Guild Park and Gardens 2019

[rusty_armour]

Last weekend, I stayed with my parents. On Sunday, I visited the Guild Park and Gardens with my mom, sister and brother. The weather was beautiful, and I took a lot of pictures.




Signs warning people not to go past the barrier. Of course, a lot of people do.
Some of these idiots try to climb down the side of the cliff and then get stuck on
the Scarborough Bluffs, meaning that firefighters have to come out and rescue them.







Sir Frederick Banting’s fireplace. This fireplace was
in the home Banting lived in from 1928 to 1933.







My siblings posing in front of the Osterhout Log Cabin, which was built around 1795 by
Augustus Jones and named after William Osterhout, a United Empire Loyalist.




My brother offered to stand beside this column to give an indication
of its size. My dad had told B that he should do this whenever
he’s taking a picture of a statue, monument, etc. As my dad was once
a member of a photography club, who am I to argue?







Ooops. Ignoring my dad’s advice already. *g*










Queen Anne’s Lace




Flywheel, crank and drive-pulley of a stone gang-saw that
was used to cut slabs from quarried blocks of stone or marble.




He was already sitting on the wall when I got there.




























Engaging in some stealth photography while sneaking up on my mom...




Non-stealth photo of Mom










Greek Theatre




Saint Francis & the Wolf by Thomas Bowie













The refurbished Guild Inn

















































More stealth photos




Mom asked if I’d had any pictures taken of me. It
started off innocently enough with this boring pose.




Although my brother was the one taking the pictures, my mom began miming
suggestions for model poses. I warmed up with this “I’m a little teapot” number.




Then I got a bit carried away.




And this is just plain silly.




Apparently, the silliness was contagious.




That tiny white speck is a sailboat on Lake Ontario.










One of the highlights of last weekend was Barnaby’s big new box. Okay, the box originally
contained my mom’s new convection oven, but Barnaby was more excited about the box...




And what he could do when he was in the box.




Tuppence had better things to do than sit in a box.
Why sit in a box when you can lie beside it instead?




Barnaby could also appreciate spending time outside the box.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Great photos! I'm glad the silliness was contagious. And the cats are lovely :)

[rusty_armour]

Thank you very much, smallhobbit! I'm happy you like the photos! :-D I'm also glad that the silliness amused you. The cats were particularly lovely last weekend, even when one of them was causing trouble. *g*

[crimsoncorundum]

Great pics. Looks like you had a wonderful time. Poor Tuppence. She looks so offended. I hope someone comforted her afterwards.

[rusty_armour]

Thank you very much, crimsoncorundum! I'm glad you like the pictures! :-D

LOL about Tuppence! To be honest, "offended" is probably her default look. *g* I think because she's a Persian, she often looks a bit grumpy, even though she's got the sweetest disposition. If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure Tuppence went back to sleep afterwards. ;-)

[scfrankles]

I have been to Scarborough - but not that Scarborough. The one in Yorkshire in England ^__^

I saw your post at the time and enjoyed it but never got round to commenting ^^" What a beautiful place and what beautiful photographs. The ones of you are rather endearing ^__^ And I appreciated the bonus cats ^__^

[rusty_armour]

Apologies for the late reply! I meant to respond to your comment sooner and kept getting sidetracked by other things.

You're one of at least a few people who have told me that they've been to Scarborough, but not that Scarborough. *g* Strangely, I've been to Yorkshire twice and never made it to Scarborough. I'll have to make an effort to visit the other Scarborough someday, especially as it is a resort town. My Scarborough definitely isn't.

I saw your post at the time and enjoyed it but never got round to commenting ^^"

No worries. I know what that's like. Sometimes I read a post with every intention of returning to comment, and it just doesn't happen, so I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond to my post. :-)

What a beautiful place and what beautiful photographs.

Thank you very much, scfrankles! I'm so glad you like the photos! :-D The Guild Park and Gardens is a really beautiful place. My pictures probably didn't do it justice.

The ones of you are rather endearing ^__^ And I appreciated the bonus cats ^__^

I'm glad you found the pictures of me endearing. I don't usually photograph well -- probably because I'm not comfortable being in front of a camera. I usually end up looking too serious (because I'm trying not to do my Cheshire cat grin) or goofy because I start hamming it up.

I'm always happy to include bonus cats. I often end up taking more pictures of Barnaby and Tuppence than the human members of my family, but the cats ask for it when they look that adorable. :-)