Trip from Toronto to Iceland, Aug 31 2017

A day at the museum in Toronto and around Queen’s Park; then on to Iceland!

The mythical fish Makara from a Chinese tomb tile. It looks very modern for a 1400 year old design. Royal Ontario Museum.

 

 

Grand vaulted ceiling. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

 

Crystal pitcher, carved from Rock.

 

Lizard specimens floating in a jar.

 

Leif Norman self portrait

 

Makara also appears outside the ROM as a bike lock stand.

 

Garbage picking black squirrel.

 

Edward VII equestrian statue

 

Some people live in Queen’s Park

 

Ontario Legislative Building, built 1893

 

 

Art and Philosophy look dubiously toward Law and Philosophy

 

 

 

The Kajama, built in 1930 in Germany. Cargo Schooner on Lake Ontario

 

Toronto street scene

 

Underground in the subway tunnels. Toronto