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  • Woodstock Art Gallery

    Woodstock Art Gallery

    Architectural Archives, Doors Open, Gallery, Ontario, Woodstock
    October 4, 2025

    In 2011, the Woodstock Art Gallery relocated to this historic John White Company building, which was built in 1879.

  • Anglican Church of the Epiphany

    Anglican Church of the Epiphany

    Architectural Archives, Church, Doors Open, Ontario, Woodstock
    October 4, 2025

  • Baird Machines Inc.

    Baird Machines Inc.

    Doors Open, Ontario, Woodstock
    October 4, 2025

    Metal fabrication shop (est. 1830).

  • Settlers’ Fork

    Settlers’ Fork

    Cambridge, Ontario
    October 3, 2025

    Where the Grand River and the Speed River meet. I didn’t know there was such a scenic spot nearby to catch a beautiful sunset.

  • Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa

    Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa

    Architectural Archives, Cambridge, Colonial Revival, Ontario
    October 3, 2025

  • John Bricker Rd, Cambridge

    John Bricker Rd, Cambridge

    Architectural Archives, Cambridge, Ontario
    October 2, 2025

    We walked on a skinny trail yesterday, so today I picked a nice wide road for our evening walk.

  • Walter Bean Grand River Trail – Walter Bean Blair Trailhead

    Walter Bean Grand River Trail – Walter Bean Blair Trailhead

    Kitchener, Ontario
    October 2, 2025

  • WRHN @ Chicopee

    WRHN @ Chicopee

    Kitchener, Ontario
    October 1, 2025

  • Schneider Park

    Schneider Park

    Kitchener, Ontario
    October 1, 2025

    The trail was so narrow and unmaintained that only one person could barely walk along it. My wife’s complaints never stopped throughout the walk saying that this is like how our marriage is, and that I always lead her down…

  • Grand River Conservation Trail

    Grand River Conservation Trail

    Kitchener, Ontario, Trans Canada Trail
    September 30, 2025

    Many worries come to mind. Looking down at the river, I cast them all on the Lord.

  • Schneider Creek & Doon Village Rd

    Schneider Creek & Doon Village Rd

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 29, 2025

    These days, we are walking the same path we walked during the pandemic. Back then, walking the trail was the only thing we could do outdoors.

  • Downtown Bowmanville

    Downtown Bowmanville

    Bowmanville, Ontario
    September 27, 2025

  • Bowmanville Creek Fish Ladder

    Bowmanville Creek Fish Ladder

    Bowmanville, Ontario
    September 27, 2025

    Salmon return to the freshwater rivers where they were born to spawn. This journey can be thousands of kilometres. After spawning, most die. Dead salmon’s bodies give food and nutrients to nature.

  • Canada Geese

    Canada Geese

    September 26, 2025

    Canada geese can travel up to 3,000–5,000 kilometers during migration. They move north (often to Canada or the northern U.S.) to breed and raise their young in spring and summer and fly south to warmer areas (southern U.S., sometimes even…

  • RBJ Schlegel Park

    RBJ Schlegel Park

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 26, 2025

  • Let’s Call It A Day!

    Let’s Call It A Day!

    September 23, 2025

    Our team has been going through a tough time recently, and our manager had to make a hard decision today. After a long day.

  • Pioneer Park Library

    Pioneer Park Library

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 21, 2025

    We parked at the library and took a walk. When we stopped by Tim Hortons to grab a coffee, the blue sky was covered with fast-moving clouds. If we had left Tim Hortons just a minute later, we’d have looked…

  • DEN 1880

    DEN 1880

    Architectural Archives, Ontario, Waterloo
    September 21, 2025

  • The Gaslight District

    The Gaslight District

    Architectural Archives, Cambridge, Ontario
    September 20, 2025

    It was a historic industrial site that had formerly been used by an old foundry and manufacturing complex. The name refers to the era when the streets of what was then the town of Galt were lit by real gas…

  • McDougall Cottage Historic Site

    McDougall Cottage Historic Site

    Architectural Archives, Cambridge, Doors Open, Michelle, Ontario
    September 20, 2025

    McDougall Cottage was built around 1858. In 1901, the cottage was sold to a second Scottish family — the Bairds. They added a rounded portico at the front door and enclosed a sun porch overlooking the river. Around 1906–1907, the…

  • Cambridge City Archives

    Cambridge City Archives

    Architectural Archives, Cambridge, City Hall, Doors Open, Italianate, Ontario
    September 20, 2025

    The building was built in 1858, originally serving as the town hall for what was then the town of Galt. In 1990, it became the home of the City of Cambridge Archives.

  • Conestoga Student Recreation Centre

    Conestoga Student Recreation Centre

    Architectural Archives, Kitchener, MJMA, Ontario
    September 17, 2025

    SRC(Student Recreation Centre) was built the year I started my major program. I haven’t used this facility since I went to the Cambridge campus.

  • Apple Tree

    Apple Tree

    September 16, 2025

    My wife absolutely loves apples. Whenever we run out of apples in the fridge, she says we need to buy more. If we planted an apple tree in our yard, would she be happy?

  • evolv1

    evolv1

    Ontario, Waterloo
    September 15, 2025

    I’ve been working from home since the pandemic. It lasted for five and a half years. Recently, my team manager encouraged all team members to work in the office every Tuesday. Not bad.

  • Breakfast

    Breakfast

    Eat
    September 14, 2025

  • tiff 2025

    tiff 2025

    Ontario, Theatre, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

    The Korean film screening was scheduled for early this morning, but I couldn’t make it. Even though I didn’t watch it, I wanted to feel the vibe of the film festival.

  • PJ Condominiums

    PJ Condominiums

    Architectural Archives, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

  • Forma Toronto

    Forma Toronto

    Architectural Archives, Gehry Partners, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

    The last photo from Forma Toronto.

  • Eclipse Whitewear Company Building

    Eclipse Whitewear Company Building

    Architectural Archives, Eat, Edwardian, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

    The building was constructed in 1903 and was occupied for over half a century by the Eclipse Whitewear Company, which produced children’s and ladies’ underwear. Starbucks, 322 King St W.

  • Khao San Road

    Khao San Road

    Eat, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

  • Roger Centre

    Roger Centre

    Architectural Archives, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

  • Bell Media Studios

    Bell Media Studios

    Architectural Archives, BDP Quadrangle, Gothic Revival, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

    The building was originally known as Wesley Building. It was built in 1915 to serve as the head office of Methodist Church of Canada and the Methodist Book & Publishing Company.

  • Nobu Hotel Toronto

    Nobu Hotel Toronto

    Architectural Archives, Ontario, Teeple Architects, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

  • BISHA Hotel Toronto

    BISHA Hotel Toronto

    Architectural Archives, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

  • 401 Richmond

    401 Richmond

    Architectural Archives, Ontario, Toronto
    September 13, 2025

    The hallways are empty, while the romantic courtyard is bustling with people.

  • 242 Kehl St. Kitchener

    242 Kehl St. Kitchener

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 11, 2025

    Before starting my first semester of college, I was looking for meaningful volunteering opportunities related to my architecture program. I found out that Habitat for Humanity’s ongoing construction site was just a ten-minute walk from my apartment. During the summer…

  • Queen Elizabeth Public School

    Queen Elizabeth Public School

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 11, 2025

    Queen Elizabeth Public School was close to the first apartment I rented. After school, I spent a lot of time playing basketball or catching a baseball with my children. They don’t attend this school, though.

  • 360 Hoffman St. Kitchener

    360 Hoffman St. Kitchener

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 11, 2025

    When we decided to settle in Kitchener, my first concern was where to live. This apartment had several advantages: it was convenient to commute to school, it was near an interchange with highway access, and it had underground parking garage.…

  • Huron Natural Area

    Huron Natural Area

    Kitchener, Ontario
    September 10, 2025

    The cool breeze makes us feel that autumn is just around the corner.

  • Old Puppy

    Old Puppy

    September 9, 2025

    We have an old dog. I gave him to my wife as a gift when we were dating about 27 years ago. He’ll remember when we got married, when our children were born, when they grew up and left us,…

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