Rogue Wave on Ward's Island

This week our friend Shelley Savor suggested we join her for a visit to "Rogue Wave" -- an outdoor art show on Toronto's Ward's Island. 

Bill and I liked the idea of an adventure on the island. It would make a nice break from the COVID-induced tedium.

About a dozen people rode the ferry to Ward's Island. When we arrived we had the island more or less to ourselves.

Visitors are greeted by Mitchel Fenton's Bring on the Next Wave. Great title! Ward's Island and the other Toronto Islands have seen flooding in recent years and of course we are all hunkering down for the next wave of the pandemic. 

We sat for a moment by Gera Dillon's Caught in the Net of Time and enjoyed our view of the city.

Shelley had a map with the locations of all the art. She led us through the charming streets.

Ward's Island is like the loveliest of enchanted villages. 

We loved Barbara Klunder's collage made of buttons. A skull is always appreciated in October.

It was a perfect autumn day and we had all the time in the world.

Erratic Revisited by Gaye Jackson -- mounted in the window of her cottage?

No trip to Ward's Island would be complete without a visit to the Great Ark of First Street. It is coming along nicely.

The walk to the Ward's Island Beach took us by this lovely stand of birch trees.

So many summers we have walked in bare feet over hot sand to this beach!

Was a windy day and Lake Ontario was in a wild mood.

OMG -- some fool was parasailing. Godspeed!

This turtle was guarding the entrance to the boardwalk that runs along the south coast of the island. A Ward's Island native warned me, "It's a snapper. Watch your toes."

The wall of vegetation along the boardwalk was thrillingly rich and colourful.

We noticed a papier mache devil hanging from a tree.

So we parked our bikes and wandered into this field of reeds.

The devil and this head are the work of Shadowland Theatre.

We were charmed by this decorative masonry -- With the Flow -- by Kathleen Doody.

Shelley particularly wanted to see this painting by Irina Schestakowich. It is called A Place We Cannot Seem to Get To -- lovely. Puts me in mind of Matisse.

Don't miss The Anatomy of Fear by Bruce Smith. It is set in a lovely garden.

We had some extra time before the ferry left for the mainland. A friendly mallard couple kept us company as we bid adieu to our mid-week adventure.

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Rogue Wave continues until October 25th.