Dylan Reid
@dylanreid
City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
I had to go to bed and admit defeat, despite having got quite close. The actual answer (I checked, for the first time) expresses my feelings. I don't usually give hints but if this helps anyone, this is a special case.
All perky this morning after a deep watering last night, but I bet it will be flopping again by evening
My celery - watered just yesterday - is flopping comically like a soccer player tapped on the leg
... Including - Northern Europe didn't used to need air conditioning, that's why it doesn't have much. Southern Europe, meanwhile, already uses air conditioning fairly extensively.
Listening to the radio on this as we speak. 20+ years old, still works fine. Play CDs on it sometimes too. Still have tapes somewhere but haven't played one in a while.
In the upcoming issue of @spacing.bsky.social I have an essay about the value of free public seating - but that it can be mistaken for private. Example here at Portland and Wellington - love the free Muskoka chairs but could be mistaken for part of the patio, because we're not used to it free.
Loose chairs and tables, and quick build benches, at the new deck at Clarence Square (weekday morning but already being enjoyed by a few)
The classical style fountain in one of Toronto's first parks, recently spruced up Clarence Square #fountainsTO
In Barbados, the very good bus system marks the stops as simply "To City" or "Out of City".
Love this little logo stencilled onto the walk into the Saugeen Shores lawn bowling club in Southampton on the shore of Lake Huron
We also dropped by the Edna Tacon exhibit. I especially liked this piece. (I should also have taken a pic of the Telegraph hat feature with a photo of Tacon in a self-designed hat!)
Went to see the new Impressionism exhibit at the AGO (member preview). Small but well presented. Love Monet's early painting of Paris street scene. (It was pointed out the title is misleading - there's only one Manet and it goes much later. S/b Monet to Munch)
Love the columns repurposed as seating, and also the public cafe tables. And the City is really coming on strong with new robust, functioning water fountains in parks. #parksTO
Saw the delightful new Gallery Park kitty corner from the AGO. It's part of a series of parks in the Grange area that feature architectural details from demolished buildings, from the Guild Inn collection. #parksTO
At Harbourfront, an example of the kind of soccer mini-pitch that Craig Cal wrote about in the current issue of @spacing.bsky.social
Also we had this painting by Valentin Shabaeff, a friend of my mom's father, and we all thought of it as an illustration of "Horse with No Name"
I was very happy to see that when the Logan rail bridge was rebuilt and doubled for the Ontario line, Metrolinx significantly widened the (formerly narrow and unpleasant) sidewalks. #walkTO
I love that someone created a (seemingly unofficial?) plaque for Captain John's floating restaurant at his quay on the waterfront
We saw this floating soccer (technically futsal) pitch on a walk at Harbourfront yesterday - we were most intrigued! (gift link). www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
The Harbourfront Centre pedestrian bridge is finally repaired. People love it - lots of selfies being taken. Six lost years where it was an embarrassing wreck in a prime visiting area. Let's not let that kind of neglect happen again.
We only got one rose this year (despite the bushes being very healthy), but it's a tiny perfect rose
