The Brassicas are Here, and other General Stuff

My friend over at Today at the Estuarium Boardwalk has convinced me that it might be fun to take some photos on my daily walks with my dog.  Since I most often walk along the Toronto Waterfront (particularly along the Western Gap area), those are the photos you'll see here.  The whole Waterfront Trail is quite large though (1400 km), extending across the Canadian side of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, and the Niagara River.  The part I'm usually in is the Toronto Central section:

In my area, you can always tell when Fall has come, because cabbages start to appear.  One by one, planters fill up with decorative cabbages and kales (they must survive the cooler winds better while still providing some greenery).

Down in the Music Garden, the planters closest to the water have already had their cabbages installed:

The far eastern end of the Music Garden has had its flowerbed edged with brassica too, though the wildflowers there still look to be in pretty good shape:

Elsewhere in the garden, most of the flowers are starting to look a little ragged.  This is one I never noticed before today, growing along the northern edge by the gazebo.  Foxglove, I believe?

Meanwhile, you don't see many of the boats out of the marina during the weekdays now; a lot still go out on the weekends, but it's probably hard to scare up enough people for the larger boats on a cool Autumn morning.  The Empire Sandy (left) and the Pathfinder and the Playfair (right) are all moored this afternoon:

They put up this sign recently right by the Empire Sandy, and in the last few days I've seen some people out fishing off the various quays:

I don't think the Caledonia -- moored further east along HTO Park West -- has been out all Summer.  I think she's still for sale, though -- got a few spare million?

Another sure sign it's gotten pretty cold out the last few days: all the canoes and kayaks by HTO Park East are up on racks instead of out in the water:

Though that doesn't stop people from hanging out along the beach in their jackets and scarves: