries.
September: A staircase clings to the rock face of Moro Rock, 7000 ft above sea level, in Sequoia National Park.
September: Grass catches the light of the very hot sun of Napa Valley. While we were there the temperature climbed will over a hundred degrees fahrenheit.
September: Egg Yolk Jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California.
September: Jurassic Park dinosaurs pop out of the bushes during the backlot tour at Universal Studios Los Angeles.
September: Students crowd the corners at the top of Aberdeen street, during a subdued Homecoming weekend.
October: Marigold the shelter cat gets cozy in Victoria Garner's arms while were there volunteering taking pictures for the Kingston Humane Society's website.
October: The ghosts of fallen leaves are left on the sidewalk after the first snow of the year melted.
November: Regan Sullivan and Matt Greey ham it up for the camera dressed in thier best for the Science Formal (don't worry, its a fake).
November: A girl waits on scaffolding on Yonge St. for Santa in the 105th Toronto Santa Claus Parade.
January 2011: Jessica.
February: The "Snowlypians" I made the day before the Gold Medal hockey game of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
March: Snow still sticks to the ground in some parts of Ontario during my drive from Collingwood to Kingston with my mom.
March: James, Shannon Bell, and Jon Norris play up the camera during the afternoon of St. Patrick's day.
March: A crane, made out of a starburst wrapper, sits on my headphones in the Watt's Hall study room as I buckle down for midterms.
March: Penny poses shortly after mastering the "stay" command long enough for me to get a good picture of her.
April: Trevor the baby squirrel, abandoned by his mother and found on our lawn, cuddles an oatmeal heat bag while napping in our recycling bin. Sandy Paws animal rescue came to pick him up from us in a few hours, and last I asked them he was thriving at the centre.
April: the main staircase of Stauffer, seen looking straight up the centre from the bottommost floor.
June: A baby orangutan lays out ans smiles up at me through the glass of his exhibit at the Toronto Zoo.
June: Graffiti Alley in Toronto is a small road where graffiti is legally allowed at certain times. Almost all of it is covered.
June: Commuters in Bloor Station.
June: Winne the Pooh and Piglet, made of fondant, sit atop a cake made by me and elizabeth Clifford.
June: A girl with a protest sign sits on the lawn of Queen's Park during one of the Days of Action that preceded the G20.
June: Cattle cars roll through Oshawa station in the rain during the hours I was stuck there on my way home from Kingston, due to the restrictions put in place for the G20.
June: On the Sunday of the G20, the "Bike Bloc" takes to the street to advocate for better public transit and bike lanes.
July: The International Space Station is seen crossing the star trails during this 8 minute exposure. The ISS is visible for a few minutes a couple times a night as the sun reflects off of it at the right angle, which is why it "fades in" and then "fades out" within the eight minutes.
July: A rose stands alone in the park near St. Michael's Hospital. This was the first picture I took after buying a new lens to replace my old one, which broke earlier that week.
July: A thirty second exposure of the stars over Southampton. The stars rotate throughout the night around the North Star, creating concentric circles across the sky.
July: The "Good Luck on your MCAT" toppers for a cake for my MCAT review class. Made out of fondant, the letters are actually all different symbols from the MCAT (in order: Good = GTP, two phospholipids, delta...Luck = Force Arrows, Uranium, Carbon, Potassium....On: Oxygen Nucleophilic Attack....Your= Ligandic Receptor, hexane ring, reverse osmosis, resistance.....MCAT= mu, omega, adenosine and thymine.)
August: Molson, Elizabeth's 9-year-old "puppy", tries to look his cutest for a treat while out on a walk.
August: A broken chair sits outside an abandoned homestead in the ghost town of Dummer, Saskatchewan. My brother, father and I went on a ghost town tour of SK one weekend in mid August.
August: The Arcade Museum at Fisherman's Wharf boasts all kinds of coin-operated games (and puppet shows, as here) from the last two centuries.
September: A staircase clings to the rock face of Moro Rock, 7000 ft above sea level, in Sequoia National Park.
September: Grass catches the light of the very hot sun of Napa Valley. While we were there the temperature climbed will over a hundred degrees fahrenheit.
September: Egg Yolk Jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California.
September: Jurassic Park dinosaurs pop out of the bushes during the backlot tour at Universal Studios Los Angeles.
September: The sun sets on University Avenue as students return to school.
September: Students crowd the corners at the top of Aberdeen street, during a subdued Homecoming weekend.
October: Marigold the shelter cat gets cozy in Victoria Garner's arms while were there volunteering taking pictures for the Kingston Humane Society's website.
October: Sarah MacPhee, my cousin visiting from Washington, strikes a pose at the top of the Blue Mountains in Collingwood.
October: The ghosts of fallen leaves are left on the sidewalk after the first snow of the year melted.
October: The trees, they are a-changin'.
October: James, dressed as Leonardo the Ninja Turtle, and I, dressed as the Riddler, pose for a picture to our parents in my Kitchen on Halloween.
November: Regan Sullivan and Matt Greey ham it up for the camera dressed in thier best for the Science Formal (don't worry, its a fake).
November: A girl waits on scaffolding on Yonge St. for Santa in the 105th Toronto Santa Claus Parade.
December: A male sparrow peeps out of the bushes by the JDUC during my walk home from my last exam of the term.
December: A one-second exposure shows the swarms of shoppers packing the Eaton Centre two days before Christmas.
December: A party snowman, equipped with a party streamer and hat, chills out in our backyard in Collingwood. Sadly, the hot sun on December 31st meant he didn't live to see the new year.
January 2011: One Year Later, framed by some of my favorite pictures from the year.