Grizzly bear, Toronto Zoo

Grizzly bear eating apples and carrots, Toronto Zoo

Bison on Road

Bison (buffalo) on road, farm

Spring rolls, Arisu restaurant, Toronto

Spring rolls at Arisu Restaurant, Bloor Street, Toronto

Sugar Baby watermelon ripeness test

This is the first sugar baby I harvested - the tendril was withered, the bottom spot has turned from white to cream. I didn't know when the tendril had withered - a suggestion I've read was that you should harvest 7 to 10 days after it withers, so I was just testing here. I guess the tendril withers in the wild ancestor of the watermelon to let the ripe fruit fall. The tendril on these plants that you check is the one that grows next to the stem that connects the watermelon to the vine. Now I'll mark the watermelons that have withered tendrils and wait longer to harvest. It also said that it should be harvested before the stem itself starts to wither. The melons don't follow a schedule - the oldest and biggest one still has an unwithered tendril.

Withered tendril

6 inches, 15cm, 4.6 pounds, 2 kg

White spot on bottom turned to creamy color

before cutting - the stripes for this type should be about the same color as the rest of the melon

Cut - flesh still white but turning pink, seeds white. Flesh is actually sweet and edible, so not a loss! 

Fuzz Waxbar

Money Can't Buy Love, But It Can Buy You a Bikini Wax

Little boy splashing in pond, Nathan Phillips Square

In the middle of a huge city, one carefree boy!

Green roof, Toronto City Hall

Toronto City economic development officer Chris Rickett shows off new 'Green Roof' at City Hall. Green roofs are required for many new structures in the city. They are plant beds that absorb rain water and reduce the amount of runoff going into sewers, reduce heat, and have flowers that help feed insects like butterflies, like the ones seen below at a butterfly garden nearby at Harbourfront:

Monarch Butterfly feeds on Blazing Star plants