H. Bell

@grudgingcloud

ECE, 🇨🇦n. E Torontonianan Part of “Fringe” that hates sewage in Toronto’s harbour, crappy air, supports a vital d/t and Lake Ontario recreation. ALSO highspeed rail fan!. Clean air enthusiast. Maker, mender, Wide pant leg defender. PS HATE PIPELINES

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H. Bell@grudgingcloud· 19d

Wow, are people on Bluesky looking “UP”! This is it should be! While it is coolish relatively speaking in S Ontario rn and we’ve had a break from air quality warnings this week, it won’t take much to change that. Climate Crisis is now and we should keep “looking up” and do things about it!

A Bluesky Trending list. Trending is headline. 1. wildfires and Climate, 2. Nature Photography, 3. UK Politics 4. BB28 5. Big Brother 28

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· 24d

Yesterday I saw it.. the very last truffula tree of them all. Given all the smoke and heat I wasn’t too surprised to find it indoors and sapped of its colour Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot.. nothing is going to get better, it’s not.

An art gallery with a tree -or rather a stylized rendition of a tree- made entirely of sisal rope. A golden beige brown fluffy -cotton candy like cloud canopy of frayed sisal- and a trunk of twisted rope. In the backdrop a quilt, a red curved ceiling and a projection on a screen above the quilt.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 21

First Father’s Day without my Dad hits weird. Grateful to get to hang out on the water in one of his favourite spots this weekend.

A small boy with a white hat & old fashioned life jacket in a wooden row boat holding one oar.

A man in a dark green sweatshirt sits on a white muskoka chair on a dock beside a lake.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 18

Ward’s Island, Toronto Islands, #NoJetsTO #SaveOurParks #IslandParkIsTorontosNotFORDS

A hedge in front of a home with an arbour over front path. A sign in front of hedge says “Save our Parks”

A home with an arbour over the front path to door. A sign on the lawn reads “Island Park is Toronto’s NOT FORD’s”

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 18

Sometimes you just need to start churning out t-shirts.

An olive green child sized shirt is being prepped on an ironing board to have a freezer paper No Jets stencil applied.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 18

#WardsIsland #NoJets

A home on Wards Island, of the Toronto Islands, displays a No Jets sign in protest of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s latest disaster.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 18

Since everyone can’t get to Ward’s Island & I was lucky enough to have a recent visit, I’m just going to up some of the messaging the residents there seem to want us to see (and I applaud them!). However, if you CAN go you should. And also sign the petition at environmentaldefence.ca/nojetsto/

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 15

Today’s new friend..

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 11

Best clotheslines I’ve seen are in Newfoundland. This one in gorgeous Quirpon where we’d just witnessed a humpback feeding frenzy. Post your best clotheslines (aka solar wind powered fabric dryers)!

A clothesline featuring white and pink clothing reflected in water in front of a bay with hummocky green islands in background by the Sea in Newfoundland

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 9

This is how the current expansion will appear (roughly) proportional to the above. The calculations are not available for the time to refresh the water yet but just looking we can see a significant decrease in space for the water to flow into the harbour.

The city of Toronto's waterfront is shown with a large chunk of runway going further into Lake Ontario cutting off water flow through the Western Gap. No Data is available yet on the flow numbers in and out nor Hydraulic Residency time but the expectation is a markedly lower flow in due to the size of the runway, the lighting extensions, jet blast barriers etc..

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 9

Billy Bishop expansion Pub health! Red arrows=sewage flow to TO's inner harbour during storms. Image on L is current situation. Inflow into Western Gap & outflow out Eastern Gap. Time H20 refreshed=6.7 days. On R more MODEST 2013 Jets proposal,⬆️takes 12.3 days. Runway expansion=huge⬆️yet. Days=? 💩💧🤢

A map of water flow through the Toronto Inner Harbour currently. Water goes in the Western Gap to the inner harbour at a rate of 67.4 cubic metres per second. It exits at the Eastern Gap at 71.3 cubic metres per second. Some water enters the harbour from the Don River at a rate of 3.9 cubic metres per second. Hydraulic Residence Time (time to fully refresh water) is listed as 6.7 days. Multiple arrows show where combined sewers outflow in the lake from shore. Implication is these carry sewage into harbour during storms.

Same scene as previous but with a more modest than 2026 proposal for Jets from 2013, with Western Gap only getting an inflow to inner harbour at 34.8 cubic metres per second and exiting the Eastern Gap at 38.7 cubic meters per second. The input from the Don River is 3.4 cubic meters per second. The Hydraulic Residence time in the harbour.. is 12.3 days. Multiple arrows show where combined sewers outflow in the lake from shore. These arrows demonstrate how many places actual sewage would be coming out during a storm event. The implication is that the sewage would be in the harbour until 12.3 days had passed.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 6

I know, it’s apparently “Caturday” & trending. But do the dogs ever get a day? Just cause Dog doesn’t rhyme with the start of any day of the week? I am away from her & miss her so posting my sweet one eyed blind pooch! Does anyone else sense the injustice of an unbalanced Caturday? Just me. Ok.

A sweet calm looking golden retriever of lighter colouring with her tongue out & one eye fake looking at me. A beautiful Bas St. Laurent seashore background in autumn (golden grasses and rocks and water & an island way in the background)

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Jun 2

You know what tech actually COULD do for us (since they have run out of good ideas & are doing the DUMBest stuff). Create smello-vision somehow. But phthalate free. A tall order so maybe can keep you preoccupied for while so I can stop downloading updates/replacing stuff & trying to sidestep AI

Everbearing Lilacs-less bunchy than regular lilacs-bit of a pale green chair and greenery/red canoe in background.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 17

Summer is coming. It will never be this quiet .. alas

Close up piece of weathered dock with a perfectly flat fresh water lake & pine covered islands/peninsulas in background.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 13

Just had to sit here in this stinking crappy air VIA train & be passed by a GO train & it just feels all wrong.

We see the interior of a VIA train looking through window being passed by a GO train.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 5

MMWIG

2-D Red dresses blowing in the wind to represent the women who should-in life-fill all 3 dimensions. Art by Kamila Gougain. Ron Badsford Park, Vancouver.

2-D Red dresses hanging from trees close to water, blowing in the wind & representing the women who should-in life-fill all 3 dimensions. Art by Kamila Gougain. Ron Badsford Park, Vancouver.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 3

Love BC signage re not feeding wildlife & wish we had more of it in Ontario. Meanwhile self abuse is rampant. Have to admire gulls’ ability to work collaboratively & mount fairly aggressive sneak attacks on unsuspecting snackers from behind. Told sometimes falcons brought in to curb-saw none.

A sign with a blue background and a white seagull with a french fry in its beak says “Warning: Seagulls steal snacks by the seashore.”

A bright yellow sign reads: “Do not feed birds. Feeding birds is so unhealthy BC SPCA now considers it indirect animal cruelty.” Wildlife feeding regulation by-law No. 13321

Two seagulls sit in wait on a roof ledge watching for unsuspecting humans below to be caught with their backs to them on a bench below- with much wanted food -in order that they can swoop in from behind and grab it from human clutches. Another seagull glides triumphantly in the clear blue sky overhead

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 3

I learned a new word “bastule” bridge, and I never guessed I could be quite so enthralled by a bridge. It feels odd and a little unsettling to see the path you are about to take swing up directly in front of you. Johnson St Bridge, Victoria, BC.

The pedestrian footpath of a single leaf bastule bridge is shown in an upright position, allowing a barge to pass below. The automobile and bike portion of the bridge are mostly out of the frame. The bridge is painted white. Sunshine breaks out of clouds just behind it.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· May 3

Tu-lips much? Victoria, BC Empress Hotel gardens

A zoomed in photo of a garden containing an explosion of spring flowers-mainly tulips-bright pink, white, yellow, orange, dark purple, pink, striped white/pink.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

Update: out for a walkabout.

Mama Goose with seemingly mixed age goslings all enjoying eating vegetation by side of path

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

I’m not sure what it’s called but I’m calling it daffodil bush.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

building Canada’s military.. one gosling gaggle at a time

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

I don’t know if this is peak blossom, mid blossom or what, here in Vancouver but these ones around False Creek are just too much.. 😍 hanging down like some crazy gorgeous decorative ceiling under the trees.

Full fluffy light to dark pink blossoms hang below one of many trees displaying the same.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

Stop leading me into temptation Vancouver!!

A docked, well cared for, white painted, large wooden sailboat carries a sign on a boom which reads “BOAT FOR SALE-LIVE ABOARD MOORAGE-followed by a phone #

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 30

MMIGW2S+ installation by artist Kamila Gougain. False Creek. Ron Basford Park.

Red dresses affixed to still leafless trees blow in the wind on the grassy slope of park next to water.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 24

It’s true, but WAY too much at stake so:

A rectangular blanket banner made up mainly of brightly coloured crocheted “Granny Squares” but assembled with the words “We Won’t Keep Down” boldly in black on an orange background through the middle section. The blanket was hung on a wall as part of an instillation at the AGO in Toronto, ON.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Apr 11

Don’t normally share 🌷photos but in 🌎 full of bad news wanted to share a nice story. Made arrangements to go for haircut in advance of my Dad’s upcoming funeral. Had to beg (online form)for waitlist-as fully booked. Got call-cut-condolences. At checkout-to my amazement-they handed me roses-from all!

Bouquet of orange tulips and pink roses-varying heights. Roses more open than tulips.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Mar 24

Across top “Hanlan”, below an image of 4 rowers with a coxswain rowing beside a concrete wall
backdrop. Below it says
“Cardio Meets Strength.
Open House + Learn to Erg
March 28- 11 AM
6 Regatta Road Port Lands, Toronto”
A QR code is in bottom right corner with words “Scan for Details” below

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Feb 22

Unfortunate update. Return trip is on a different kind of train. Old school = old rebreathed air!! @viarailcanada.bsky.social Trying to keep us sick & sleepy? Train #72

CO2 monitor on VIA RAIL train # 72. Dangerous reading of 2126 ppm and rising. Via table, back of seats, paper emesis bag & Menu in seatback pouch in background.

H. Bell@grudgingcloud· Feb 22

One good news thing about VIA Rail is my recent readings on there have been FAR better. Not perfect-FAR better. A few stops where doors opened and let in a little more air. The peak is likely when the food cart was happening and the server engaged in lengthy conversation with my near neighbours.