Carving By A Master

This wood carving by Siggi Buhler was found at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and it was installed to commemorate the opening of the Centre in 1948.  The carving makes reference to various activities our veterans have carried out through the years. What makes the whole carving more amazing is that it is curved to fit along a curved wall at the Centre. Quite a task!

Field Hospital

A few weeks ago a couple of the parking lots at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre were blocked off with fencing and then a few days later these tents started to appear. It turns out that they are fully loaded hospital tents and were being installed just in case the province goes into a 3rd wave. They are still empty and unused thank goodness. The whole scene reminds me of an episode from the TV show Mash. I hope they remain empty! 

A Quiet Spot On The Hospital Grounds

 This is a view of the park where the sculpture of the lady that I showed on Friday sits. It is a quiet area at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Something that is often needed.

Lady In The Park

 This is the sculpture visible in the background of yesterday's post. This rather elegant sculpture adds a bit of interest to the park and acts as a focal point for people looking for a quiet spot to sit for a bit.

The Guardian

 This fierce lion guards the entrance into a small park area at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre. I will show you a closeup of that sculpture in the background tomorrow.

A Sign For The Times

The F. W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre is part of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and while walking around the grounds last week I was struck by the idea that so many of us are feeling anxious now. Let us all hope that things improve in the new year with a vaccine.   

Taking part in Signs 2. Click HERE to see more signs from around the world.

A Sunnybrook Rose

 

This is one of the Sunnybrook roses which was referenced in yesterday's post. There were actually a few of them blooming even though we have had some cool nights. No frost yet though.

A Special Gift

 This sign is found out in front of the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre paying tribute to the hospital and to White Rose Nurseries for their gift of a special rose. When I went by last week the roses were still blooming and I will show you one tomorrow.

An Urban Marker

This structure called an Inukshuk is found on the grounds of the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The Inukshuk is a traditional directional marker used by the Inuit in the Arctic regions to point the way to home or hunting grounds. Today they can be found all over Canada. This one has been given a lovely base of flowers to surround it.

New Garden

This area at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was always a lost space with just a couple of trees and a few picnic tables until last summer. Gardeners spent the summer creating new plant beds and arranging a nice assortment of perennials and so this year it is a nice place to wander and tables are now scattered about along the pathway.

Clock Tower At Sunnybrook

This clock tower is found in the original wing of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre which was built in 1948. The centre has had many additions through the years and is now the largest trauma centre in Canada. The small tents down below were being set up for a market which takes place on Thursdays during the summer months.

A Pond

There is something soothing and cooling about the sound of falling water even if it is from a man-made waterfall and pond like this one which can be found at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. It is not open to the public yet but the veterans are still able to get out there and enjoy it. Another one from the archives.

Squirrel Proof

When I first saw this unusual bird feeder at the Veterans Centre I thought it was impossible for any birds to get peanuts but it turns out that the ones with long thin beaks like the Red-breasted Nuthatch have no trouble at all. They poke through the openings and get the peanuts out of the shells while the resident squirrels find it impossible to get anything. 
Taking part in Saturday's Critters. Click HERE to see more creatures from around the world. 

Strong Women

Another item in the display about WWI nurses at the Veterans Centre is this framed cover from a French magazine dated August 28 1915. The imagery is so striking don't you think?

WWI Nurses

There is a small display about nurses from WWI on now at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. They have a photography studio there and there are several men, who were war photographers, in residence in the centre and they work with the staff to digitize and print some of their original pics. I really liked this one.

Acorn Eater

This is yet another through the window pic, this time of a happy squirrel who has found a large number of acorns beneath an oak tree in the gardens at the Veterans Centre at Sunnybrook. It seems that there were so many acorns that this guy took time to eat a few between burying a lot of them. 
Taking part in Saturday's Critters. Click HERE to see more creatures from around the world.

Christmas In The Gardens

The gardens at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre looked very Christmasy a couple of weeks ago when we had nice fluffy snow. This is the area where the waterfalls and ponds are but it would be hard to find water now.

Reindeer

I spotted these funky reindeer at the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. They look ready for any type of weather that may hit us at Christmas.

A December Scene

This male Cardinal seemed to know exactly where to pose for this winter scene captured in the gardens of the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. We are well above our average snowfall for November & December and are only 1/2 way through December. The gardens at the centre have been decorated with these deer that are interspersed with all of the bird feeders making for some fun scenes.  
Taking part in Saturday's Critters. Click HERE to see more creatures from around the world.

Snowy Flags

On Remembrance Day, November 11, there is a tradition at the Veterans Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to plant 100 flags for each resident of the centre during the night before. This year 47,000 flags were placed into the ground throughout the gardens and lawns. Unfortunately it started to snow in the morning and by evening all of the flags were buried and it remained cold for several days so it wasn't until a week later that the flags started to appear again.