Lesley in Toronto
@culturetripper.bsky.social
Watching the world from the Scarborough Bluffs, fascinated by art, travel, museums, photography, colour, antiquity, UK, Italy. Mildly interested in politics, news, weather.
www.blogto.com/radar/2025/0... Pape-Donlands-OConnor giant garage sale this weekend
Entire Toronto neighbourhood hosting enormous garage sale this weekend
More than 100 houses in one Toronto neighbourhood are joining forces this weekend to put on the ultimate garage sale.
Though 2024 may have marked the…
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June 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Amazing new discovery: Oldest full human fingerprint discovered. A Neanderthal is believed to have dipped a finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago. The rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain
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May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Amazing new discovery: Oldest full human fingerprint discovered. A Neanderthal is believed to have dipped a finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago. The rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain
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May 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
www.blogto.com/travel/2025/... The Northlander train is back, running from Toronto to Timmins
Here's what it will be like on Toronto's new direct train to Muskoka
After more than a decade without passenger rail service, the long-anticipated Northlander is officially returning to Ontario's rail network next year…
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May 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
www.blogto.com/travel/2025/... The Northlander train is back, running from Toronto to Timmins
www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic... Man builds a 9-ft Lego model of a famous Ontario ferry
Owen Sound, Ont. man builds Chi-Cheemaun tribute using 92,000 Lego pieces
For 64-year-old Ken Reid, what began as a shared pastime with his late wife has grown into a labour of love, for Lego.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic... Man builds a 9-ft Lego model of a famous Ontario ferry
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The Garden of Goosely Delights
May 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Garden of Goosely Delights
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Carved opal, gold, enamel, aquamarines bracelet
René Jules Lalique
Paris, France, 1902
René Jules Lalique
Paris, France, 1902
May 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Carved opal, gold, enamel, aquamarines bracelet
René Jules Lalique
Paris, France, 1902
René Jules Lalique
Paris, France, 1902
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The Sprotta hand axe is a #Neanderthal masterpiece. The flint tool was found in northern Saxony in 1996 and dates back to 50,000 to 80,000 years ago. This hand axe demonstrates not only the technical skill but also the aesthetic sense of its maker, as it is noted for its carefully...🧵1/2
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May 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Sprotta hand axe is a #Neanderthal masterpiece. The flint tool was found in northern Saxony in 1996 and dates back to 50,000 to 80,000 years ago. This hand axe demonstrates not only the technical skill but also the aesthetic sense of its maker, as it is noted for its carefully...🧵1/2
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Museum Murals project in Netherlands wins gold 🎨🖼️
Museum Murals project in Netherlands wins gold 🎨🖼️
Museum Murals | 20 Musea, 20 Street Artists, 20 Murals
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May 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Museum Murals project in Netherlands wins gold 🎨🖼️
Museum Murals project in Netherlands wins gold 🎨🖼️
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“Aw, c’mon, they’re just little wooden figures, how scary can they actually b…😳”
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
May 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Aw, c’mon, they’re just little wooden figures, how scary can they actually b…😳”
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/t... Airport lounge meet cutes
They Found Love in the Airport Lounge
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May 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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In conjunction with our new issue, "Civic Memories", Meg Sutton takes a look at the world's largest collection of specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon, at the @romtoronto.bsky.social , and a new plaque in Mimico about the tragic history of this once-abundant bird spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Preserving the memory of the passenger pigeon - Spacing Toronto
This story is published in conjunction with Spacing issue 70 (Spring 2025), “Civic Memories,” whose cover section focuses on Toronto collectors and collections. Amidst war stories and gloomy weather r...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In conjunction with our new issue, "Civic Memories", Meg Sutton takes a look at the world's largest collection of specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon, at the @romtoronto.bsky.social , and a new plaque in Mimico about the tragic history of this once-abundant bird spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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"Bresse" vase. René Lalique. 1931.
Image: Rago.
Image: Rago.
April 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Bresse" vase. René Lalique. 1931.
Image: Rago.
Image: Rago.
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A softer sky for today. West Wittering, the beach of my childhood. It felt like we could run forever.
April 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A softer sky for today. West Wittering, the beach of my childhood. It felt like we could run forever.
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... Overtourism is a problem.
Japan Set to Join US, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, Iceland, and Thailand in Making Tourist Taxes the New Norm of Travel: What You Need to Know - Travel And Tour World
Japan is set to become the latest nation to adopt such levies, joining a growing list that includes the United States, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, Iceland, and Thailand.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... Overtourism is a problem.