INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL AT THE BEACHES, East Toronto.

RESIDENCES AT 'THE BEACHES'

RESIDENTIAL HOUSES AT 'THE BEACHES'

Woodbine Avenue, Toronto.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH in Ontario, Canada

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA

Roman Catholic Church 1835

on County Road 4

Centreville

Ontario

THE BEACHES, EAST TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

IF U WANT THE RAINBOW, THEN U GOTTA PUT UP WITH THE RAIN

Rainbow at the Harbourfront Centre - Toronto

CHASING A RAINBOW ON A SAILING SHIP

Still seem as to my childhood’s sight,

  A midway station given,

For happy spirits to alight

Betwixt the earth and heaven.

~ Thomas Campbell- 

Harbourfront, Toronto

'STILT WALKER' at the Harbourfront, Toronto.

WEATHERING THE STORM

THE 'TONFERNS SCATTER'

Aurora Borealis at high noon! The 'BMW Effect'. This very interesting scattering of colour and patterns of colourful light bands were created when I took this shot through the glass pane of the passenger side window of my son's BMW as we were heading on our way to Turtle Point Cottage at Beaver Lake, near Tamworth, Ontario. So then, let's call it the 'Tonferns Scatter', shall we?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering

Tonferns Tissue Box Holder

Standard size Tissue Box Holder

1/8" thick plywood

Wrap-around permanent wood-burning art

Canadian Country mansion and surroundings

TONY'S GOT A WOODEN ART

For a full-size view 

please click on photo.

Tonferns Creations

Wood burning (pyrography) on plaques

 (basswood, poplar or pine).

Various sizes.

 Also wood burning on keepsake boxes,

and bowls made out of coconuts.

ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL, London, Ontario

Begun in 1880 and dedicated on June 28, 1885, this magnificent structure was built during the episcopate of Bishop John Walsh to serve as the cathedral for the Diocese of London. Designed by the prominent architect, Joseph Connolly, it was constructed in the 13th-century French Gothic style which was favoured by Ontario's Roman Catholics in the late 19th century. Among the cathedral's most notable features are its massive bell towers, high transepts, imposing sanctuary and fine rose window made in Innsbruck, Austria. Although the interior was decorated in 1925-26 and the towers, sacristy and chapel completed in 1957-58, the building retains its original character. A religious centre for southwestern Ontario, St. Peter's Cathedral was designated a minor Basilica by the Vatican in 1961.

DAHLIA PERFORMS ON TORONTO'S TALENT

Dahlia Fernandes

 is interviewed and performs

 at the Hard Rock Cafe at Yonge &

Dundas Square for the TV show, Toronto's Talent. 

She performed an acoustic version

 of her original track 'Illusion'

with Shawn Evans on Guitar,

Alex Mina on Bass

and Lalo Hernandez on the Cajon.

Check out www.dahliafernandes.com for more music

To watch this video

please click on the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GENi-82Mgrs

Kingston - Ontario

Courtly Splendour of Kingston, Ontario

COURT HOUSE

Kingston - Ontario - Canada

CU CU RU CU CU PALOMA

CU CU RU CU CU PALOMA


Softly the night wind singing
Tells me it's bringing my love to me
With every breath it's sending
Love never ending across the sea
My heart and I are trying
To keep from crying
But we are lonely
Fly little bird go winging
And please lead him home safely to me

Cucurrucucu Paloma
Cucurrucucu Paloma
Bring him back to me forever
Let us always be together

What good is my tomorrow
When filled with sorrow just like today
I need him here to hold me
Here to enfold me, always to stay
So little bird please find him
And then remind him I am so lonely
Fly little bird, go winging
And please lead him home safely to me

Cucurrucucu Paloma
Cucurrucucu Paloma
Bring him back to me forever
Let us always be together

Cucurrucucu
Cucurrucucu
Cucurrucucu
Let us always be together

KINGSTON, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the Saint Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario.

Growing European exploration in the 17th century and the desire for the Europeans to establish a presence close to local Native occupants for purpose of trade led to the founding of a French trading post known as Fort Frontenac in 1673. The fort became a focus for settlement.

Located midway between Toronto and Montreal, Kingston was named the first capital of the Province of Canada on February 15, 1841, by Governor Lord Sydenham. While its time as a political centre was short, Kingston has remained an important military installation.

Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until 1998. Kingston is a separated municipality from the County of Frontenac. According to the 2011 Canadian census, the population of the city proper was 123,363, while the population of the census metropolitan area (CMA) was 159,561.

Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.  ~ Wikipedia

TONFERNS CREATIONS - WOOD BURNING

TONFERNS CREATIONS

at

  ARTFEST KINGSTON - Ontario

Wood-burning art of Tony Fernandes

With grateful thanks to

Lori MacDonald

having given me the chance

to participate in this event.

Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with patterns or drawing burnt into wood resulting from the controlled application of a heated stylus attached to a hand-held pen. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning.

Pyrography means "writing with fire", from the Greek "pur" (fire) and "graphos" (writing). It needs a lot of practice to control both heat and pressure on wooden surface in order to achieve the desired effect. Specialised modern pyrography tools, or using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens.

It is possible to achieve a large range of range of tones and shades over a period of time. Varying the type of tip used, the right temperature for a particular artwork, or the way the hot tip is applied to the material, all create different effects. After the design is burned in, wooden objects can be coloured, or just plain clear varnished, although my personal preference is to keep it natural. Light-coloured wood like sycamore, basswood, beech, poplar and pine are most commonly used, as their fine grain is not obtrusive, although in some cases grain features can be worked to advantage. Pyrography is also applied to leather items, using the same hot-iron technique.

THE POLE STAR & THE GREAT BEAR

THE GREAT BEAR

or 

THE BIG DIPPER

or 

THE URSA MAJOR

or

THE PLOUGH

Call it whatever you want, but it is still one of the most famous and easily recognisable constellations in the sky throughout the year.

The Great Bear is useful in locating the Pole Star, the Polaris or the North Star, which for centuries has served nightly as a heavenly navigational object for mariners and explorers alike, indicating the orientation of the North Pole.

Visible in the picture above: Note the two stars on the left, at the bottom of the photo, point to the Pole Star on the right, (just a little left of the tree) which in fact is the brightest star in the Ursa Minor (The Little Bear) constellation. It is seen directly above the Pole Star on the right in above photo at the end of the 'handle' of the 'Little Dipper ' asterism.

The Pole Star or Polaris is directly above the north pole of the earth and stays there all of the time.  All other stars appear to move slowly from east to west as the earth rotates, but the pole star stays stopped at due north.

There are two distinctive star pattern constellations to look for or affirm when attempting to identify the Pole Star, although one is much bigger and brighter and the other much smaller and dimmer.  The first constellation looks like a pan with a handle, and is called the Great Bear or the Big Dipper.  The end two stars are called the pointers and these two stars aim you towards Polaris or the Pole star. If one would draw an imaginary line through these two stars and extend it to the first biggest star, then it would meet the Pole Star, which actually belongs to the constellation known as the Little Bear or Ursa Minor.



On the other side of the Polar star is a constellation that looks like a W. This is called  Cassiopeia. If you can see this Cassiopeia constellation then you need to look for the pole star going upwards from the top of the 'W'.

Photograph taken from the
Deck of Turtle Point Cottage,
Beaver Lake, Tamworth, Ontario.

10 sec @ 3.5 Nikon D40X 
29th June 2012
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