But you are no more a Blue Swan, than I am. YOU are a Blue Pigeon.
I am a Blue Swan!
Blue pigeon!
SWAN!
PIGEON!
There’s just no talking to some blue people! Check out the Abundance of Swans post, and leave your comments there!
Pics taken by Resa – May 15 & June 17, 2026
Toronto, Canada
The Artists:
Old Hues (pigeon) &
Blue Face (unknown) – This is a 14 year old face in Kensington Market, that has just been lovingly restored. It was one of my earliest posts, then was tagged and weathered over the years. I was thrilled to see it refurbished.
As one can see in the header, the birds are painted in a curved semi amphitheatre seating area. It semi-surrounds the entrance to the Davenport Subway station. Hence The Birds of Davenport.
I also took the mural in sections. The first section features the first six birds; up to the Red Breasted Grosbeak. Above – Cedar Waxwing
I went to the Junction to see if any of the holiday window art had been kept.
Every holiday season artists paint, usually frost-like images, on the windows of shops.
It’s only there for a month, a cold and snowy month. This is why I’ve never made it there for the happening.
I found only one. It’s on a record store window. I don’t know if it’s from the art fest or not, but I like it.
I was in a window once,
in a pantyhose ad.
Photo by Taffy Rosen
Found this when tossing stuff from the back of a closet. Kinda glad I still have it… crumpled & stained though it may be. (I touched amap out as possible.)
This cool mural running alongside the Toronto Reference Library begins at Yonge Street, where it very clearly announces Sherlock Holmes Walk.
Jasmin Pannu
However, having had entered from an alley, it’s presented how I saw it, backwards.
Brian Jiang
Various artists worked on this terrific mural, which is coated in a weather proof clear plastic/acrylic. It also makes tagging cleanable.
Unfortunately, it’s like shooting in a mirror, as you can see from the cement tile walk, car, buildings, windows, etc. in the shot. Holmes’ head, above these, is actually a close up where my body blocked all light. Find it in the second slide?
Melika Saeeda
I did what I could to minimize the reflections: shooting on a very cloudy day, closing the aperture amap, shooting on angles and mini touch ups in post.
Bernice Lum
Adrian Hayles
This is one of my 2 faves. It’s actually a lighter sepia, but without closing the aperture, it was also a lovely shot of the library’s windows and denizens.
Keitha Keeshig-Tobia Biizindam
Heidi Berton
Fatspatrol (Fathima)
My other Fave
Stunning in real life. As you can see, like shooting in a mirror. Yet, in real life, you don’t notice all the reflecting.
Jeff Blackburn
Troy Pynn
Annwin Arts
Brent Hardisty
EGR
There were 2 more paintings by Poser and Old Hues, but they are very dark, and I just was not able to capture them decently.
Phade – Skam – Jetr
Pics taken by Resa – November 24, 2025
Toronto, Canada
The artists names are under the pics
AND
A shout out to MISTY the cat, whose name is an “ER” short of MYSTERY. Her human, Dave Astor on Literature writes “Short essays about novels and other fictional works”.
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