The leaves were almost all off the trees in the Lambton Woods of Toronto, Ontario by 6-November-2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO - Most of the leaves are off the trees here in Toronto, as the season of fall colors comes to an end. The view above was from almost exactly the same the location as last week, showing the progression toward winter scenes instead of the fall.
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Already gone from Toronto as well are Prince Charles and his wife Camila, who goes by the title Duchess of Cornwall. Their events in Toronto last week were surprisingly poorly publicized, and I managed to miss all of them. The growing consensus amongst my acquaintances is that Canada is likely to maintain Queen Elizabeth II as head of state until she dies or abdicates, but then will move to the Governor General directly being the head of state instead of being the representative of the Royal Family. Time will tell.
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The West Toronto Railpath crossed Dupont Street on a well-marked bridge days after its opening on 2-November-2009
Yet another event that I missed recently was the formal opening of the West Toronto Railpath on 31-October-2009. The path parallels the Parkdale Rail Corridor to the east from Dundas Street to Cariboo Avenue (north of Dupont but short of Rogers Road), and actually is rather useful between intermediate points even if its overall utility to the transportation system in Toronto is rather questionable.
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I also missed the announcement of the name of the first of Washington State Ferries' new fleet of 64-car auto ferries. As desired by activists, the ferry will be named the Chetzemoka, after a local native leader. A previous wood-electric ferry that had also served the Port Townsend-Keystone route more than a generation ago had also carried this name. Here's hoping for more appropriate old names for the other two vessels on order.
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Yes, I also missed until this week the fact that body of water to be plied by the Chetzemoka is likely to gain a new name. In recognition of its status as an integrated ecosystem, the inland sea waters of southern British Columbia and Washington State are to gain the name "Salish Sea." Considering the fact that nobody seems to know where the boundaries of Puget Sound, Admiralty Inlet, or even the Strait of Juan de Fuca are located, this strikes me as a very reasonable idea.
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About the only thing I didn't miss this week was the 20th anniversary of Liane Hansen hosting National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday...and frankly I didn't find it very interesting. I have no objection to ginger recipes, but why was there an irrelevant and irreverent message from the Car Talk guys? More retrospective features (Hansen has done plenty of good interviews over the years) would have been nice.
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