Yvonne Bambrick, The CARDENer, and me in front of Meryl Street, Kensington Market’s new Garden Car!
We’re standing atop the Green Leaves with Yellow Veins which I painted around the Garden Car during the beginning hour of the First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023.
Shoe-level view of the Heart Labyrinth I painted on Augusta Avenue on Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market.
You can spot me in the top right of this photograph,
Where I was painting the fourth and final Labyrinth of the day…
First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023,
That’s me painting Green Leaves around the new Garden Car,
And then painting the words “Kensington Market” with my signature letter “i” dotted by a Giant Spiral.
Grateful for this pair of images,
Thank you!
That’s me,
Painting the Heart Labyrinth,
This was the second Labyrinth of what would become a total of four different styles and designs,
Done throughout the afternoon and into early evening during this year’s first Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market…
Little one having a Mindful Moment in the centre of the Baltic Wheel Labyrinth I painted on Augusta Avenue on Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market…
Painting the final lines of the final Labyrinth of this year’s First Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market.
This was my fourth Labyrinth painted today,
Yet it was the first Square/Rectangular shaped one.
I began with a round Labyrinth, followed by a Heart shaped Labyrinth Design, then a Baltic Wheel Design, then this one with Right Angles to complete the set.
Earlier in the day,
Pedestrian Sunday,
I painted Leaves around the Garden Car in Kensington Market.
Also painted Kensington Market with my signature spiral dotted letter “i” alongside the Garden Car.
This is how it looks later in the day…
Had such a perfect date in Kensington market today 🥰 I love pedestrian sundays 💕 pic.twitter.com/1JnWNGmOCz
— 🪬Alicia Blum🪬 (@MeetAliciaBlum) May 29, 2023
I had the idea of painting Leaves around the Garden Car in Kensington Market for some time now,
Yet never got around to doing it.
On this First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023,
I got around to it.
The Green Leaves with Yellow Veins ended up being bigger than I was envisioning in my mind’s eye.
It really expands the Garden Car’s Personal Space,
Extending the Art part of the Garden Car into the street.
That’s me with Yvonne Bambrick in front of the brand new Garden Car,
Standing atop brand new Green Leaves with Yellow Veins I painted around the Garden Car.
The Garden Car is named “Meryl Street”!
That’s me,
Painting the first of the four Labyrinths I made on Augusta Avenue immediately south of the brand new Garden Car.
A fun filled first Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market for 2023.
Chalk outlines of the Leaves I intended to paint in Green with Yellow veins around the brand new Garden Car on the first Pedestrian Sunday of 2023 in Kensington Market…
Fire Spinning atop the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Christie Pits Park, Downtown Toronto . . .
These are the four arcs which comprise a Circle of Concrete Benches located inside David Crombie Park in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood of Old Town Toronto.
I previously painted the four arcs in the four colours of the Medicine Wheel, White, Black, Red, and Yellow.
The colours though looking less sharp than when I first painted them, are holding up.
“The maze is a favourite spot during our annual visits to Centreville Amusement Park on Centre Island in the City of Toronto.
The children enjoy hours of playing hide-and-seek in the Labyrinth adventure of trying to find their way out of the black cedar William Meany Maze.
If you want to get lost for a while and then wander, looking for the way out, dizzying yourself with joy which reignites something warm and fuzzy, then you might enjoy a walk through the William Meany Maze on Centre Island.
A storybook icon come to life, this maze was originally a gift to the city from its Dutch-Canadian community, and was created by Peter Vanderwerf, a landscape designer, in 1967.
At some point, the maze fell into disrepair and was dismantled.
It wasn’t until the 2010s that it was brought back to life courtesy of the wealthy businessman, William Meany, originally from the neighbouring city of Mississauga, who had a nostalgic affection for the maze that he had known and loved as a young boy, and who donated more than $200,000 towards its recreation after visiting the city in 2012.
Working with the City of Toronto, Meany donated all of the materials necessary to rebuild the maze.
The construction started in May 2014 and was completed in September.
The precious gift included more than 1,200 black cedars, forming the maze walls, planted approximately 50 meters northwest of the original labyrinth site.
There is something magical about the William Meany Maze that makes you feel like a kid again – and it is quite obvious why it meant so much to Meany.
Restored in its original splendor, you can easily spend hours of fun here, totally disoriented, caught in dead ends, going in circles, and ultimately being fooled by optical illusions where what looks like a blank wall turns out to be the right path.
This Toronto Island Park gem is open to the public all year-round, free of charge.
Make sure to discover it for yourself, and you won’t regret it!”
— Mike Gabriel, Vloggers Burgers
Lost in a MAZE toddler can't find his Brother or a Way Out of the Cedar Maze. The maze is a favorite spot during annual visits to Centreville Amusement Park on Centre Island in Toronto. The children enjoy hours in the labyrinth playing hide-and-seek.https://t.co/l4dsi7wmmW
— VloggerBurgers (@vloggerburgers) May 12, 2023
The colours of my Labyrinth inside Randy Padmore Park in Downtown Toronto have held up well over the winter.
I may not repaint it all this spring nor summer, it’s still looking good and very walkable.
The lack of circle aglets at the ends of the turn-arounds in this 15 Lane Labyrinth Design are missing.
It still feels okay when you walk the path without aglets,
Yet it would feel so much funner if I do get around to adding them in.
So maybe not repainting the Labyrinth itself, but adding in the Aglets is something more for me to do to complete this Labyrinth Design.
Giving myself more work…
…Something like an Own Goal.
Note to self: Haha HiMY! Now you’re even more behind in Toronto Labyrinth Maintenance.