Sony Diaries #902: I imagine I'm on the Trans Siberian Express...

… rolling across the frozen steppes. January 8th.

Sony Diaries #901: frozen

standing beside the volunteers'-made ice rink, Macalister Park. January 7th.

Sony Diaries #989: on Climate-Change

When the business community gets involved in the business of combating climate change (primarily because it is in their best interest to do so), you know that things ail get moving in the right direction. Self-interest is a huge motivating factor. (from the Globe and Mail, December 12, 2015).

December 15th.

Sony Diaries #976: foggy morning

5 am, when the streets are populated with dog walkers and cars disregarding the speed limit on quiet residential streets. December 1st.

Sony Diaries #975: cellphone shots from the last 3 days

 Priorities: ridiculously cheap Pelee Pebbles Vidal wine and pricey (but excellent value) Sony A7II

 5 days worth of paper from 1 household, half of it unsolicited flyers... All of it are, or should be by now, available online. (Globe and Mail comes free from next door, shared). As for flyers and coupons,ring on digital coupons!

 big lug in bed, on a sleeping-in Sunday morning

this begs the question, "what else is he great enough at to win?"

shadows of sunflower stalks on grass, the green showing as the sun melts away the morning's frost

 frost on an oak leaf

 late November morning sun, Macalister Park.

Sony Diaries #964: Eye in the Sky

The moon on a cloudy, high humidity night, as seen through leafless branches. November 25th.

Sony Diaries #963: cell phone shots on a Tuesday night

The unaided eye would just see a white orb with a darker halo on a high humidity night with the temperature just over 0 Celsius. There was enough ambient city light scattered by the moisture in the air to make for a lit night in the park. Melted snow from the previous night's dusting stood out against the the dark brown grass. It wasn't a pitch-black night. 

This shot illustrates the advanced sensor technology in today's cell-phones, as well as it's processing power (native + Instagram). Here you see the sensor grasping to capture  whatever photon is in the sky. But it's not all technology; the photographer still has to pick one or two options from the hundreds available to showcase his/her vision.

The result is a painterly Van Gogh'ish benevolent moon  over a small city  setting, the lights indicating human existence. It's surreal that this is the same moon over Lebanon, and Syria, Iraq, and Nigeria.

Rhodie, the Rhodesian Ridgeback on the first landing up the stairs, lit by a solitary table lamp, waiting for us to get in bed, so he can take up his disproportionate space.

Sony Diaries #961: watching a parade...

… of humanity November 24th.

Sony Diaries #960: Costco Red

this should be the "Caution: Bulk-Buying Temptation Alert" sign.

Nice and shiny for the wide loads to come. November 23rd.

Sony Diaries #959: swimmers

 2015 Nothers Swim Invitational, London. November 22nd.

Sony Diaries #958: rainy night + construction woes on the 401

westbound east of Milton. November 21st.

Sony Diaries #957: Sony among Canons

As a Sony user, I'm still a lone wolf in the wedding industry. Wedding in Vaughn, November 21st.

Sony Diaries #952: Baena chin

November 16th.

Sony Diaries #951: a bear and a blue hallway

 U of G Bear on Gordon

link at SickKids over Elizabeth Street. November 15th.

Sony Diaries #950: A Ballet

the ins and outs at a wedding in a banquet hall. November 14th.

Sony Diaries #928: watching a Newhart rerun on a...

… genuine Rhodesian Ridgeback iPad stand… only problem is that I am left with a foot width of bed space. October 15th.

Sony Diaries #921: Dessert at a wedding

October 17th.

Sony Diaries #850: Crux: a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point

the crocs of the matter is both the feasibility and the hopelessness of it all. August 18th.

Sony Diaries #849: all quiet on Gordon and James St. West

August 6th.

Sony Diaries #824: rhodie (in the shadows of the Gryphon)

Rhodie last night, in the shadow of the Gryphon. July 17th.