H. Bell

@grudgingcloud.bsky.social

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ECE, 🇨🇦n. E Torontonianan Masky/IAQ, vaguely wondering why aren’t you? Maker, mender, Wide pant leg defender. PS I HATE PIPELINES

An art gallery with a tree -or rather a stylized rendition of a tree- made entirely of sisal rope. A golden beige brown fluffy -cotton candy like cloud canopy of frayed sisal- and a trunk of twisted rope. In the backdrop a quilt, a red curved ceiling and a projection on a screen above the quilt.
A small boy with a white hat & old fashioned life jacket in a wooden row boat holding one oar.
A hedge in front of a home with an arbour over front path. A sign in front of hedge says “Save our Parks”
An olive green child sized shirt is being prepped on an ironing board to have a freezer paper No Jets stencil applied.
A home on Wards Island, of the Toronto Islands, displays a No Jets sign in protest of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s latest disaster.
A cottage like home in a verdant yard with a clothesline holding three shirts. One white shirt has a prominent blue NOJETS logo on it.
Bunny eating plants.
A clothesline featuring white and pink clothing reflected in water in front of a bay with hummocky green islands in background by the Sea in Newfoundland
The city of Toronto's waterfront is shown with a large chunk of runway going further into Lake Ontario cutting off water flow through the Western Gap. No Data is available yet on the flow numbers in and out nor Hydraulic Residency time but the expectation is a markedly lower flow in due to the size of the runway, the lighting extensions, jet blast barriers etc..
A map of water flow through the Toronto Inner Harbour currently. Water goes in the Western Gap to the inner harbour at a rate of 67.4 cubic metres per second. It exits at the Eastern Gap at 71.3 cubic metres per second. Some water enters the harbour from the Don River at a rate of 3.9 cubic metres per second. Hydraulic Residence Time (time to fully refresh water) is listed as 6.7 days. Multiple arrows show where combined sewers outflow in the lake from shore. Implication is these carry sewage into harbour during storms.
A sweet calm looking golden retriever of lighter colouring with her tongue out & one eye fake looking at me. A beautiful Bas St. Laurent seashore background in autumn (golden grasses and rocks and water & an island way in the background)
Everbearing Lilacs-less bunchy than regular lilacs-bit of a pale green chair and greenery/red canoe in background.
Close up piece of weathered dock with a perfectly flat fresh water lake & pine covered islands/peninsulas in background.
We see the interior of a VIA train looking through window being passed by a GO train.
2-D Red dresses blowing in the wind to represent the women who should-in life-fill all 3 dimensions. Art by Kamila Gougain. Ron Badsford Park, Vancouver.
A sign with a blue background and a white seagull with a french fry in its beak says “Warning: Seagulls steal snacks by the seashore.”
The pedestrian footpath of a single leaf bastule bridge is shown in an upright position, allowing a barge to pass below. The automobile and bike portion of the bridge are mostly out of the frame. The bridge is painted white. Sunshine breaks out of clouds just behind it.
A zoomed in photo of a garden containing an explosion of spring flowers-mainly tulips-bright pink, white, yellow, orange, dark purple, pink, striped white/pink.
Mama Goose with seemingly mixed age goslings all enjoying eating vegetation by side of path
Bush covered in yellow flowers.
A bunch of goslings and some adult Canadian Geese on grass patch near water
Full fluffy light to dark pink blossoms hang below one of many trees displaying the same.
A docked, well cared for, white painted, large wooden sailboat carries a sign on a boom which reads “BOAT FOR SALE-LIVE ABOARD MOORAGE-followed by a phone #
Red dresses affixed to still leafless trees blow in the wind on the grassy slope of park next to water.
A rectangular blanket banner made up mainly of brightly coloured crocheted “Granny Squares” but assembled with the words “We Won’t Keep Down” boldly in black on an orange background through the middle section. The blanket was hung on a wall as part of an instillation at the AGO in Toronto, ON.
Bouquet of orange tulips and pink roses-varying heights. Roses more open than tulips.
Across top “Hanlan”, below an image of 4 rowers with a coxswain rowing beside a concrete wall backdrop. Below it says “Cardio Meets Strength. Open House + Learn to Erg March 28- 11 AM 6 Regatta Road Port Lands, Toronto” A QR code is in bottom right corner with words “Scan for Details” below
CO2 monitor on VIA RAIL train # 72. Dangerous reading of 2126 ppm and rising. Via table, back of seats, paper emesis bag & Menu in seatback pouch in background.
A Carbon Dioxide reading graph from an Aranet CO2 monitor with a peak in the timeframe shown of 938ppm. Arrived on VIA Rail Train ~5pm and departed shortly after 7:30 pm. Most of the trip the reading shows that time frame and shows the reading is mostly just under 900ppm.
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A one eyed golden retriever sleeps atop a colourful dog bed.
Back of Hawk-one wing akimbo-hops with pigeon in talons.
Back of a hawk (red tail?) on a porch consuming a pigeon
Snow nearly completely obscures a group of raised garden beds behind a split rail fence. Photo lit by streetlights with dark sky/houses in background.
A photo of Craven road .. cars universally covered in about 40 cm of snow. A few lights from homes and streetlights. Road snow covered with just tracks of a car or two through the snow. Snow in the air reflected in the streetlights.
Blond child in blue star bellied sweater and old man plaid shorts running on vast Quebec beach on slightly grey day. Drift wood and various rocks strewn on gravel. Father like man in background. Water and rolling edge of mountain/islands visible. Air clear&clean.
Red temporary shelter/kiosks on pavement by Lake with golden sunset in background.
A chart from an Aranet CO2 monitor shows inadequate ventilation for a day in a child care centre as described by high CO2 levels. Peak CO2 is at 3:21 pm at 1932ppm. Sharp dips exist when the group heads outdoors or the user heads out for lunch or to go home. Later the chart rises up at a home due to gas cooking. There is a lot of orange and red on the graph which tells us the “allowable” (according to manufacturer ) 1000 ppm is exceeded frequently.
A reading of CO2 levels today at a cancer clinic in London Ontario. Appt begins at 10 am and reading starts near a door that opens and closes frequently so starts just above 600ppm. Below 800 throughout visit. Drops off to depart to cab (outdoors) then rises steeply in cab to above 1000ppm.
A blue jay bird is painted on the side of a shed on a gold and red backgound. It’s head is turned to the right showing it’s crest in profile.
CO2 graph ranges from 600ppm to 1956 ppm on a graph created in the Aranet app. It is labelled for time on X axis and for PPM on the Y axis with concentration moving up quickly after getting on train shortly after 11 am-slight plateau but still steady gain after approx 11:30am til approx 1:20. Anywhere over 1000 ppm shown in red. Most of graph is red. Red means it is in a danger zone for health.
A railway underpass brightly painted with street art is barricaded. It is an underpass between Monarch Park in Toronto and Woodfield Road. A major cycling path. Sign says it will be closed at least one week.
A golden field of sea grasses in foreground with a large line of snow geese lining the shoreline and the wide expanse of a river behind and low mountains on opposite shore visible. Blue sky overhead.
A faded wide bottom mended jean pant leg is seen from the wearer’s height and in the frame below a piece of grey sidewalk in which a crack has been mended with vividly colourful ceramic tiles.
A large bright full moon rises over a ridge in fall colour with a bright red roofed home nestled into the woods and agricultural field in foreground.
A harnessed and leashed fluffy light coloured golden retriever is head down in a patch of crab grass scattered with yellow and brown leaves.
Sun dropping behind Charlevoix mtns draped in orange glow, river in mid ground, wooden fence along bank, grass, half back of golden retriever and visibly mended leg of pant at foreground of photo.
2 pieces of ripped newsprint paper affixed to a door by red washi tape. Top paper reads “SCIENCE ROOM” but “ROOM” is crossed out and replaced with “AND” while paper just below reads “DANGER ROOM”. The impact is two part sign reading “Science and Danger Room”
Sticker says in white all caps text “I got my covid-19 vaccines!” On a blue background. Two checkmarks made of bandaids below as well as @WCHospital and #ThisIsOurShot. Yes these are dated stickers from when we didn’t know we’d need boosters.
Screenshot of website says: Do you have a movie you’d like to see? Questions or feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Contacting Us 416-691-7335|info@foxtheatre.ca Venue bookings can be submitted by using this form (hypertext link)
A blind, light-golden, golden retriever with only the one big beautiful brown eye on the right. Attached to a black leash by harness on back-and on background of snow.
The sky glows gradations of golden yellow orange down to deep burnt orange at the horizon. The water in midground is still and flat like glass with only a few ripples and reflection of landscape on the water(trees, buildings), our lines silhouetted of palm trees and sailboat masts in foreground. Outrigger canoes with one or two lights sit on the water. Small and difficult to identify if you aren’t aware.
A colourful perpetual ball maze with a concrete mixer truck and educational signage explores the process of making concrete.
A bright blue sign reads “Warning:” in yellow print. Below in white reads “Seagulls steal snacks by the seashore” with an image of large cartoon seagull with french fry dipped in ketchup.
View of concrete sea wall from above with rusted chain in lower left and bright pink snap dragons grow out of crack in side of wall.
Sign reads “wash your hands. It’s the best way to prevent the spread of germs” followed by French translation and hands washing image. Someone has stuck a round sticker with a palm tree & airplane on the sign.
Cardboard Sign at protest says ALT-RIGHT-DELETE
A closeup of a picked cluster of traditional single layered petals, cosmos, inclusive of bright pink, dark/burgundy pink, white, pale pink variations and one dark yellow nasturtium. A wooden table and part of a blue bowl seem in background.
6 adults and two young children stand/sit on a rocky shore- all but one wearing a wool plaid jacket. One child wearing a navy blue cap and red plaid jacket is holding a fishing rod while adults look on or toward camera. Approximately 1974. At least 3 of these jackets still in use today.
Beach in foreground, treed mountain slopes in background, Canada Geese in the marsh grasses to centre left of photo. Still bay. Mountains reflected in river. Cloudy skies.