Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Rudolph!!

Deer in river, Toronto photographer Robert Rafton
This is him all right, after a long night's work, prosthetic nose back in place, relaxing a little in Santa's massive new multi-billion dollar terrarium facility, which I'm sad to say was financed in part with taxpayer money.

Okay, now that I've written an almost kid-friendly first paragraph, I'll reveal that this was actually taken at Petticoat Creek Conservation Area. This is quite a small park, but size doesn't matter. I've said it before, just by perusing a map for spots near the lake or a river you can find many potential wildlife goldmines. That's how I found Petticoat Creek and to see for yourself here's a satellite image of the very spot where this picture was taken. Note the pedestrian bridge at right which gave me a vantage point to get this high angle shot.

I have yet to see the Abominable Snowman in the city but invite you to invent your own Rob Ford joke.

Merry Christmas!