A new beauty has appeared in an alley in Kensington Market.
There is no place in Toronto where Street Art is held to such a street standard, yet, this past winter in Kensington saw a throw up devastation like no other.
Very few pieces were left untouched. She is one of the survivors.
Pics taken by Resa – March 17, 2017
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
This mural is for all the dear bloggers who visited, liked &/or commented. during Kids’ Month. It’s also for my amazing blog pals who contributed. ❤
There are only 2 roses in this mini-mural by Mike Johnston, but I took a bouquet of pics.
I wanted to link each pic to a Kids’ Month contributor, but that’s a lot of links in 1 post.
So, I’ve decided to thank all contributors to Kids’ Month in separate, special posts.
It could take a couple of months to find all the appropriate art, but I know I will!
Thank you, all! This post is for you!
Pics taken by Resa – October 27, 2016
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Artist: Mike Johnston
KIDS MONTH 2017
⭐ The Championed Charities ⭐
It’s colorful, and combines an aboriginal arts feel with 20th century cartoons.
LOL! Snagglepuss and Booboo.
Pics taken by Resa – October 30, 2016
Winnipeg, Canada
The artist is Cash Akoza & the pics above and below blow up real nice!
KIDS’ MONTH 2016
“Hi this is Benji and Ms. Zulu. We were asked by Resa to host the vegetable garden mural for Kid’s Month.”
“This is quite an honor and we are happy to assist. Of course we are hoping to get a tasty snack for our modeling work.”
“As you can see, I used to be very small.”
“Humans are omnivores and need to eat lots of veggies and fruit.”
“Dogs are canines and we love veggies and fruit, just be sure not to feed us the wrong kinds, see Vegetables & Fruits Dogs Can & Can’t Eat”
“After eating lots of healthy dog food, I got as strong as a lion.”
“Ms. Zulu is already 11.5 years old and has helped put in many vegetable gardens.”
“She taught me that you need to dig a whole lot if you want to plant vegetables and fruit trees in your garden.”
“I like to help her with it. It’s hard work but we don’t mind because the fruit of this kind of labor is sweet.”
“I love to sniff the plants and trees in the garden; they all have a different scent. I often see bees, butterflies, and even hummingbirds on the flowers.”
“I recently learned that these are important pollinators. Without them we would not be able to grow most fruit and vegetables.”
“Pesticides kill pollinators and are bad for us too; that’s why we don’t use pesticides in our backyard. Better be safe than sorry.”
“Here we are in front of a banana tree, showing the fruit as well as carrots. There are lots of vitamins in the bananas and carrots. The good news is that these are so tasty that we enjoy eating healthy in between meals.”
“So let’s dig and plant some fruits and veggies!”
❤ ⭐ ❤
⭐ THANK YOU Benji & Ms. Zulu ⭐
The garden is so happy that you came to host, that the Onion, Potato and Robin have formed a band and are writing a song for you.
The onion is the percussionist, and the potato plays guitar.
Of course the Robin is the singer!
♬ ♫ The robin is singing ♬ ♫ that if you click on any pic of ♬ ♫ Benji or Ms. Zulu ♬ ♫, you will be transported to Benji’s blog. ♬ ♫
Street Art Pics taken by Resa – March 1, 2017
Toronto, Canada
Pics of Benji and Ms. Zulu are all © Anarett Estafane. All bold, black writing in “quotations” is written by Benji & Ms. Zulu and are © Anarette Estafane
The artist:
“Of course, the garden needs water, just like you and me.”
“Ms. Zulu and I love to help with this task and always want first dibs. The water from the hose is sooo refreshing, it’s hard to resist.”
I want to remind everyone to check up on vegetables that dogs can and can’t eat. Just click on the pick below to read all about it.
ALSO, visit Benji & Ms. Zulu’s mom’s (Anarette’s) blog just click on the pic of the bee and butterflies below!
KIDS’ MONTH 2017
I found this Giraffe on Sunday. It was the Birdo I needed for Kids’ Month.
The entire mural feels like world of fun & toys.
I imagine this is a magic sock filled with creative ideas and projects.
The best is that it’s in a crevice in an alley where kids live and garbage is kept. This mini-mural works so well, the trash bins go almost unnoticed.
No one brightens cement city like Birdo!
Pics taken by Resa – March 19, 2017
Toronto, Canada
KIDS’ MONTH 2017
Aarrooo… yip … bark .. roo roo… aaarooo, yip!
Who goes there? Wolf or a coyote?
I’m a coyote, but I’m practicing to be a wolf.
Whoa, just hold on there!
I’m pretty sure once a coyote, always a coyote. Check out Cindy Knoke’s pictures of coyotes that she took! Click on the pic, and it will take you to her coyotes.
I changed my mind. I’m a wolf! Yip, bark, arooo, yip.
Not so fast little buddy! I’m going to ask my cousin Wilbear. He lives on a shipping container across town.
Howdy Beary! I’d say he’s a coyote.
Well, maybe you guys aren’t Grizzly Bears?
As sure as you and Beary live in the same mural, Beary and I are grizzlies. I’d like to add if people click on the mural above, they can see how splendid it is.
Also, if you click on Cindy‘s Grizzly pic below, you will be transported to Cindy’s pics of our real grizzly cousins!
Well, yip yip, aarooo!
A big “thank you” to Cindy Knoke, a fave blogger of mine. She takes fabulous photographs, and shares them with us. Her blog is visually gorgeous and educational. She has joined with me to help make Kids’ Month into a special time.
Click on her pic, or name to visit her blog.
Pics of Street Art Bears & Coyote taken by Resa – October 25 & 26, 2017
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pics of real coyotes and bears taken by © Cindy Knoke
KIDS’ MONTH 2017
Frank, you’re a doll! First a party with ice-cream and cake, now a party of toys. You have helped to make Kids’ Month a lot of fun. I send you a party of Thank yous! Make that 2 parties of Thank yous!
Head over to Frank’s post to see all the close ups of the toys in this fabulous mural!
Can you name of these toy characters? Better yet did you have any of them or purchase any of these for kids?
I’m confident you identified the Star Wars characters as C-3PO, R2D2, Yoda, and the X-Wing fighter flown by the Rebel Alliance. Did you get Strawberry Shortcake holding the Spirograph wheel and the bear she made from Play-Doh? Cheer Bear (one of the original Care Bears)? Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (from Ghostbusters) on Batman’s back?
Surely you got Mr. Potato Head! But, did you recognize The Purple Pieman feeding a pie from the Easy Bake Oven to the T-Rex from Jurassic Park? The fury animal from the Littlest Pet Shop in the Ghostbusters’ vehicle? The character and car from M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)?
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