The Wading Pool inside Budapest Park,
Immediately north of the Sunnyside Boardwalk,
Opposite the east side of Sunnyside Pool,
Is normally filled with water every day throughout the summer.
Yet this past Sunday and again today, Civic Holiday Monday, it remained dry,
Offering the chance to easily walk my Octagon Labyrinth water-free.
For the rest of the summer during daytime hours,
You can still experience walking the Labyrinth in ankle deep water which is fun too.
“A pleasure to see HïMY SYeD at work on his Labyrinth today at St. Andrew’s Playground.
HïMY has added some much needed ❤️ to the park;
Saw many children enjoying his Labyrinth.
“Urban Acupuncture” as he calls it!”
A pleasure to see @LabyrinthsDOTca at work on his labyrinth today at St. Andrew’s Playground. Himy has added some much needed ❤️ to the park; saw many children enjoying his labyrinth. “Urban acupuncture” as he calls it! #topoli #toronto pic.twitter.com/fcLivhACWT
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) July 31, 2022
I had previously outlined a Temporary-Permanent Labyrinth in Red paint and this is still pretty much what it looked like when I arrived Today, the last Sunday Afternoon in July, to properly repaint over the outline using yellow.
The above two photographs, also taken by Norm, were captured on Sunday May 8 2022.
My earlier Labyrinth outline painted in red was okay, it did the job.
By re-painting the Labyrinth using Yellow, and this time properly painting it, not just as an outline, it’s a much better fit with the yellow colours found around the different parts of the playground.
It’s now looks like it was always supposed to be there.
And for first time visitors to St. Andrew’s Playground,
It’s likely they’d feel this Labyrinth was always a part of the Park.
That’s how Norm felt.
He said the park was incomplete until my Labyrinth was added to it.
All the while I was repainting the Labyrinth in Yellow,
Children were hovering around asking their parents if they could walk, which really means running, around the freshly painted and rapidly drying Yellow Labyrinth.
After I answered the first few parents who asked that, “Yes, it’s dry,”, kids quickly began walking and running around and playing in their new Labyrinth.
I was so caught up in conversation with Norm, I forgot to snap photographs of any of the kids playing in it.
But they and their parents were having fun, and that’s what’s in my mind’s eye and memory on this Labyrinth Making afternoon.
Norm confirmed he’s seen people walking the Labyrinth all the time, and that was when it was only outlined in red.
Arrow beside the Heart at The Start points to where you begin your journey into the freshly (Re)Painted St. Andrew’s Playground Labyrinth.
The “Heart” ❤️ of the Labyrinth inside St. Andrew’s Playground in Downtown Toronto.
“A playground within walking distance of a bike park, an ice cream stand, a beach, an outdoor pool, and High Park?
This might be your best bet for a beach staycation.”
Running Group, “HIIT + RUN TO” at Grange Park Labyrinth
“Not sure what this fabulous dance with scarves was all about but I do like it!
Wouldn’t mind joining in if they’d let me….
Spotted on my lunch break in the park.
🧣🧣🧣🧣”
Reaching the centre of The Grange Park Labyrinth makes for a smilingly-filled summmertime childhood memory.
When the sky above Grange Park is gray instead of blue,
The Blue of the Art Gallery of Ontario becomes the centre of attention rather than the centre of the Labyrinth…
Heatwave in Toronto happening now.
Why not cool down by walking the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Budapest Park along the Sunnyside Boardwalk ?
Find the water then start at the Heart !
My New Grange Park Labyrinth is now 11 days old.
Grateful to see it’s still there for all who wish to walk . . .
The Labyrinth I painted in St. Andrew’s Playground is well lit,
Making it ideal for evening and after dark Labyrinth Walks . . .
Carlo Osuna at the Grange Park Labyrinth Looking South.
Weekend cravings ?
When Labyrinth Walking makes you hungry,
Bring your own Puccia Sandwich for when you reach the Heart of The Labyrinth !!
First video found online of my “New” Labyrinth in Grange Park, Downtown Toronto.
“…A New Labyrinth,
Mere days after The City powerwashed the previous one off.
Apparently they’re graffiti?
Removing Labyrinths is a dumb thing to spend taxpayer money on.
But thank you @LabyrinthsDOTca
For replacing it so quickly!!”
First photograph found online of my “New” Labyrinth in Grange Park, Downtown Toronto.